Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Barbara Kirkmeyer

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Colorado District 8
Filing address
Fort Lupton, CO (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
KIRKMEYER, BARBARA
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Colorado with the 2022 district highlighted

Colorado, District 8

RepublicanU.S. House · Colorado District 8Open seatLost the general election (47.67%)

FEC candidate ID H2CO08079 · Principal campaign committee: KIRKMEYERFORCONGRESS.COM

Total raised$1,602,545.07
Total spent$1,570,692.33
Cash on hand$31,852.74
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$5,000.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $962,314.35PACs and other committees: $401,723.33Party committees: $1,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $7,628.04Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $219,674.48Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $10,204.87
  • Individual contributions$962,314.3560%
  • PACs and other committees$401,723.3325%
  • Party committees$1,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,628.040%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$219,674.4814%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$10,204.871%

Self-funding: $7,628.04 (0% of money raised): $2,628.04 given and $5,000.00 lent by the candidate. $5,040.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

133 committees reported giving $366,769.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Barbara Kirkmeyer$1,213,556.67
  • Independent expenditures opposing Barbara Kirkmeyer$3,953,587.92
  • Company and union communications to members about Barbara Kirkmeyer$6,106.85

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Colorado U.S. House, District 8, 2022 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Barbara Kirkmeyer (R)$1,602,545.07$31,852.742022-12-31
Yadira Caraveo (D)$3,563,279.53$17,541.822022-12-31
Janifer Suzanne Kulmann (R)$499,430.44$0.002022-08-03
Lori A Saine (R)$371,173.10$0.002022-11-21
Tyler Allcorn (R)$357,200.13$0.002022-09-30
Chaz Tedesco (D)$256,705.17$23,875.222022-12-31
Giulianna Gray (R)$56,884.77$0.002022-07-15
Johnny Humphrey (D)$14,478.25$9.102022-04-15
Timothy Louis Long (UN)$9,621.75$1,320.612022-12-06
Steve Douglas Douglas (D)$6,705.37$1,150.492022-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Inside ElectionsTilt RNovember 3, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 2, 2022
  • PoliticoLean RNovember 3, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean RNovember 1, 2022
  • DDHQLean ROctober 18, 2022
  • 538Likely ROctober 20, 2022
  • The EconomistLean RNovember 5, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Global Strategy Group (D)October 11–16, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%Yadira Caraveo 44% · Barbara Kirkmeyer 46%
Global Strategy Group (D)July 26 – August 2, 2022700 (LV)± 4.4%Yadira Caraveo 42% · Barbara Kirkmeyer 44%
Global Strategy Group (D)June 9–13, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Yadira Caraveo 36% · Barbara Kirkmeyer 44%
Global Strategy Group (D)June 9–13, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Generic Democrat 42% · Generic Republican 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: KIRKMEYERFORCONGRESS.COM.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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