Which PACs gave the most to Ken Buck?

Project West Political Action Committee ($20K), House Freedom Fund ($16K), Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC Political Action Committee ($13K), Huck PAC ($10K), Koch Industries, Inc. Political Action Committee (Kochpac) ($10K) in 2022.

How much has Ken Buck raised across elections?

$1.6M in 2022 (Colorado 4th District), $480K in 2020 (Colorado 4th District).

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Politician

Ken Buck

Republican · Colorado · ran 2 times since 2020, won 2 · incumbent

FEC candidate H4CO04090

Ken Buck (Republican) raised $1.6M for the 2022 Colorado 4th District race, $426K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). They won.

Raised, all runs

$2.1M

2022, 2020

From PAC checks

36%

$764K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

Every run

Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2022	Colorado 4th District	$1.6M	26%	$0 / $0	–	$1.6M	✓ Won
2020	Colorado 4th District	$480K	71%	$0 / $0	–	$480K	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Corporate $302KTrade group $94KOther $64KLeadership PAC $57KMembership $52KSuper PAC $8K

Project West Political Action CommitteeOther$30K
House Freedom FundLeadership PAC$26K
Huck PACOther$20K
Koch Industries, Inc. Political Action Committee (Kochpac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
Charter Communications Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
Echostar Corporation and Dish Network Corporation PAC (Echostar Dish Network PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
Employees of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Majority Committee PAC--Mc PACLeadership PAC$10K
Western Sugar Cooperative PACTrade group$8K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

No outside spending of note.

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 9 key votes where Ken Buck had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 8 times (89%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208	Pharma and health care wanted yea	$18K	Yea · with industry
Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177	Labor unions wanted nay	$1K	Present
NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118	Defense contractors wanted yea	$3K	Nay · against
Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$12K	Yea · with industry
Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210	Gun lobby wanted yea	$7K	Yea · with industry
Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$29K	Yea · with industry
Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$29K	Yea · with industry
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184	Tech and AI wanted nay	$48K	Yea · against
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207	Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	$29K$18K$23K	Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	$7K	Nay · with industry
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	$7K	Nay · with industry
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$18K	Nay · with industry
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$7K	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$1K	Nay · against

Their own portfolio

1 stock trades, worth $1K–$15K

Reported under the STOCK Act from 1 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 0 buys, 1 sells.

All traders →

Most traded

HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc.$1K+1 trades

Latest trades

sellHP2021-09-09 · stock$1K–$15K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

3 former aides now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Ken Buck's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.

Garrett VentryFormer congressional staff
Office of Rep. Ken Buck - Chief of Staff; U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Senior Communications Advisor
Now lobbies for Eli Lilly And Company · via Grv Strategies LLC
Rachel BissexFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel, DOJ (Jan 2017--Nov/Dec 2017); Dep. Chief of Staff & Chief Counsel, Office of Rep. Ken Buck(Feb 2021--Nov 2021); Senior Cou…
Now lobbies for News Corporation
Joe ChathamFormer congressional staff
Chief Counsel, Rep. Ken Buck
Now lobbies for Federation For American Immigration Reform

The revolving door, industry by industry →

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Ken Buck's 2022 campaign?: Ken Buck (Republican) raised $1.6M for the 2022 Colorado 4th District race, $426K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Ken Buck?: Project West Political Action Committee ($20K), House Freedom Fund ($16K), Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC Political Action Committee ($13K), Huck PAC ($10K), Koch Industries, Inc. Political Action Committee (Kochpac) ($10K) in 2022.
How much has Ken Buck raised across elections?: $1.6M in 2022 (Colorado 4th District), $480K in 2020 (Colorado 4th District).