Hickenlooper, John
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John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. ( HIK-ən-loop-ər; born February 7, 1952) is an American politician, geologist, and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Colorado since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 42nd governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019 and as the 43rd mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011. Born in Narberth, Pennsylvania, Hickenlooper is a graduate of Wesleyan University. After a career as a petroleum geologist, in 1988 he co-founded the Wynkoop Brewing Company, one of the first brewpubs in the U.S. Hickenlooper was elected the 43rd mayor of Denver in 2003, serving two terms. In 2005, TIME named him one of America's five best big-city mayors. After incumbent governor Bill Ritter said that he would not seek reelection, Hickenlooper announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination in January 2010. He won an uncontested primary and faced Constitution Party nominee Tom Tancredo and Republican Party nominee Dan Maes in the general election. Hickenlooper won with 51% of the vote and was reelected in 2014, defeating Republican Bob Beauprez. As governor, he introduced universal background checks and banned high-capacity magazines in the wake of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado, shooting. He expanded Medicaid under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, halving the rate of uninsured people in the state. Having initially opposed marijuana legalization, he has gradually come to support it. He sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. president in 2019 but dropped out before primaries were held. He subsequently ran for the U.S. Senate, winning the Democratic nomination and the general election, defeating incumbent Republican Cory Gardner. At 68, Hickenlooper became the oldest first-term senator to represent Colorado.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Hickenlooper, John
- First name
- John
- Last name
- Hickenlooper
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,160,079.25
- Total disbursements
- $954,664.22
- Cash on hand
- $1,435,632.98
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $1,160,079.25 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Receipt source composition
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $928,610.79;Share: 80%;Denominator: $1,160,079.25 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $113,500.00;Share: 9.8%;Denominator: $1,160,079.25 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,160,079.25 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,160,079.25 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $82,786.17;Share: 7.1%;Denominator: $1,160,079.25 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $35,182.29;Share: 3%;Denominator: $1,160,079.25 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $715,530.00
- Itemized
- $715,530.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 9578 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $715,530.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $6,957.00;Transactions: 352;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $9,363.00;Transactions: 336;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $10,390.00;Transactions: 335;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $6,847.00;Transactions: 355;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $6,621.00;Transactions: 326;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $14,685.00;Transactions: 356;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $21,937.00;Transactions: 390;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $19,570.00;Transactions: 384;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $18,327.00;Transactions: 352;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $19,669.00;Transactions: 412;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $58,200.00;Transactions: 425;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $13,524.00;Transactions: 368;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $19,586.00;Transactions: 430;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $17,796.00;Transactions: 422;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $22,267.00;Transactions: 423;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $59,882.00;Transactions: 465;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $79,432.00;Transactions: 452;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $30,857.00;Transactions: 418;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $25,472.00;Transactions: 455;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $49,071.00;Transactions: 457;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $45,375.00;Transactions: 441;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $58,768.00;Transactions: 495;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $30,997.00;Transactions: 363;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $69,937.00;Transactions: 366;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $715,530.00 across 9,578 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $146,568.00;Transactions: 9,133 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $32,300.00;Transactions: 128 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $46,499.00;Transactions: 91 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $115,388.00;Transactions: 104 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $374,775.00;Transactions: 122 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 49% in district
- District share basis
- $351,950.00 in district and $363,580.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $715,530.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| CO | Dollars: $351,950.00;Transactions: 5,202;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $78,538.00;Transactions: 1,035;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $72,411.00;Transactions: 356;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
| DC | Dollars: $30,655.00;Transactions: 81;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $27,572.00;Transactions: 223;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $154,404.00;Transactions: 2,681;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $715,530.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| ANDREESSEN, MARC | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARNOLD, JOHN | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BAER, ANNE CARSON | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BILLS, MICHAEL | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BRADLEY, DAVID | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BRADLEY, KATHERINE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BROWN, CHRISTINA | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BROWN, SAM WINFRED | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CARSON, RUSSELL | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| DECHMAN, DAVID | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $320,564.00 | 6128 transactions |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES | $21,750.00 | 8 transactions |
| ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| THE WONDERFUL COMPANY | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BLACKSTONE | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| BLUESTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT, INC. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CITYBRIDGE EDUCATION | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| EDGEMARK | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $87,750.00 | 28 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $87,750.00 and 28 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 2 days ago (2026-08-16)
Data is current.
US Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:H000273
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- H000273
- fec_candidate_id
- S0CO00575
- fec_candidate_ids
- S0CO00575
- govtrack_id
- 456797
- wikidata_id
- Q430518