Michael F. Bennet

Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Criminal Justice & Policing 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO current Colorado	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO Colorado	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO Colorado	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), CO Colorado	Democratic	Jan 22, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.245, social dim. -0.188. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense	Nay	Jul 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Nay	Jul 28, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Nay	Jul 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit	Nay	Jul 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Jul 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Jul 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force	Nay	Jul 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information	Nay	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security	Nay	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence	Nay	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jul 22, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Nay	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri	Nay	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement	Nay	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement	Nay	Jul 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes	Nay	Jul 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information	Nay	Jul 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,001 recorded contributions totalling $838,709. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 262 of 1001 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	53	$166,200	20%
Corporate PAC	9	$85,450	10%
Small-dollar	199	$21,568	3%
Super PAC	1	$105	0%
Unclassified	739	$565,386	67%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$61,377	GRASSROOTS MEDIA	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Aug 7, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$25,500	GRASSROOTS MEDIA	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Dec 11, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,497	AUTHENTIC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Jan 5, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$16,050	UNITED HEALTHCARE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Mar 16, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$11,500	BENNET WARNER VICTORY	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Nov 14, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,823	BENNET WARNER VICTORY	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Feb 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$6,400	BENNET WARNER VICTORY	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Dec 1, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,000	ELKCO PROPERTIES	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Feb 14, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL PAC (NMHC PAC)	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Nov 6, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES PAC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Aug 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES PAC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Aug 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Sep 24, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	ACTBLUE	BENNET FOR COLORADO	unclassified	Oct 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	BACPAC	BENNET FOR COLORADO	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.