Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Shannon Kathleen Bird

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Colorado District 8
Filing address
Westminster, CO (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BIRD, SHANNON KATHLEEN
Next election
Primary June 30, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Colorado with the 2026 district highlighted

Colorado, District 8

DemocraticU.S. House · Colorado District 8ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6CO08047 · Principal campaign committee: SHANNON BIRD FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$2,371,836.80
Total spent$2,351,075.61
Cash on hand$20,761.19
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, 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: $2,180,556.63PACs and other committees: $165,100.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $26,180.17
  • Individual contributions$2,180,556.6392%
  • PACs and other committees$165,100.007%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$26,180.171%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$278,039.0013%
  • Contributions over $200$1,899,191.0887%
  • Itemized from inside Colorado$1,403,262.3571%
  • Itemized from other states$586,197.3529%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $128,060.00 · California $81,855.00 · Massachusetts $78,058.34 · Washington $46,900.00 · Texas $28,275.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.2M$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $446,559.38JULY QUARTERLY: spent $73,377.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $386,746.61OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $199,900.55YEAR-END: raised $374,569.96YEAR-END: spent $171,521.86APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $566,986.31APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $244,291.79PRE-PRIMARY: raised $421,214.32PRE-PRIMARY: spent $1,216,317.24JULY QUARTERLY: raised $149,176.38JULY QUARTERLY: spent $209,666.41OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $26,583.84OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $236,000.592025-062025-122026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

43 committees reported giving $149,250.00 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 Shannon Kathleen Bird$927,224.03
  • Independent expenditures opposing Shannon Kathleen Bird$1,931,081.02

FEC totals for the 2026 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, 2026 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Shannon Kathleen Bird (D)$2,371,836.80$20,761.192026-09-30
Manny Rutinel (D)$8,578,254.31$1,819,233.282026-09-30
Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans (R)$7,248,105.93$1,328,189.232026-10-14
Evan Munsing (D)$623,139.54$2,376.662026-09-30
Yadira Caraveo (D)$259,154.37$0.002026-06-09
David L. Young (D)$196,586.27$0.002026-10-16
Amie Baca-Oehlert (D)$134,647.78$10,444.142026-09-30
Adam Derito (R)$29,693.80$2,919.902026-09-30
Daniel Shane Hassler (D)$5,623.62$0.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DSeptember 25, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DOctober 20, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
McLaughlin and Associates (R)September 16–17, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Gabe Evans 48% · Manny Rutinel 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado (retrieved October 22, 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: SHANNON BIRD FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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