Top 10 federal campaign donors from Colorado in 2022
The top 10 Colorado donors to federal candidates and political spending committees during the 2022 election cycle gave a total of $16.5 million, with 60% of that going to Republican candidates and committees. That’s based on a Colorado Sun analysis of campaign contributions from Coloradans via data from the Federal Election Commission. The amount pales in comparison to national megadonors, who gave hundreds of millions to candidates and super PACs ahead of the 2022 election. Only the top two Colorado donors made OpenSecrets’ list of top 100 federal donors last year — Tatnall Hillman, an Aspen oil and gas heir and retired Navy captain, and Merle Chambers, a Denver philanthropist who led an oil and gas firm. Hillman gave $3.6 million to Republicans, while Chambers gave $2.6 million, most of it to Democrats. National super PACs affiliated with the Republican or Democratic parties were the top recipients from Colorado’s top 10 donors ,...