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John Hickenlooper

3 press releases on AI$72K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

Same bill, both records

Bills this member both voted on and cited in a release. Shown side by side; no score is drawn from them (why).

Ratepayer Protection Act
NAY
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

cloture · Sep 30, 2026 · Rejected 57-43

toward oversightSep 30, 2026

Hickenlooper criticized the Ratepayer Protection Act as toothless and pushed for amendments requiring data centers/Big Tech to actually pay for grid upgrades.

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What they said

toward oversightSep 30, 2026

Hickenlooper criticized the Ratepayer Protection Act as toothless and pushed for amendments requiring data centers/Big Tech to actually pay for grid upgrades.

“Democrats pushed to strengthen the so-called Ratepayer Protection Act and require data centers to pay for grid updates WASHINGTON – As the Senate considers the Ratepayer Protection Act, today U.S. Se…”

toward oversightSep 29, 2026

Hickenlooper urges Trump and AI CEOs to work with Congress on federal guardrails including independent evaluation, accountability, and incident reporting.

““Now is the time to move beyond warnings and start writing the guardrails” WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson’s expected meeting with leading technology executives …”

toward oversightSep 17, 2026

Hickenlooper calls for Senate hearings and stronger AI guardrails, including independent audits and accountability for harms.

““We’re entering a new and dangerous era of artificial intelligence, and we need stronger guardrails to protect against the risks” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper called on the Sena…”

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

How they voted

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$72K

From employees and investors, personally

$0

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
May 7, 2026Bradford SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
May 7, 2026Bradford SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
Oct 28, 2025Tao LinANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Oct 28, 2025Tao LinANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Oct 24, 2025Todor MarkovANTHROPIC$4K↗
Oct 24, 2025Todor MarkovANTHROPIC$4K↗
Oct 24, 2025Steven BillsANTHROPIC$4K↗
Oct 24, 2025Steven BillsANTHROPIC$4K↗
Aug 26, 2025Christopher LehaneOPENAI$4K↗
Aug 4, 2025Prabhakar RaghavanGOOGLE$4K↗
Jul 21, 2025Kent WalkerALPHABET$4K↗
Mar 31, 2025Kent WalkerALPHABET$4K↗
Mar 24, 2025David FischerMETA PLATFORMS, INC.$4K↗
Mar 21, 2025Alexander KarpPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$4K↗
Mar 24, 2025Mehdi AllhassaniPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$2K↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.