Here's How Much Colorado Gov Candidates Have Raised In-State

ACROSS COLORADO – By Sandra Fish for The Colorado Independent It’s time to take another look at where gubernatorial donors are coming from— in terms of geography at least.

We examined this topic last month, and let’s acknowledge there’s some skew here because candidates are spending so much of their own money.

That self-funding comes from loans and also direct contributions. For this analysis, as for last month’s, we’re just looking at direct contributions. Loans aren’t included.

First, a look at total candidate fundraising and the proportion that came from Colorado:

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Again, virtually all of Democratic Congressman Jared Polis’ money came from Colorado because virtually all of it came from Polis. That data point made for a contentious moment in the final Democratic debate when questions arose about whether he was buying the election. When it comes to contributions from others, he has limited it to accepting only $100 per person, and he said he wouldn’t have had to spend so much money if Johnston wasn’t getting so much help from out of state. (Polis is one of the few Colorado self-funders to win office by spending big in the past.)

It’s also worth noting that of GOP Treasurer Walker Stapleton’s Colorado cash, nearly half ($837,000) came from his own pocket.

As with last month’s analysis, Democratic former state Sen. Michael Johnston received the lowest proportion of his money from Colorado donors – less than 50 percent, in fact.

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