Senator · Colorado

Michael F. Bennet

Michael F. Bennet is a Democratic senator from Colorado, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 82, and cast 741 of 765 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 22, 2009
Term ends
Jan 3, 2029
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9159.0%82 of 915 · rank 4 of 10197%741 of 765 · rank 70 of 101840 became law37%145 of 394
118th CongressSenate6910.6%4 of 691 · rank 88 of 10199%529 of 535 · rank 39 of 101750 became law28%93 of 333
117th CongressSenate9492.0%19 of 949 · rank 57 of 10099%748 of 754 · rank 35 of 100510 became law23%85 of 372

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.25+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 3944: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Aug 1, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–53· Against party
  2. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party
  3. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 15, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 70–25· Against party
  4. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
  5. H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Oct 31, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 61–36· Against party
  6. H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Oct 25, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 59–38· Against party
  7. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 30–69· Against party
  8. H.J.Res. 7: Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.Yea
    Mar 29, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 68–23· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

210 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced18789%
  2. Reported by committee83.8%
  3. Passed one chamber157.1%

Policy areas

  1. Health32
  2. Public Lands and Natural Resources30
  3. Taxation25
  4. Agriculture and Food12
  5. Government Operations and Politics10
  6. International Affairs10
  7. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues9
  8. Education9

Latest activity

  1. S. 2754 Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Oct 5, 2026
  2. S. 5630 Stop Orphaned Wells Act
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  3. S. 5621 Safe Spaces for All Act
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  4. S. 5535 Eviction Crisis Act of 2026
    Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Sep 24, 2026
  5. S. 5533 Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2026
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  6. S. 5444 New Essential Education Discoveries Act of 2026
    Introduced· Education· Sep 17, 2026
  7. S.Res. 857 A resolution commemorating 1 year since the tragic act of violence on September 10, 2025, in Evergreen, Colorado, recognizing the victims, survivors, and responders, and expressing condolences and support to their families and their communities.
    Introduced· Sep 16, 2026
  8. S. 5101 Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act
    Introduced· Energy· Sep 16, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$213.8K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$201.8K
From committees
$21.5K
7 committees
From contractor PACs
$1,500
1 PACs · 7% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american society for radiation oncologyamerican society for radiation oncology pac (''astro-pac'')$1,500AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGYAI match · 100% · the same organization$307.1K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$213.8K$21.5K$1,5001 PACs · 7% of committee money
2024$1.2M$50.7K$8,7504 PACs · 17% of committee money
2022$20.7M$1.3M$62K13 PACs · 5% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · ColoradoJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2029
  2. Senate · ColoradoJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
  3. Senate · ColoradoJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2017
  4. Senate · ColoradoJan 22, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.bennet.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-5852
Office
261 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.