Michael F. Bennet
Democrat
· CO Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · and Natural Resources (Chair) · Natural Resources (Chair) · and Biotechnology (Chair) · and Infrastructure (Chair) · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Specialty Crops · and Research · and Credit · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · and Family Policy · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
71.6
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.5
vs 118th (71.1)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
3.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,991,407
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$6,179,689
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.6
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $56.96M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $114K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 38.2 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 49.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 71.1 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 71.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
LCV VICTORY FUND
Total money from this network
$7,280,568
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$32,000
Total from all networks
$1,284,057
Networks contributing
241
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Who funds Bennet
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,605,264
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
0.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
5
Money that arrived near votes
$19K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
2.94%
Biggest clusters of timed money
1ST FINANCIAL
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
GUGGENHEIM SECURITIES
$3K
MORGAN STANLEY
$1K
STELLIAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
CACI
$100
CACI
$100
CACI
$100
CACI
$100
CACI
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
VALMORE MANAGEMENT
$12.35M
BLOOMBERG
$7.96M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BALLMER
$5.00M
SELF EMPLYED
$4.01M
USPS
$1.72M
COZEN O CONNOR
$1.30M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.11M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$1.00M
VISION RIDGE
$1.00M
SYNCHROGENIX INFORMATION STRATEGIES
$1.00M
MORGAN STANLEY
$900K
AFSCME INT L
$590K
HOLLAND KNIGHT
$581K
TWILIO
$574K
APC CNSTRUCTION
$525K
GOOGLE
$502K
CASTER PROPERTIES
$500K
WAGNER EQUIPMENT
$500K
TEXAS ONCOLOGY P A
$498K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael F. Bennet comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8.63M
Disclosed outside spending
$8.08M
Dark-money outside spending
$550K
Share that is dark money
6.38%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$546K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$5.90M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.21M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$304K
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$278K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$236K
FAIR SHARE ACTION
$225K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$6K
PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUND
$4K
PROTECT THE VOTE
$3K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$3K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$2K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$604
JDCA PAC
$378
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$54
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$22
Groups that hide their donors
$304K
$236K
1 smaller group under $500
$87
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
DCCC
$215K
DEBBIE FOR FLORIDA
$61K
SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS
$54K
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
214 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $310K to Michael F. Bennet across 260 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$310K
Shared contributors
214
Contributions
260
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 208 | 251 | $290K |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | $19K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $750 |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for Michael F. Bennet or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANTIAGO GONZALEZ | Legislative Director/Sr. Policy Adviser/Legislative Asst., Senator Michael Benne… | NVG, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
| GRANT COLVIN | Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Fores… | GWC PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 2 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
| KATIE SMITH | Legislative Aide, Senator Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Deputy Scheduler, Senator De… | FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 2 | 3 | 2024–2025 |
| BRIAN APPEL | Legislative assis't, Sen. Mary Landrieu(5/07-1/09); Democratic Counsel, Small Bu… | S&P GLOBAL INC. (F/K/A MCGRAW HILL FINANCIAL INC.) | 1 | 7 | 2023–2025 |
| RIKI PARIKH | Press Secretary & Director of Digital Media, Senator Mark Warner; Counsel, Senio… | THE ALLIANCE FOR SECURE AI ACTION | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| ADRIANA RIVERA | Military Legislative Assistant & Military Legislative Aide - U.S. Senate(Sen. Be… | PERSISTENT SYSTEMS, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Michael F. Bennet sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required