July 16, 2025 02:26 PM UTC

Fundraising Numbers for Statewide Races

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• by: Colorado Pols

The fundraising reports for Q2 are finally available for both state and federal campaigns. We also now have enough people running for various seats that we can actually compare some of those numbers. So, let’s do that…

We looked at the race for Governor already, so now it’s time to finish up the other statewide constitutional races: Attorney General, State Treasurer, and Secretary of State.

As a reminder, contribution limits for individual donors are $725 for the Primary Election and $725 for the General Election, which means that campaigns can accept a maximum check of $1,450 from a single donor. Not all of this money can be used in a Primary Election, however, but we’ll skip the intricacies of campaign finance law for now (click here to go down that particular rabbit hole).

NOTE: We’re sorting the numbers below according to cash-on-hand (COH) figures, because the “pump and dump” era of fundraising encourages some campaigns to tout fundraising totals that can be misleading if the campaign also spent an inordinate amount of money on fundraising consultants. What matters here is how much money a campaign has for operating expenses going forward.

ALSO: Numbers represented here include total figures “to date” for each campaign.

Attorney General

Current Secretary of State Jena Griswold holds a sizable money lead here, commensurate with her big name ID advantage among the candidates. Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty needs to pick up the pace in fundraising, particularly considering that he was the first candidate to officially join the race. Former House Speaker Crisanta Duran is basically done; it’s probably time for her to bow out of this race.

State Treasurer

State Sen. Jeff Bridges is out to a solid lead over State Rep. Brianna Titone, despite the fact that Titone has been in this race longer than Bridges. Jefferson County Treasurer Jerry DiTullio has run face first into the wall of reality; that he already repaid himself a sizable loan — and has spent more than he has raised — indicates that he’s at least aware that there’s probably nowhere to go but down from here.

Secretary of State

These are not the kind of fundraising numbers that will at all concern State Sen. Jessie Danielson, who formally joined the race after the Q2 reporting period. If this is the best Gonzalez can do despite being a candidate since early January, Danielson will likely roll over her in short order.