| Committee Type |
Contribution Cycle |
Contribution Limits |
| Candidate committee |
Election cycle starts 31 days following a general election for the particular office and ends 30 days following the next general election for that office.
6 years: State Board of Education, CU Regent
4 years: Governor/Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Senate, District Attorney, RTD
2 years: State House of Representatives |
State candidates: Please review Campaign Finance Rule 10.14.
Municipal/County candidates: Contribution limits may or may not apply to home rule municipal or county candidates. Check with the municipality or county to verify if Home Rule charters or ordinances apply. Unless a municipality or county is home ruled and has laws different from state law, municipal or county candidates may not accept corporate or labor union contributions. |
Political party
(State, county, district and local level combined.) |
Per calendar year: January 1st - December 31st |
$3,400 per year; no more than $2,825 to the state party from any person (does not include issue committees) other than small donor committees.
$17,075 per year; no more than $14,225 to the state party from any small donor committee. |
| Political committee |
Colorado House of Representatives Elections Cycle (2 years).
This applies to state, county and local political committees. |
$550 |
| Small donor committee |
Per year (calendar year) - January 1st through December 31st.
This applies to state, county and local small donor
committees. |
$50 maximum by natural persons who are U.S. citizens only. |
| Issue committee |
Not applicable. |
State issue committees do not have contribution limits.
Municipal/County issue committees: check with the designated election official to see if a Home Rule Charter establishes contribution limits. |
| Independent expenditure committee |
Not applicable. |
State independent expenditure committees do not have donation limits.
Municipal/County independent expenditure committees: check with the designated election official to see if a Home Rule Charter establishes donation limits. |
