Abortion rights, ranked choice groups rake in big bucks for November elections
Marianne Goodland marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com - Oct 1, 2024 Updated Oct 3, 2024
With five weeks to go until Election Day, the spending is ramping up for committees fighting for people's vote.
And some interesting contributors have surfaced.
Amendment 79 supporters haul in big bucks
The committee with the second largest bank account is Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom, which advocates on behalf of Amendment 79. The measure would put the right to an abortion into the state constitution.
As with all the constitutional amendments on the November ballot, it requires 55% voter approval.
In the past month, the committee has added $2.13 million to its coffers, bringing the total to $8.1 million.
Contributors in the past month included former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who gave $750,000, and the Open Society Policy Center of New York, which gave $1 million. Open Society was started by philanthropist George Soros.
The largest contributor to the committee remains COBALT, which has given $2.3 million in cash and in-kind contributions.
There are four issue committees opposing Amendment 79, but none is even close to raising substantial contributions.
Pro-Life Colorado Fund, which is backed by the Archdiocese of Denver, has so far raised $80,921, with $50,000 from the archdiocese.
Vote No on 79 is backed by Colorado Right to Life and has raised just under $27,000 in the last month.
Coloradans for the Protection of Women and Children is backed largely by Andrew Wommack Ministries and has raised just over $65,000, including $10,000 in the last month.
Colorado Life Initiative has raised $41,887, mostly from individuals. It's backed by Faye Barnhart and Angela Eicher, who tried in 2023 to get an anti-abortion measure on the ballot but withdrew it before getting to the petition phase.
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