Shannon Bird Raked in Nearly $50k from Out of State Billionaires
New reporting shows that out of touch Democrat Shannon Bird has raked in nearly $50,000 from out of state billionaires despite claiming her campaign “isn’t fueled by out of state billionaires.”
“Out of touch Democrat Shannon Bird is in the pocket of liberal billionaires. Bird has proven she will put limousine liberals ahead of hardworking Coloradans and she can’t be trusted.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon
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More Big Money Hits CO-08 Primary
Politico
Jacob Wendler, Daniel Lippman, Daniel Barnes
April 16, 2026
Democratic House candidate Shannon Bird has received donations from several wealthy out-of-state donors despite claiming her campaign “isn’t fueled by out-of-state billionaires,” Jacob and Daniel L. report.
In a February fundraising email, the Colorado campaign said Bird, a former state representative, was “the only candidate in this race running a grassroots campaign powered by Coloradans.” But Bird’s campaign has accepted nearly $50,000 from billionaires and their relatives — including Texas billionaire Tench Coxe and his wife, Simone Coxe — according to FEC filings reviewed by PI. Tench Coxe, who’s worth $7.8 billion according to Forbes, is the third largest individual shareholder of chipmaker Nvidia as of last month.
Leslie Bluhm, the daughter of billionaire real estate magnate Neil Bluhm, has also contributed to Bird’s campaign, per public filings. Neil Bluhm was one of several billionaires who donated to Democratic candidate Manny Rutinel — Bird’s main primary opponent who has also claimed that his campaign is not supported by billionaires — as PI reported last month.
Bird’s campaign also received large contributions from Democratic megadonor Mark W. Heising, media mogul James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn Murdoch, and billionaire philanthropist Lynn Schusterman and her daughter Stacy Schusterman, per records filed yesterday. Spokespersons for the Murdochs and for the Schusterman and Heising family foundations did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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