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Diana DeGette

Diana DeGette

Democratic · CO U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

30 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1997

  • role U.S. representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district, based in Denver, since 1997
  • role Served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1993 to 1997
  • role Served as Democratic chief deputy whip from 2005 to 2019
  • role Has been dean of Colorado's congressional delegation since 2007
  • background Lawyer by profession
  • role Lost renomination in the 2026 Democratic primary to Melat Kiros

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CO-01 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,671,531 raised
  • $1,650,611 spent
  • $290,389 cash on hand
$1.67M
$1.67M
$679.81K
Itemized (≥ $200)$631.80K
Unitemized (< $200)$48.01K
Party committees$19.55
Other committees (PACs)$987.00K
Offsets to expenditures$846.39
Other receipts$3.86K
$1.65M
Operating expenditures$1.64M
Contribution refunds$2.82K
Other disbursements$3.00K
Cash on hand$290.39K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Diana DeGette campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
1996$898,672$889,219$9,453
1998$753,480$738,954$23,978
2000$661,596$542,495$143,080
2002$863,353$787,843$218,590
2004$632,598$620,604$230,584
2006$635,213$642,410$223,387
2008$808,497$925,782$106,102
2010$825,016$822,289$108,829
2012$1,051,538$1,098,046$62,321
2014$1,026,745$1,068,909$20,157
2016$1,256,204$1,176,317$100,045
2018$1,263,473$1,210,040$153,478
2020$1,204,484$1,080,589$277,373
2022$1,151,100$1,079,633$348,840
2024$1,103,162$1,182,533$269,469
2026$1,671,531$1,650,611$290,389

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $62,486 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • DAVITA $13,800
  • DISH NETWORK $13,200
  • BROWNSTEIN $7,350
  • KEBD ENTERPRISES LLC $6,600
  • PRIME POLICY GROUP $6,600
  • L AND M DEV PARTNERS $6,600
  • SEAN N PARKER FOUNDATION $6,600
  • FRIENDS OF CANCER RESEARCH $6,000
  • SIGAL CONSTRUCTION $5,000
  • THREE LEAF VENTURES $4,500

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $1,783,694 supporting · $213,474 opposing · 6 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $31 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about DeGette, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.