Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Diane Mitsch Bush
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Colorado District 3
- Filing address
- Steamboat Springs, CO (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BUSH, DIANE MITSCH MS.
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Colorado, District 3
FEC candidate ID H8CO03192 · Principal campaign committee: DIANE FOR COLORADO CD3
Total raised$5,064,049.20
Total spent$5,040,013.78
Cash on hand$28,454.99
Debts owed by the campaign$1,000.00
Loans from the candidate$1,000.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$4,732,578.4093%
- PACs and other committees$283,043.986%
- Party committees$5,800.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$16,135.550%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$21,912.820%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,578.450%
Self-funding: $16,135.55 (0% of money raised): $15,135.55 given and $1,000.00 lent by the candidate. $8,800.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
98 committees reported giving $272,216.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$10,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$5,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
Show all 98 committees
- EQUALITY PACPAC$5,000.00
- BACKPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$4,998.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$4,168.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A LIVABLE FUTURELeadership PAC$4,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$4,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$2,000.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO ETHICS AND SCIENCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DAN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WORKING HARDER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CRY FREEDOM PACPAC$2,000.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACConnected PAC$1,100.00
- NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONGRESSPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PRICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JERRY'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (JERRY'S PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- LIVABLE COMMUNITIES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$1,000.00
- ARTICLE 1 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TED DEUTCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- LOIS FRANKEL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAKE IT IN AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ATHENA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PACPAC$1,000.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GOOD FRIENDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANTHONY BROWN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUILD OUR MOVEMENT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE RISINGHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$1,000.00
- FIERCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- WOMENCOUNT PACPAC$250.00
- FARMERS EDUCATIONAL & COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA ROCKY MTN DIVISION RURAL PACConnected PAC$200.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Diane Mitsch Bush$146,134.43
- Independent expenditures opposing Diane Mitsch Bush$4,598,451.66
- Company and union communications to members about Diane Mitsch Bush$5,781.50
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONOpposing$2,522,808.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$861,339.00
- NRCCOpposing$823,416.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM ACTIONOpposing$100,000.00
- FAIR SHARE ACTIONSupporting$56,022.00
- PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUNDSupporting$43,509.00
- NATIONAL IMMIGRANT VICTORY FUNDSupporting$42,063.00
- FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICAOpposing$7,500.00
- C3 PACOpposing$5,125.00
- COLORADO RISINGSupporting$1,572.00
- JDCA PACSupporting$1,109.00
- BLUE RISINGSupporting$1,050.00
The race
Colorado U.S. House, District 3, 2020 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Mitsch Bush (D) | $5,064,049.20 | $28,454.99 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lauren Boebert (R) | $2,989,469.89 | $356,794.33 | 2020-12-31 |
| Scott R. Tipton (R) | $1,287,890.68 | $385,998.04 | 2020-12-31 |
| Donald Valdez (D) | $26,229.58 | $0.00 | 2019-12-31 |
| Christopher Hawkins Critter Milton (UNI) | $12,013.21 | $0.00 | 2020-11-04 |
| Root Routledge (D) | $7,429.10 | $345.16 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCCC Targeting & Analytics (D) | October 19–20, 2020 | 491 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Lauren Boebert 43% · Diane Mitsch Bush 44% |
| Expedition Strategies (D) | September 9–14, 2020 | 754 (LV) | ± 3.6% | Lauren Boebert 44% · Diane Mitsch Bush 46% |
| GQR Research (D) | August 3–6, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Lauren Boebert 42% · Diane Mitsch Bush 43% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: DIANE FOR COLORADO CD3.
- 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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