THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Michael F. Bennet's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 93 percent of his $19.2 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees representing only 7 percent. Industry-tied contributions cluster in white-collar professional and financial sectors, particularly lawyers and lobbyists (21 percent of industry money), securities and investment firms (18 percent), and real estate (10 percent), with these same sectors also prominent among his individual donor base by employment. His voting record includes 116 recorded votes and 17 stock transactions disclosed under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$19.2M▼ 94% in ’24 vs ’22#18 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share21%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Bennet (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Bennet voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Bennet's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$325K
THE COLORADO WAY
PAC
2$211K
LCV VICTORY FUND
PAC
3$174K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
PAC
4$139K
GRASSROOTS MEDIA
corporation
5$93K
AMERICAN POLICY FUND
PAC
COMMITTEES
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Finance
Rules and Administration
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Bradley Scott Schneider
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Wesley Bell
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D
Darline Graham
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