Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Michael F. Bennet

Official portrait of Michael F. Bennet
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Colorado (class 3)
Party
Democrat
Born
1964
In Congress
Senate since 2009 · 17 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
BENNET, MICHAEL F.
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Colorado with the whole state highlighted

Colorado

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · ColoradoIncumbentWon the general election (55.88%)

FEC candidate ID S0CO00211 · Principal campaign committee: BENNET FOR COLORADO

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Colorado$226,248.44Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Colorado$20,720,493.62Won the general election (55.88%)
Total raised$20,720,493.62
Total spent$20,505,581.82
Cash on hand$740,793.16
Debts owed by the campaign$374,819.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $16,971,970.14PACs and other committees: $1,296,659.25Party committees: $1,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,559.37Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,336,308.56Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $112,996.30
  • Individual contributions$16,971,970.1482%
  • PACs and other committees$1,296,659.256%
  • Party committees$1,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,559.370%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,336,308.5611%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$112,996.301%

Self-funding: $1,559.37 (0% of money raised): $1,559.37 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

246 committees reported giving $1,247,193.00 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 Michael F. Bennet$1,990,171.98
  • Independent expenditures opposing Michael F. Bennet$6,179,693.69
  • Company and union communications to members about Michael F. Bennet$235,601.22

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. Senate, 2022 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael F. Bennet (D)$20,720,493.62$740,793.162022-12-31
Joseph Matthew O'Dea (R)$10,234,964.77$100,865.292022-12-31
Erik Aadland (R)$1,453,230.30$24,424.792022-12-31
Gino Campana (R)$999,335.94$0.002022-07-21
Eli Bremer (R)$503,475.54$2,353.202022-12-31
Deborah Flora (R)$401,901.84$781.692022-12-31
Peter Yu (R)$213,755.00−$68.962022-09-30
Ron Hanks (R)$165,544.27$0.952022-12-31
Gregory John Moore (R)$17,164.78$0.002022-07-11
Karen Breslin (D)$4,606.44−$19.192022-07-13

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Michael Bennet 50.8% · Joe O'Dea 43.5% (Bennet +7.3). Averages listed on Wikipedia from Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, 270towin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
co/efficient (R)November 3–7, 2022856 (LV)± 3.3%Michael Bennet 51% · Joe O'Dea 43%
Data for Progress (D)November 2–5, 20221,983 (LV)± 2.0%Michael Bennet 51% · Joe O'Dea 44% · Brian Peotter 2%
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 30 – November 1, 20221,084 (LV)± 2.9%Michael Bennet 48% · Joe O'Dea 46% · Brian Peotter 2%
Emerson CollegeOctober 26–29, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%Michael Bennet 49% · Joe O'Dea 42% · Brian Peotter 2%
co/efficient (R)October 24–25, 2022826 (LV)± 3.4%Michael Bennet 50% · Joe O'Dea 34%
CU Boulder/YouGovOctober 11–19, 2022709 (LV)± 4.4%Michael Bennet 56% · Joe O'Dea 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election 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: BENNET FOR COLORADO.
  • 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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