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A quarter of Colorado's campaign money from individuals came from out of state

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: State Campaign Contributions API – Donors to State and Local Campaigns

26.6% of individual contributions to Colorado campaigns in 2025-26 came from donors outside Colorado, the highest share in our data; New York was the largest source. Indiana was 23.1% (mostly Illinois) and Texas 21.1% (mostly California).

AKMEVTNHWashington: 6.7%WAIDMTNDMNILWIMINew York: 18.5%NYRIMAORNVWYSDIAIndiana: 23.1%INOHPANJCTCAUTColorado: 26.6%CONebraska: 7.8%NEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOklahoma: 8.8%OKLAMSALGAHawaii: 12.3%HITexas: 21.1%TXFLFrom out of state: lowhigh · outline: no data
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StateIndividual $From out of stateTop outside state
CO$70.8M26.6%NY
IN$39.8M23.1%IL
TX$738.2M21.1%CA
NY$275.1M18.5%CA
HI$8.4M12.3%CA
OK$47.4M8.8%TX
NE$29.5M7.8%CA
WA$81.4M6.7%CA

The same data shows how concentrated giving is: three donors listing Middleton Oil as employer gave $22.1M, nearly ten times what 1,535 Valero employees gave ($2.3M).

Caveats

Individual contributions with a two-letter donor state only. Illinois and Minnesota filings do not label donors as individuals the same way and are not in this table.

Sources

  • State Campaign Contributions API – Donors to State and Local Campaigns: the primary sources are listed on the API page, read on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: b1-cf-out-of-state-share.csv · b1-cf-top-employers-2025-26.csv

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  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"states": ["TX"], "recipient": "Abbott", "maxItems": 20}'
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