DemocratJohn W. Hickenlooper
U.S. Senator · Colorado
U.S. Senator from Colorado
13 tracked promises, 1 rated
Colorado
Represents Colorado statewide
How they won their seat
John W. Hickenlooper won the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Colorado with 53.5% of the vote (1,731,114 votes).
- John W. Hickenlooper · Democrat53.5%1,731,114
- Cory Gardner · Republican44.2%1,429,492
- Raymon Anthony Doane · Libertarian1.7%56,262
- 5 Other Candidates0.6%18,922
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
John W. Hickenlooper's record shows a pattern of involvement in public lands, health care, and economic issues, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills like the Community College Agriculture Advancement Act and the Health Care for Energy Workers Act. His committee memberships, particularly in Energy and Natural Resources and Health, further reflect an emphasis on these areas, alongside efforts to address consumer protection and technology. Focus areas (from the record): Public Lands · Health Care · Economic Development · Consumer Protection · Workforce Development Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Hickenlooper's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on public lands and health care, such as his commitment to protect public lands and create a public option. However, his voting record shows a higher rate of dissent against party lines. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of his sponsored bills cannot be assessed based on available evidence; There is insufficient evidence to assess the impact of his committee work; There is a lack of available information regarding his statements or public communications. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. John W. Hickenlooper has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What John W. Hickenlooper has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$1.3M19%
- Large individual (itemized)$4.5M67%
- PAC / committee$896K13%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and InnovationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and MediaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and CompetitivenessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — EnergyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and MiningOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and PowerOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+100 · based on 1 rated promise
- Fully Kept 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2021 · 1 rated promiseThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jan 2027 | 100 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
13 promises across 12 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Immigration2
- Executive Oversight / Nominations1
- Executive Power / Civil Liberties1
- Health Care1
- Housing Affordability1
- Permitting / Government Reform1
- Prescription Drug Prices1
- Public Lands1
- Public Lands / Nominations1
- Trade / Economy1
- Wages / Economy1
- Wildfire Mitigation1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1292%
- Reputable news18%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
13 tracked promises
“Called for creating a real pathway to citizenship for DREAMers, TPS recipients, and essential workers.”
“Committed to fight to pass legislation protecting more than one million acres of public lands in Colorado.”
“Pledged to build more housing and ban Wall Street from dominating the housing market to lower prices.”
“Pledged to lower drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.”
“Committed to fight to create a public option, saying he would work to restore health care coverage cuts and add a government insurance option.”
“Committed, through the Insurrection Act reform legislation he co-introduced, to add oversight and checks limiting a president's authority to deploy the military against Americans.”
“Vowed to refuse additional funding for ICE and to keep working to get Colorado residents released from ICE detention facilities.”
“Pledged to end the Trump administration's tariffs.”
“Stated he would support raising the federal minimum wage.”
“Pledged to vote against President Trump's nomination of Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management.”
“Committed, through the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act he co-introduced, to speed up wildfire mitigation and make Colorado homes and businesses more resilient to wildfire.”
“Committed to oppose every executive-branch nominee he judges to pose a genuine threat to Colorado residents.”
“Committed, through the bipartisan ePermit Act he co-introduced, to digitize and streamline the federal permitting process into a single online system.”
Verified record
110 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $9,884,305, spent $8,561,826, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored SRES 768: A resolution commemorating the anniversary of the antisemitic attack on participants in the Run for Their Lives walk in Boulder, Colorado on June 1, 2025. ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4730: Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2026 ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored S 4382: Workforce Data Enhancement Act ↗Apr 23, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 162: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2015-07 re: in-person collection of consumer debt". ↗Apr 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4116: Geo POWER Act ↗Mar 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4005: Responsible Containment Reauthorization Act of 2026 ↗Mar 5, 2026
- Sponsored S 3792: Water Project Navigators Act ↗Feb 5, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 569: A resolution expressing support for declaring 2026 the "Year of Math" in the United States. ↗Dec 18, 2025
- Sponsored S 3576: PREPARE Act of 2025 ↗Dec 18, 2025
- Sponsored S 3323: Family Vaccine Protection Act ↗Dec 3, 2025
- Sponsored S 3341: Investing in All of America Act of 2025 ↗Dec 3, 2025
- Sponsored S 3247: Dark and Quiet Skies Act of 2025 ↗Nov 20, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 110 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 296
- Nay
- 584
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 10
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Nay
- PN1078Nay
- PN1078Nay
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Yea
- PN73011Nay
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
- SJRES187Yea
- PN73011Nay
- PN932Nay
- PN932Nay
- HR6500Yea
- SRES817Nay
- SJRES181Yea
- SJRES199Yea
- SRES817Nay
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
14 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Trade / EconomyStated position
Pledged to end the Trump administration's tariffs.
SourcesVail Daily (Hickenlooper signed op-ed)View position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Called for creating a real pathway to citizenship for DREAMers, TPS recipients, and essential workers.
SourcesVail Daily (Hickenlooper signed op-ed)View position & sources → - Housing AffordabilityStated position
Pledged to build more housing and ban Wall Street from dominating the housing market to lower prices.
SourcesVail Daily (Hickenlooper signed op-ed)View position & sources → - Prescription Drug PricesStated position
Pledged to lower drug costs by empowering Medicare to negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs.
SourcesVail Daily (Hickenlooper signed op-ed)View position & sources → - Public LandsStated position
Committed to fight to pass legislation protecting more than one million acres of public lands in Colorado.
SourcesVail Daily (Hickenlooper signed op-ed)View position & sources → - Health CareStated position
Committed to fight to create a public option, saying he would work to restore health care coverage cuts and add a government insurance option.
SourcesVail Daily (Hickenlooper signed op-ed)View position & sources → - Wages / EconomyStated position
Stated he would support raising the federal minimum wage.
SourcesThe Colorado SunView position & sources → - Permitting / Government ReformStated position
Committed, through the bipartisan ePermit Act he co-introduced, to digitize and streamline the federal permitting process into a single online system.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Public Lands / NominationsStated position
Pledged to vote against President Trump's nomination of Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Executive Power / Civil LibertiesStated position
Committed, through the Insurrection Act reform legislation he co-introduced, to add oversight and checks limiting a president's authority to deploy the military against Americans.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Wildfire MitigationStated position
Committed, through the bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act he co-introduced, to speed up wildfire mitigation and make Colorado homes and businesses more resilient to wildfire.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Executive Oversight / NominationsStated position
Committed to oppose every executive-branch nominee he judges to pose a genuine threat to Colorado residents.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NAY on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NAY on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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