Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
John W. Hickenlooper
- Office
- U.S. senator from Colorado (class 2)
- Party
- Democrat
- Born
- 1952
- In Congress
- Senate since 2021 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Colorado
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID S0CO00575 · Principal campaign committee: HICKENLOOPER FOR COLORADO
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. Senate · Colorado | $9,529,276.87 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. Senate · Colorado | $44,246,118.41 | Won the general election (53.5%) |
Total raised$44,246,118.41
Total spent$42,604,035.39
Cash on hand$1,642,083.02
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
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$39,863,159.0790%
- PACs and other committees$786,813.402%
- Party committees$49,600.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,600.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,970,730.917%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$570,215.031%
Self-funding: $5,600.00 (0% of money raised): $5,600.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Aviation, Space, and Innovation
- Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy Ranking Member
- Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness
- Telecommunications and Media
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy
- Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
- Water and Power
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Employment and Workplace Safety Ranking Member
- Primary Health and Retirement Security
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
152 committees reported giving $827,410.00 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.
- DSCCParty committee$49,600.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- 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$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$10,000.00
- PLASTERERS' AND CEMENT MASONS' ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PRAIRIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- IMPACTLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FIRST STATE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- M-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WASHINGTON WOMEN FOR CHOICEPAC$10,000.00
- GREAT LAKES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HOOPS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NARRAGANSETT BAY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GREEN MOUNTAIN PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PEOPLE'S VOICE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OCEANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUNDLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FUND FOR THE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TREASURE STATE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MODERATE DEMOCRATS PACPAC$10,000.00
- COMMON SENSE COLORADOLeadership PAC$10,000.00
Show all 152 committees
- NUTMEG PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COMMON GROUND PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PINEAPPLE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CAPA21- FEDERALHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- HAWAII PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GETTING STUFF DONE PAC (GSD-PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000.00
- ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- SMART SOLUTIONS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- BLUE WAVE PROJECTLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- EDUCATE AND INNOVATE PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC Company pagePAC$7,500.00
- VELVET HAMMER PACLeadership PAC$5,600.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$5,500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$5,125.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$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
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected 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
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FORWARD TOGETHER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY NOW PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$5,000.00
- A NEW DIRECTION PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COUNTRY ROADS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MOTOR CITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND PAC PCAF PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$5,000.00
- INTEGRITY FIRST PACPAC$5,000.00
- FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP PACPAC$5,000.00
- 80-20 ASIAN AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- STAND UP FOR WORKERS PACPAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,998.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHAREHOLDER & CONSUMER ATTORNEYS PACPAC$4,800.00
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$4,500.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$4,360.00
- DAN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$4,000.00
- UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA COPE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- PENINSULA DEMOCRATIC COALITIONPAC$3,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$3,000.00
- PAID FAMILY LEAVE PACPAC$2,800.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,512.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$2,500.00
- THE REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REALPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMMON GOOD FUNDPAC$2,500.00
- PAC FOR A CHANGEHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- MURPHPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC., PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S GIVING COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ENDEAVOR ACTIONConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NEW DEMOCRACY FUNDHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$2,500.00
- TOGETHER FUND PACPAC$2,500.00
- BLUE SENATE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS STAFF UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- KUTAK ROCK LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- UDALL FOR US ALLCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION PAC (JOE-PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- MOVING AMERICA FORWARDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MCNERNEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOC PACPAC$2,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DRUG POLICY REFORM FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JAMES MACKLER FOR US SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- REPAIR THE WORLD PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOHN WALSH FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) Company pageConnected PAC$1,750.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,595.00
- TAKING THE HILL PACPAC$1,500.00
- BALLARD SPAHR LLP PACPAC$1,500.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BETTER GOVERNMENT PACPAC$1,000.00
- INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO ETHICS AND SCIENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DONNELLY FOR INDIANACandidate committee$1,000.00
- CENTURYLINK INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VISION FOR AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOOSIERS FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE MAJORITY RULESPAC$1,000.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CONGRESSMAN BART GORDON COMMITTEECandidate committee$500.00
- HANNON ARMSTRONG CLIMATE SOLUTIONS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- PRO-AFRICA USA PACPAC$500.00
- VOTESANE PACPAC$435.00
- BAIRD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$250.00
- DEMOCRATIC JEWISH OUTREACH PAPAC$250.00
- PERSISTENCE PACPAC$200.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$85.00
- AAPI VICTORY FUND, INC.Connected PAC$50.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting John W. Hickenlooper$5,276,157.86
- Independent expenditures opposing John W. Hickenlooper$18,058,448.57
- Company and union communications to members about John W. Hickenlooper$6,732.40
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.
- NRSCOpposing$8,284,013.00
- SENATE LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$8,054,468.00
- SMPSupporting$2,700,138.00
- FAIR SHARE ACTIONSupporting$1,219,396.00
- ESAFUNDOpposing$582,500.00
- NRA VICTORY FUND, INC.Opposing$508,063.00
- NRDC ACTION VOTESSupporting$453,675.00
- STORY NETWORK FOUNDATIONSupporting$289,943.00
- OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.Opposing$251,208.00
- UNITE FOR COLORADO ACTIONOpposing$185,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Supporting$162,794.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTSupporting$119,688.00
The race
Colorado U.S. Senate, 2020 · 20 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| John W. Hickenlooper (D) | $44,246,118.41 | $1,642,083.02 | 2020-12-31 |
| Cory Gardner (R) | $26,161,851.26 | $1,049,344.21 | 2020-12-31 |
| Michael C Johnston (D) | $3,616,852.43 | $1,151,110.13 | 2020-12-31 |
| Andrew Romanoff (D) | $3,367,547.52 | $75,054.06 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dan Baer (D) | $1,677,280.74 | $37,605.01 | 2020-12-31 |
| John Walsh (D) | $886,506.41 | $85,237.82 | 2020-12-31 |
| Alice Madden (D) | $346,191.66 | $0.00 | 2020-04-30 |
| Stephany Rose Spaulding (D) | $191,742.54 | $6,619.28 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lorena Lorena for Garcia (D) | $139,072.20 | −$2,317.97 | 2020-12-31 |
| Patricia Anne Zornio (D) | $132,273.07 | $13,188.54 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keating Research/Onsight Public Affairs/Colorado Sun | October 29 – November 1, 2020 | 502 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Cory Gardner 42% · John Hickenlooper 53% |
| Data for Progress | October 27 – November 1, 2020 | 709 (LV) | ± 3.7% | Cory Gardner 45% · John Hickenlooper 54% |
| Swayable | October 23 – November 1, 2020 | 443 (LV) | ± 6% | Cory Gardner 43% · John Hickenlooper 57% |
| Morning Consult | October 22–31, 2020 | 727 (LV) | ± 4% | Cory Gardner 44% · John Hickenlooper 52% |
| Morning Consult | October 11–20, 2020 | 788 (LV) | ± 3.5% | Cory Gardner 42% · John Hickenlooper 50% |
| RBI Strategies & Research | October 12–16, 2020 | 502 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Cory Gardner 39% · John Hickenlooper 53% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 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: HICKENLOOPER 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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