Are locals funding Fort Collins election campaigns? What we learned

Almost $300,000 has been raised in the 2025 Fort Collins election so far, according to campaign finance reports.

The Coloradoan analyzed the reports to determine where the money is coming from, whether that's inside Fort Collins, inside Colorado or beyond.

On the high end, one candidate had 100% of contributions come from Fort Collins residents. On the low end, that figure was 25%.

And all but one candidate had more than 58% of their funding come from Fort Collins residents.

But before we dig in to that, here are the fundraising totals by each race, as of the Oct. 21 report:

Mayor: More than $94,000

District 1: More than $40,000

District 3: $20,000

District 5: More than $25,000

And an additional $4,600 or so is being spent by a political committee in support of three candidates.