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Michael Bennet

Democrat. Colorado’s Senate seat, on the ballot November 7, 2028.

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Age on Election Day 2028
63
On November 7, 2028. Born November 28, 1964.
Lean
D+6
Statewide, 2025 Cook PVI.
In the Senate since
2009
Took office January 21, 2009.7
Approval
51%
35% disapprove. Morning Consult.3

Overview

Cash on hand
$192,712
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report13

Last election
55.9%
Share of the vote.12

The state in 2024
Harris won Colorado in 2024.
Earlier offices
  • Superintendent, Denver Public Schools, 2005 to 2009 (appointed, not elected)
2028 plans
Lost the June 30, 2026 Democratic primary for Colorado governor to Attorney General Phil Weiser (AP call; Bennet conceded) and remains in the Senate. Source: The Colorado Sun (opens in a new tab), June 30, 2026.

Lean is the state’s 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI): R+5 to R+9 is lean Republican, R+10 and up solidly Republican, and D+ leans Democratic. Approval is the latest published Morning Consult rating, from its quarterly survey of registered voters in each state. Last election is the share of the vote the senator won. Cash on hand is the campaign’s money at the end of the reporting period named.

Sources (7)
  1. 1Michael Bennet, official page Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4The Colorado Sun, June 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)

In the Senate

In the Senate since
January 21, 2009
Leadership posts
No leadership post
Committees
  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Finance
  • Rules and Administration
  • Intelligence

A gold mark names a leadership post. The posts and committees are the 119th Congress’s, as senate.gov lists them: a chair led a full committee for the majority, a ranking member was the senior member of the minority on it. The 120th Congress, which Democrats control, names its own in January 2027.

The filibuster

The senator’s own public position, from a recorded vote or a dated statement. A talking filibuster requires senators to hold the floor to block a vote.

Ending the legislative filibuster

Supports

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet reiterated his support for reforming U.S. Senate rules to end the filibuster, restore the Senate, and protect democracy.

Sen. Michael Bennet press release (opens in a new tab), December 19, 2021.

A talking filibuster

Supports

“[Requiring] those who continue debate to actually hold the floor and talk, like ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ instead of phoning it in from their office as they do today.”

Bennet Colorado Sun op-ed, as quoted by Colorado Times Recorder (opens in a new tab), December 19, 2021.

Sources (2)
  1. 8Sen. Michael Bennet press release, December 19, 2021 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 9Bennet Colorado Sun op-ed, as quoted by Colorado Times Recorder, December 19, 2021 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

Colorado’s other Senate seat is not on the 2028 ballot.

Senator
John W. Hickenlooper (opens in a new tab)
Party
Democrat
Next on the ballot
2032The current term ends January 3, 2033.

The two seats are on different ballots: this one in 2028, the other in 2032. From the 120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py (opens in a new tab) dataset, retrieved November 5, 2026.

Sources (2)
  1. 10John W. Hickenlooper’s official site Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 11120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset Retrieved November 5, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Election history

2022 election
Won with 55.9% of the voteOfficial results (opens in a new tab)
2028
Six-year term. The seat is on the ballot November 7, 2028.
Sources (1)
  1. 12Official results, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

Cash on hand
$192,712

Reported to
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Cash on hand from the latest Federal Election Commission filing of the senator’s campaign committee.

Sources (1)
  1. 13Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

Heritage Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
6
Club for Growth (opens in a new tab) lifetime
8
Turning Point Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
13
GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
9
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.

Progressive scorecards, out of 100

League of Conservation Voters (opens in a new tab) lifetime
91
Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
90
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) (opens in a new tab) 119th Congress, 10 measures
90

Mirrored for every senator of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the senator’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its Senate table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. No score means none was published.

Each out of 100, as the group publishes it: Heritage Action and Turning Point Action (the senator’s lifetime scores), Club for Growth (the senator’s lifetime rating) and GOP Platform (2025), which measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform and is published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

“No score published” means the group published none, not zero.

How to read this

Each group’s name links to the senator’s own page on its scorecard, or to the scorecard’s list for the state where the line under it says so, opened on the date shown.

Sources (7)
  1. 14Heritage Action scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 15Club for Growth scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 16Turning Point Action scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 17GOP Platform scorecard, list for Colorado (Michael Bennet’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 18League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 19Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Colorado (Michael Bennet’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 20Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Endorsements

Mirrored for Democrats: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC and the Democratic Socialists of America, as Republicans are checked against Donald Trump, Club for Growth, Turning Point Action and MAHA PAC.

2028 race so far

None on record: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Democratic Socialists of America.

Sources: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab); FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab); FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab); Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ (opens in a new tab); FEC independent expenditures, 2026 (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements (opens in a new tab); Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab).

2022 race

Endorsed: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

None on record: Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Democratic Socialists of America.

Sources: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) (opens in a new tab); FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab); ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ (opens in a new tab); Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab); Colorado WFP, general-election endorsements (Sept. 14, 2022) (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) (opens in a new tab); FEC independent expenditures, 2022 (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release (opens in a new tab); Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab).

Endorsed: the group endorsed the officeholder in that race. None on record: no endorsement found in the sources listed.

Sources (15)
  1. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Justice Democrats, candidates Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 26Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC independent expenditures, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 27Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  8. 28Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  9. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  10. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  11. 31Endorsements, 2022 race: Colorado WFP, general-election endorsements (Sept. 14, 2022) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  12. 32Endorsements, 2022 race: Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  13. 33Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC independent expenditures, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  14. 34Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  15. 35Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.

All sources for this record (35)

Overview

  1. 1Michael Bennet, official page (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4The Colorado Sun, June 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The filibuster

  1. 8Sen. Michael Bennet press release, December 19, 2021 (opens in a new tab)
  2. 9Bennet Colorado Sun op-ed, as quoted by Colorado Times Recorder, December 19, 2021 (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

  1. 10John W. Hickenlooper’s official site (opens in a new tab)
  2. 11120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset (opens in a new tab) Retrieved November 5, 2026.

Election history

  1. 12Official results, 2022 (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

  1. 13Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

  1. 14Heritage Action scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  2. 15Club for Growth scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  3. 16Turning Point Action scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  4. 17GOP Platform scorecard, list for Colorado (Michael Bennet’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  5. 18League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  6. 19Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Colorado (Michael Bennet’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  7. 20Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Michael Bennet’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.

Endorsements

  1. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab)
  3. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab)
  4. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab)
  5. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ (opens in a new tab)
  6. 26Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC independent expenditures, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  7. 27Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements (opens in a new tab)
  8. 28Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab)
  9. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) (opens in a new tab)
  10. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ (opens in a new tab)
  11. 31Endorsements, 2022 race: Colorado WFP, general-election endorsements (Sept. 14, 2022) (opens in a new tab)
  12. 32Endorsements, 2022 race: Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) (opens in a new tab)
  13. 33Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC independent expenditures, 2022 (opens in a new tab)
  14. 34Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive (opens in a new tab)
  15. 35Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release (opens in a new tab)

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