2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Julie Gonzales?
The money.
- Raised
- $978K
- Spent
- $959K
- Cash on hand
- $19K
- Individuals 97% $953K
- PACs & other committees 2% $22K
- Other receipts 0.3% $2,847
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $306K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $953K from individuals
41% in small-dollar gifts
$392K of $953K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 43%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
81% from Colorado · 19% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
89% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Colorado $435K
- New York $23K
- California $21K
- Washington $10K
- Oregon $4,250
- Massachusetts $4,083
- New Mexico $3,850
- Virginia $3,500
Top employers named by donors
- MEYER LAW OFFICE $15K
- STATE OF COLORADO $9,483
- UNIVERSITY OF DENVER $5,884
- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO $3,897
- OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY $1,300
- STATE OF CO $1,050
- KAISER PERMANENTE $700
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $238K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $262K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Dec 8, 2025 to Jul 27, 2026, net of refunds (1,756 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $306K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$41K of the $267K on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.
What it bought, per the late reports
- TV, radio & streaming TV 31% $82K
- Digital ads 60% $160K
- Mail, print & signs 2% $5,335
- Phones & texts 8% $20K
Largest late spenders for
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC $223K
- INDIVISIBLE ACTION $43K
- INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC. $1,135
Latest dissemination on these reports: June 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (28 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗
Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Where it went.
Where the money went $933K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 39% $365K
- Consultants & strategy 5% $42K
- Staff & payroll 26% $245K
- Fundraising & processing fees 11% $99K
- Polling, research & data 3% $30K
- Travel, meals & events 4% $33K
- Office, technology & overhead 7% $65K
- Legal & compliance 6% $54K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $1,000
Largest payees
- GUSTO INC $244K
- MOMENTUM CAMPAIGNS $113K
- MIDDLE SEAT CONSULTING $103K
- MAC GROUP CONSULTING $94K
- POCKETBOOK STRATEGIES $53K
Paid to individuals: $52K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Dec 8, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (396 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- John W. HickenlooperDemocrat · $8.0M raised · $510K outside
- Robert ChewFWD · $3.6M raised
- Bob ChewOther · $3.6M raised
- Janak JoshiRepublican · $486K raised
- George Washington Markert VRepublican · $315K raised
- Karen BreslinDemocrat · $165K raised
- Mark BaisleyRepublican · $138K raised
- Sean M. PondConstitution · $31K raised
- Brashad D HasleyDemocrat · $20K raised
- Matthew WoodIndependent · $4,545 raised
- Anthony Jacob ZimpferDemocrat · $4,308 raised
- Dathan Charles JonesRepublican · $25 raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.