John Wright Hickenlooper
Democrat
· CO Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Data Privacy (Chair) · Senate Committee on Health (Chair) · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Broadband · and Competitiveness · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Influence Score
76.3
Most exposed
↑ +14.0
vs 118th (49.0)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$10,794,622
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$36,328,175
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
13.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.9
/ 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
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $65.49M 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 — $131K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 76.3 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.0 | 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
$10,452,918
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
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$911,872
Networks contributing
191
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Who funds Hickenlooper
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$85,438,275
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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
89.4%
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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$22K
Distinct donors
8
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
2.42%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FI INVESTMENT
$1K
WD BANK
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL
$500
STAQ PHARMA
$250
US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
$250
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
$75
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$50
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
QUADRIVIUM
$4.45M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
RIOT GAMES
$2.75M
FOUNDER
$2.50M
BERKSHIRE
$2.25M
ATLANTA FALCONS
$2.00M
ARNOLD VENTURES
$1.25M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
MCGUIREWOODS LLP
$944K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$941K
UNITED AIRLINES
$863K
HUDSON RIVER TRADING
$850K
RESTORATION WORKS
$850K
USPS
$820K
WILLIAMS WPC-I
$756K
USPS
$710K
ENTERGY SERVICES
$658K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John Wright Hickenlooper comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5K
Disclosed outside spending
$5K
Dark-money outside spending
$200
Share that is dark money
3.90%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$192
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
NRSC
$8.28M
SLF PAC
$8.05M
SMP
$2.70M
FAIR SHARE ACTION
$1.22M
ESAFUND
$582K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$509K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$454K
STORY NETWORK FOUNDATION
$290K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$251K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$240K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$187K
WESTERN WAY ACTION PAC
$185K
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)
$152K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$120K
FOR A BETTER COLORADO
$110K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$200
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
205 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $345K to John Wright Hickenlooper across 240 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$345K
Shared contributors
205
Contributions
240
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | $6K |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | $15K |
| 2026 | 196 | 225 | $324K |
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John Wright Hickenlooper ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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