Limits to Campaign Contributions
All legislative candidates are limited to accepting $225 per donor, per election cycle. All statewide candidates are limited to accepting $725 per donor, per election cycle.
Statewide candidates are limited to accepting $725 in contributions from political action committee (PAC) without Mega PAC status, per election cycle. Legislative, State Board of Education, Regents and District Attorney are limited to accepting $225 in contributions from political action committee (PAC) without Mega PAC status, per election cycle
Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates are limited to accepting $789,025 in contributions from a state political party committee, per election cycle. Attorney General, Secretary of State and State Treasurer party nominated candidates are limited to accepting $157,750 in contributions from a state political party committee, per election cycle. Legislative, State Board of Education, Regents and District Attorney candidates may accept up to $20,745 per political party committee, per election cycle.
Additional information on limits to campaign contributions in Colorado may be found here.
Filing Deadlines
Candidates are required to file detailed reports on their campaign donations and expenditures. Transparency USA provides accurate, searchable data within a month of its availability.
See Colorado’s campaign finance report deadlines here.
Additional reports may be required by Colorado filers. If a report is skipped (often because its deadline is close to another), the data from that report is captured in the next update.
Colorado Statewide Officeholders
Colorado statewide office holders (such as the governor and lieutenant governor) serve four-year terms and are up for reelection in non-presidential election years.
Colorado Legislature
Colorado House Representatives serve two-year terms.
Colorado State Senators serve four-year terms.
All members are limited to serving for eight consecutive years in their chambers — four terms for representatives and two terms for senators.
How We Display Colorado Campaign Finance Data
Campaign finance is complex, with reporting practices that vary widely from state to state. As a reporting system — and not a balance sheet — contributions and expenditures do not balance the way we’d expect if it were an accounting system. In most cases, this does not mean that the data is incomplete, but rather, that entities are following Colorado’s unique reporting requirements.
To help put the numbers in context, we’ve created a state-specific explanation of how we display information reported. Click the link below for a more detailed description of Colorado’s campaign finance data and how their unique system is displayed on TUSA: