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U.S. Senator · Colorado
John W. Hickenlooper
DemocratState D+6119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score57#26 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact John W. Hickenlooper’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office316 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 75 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 75 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 94, S. 138, S. 142, S. 146, S. 161 and 70 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 94 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 138 VA Home Loan Awareness Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 142 Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 146 TAKE IT DOWN Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 161 She DRIVES Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: American Music Tourism Act of 2025
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
- Senate class
- Class 2
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMinority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation
- Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Hickenlooper← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.299 is 0.06 to the right of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 701–750 of 2038 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 9499Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 57 | Middle |
| H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActSummary on Congress.gov |