Funding profile
Michael F. Bennet
Democrat · Senator from Colorado
Career totals · 4 elections · 2010–2028
$54.9 million
raised by Bennet’s campaigns, everything from 2010 to 2028 added together.
14%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $7.8 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.
$23.1 million
was spent about Bennet by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.
Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Bennet on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Bennet’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.75%$41 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.14%$7.6 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.11%$6.3 million
Money bundled through organizations
Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Bennet, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.
$222,000
reached Bennet this way, 1% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.
- AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee's political arm. It backs candidates of both parties it considers strong supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship.$120,000
- JStreetPAC$82,000
- NORPACA New Jersey-based pro-Israel PAC that bundles member donations for candidates of both parties.$20,000
We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Who gave the most
Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.
- Corporation8%$6,500
- Trade association54%$45,000
- Labor union4%$3,500
- Membership organization11%$9,000
- Co-operative10%$8,500
- Corporation without capital stock1%$1,000
- Unclassified12%$11,000
Which industries
- Banking & finance12% · $5,000
- Agriculture & food12% · $5,000
- Real estate & construction6% · $2,500
- Other70% · $29,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1Emergency Department Practice Management Association PAC (Edpma-PAC)$11,000
- 2National Council of Farmer Cooperatives$10,000
- 3Investment Company Institute$5,000
- 4Bacpac$5,000
- 5Chs Inc. Political Action Committee$5,000
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- 6National Sorghum Producers$3,500
- 7American Society for Radiation Oncology PAC (''astro-Pac'')$3,000
- 8Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., Inc. Political Action Committee$2,500
- 9National Cattlemen's Beef Association$2,500
- 10Association of Equipment Manufacturers PAC$2,500
“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.
Money spent about this member
Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Bennet has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Bennet. It was spent on advertising about Bennet, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$23.1 million
has been spent for or against Bennet by outside groups. $4.6 million supported Bennet; $18.5 million opposed Bennet.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 4 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$3.1 millionAds urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND$1.1 million
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INCThe political arm of the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental group that backs candidates it rates well on climate and conservation votes.$852,000
- FAIR SHARE ACTION$581,000
- IMMIGRANT VOTERS WIN PAC$500,000
Spent opposing
$17.2 millionAds urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- AMERICAN POLICY FUND$5.9 million
- NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE$5.2 million
- AMERICAN CROSSROADSA long-running Republican super PAC co-founded by strategist Karl Rove.$5.1 million
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONA conservative group focused on lower taxes and smaller government. It is known for backing primary challengers against Republicans it considers insufficiently conservative.$976,000
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028in progress | $1.4 million | $77,000 6% | $105 | FEC |
| 2022 | $22.3 million | $1.5 million 7% | $8.2 million | FEC |
| 2016 | $18 million | $4.1 million 22% | $1.6 million | FEC |
| 2010 | $13.2 million | $2 million 15% | $13.3 million | FEC |
Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.
We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.