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Michael F. Bennet

D Democrat · Senator, Colorado
26
Moderate self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#63 of 193 scored

Bennet is among the wealthier senators (estimates ~$15M-$18M), much of it pre-office wealth from his finance/business career, and STOCK Act filings show meaningful individual-stock and fund activity (parsed trades up to ~$4.2M). He publicly supports the STOCK Act and has denied trading on legislation. In 2025-2026 he ran for Colorado governor, missing a large share of Senate votes (51 of 97 in one spring window) while raising ~$3.5M, much from venture-capital and private-equity donors. No documented campaign personal-use or revolving-door violations were found.

Public record

In Congress since
2009
Committees
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Finance
Rules and Administration
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Missed votes, 119th Congress
9.0% (82 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$214K raised · 9% from PACs & committees · $202K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
S. 1879

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
30
STOCK Act filings parsed up to ~$4.2M in trades including a 2017 sale of up to $1M of one holding; individual stocks and funds present, no proven timing/return abuse.
Up to $4.2M of trades parsed from Bennet's STOCK Act filings, including a March 2017 sale of up to $1M of $RGC; top assets include Canyon Balanced Fund and Charles Schwab Bank.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Bennet denied suggesting he trades stock based on ongoing legislation and publicly supports the STOCK Act.News reportingfoxnews.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
10
Net worth ~$15.7M (2018) to ~$17.9M (2025 est.); large but largely pre-office finance/business wealth, modest growth roughly tracking markets.
Bennet's net worth was estimated at ~$15.7M in 2018 (12th wealthiest senator) and ~$17.9M as of 2025.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
25
Correlation, not proof: heavy finance/VC/PE donor concentration (top gubernatorial donors are VC/PE investors giving $50K each); no quid-pro-quo established.
Bennet's top 2025 donors -- Jason Mendelson, Tom Ray, Arthur Reimers, Jim Kelley -- are venture-capital or private-equity investors who each gave $50,000.News reportingcoloradonewsline.com ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No documented personal use of campaign or leadership-PAC funds found.
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
—
No documented family lobbying/contracts tied to office or staff-to-lobbyist pipeline found.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
45
Missed 51 of 97 votes (Apr 13-Jun 13) and skipped committee hearings while campaigning for governor and raising ~$3.5M over three quarters of 2025.
Bennet missed 51 of 97 votes from April 13 to June 13 and skipped committee hearings while spending most of the period in Colorado campaigning.News reportingcpr.org ↗After entering the governor's race April 10, Bennet raised about $3.5 million over the last three quarters of 2025.News reportingcoloradonewsline.com ↗

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 4 news reporting · 1 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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