John W. Hickenlooper
Senator · D-CO
OverviewMoney & Influence
71% of Hickenlooper's money comes from outside CO.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$847K raised$202 avg donation29% from CO3 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
71% of donations come from outside CO
A supermajority of John W. Hickenlooper's funding comes from donors who cannot vote for them.
3 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
19% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
67% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — John W. Hickenlooper's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
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The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Top individual donor: Jones, Alan from NY ($14K). Labor is the largest PAC sector at $95K from 22 PACs.
Industry PACs
$305KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$2.3MHow much power this member brokers
Giddy Up Pac
Raised: $321KSpent: $343K
Giddy Up Pac
Raised: $454KSpent: $441K
Giddy Up Pac
Raised: $552KSpent: $589K
Giddy Up Pac
Raised: $939KSpent: $1.2M
Top Individual Donors
$3.9MNamed people writing checks
Jones, Alan↗$14K
NY · Intermediate Capital Group · 4xSimon, Deborah↗$12K
IN · Not Employed · 4xRast, Richard↗$11K
CO · 4xPollack, Cintra↗$10K
CO · Race Street Management · 5xGutmann, James↗$10K
CO · Not Employed · 4xOH · Staq Pharma · 4x
Hickenlooper
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
146
International Affairs
41
Armed Forces and National Security
33
Transportation and Public Works
28
Science, Technology, Communications
25
Environmental Protection
20
The Revolving Door
Naveen Parmar — chief counsel → Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Mehlman Consulting, Inc.↗(433 filings)
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.