DemocratMichael F. Bennet
U.S. Senator · Colorado
U.S. Senator from Colorado
14 tracked promises, 10 rated
Colorado
Represents Colorado statewide
Trust rating
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Not enough rated promises yet to provide an accurate Trust Rating.
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How they won their seat
Michael Bennet won the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Colorado with 55.9% of the vote (1,397,170 votes).
- Michael Bennet · Democrat55.9%1,397,170
- Joe O'Dea · Republican41.3%1,031,693
- Brian Peotter · Libertarian1.7%43,534
- 6 Other Candidates1.1%27,804
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
Michael F. Bennet's record shows a pattern of involvement in agriculture, healthcare, and education, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Farmers’ Market Local Revitalization Act and the Medicare-X Choice Act. Additionally, his involvement in committees related to finance and agriculture suggests an emphasis on economic issues and resource management. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Healthcare · Education · Economic Development · Environmental Policy Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Bennet's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on healthcare and education, such as the Medicare-X Choice Act and initiatives for child literacy. However, there is insufficient evidence to assess alignment with declared positions related to innovation and small business support. What this can't tell you: The outcomes of the sponsored bills are not documented in the available evidence; There is no information on his statements or public communications that could provide insight into his priorities; The record does not reveal any potential unlogged work or informal efforts outside of sponsored legislation. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Michael F. Bennet 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 2012. 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 Michael F. Bennet 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.
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.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$47K30%
- Large individual (itemized)$92K58%
- PAC / committee$19K12%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and BiotechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and CreditOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on FinanceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global CompetitivenessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS OversightOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
No score yetNot enough rated promises yet to provide an accurate Trust Rating.
The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2017 · 10 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
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Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept0
- Against0
- No opportunity10
- 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
14 promises across 13 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.
- Education2
- Childcare1
- Climate / clean air1
- Cost of living / affordability1
- Economy / innovation1
- Economy / small business1
- Education — chronic school absenteeism1
- Education / kids online safety1
- Elected office / governance1
- Health care1
- Health care costs1
- Housing1
- Kids online safety / AI1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)14100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
14 tracked promises
“Design and launch a new Colorado Public Option for Coloradans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but struggle to afford individual-market coverage.”
“Create a Colorado Clean Air, Affordable Energy Program with a clear, enforceable cap on emissions across major economic sectors to meet the state's statutory climate targets through 2050.”
“Require AI chatbots to flag messages from kids expressing suicidal ideation or an intention to harm others.”
“Launch a Child Care Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund to provide low-interest financing to providers offering affordable care.”
“Lead a state effort to ensure every kid in Colorado has the tools to read confidently by the end of third grade and reach math proficiency by fifth grade.”
“Make Colorado the first state where every high school student can graduate ready to earn a living wage.”
“Work with school districts and teachers to implement a statewide ban on cellphones in Colorado classrooms.”
“In his first 100 days as governor, complete and publish a comprehensive evaluation of health care cost drivers in Colorado.”
“Create a statewide technology transfer assistance office coordinating with institutions of higher education to help move research into the marketplace.”
“Establish a new Local Capital Fund that allocates capital to local financial institutions to expand access to capital for Colorado businesses.”
“Pursue a 'Build for the Future' cost-of-living agenda aimed at ensuring no Coloradan is forced to spend more than 30% of their income on housing.”
“As governor, increase the supply of state-supported housing in Colorado by 30% by 2035.”
“Will provide schools with the resources needed to combat chronic absenteeism and ensure students receive the education and support they deserve.”
“Remain in the U.S. Senate through the 2026 election and resign the Senate seat if elected Governor of Colorado.”
Verified record
404 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 $13,237,822, spent $13,082,307, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4872: Keep Kids in School Act ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4867: Small Farm Conservation Act ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4875: PASTEUR Act of 2026 ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4865: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026 ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4862: A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4866: Farmers’ Market Local Revitalization Act of 2026 ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4596: TRUST Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4589: OPEN Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4590: KIDS Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4575: SMART Community Policing Act ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored S 4455: Public Lands Integrity Act ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored S 4433: Disaster Declaration Transparency Act of 2026 ↗Apr 29, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 404 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 243
- Nay
- 565
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 82
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
16 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.
- Economy / innovationStated position
Create a statewide technology transfer assistance office coordinating with institutions of higher education to help move research into the marketplace.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Economy / small businessStated position
Establish a new Local Capital Fund that allocates capital to local financial institutions to expand access to capital for Colorado businesses.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Kids online safety / AIStated position
Require AI chatbots to flag messages from kids expressing suicidal ideation or an intention to harm others.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - ChildcareStated position
Launch a Child Care Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund to provide low-interest financing to providers offering affordable care.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Climate / clean airStated position
Create a Colorado Clean Air, Affordable Energy Program with a clear, enforceable cap on emissions across major economic sectors to meet the state's statutory climate targets through 2050.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - EducationStated position
Lead a state effort to ensure every kid in Colorado has the tools to read confidently by the end of third grade and reach math proficiency by fifth grade.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Education / kids online safetyStated position
Work with school districts and teachers to implement a statewide ban on cellphones in Colorado classrooms.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Health care costsStated position
In his first 100 days as governor, complete and publish a comprehensive evaluation of health care cost drivers in Colorado.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Health careStated position
Design and launch a new Colorado Public Option for Coloradans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but struggle to afford individual-market coverage.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Education — chronic school absenteeismStated position
Will provide schools with the resources needed to combat chronic absenteeism and ensure students receive the education and support they deserve.
SourcesOffice of Senator Michael F. BennetView position & sources → - Cost of living / affordabilityStated position
Pursue a 'Build for the Future' cost-of-living agenda aimed at ensuring no Coloradan is forced to spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - HousingStated position
As governor, increase the supply of state-supported housing in Colorado by 30% by 2035.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· archivedView position & sources → - Elected office / governanceStated position
Remain in the U.S. Senate through the 2026 election and resign the Senate seat if elected Governor of Colorado.
SourcesMichael Bennet for Governor (campaign)· 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 → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
Cosponsored S. 3351 (118th Congress), FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023, joining as a cosponsor of record on 2023-11-28. Recorded in the Congress.gov bill status record published by GovInfo.
SourcesGovInfo BILLSTATUS record for S. 3351, 118th Congress — FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023View 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.
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