Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Joseph Matthew O'Dea
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Colorado
- Filing address
- Greenwood Village, CO (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Colorado
FEC candidate ID S2CO00241 · Principal campaign committee: JOE O'DEA FOR SENATE
Total raised$10,234,964.77
Total spent$10,134,099.48
Cash on hand$100,865.29
Debts owed by the campaign$3,909,443.27
Loans from the candidate$4,088,000.00
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$4,426,702.5743%
- PACs and other committees$413,231.334%
- Party committees$51,200.001%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$4,749,398.4746%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$591,670.076%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,762.330%
Self-funding: $4,749,398.47 (46% of money raised): $661,398.47 given and $4,088,000.00 lent by the candidate. $228,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
88 committees reported giving $444,200.00 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.
- NRSCParty committee$51,200.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- BLUEGRASS COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- COMMON VALUES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CONTINUING AMERICA'S STRENGTH AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WILD AND WONDERFUL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GOPAC ELECTION FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- IPAA WILDCATTERS FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EXPRESS SERVICES INC PACPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 88 committees
- DEFEND AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NEXT CENTURY FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DEC PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- RESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM WORK PAC (RFWPAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROSPERITY ACTION, INC.Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- HEARTLAND VALUES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ENBRIDGE (U.S.) INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENBRIDGE-DCP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- FREE STATE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RECLAIM AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, FREEDOM, AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NEBRASKA SANDHILLS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOHN BOLTON PACPAC$5,000.00
- BADLANDS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TRUE NORTH PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- OLD NORTH STATE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PELICAN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVES HARVESTING SUCCESS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LETS GET TO WORK PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- STEER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- STAND FOR AMERICA PACPAC$5,000.00
- CHAMPION AMERICAN VALUESHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MASON CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE-MACPACPAC$3,000.00
- BETTER PATH FORWARD PAC, INC.Connected PAC$2,900.00
- SILENCER CENTRAL PACConnected PAC$2,900.00
- ACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INCConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE (FISHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INFIN, A FINANCIAL SERVICES ALLIANCE, INC. PAC ('INFIN PAC') Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- FREEDOM PROJECT; THEPAC$2,500.00
- CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC PAC (IEC PRIDE PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- HF SINCLAIR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DINO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE HAWKEYE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CHAMBLISS FOR SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- TRINITY INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SF) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- KPACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- POPULUS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF PAT TOOMEYCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL WATERMELON ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- OVINTIV USA INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- TRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MPL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CALPORTLAND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CALPORTLAND PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAPA-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CAWGPAC)PAC$500.00
- FRIENDS OF SNOWMOBILING PACConnected PAC$200.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Joseph Matthew O'Dea$3,152,243.15
- Independent expenditures opposing Joseph Matthew O'Dea$16,188,471.66
- Company and union communications to members about Joseph Matthew O'Dea$9,910.95
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.
- LCV VICTORY FUNDOpposing$6,966,502.00
- AMERICAN POLICY FUNDSupporting$3,066,153.00
- 53 PEAKSOpposing$2,881,679.00
- GIFFORDS PACOpposing$2,606,194.00
- DEMOCRATIC COLORADOOpposing$2,139,302.00
- STRAIGHT TALK POLITICS PACOpposing$804,500.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)Opposing$786,210.00
- OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND ACTIONSupporting$100,000.00
- VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUEOpposing$2,405.00
- FAIR SHARE ACTIONOpposing$1,666.00
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONOpposing$4.00
The race
Colorado U.S. Senate, 2022 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Matthew O'Dea (R) | $10,234,964.77 | $100,865.29 | 2022-12-31 |
| Michael F. Bennet (D) | $20,720,493.62 | $740,793.16 | 2022-12-31 |
| Erik Aadland (R) | $1,453,230.30 | $24,424.79 | 2022-12-31 |
| Gino Campana (R) | $999,335.94 | $0.00 | 2022-07-21 |
| Eli Bremer (R) | $503,475.54 | $2,353.20 | 2022-12-31 |
| Deborah Flora (R) | $401,901.84 | $781.69 | 2022-12-31 |
| Peter Yu (R) | $213,755.00 | −$68.96 | 2022-09-30 |
| Ron Hanks (R) | $165,544.27 | $0.95 | 2022-12-31 |
| Gregory John Moore (R) | $17,164.78 | $0.00 | 2022-07-11 |
| Karen Breslin (D) | $4,606.44 | −$19.19 | 2022-07-13 |
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.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| co/efficient (R) | November 3–7, 2022 | 856 (LV) | ± 3.3% | Michael Bennet 51% · Joe O'Dea 43% |
| Data for Progress (D) | November 2–5, 2022 | 1,983 (LV) | ± 2.0% | Michael Bennet 51% · Joe O'Dea 44% · Brian Peotter 2% |
| The Trafalgar Group (R) | October 30 – November 1, 2022 | 1,084 (LV) | ± 2.9% | Michael Bennet 48% · Joe O'Dea 46% · Brian Peotter 2% |
| Emerson College | October 26–29, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | Michael Bennet 49% · Joe O'Dea 42% · Brian Peotter 2% |
| co/efficient (R) | October 24–25, 2022 | 826 (LV) | ± 3.4% | Michael Bennet 50% · Joe O'Dea 34% |
| CU Boulder/YouGov | October 11–19, 2022 | 709 (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: JOE O'DEA FOR SENATE.
- 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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