John W. Hickenlooper
Democrat
· CO Senate · 119th 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
63.0
Moderately 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
2.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$21,868
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.9
/ 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
13.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,000 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
$520,688
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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
COMCAST
$28K
NEXTERA ENERGY
$28K
XCEL ENERGY
$22K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$22K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$20K
FREEDOM ROAD
$17K
ANTHROPIC
$14K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES
$14K
CNOTE MANAGEMENT
$14K
INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL
$14K
U S SENATE
$14K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
THE WONDERFUL
$13K
BBR
$12K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK LLP
$12K
FOUNDRY
$12K
APOLLO
$12K
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$12K
COONEY AND CONWAY
$10K
PARADIGM
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John W. 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
$16.61M
SLF PAC
$16.11M
SMP
$5.40M
FAIR SHARE ACTION
$2.50M
ESAFUND
$1.17M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1.08M
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$907K
STORY NETWORK FOUNDATION
$580K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$502K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$397K
WESTERN WAY ACTION PAC
$370K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$350K
FOR A BETTER COLORADO
$319K
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)
$252K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$239K
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 W. 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 W. Hickenlooper 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