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Shannon Kathleen Bird

Campaign donations, fundraising, spending, and cash on hand from the latest included Federal Election Commission filings.

U.S. House — Colorado District 8DEMChallengerFEC H6CO08047
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Shannon Kathleen Bird raised?

$2,345,252.96 in total campaign receipts.

$2,179,972.79 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts$2,345,253
Total spending$2,115,075
Cash on hand$230,178

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Office soughtU.S. House · CO-08Federal Election Commission
Filing classificationChallengerFEC candidate master
Current public officeNo matching current federal roleNo role inferred
Campaign websiteNot listed in a connected official sourceCoverage gap
Experience and education

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Statements and official actions over time

Sourced issue positions

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HousingNo sourced public position located.

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Economy & taxesNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

EducationNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

Public safetyNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

ImmigrationNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

Health careNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

TransportationNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

Energy & climateNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

AbortionNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

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Endorsements

CAMPAIGN-REPORTED
No sourced public endorsements located.

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Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Shannon Kathleen Bird 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Latest included independent expenditure

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Latest included PAC or party transaction

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Latest included campaign summary

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Scheduled primary election

Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.

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Federal general election

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House Clerk · personal filings

Personal financial disclosure filings

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Campaign money

Shannon Kathleen Bird campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$2,345,252.96All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$2,179,972.79Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$2,115,075.02Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$230,177.94Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$0.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$230,177.94Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores. “Not reported” means the current bulk file contains no summary; it does not mean zero.

Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Shannon Kathleen Bird

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$144,780.0077 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$928,265.5616 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$1,931,081.0217 transactions
Direct contribution

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Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

WINTHECENTER PAC3 itemized transactions · latest Mar 27, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
EMILYS LIST29 itemized transactions · latest Jan 31, 2026
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE1 itemized transaction · latest Jan 14, 2026
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC)1 itemized transaction · latest Mar 26, 2026
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE1 itemized transaction · latest Apr 7, 2026
BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2 itemized transactions · latest May 14, 2026
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN1 itemized transaction · latest Nov 4, 2025
FIGHTING BACK PAC1 itemized transaction · latest Mar 26, 2026
FLIP THE CONGRESS PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 27, 2026

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

opposeLATINO VICTORY FUND4 itemized transactions · latest Jun 16, 2026
$1,000,000.00FEC filing ↗
supportWOMEN VOTE10 itemized transactions · latest Jun 5, 2026
$653,885.00FEC filing ↗
opposeSOMOS PAC4 itemized transactions · latest Jun 23, 2026
$341,431.55FEC filing ↗
opposeNUESTRO PAC2 itemized transactions · latest May 27, 2026
$315,000.00FEC filing ↗
opposeLATINO VICTORY PROJECT7 itemized transactions · latest Jun 12, 2026
$274,649.47FEC filing ↗
supportELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN2 itemized transactions · latest May 19, 2026
$97,844.26FEC filing ↗
supportPRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 9, 2026
$93,246.04FEC filing ↗
supportWELCOMEPAC2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 1, 2026
$60,000.00FEC filing ↗
supportPRO-CHOICE MAJORITY 20261 itemized transaction · latest May 22, 2026
$23,290.26FEC filing ↗
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS33 reported communication-spending records

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Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Aug 24, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Shannon Kathleen Bird

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

14 months

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

27.1% outside Colorado
Colorado1,404 distinct reported contributors · 3,061 rows$1,408,166.0072.9%
New York54 distinct reported contributors · 81 rows$128,059.006.6%
California79 distinct reported contributors · 110 rows$81,705.004.2%
Massachusetts34 distinct reported contributors · 46 rows$78,058.004.0%
Washington21 distinct reported contributors · 33 rows$46,850.002.4%
Texas18 distinct reported contributors · 28 rows$28,275.001.5%
District of Columbia20 distinct reported contributors · 24 rows$23,745.001.2%
Connecticut14 distinct reported contributors · 19 rows$21,200.001.1%
Florida16 distinct reported contributors · 20 rows$17,125.000.9%
Illinois12 distinct reported contributors · 17 rows$15,400.000.8%
New Jersey20 distinct reported contributors · 23 rows$15,150.000.8%
Tennessee7 distinct reported contributors · 17 rows$11,875.000.6%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. The percentages use only the displayed dataset’s publishable, state-coded itemized rows; they are not a percentage of all campaign receipts.

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported421 current organization-payment rows$2,079,095.99

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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A L Media19 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$900,015.00
Deliver Strategies LLC18 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-29
$349,832.40
Gusto116 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$313,768.26
Blueprint Interactive18 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-16
$134,966.34
Actblue73 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$66,296.50
Blue Summit Solutions13 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-17
$50,700.00
Jones Mandel4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-03
$38,048.40
Ngp14 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-22
$36,785.90
For The Win Communications LLC7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-08
$32,161.11
Emilys List4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-05
$28,046.52
Normington Petts2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-29
$25,733.33
Intersection Advocacy1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-07-21
$20,000.00
Switchboard Public Benefit Corporation12 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$16,402.35
Empower Strategies3 current itemized payments · latest 2025-10-16
$15,000.00
Precinct LLC2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-12
$10,000.00

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-08-24. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to Shannon Kathleen Bird

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

University Of Colorado12 distinct reported contributors · 23 current itemized transactions
$13,850.00
Kutak Rock LLP16 distinct reported contributors · 25 current itemized transactions
$10,650.00
Holland And Hart LLP9 distinct reported contributors · 17 current itemized transactions
$9,850.00
State Of Colorado18 distinct reported contributors · 38 current itemized transactions
$7,500.00
Pinnacol Assurance5 distinct reported contributors · 9 current itemized transactions
$6,250.00
Holland And Hart7 distinct reported contributors · 15 current itemized transactions
$6,150.00
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck5 distinct reported contributors · 5 current itemized transactions
$6,000.00
Brownstein5 distinct reported contributors · 7 current itemized transactions
$4,450.00
Comcast6 distinct reported contributors · 7 current itemized transactions
$3,600.00
Children S Hospital Colorado6 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$2,800.00
Denver Health5 distinct reported contributors · 6 current itemized transactions
$1,850.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

93.0%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
90.2%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$230,177.94Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official record

Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Shannon Kathleen Bird
Office sought
U.S. House — Colorado District 8
Party affiliation
DEM
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
SHANNON BIRD FOR CONGRESS
FEC candidate ID
H6CO08047
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