BUCK, KENNETH R
R Β· house Β· bioguide B001297
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- FEC candidate id
H4CO04090- Internal id
6ba96fbb-d3d6-4877-a9bb-c5beb55c99a5- Status
- incumbent
Who this candidate represents
Who lives here β American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CO-04. Source.
| Category | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|
| People | Population | 756,186 |
| People | Median age | 39 |
| Income | Median household income | $115,239 |
| Income | Per-capita income | $57,035 |
| Income | In poverty | 6.8% |
| Income | Unemployed | 3.9% |
| Income | Gini inequality index | 0.441 |
| Race | White alone | 78.3% |
| Race | Black alone | 1.9% |
| Race | Asian alone | 3.6% |
| Race | Hispanic or Latino | 15.0% |
| Race | Two or more races | 11.7% |
| Origin | Foreign-born | 7.5% |
| Language | Speaks English only at home | 88.8% |
| Language | Speaks Spanish at home | 6.6% |
| Education | High school or higher | 66.6% |
| Education | Bachelor's or higher | 48.1% |
| Education | Advanced degree | 17.1% |
| Household | Family households | 71.7% |
| Household | Avg household size | 2.62 |
| Household | Never married (15+) | 26.3% |
| Housing | Median home value | $602,900 |
| Housing | Median gross rent | $1,855 |
| Housing | Single-family detached | 75.3% |
| Housing | Built before 1940 | 1.6% |
| Housing | Overcrowded (>1 per room) | 1.9% |
| Housing | Vacant units | 4.5% |
| Service | Veterans (18+) | 7.5% |
| Health | With a disability | 9.9% |
| Connectivity | Households with broadband | 94.7% |
| Connectivity | Households with no internet | 3.4% |
| Commute | Drove alone | 67.2% |
| Commute | Public transit | 0.5% |
| Commute | Worked from home | 23.6% |
Cycle financials
Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Debts | Indiv. contribs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,618,431 | $1,369,819 | $539,279 | $0 | $1,182,501 |
| 2020 | $479,682 | $540,092 | $290,666 | $0 | $138,641 |
| 2018 | $615,311 | $665,221 | $351,076 | $0 | $307,336 |
| 2016 | $1,020,222 | $759,702 | $400,987 | $0 | $554,568 |
| 2014 | $1,336,179 | $1,268,049 | $140,466 | $0 | $1,004,310 |
Elections
- 2014 general house Β· CO-4 β won
- 2016 general house Β· CO-4 β won
- 2018 general house Β· CO-4 β won
- 2020 general house Β· CO-4 β won
- 2022 general house Β· CO-4 β won
- 2024 general house Β· CO-4 β lost_general
Committees
- BUCK FOR COLORADO β principal Β· type H
- BUCK PAC β principal Β· type H
- BUCK PAC β independent Β· type H
Recent votes
- 2024-03-22 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 104
NOT_VOTING on HR 1023 β Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act - 2024-03-22 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 103
NAY on HR 1023 β Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act - 2024-03-22 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 102
NAY on HRES 1102 β Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment. - 2024-03-21 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 101
YEA on HR 7023 β Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act - 2024-03-21 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 100
NAY on HR 7023 β Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act - 2024-03-21 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 99
YEA on HR 7023 β Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act - 2024-03-21 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 98
YEA on HR 1836 β Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023 - 2024-03-21 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 97
YEA on HCONRES 86 β Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy. - 2024-03-21 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 96
YEA on HRES 987 β Denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes. - 2024-03-20 Β· Cong. 118 Β· house roll 95
YEA on HR 6009 β Restoring American Energy Dominance Act
Sponsored & cosponsored bills
- sponsor Β· 2024-02-26 β HRES 1030 β Calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Joseph R. Biden incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as Acting President.
- sponsor Β· 2024-01-25 β HR 7078 β False Claims Enhancement Act
- sponsor Β· 2023-12-06 β HR 6617 β To require a report on payments provided to the Taliban and congressional review of agreements signed with the Taliban.
- sponsor Β· 2023-11-07 β HRES 849 β Reaffirming the State of Israel's right to exist, condemning antisemitism in all forms, and rejecting false equivalencies between democracies and terrorist organizations.
- sponsor Β· 2023-10-03 β HR 5875 β No Federal Tax Dollars for Illegal Aliens Health Insurance Act of 2023
- sponsor Β· 2023-06-27 β HR 4370 β PREVAIL Act
- sponsor Β· 2023-06-20 β HR 4213 β Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act of 2023
- sponsor Β· 2023-06-15 β HR 4151 β To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require certain contract terms in contracts relating to wind turbines on land not owned by the taxpayer as a requirement in order to claim the credit relating to electricity produced from certain renewable resources.
- sponsor Β· 2023-06-14 β HR 4105 β Stop Pills That Kill Act
- sponsor Β· 2023-06-09 β HR 3954 β Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2023
Election prediction
Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%
P(win) = 99.0%
| Feature | Ξ P(win) |
|---|---|
| Base rate (historical) | 15.1% |
| incumbent | +78.0% |
| R (major party) | +10.0% |
Baseline model (incumbency Γ party Γ office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.
Independent expenditures
Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).
| Cycle | Support | Oppose | IEs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13 | $0 | 1 |
Recent (latest 25)
| Date | Spender | For / against | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-25 | FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND | support | $13 | IE- BUCK - DONATION PROCESSING |
Transfers from committees
Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).
| Date | From committee | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | 24K | $-2 |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | 24K | $-5 |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | 24K | $-1 |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | 24K | $0 |
| 2022-12-24 | WINRED | 24K | $-8 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $-1 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $-1 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $0 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $-6 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $-1 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $-30 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $0 |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | 24K | $-2 |
| 2022-12-21 | WINRED | 24K | $-25 |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | 24K | $-100 |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | 24K | $-100 |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | 24K | $-20 |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | 24K | $-100 |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | 24K | $-100 |
| 2022-12-19 | WINRED | 24K | $-190 |
| 2022-12-19 | WINRED | 24K | $-30 |
| 2022-12-19 | WINRED | 24K | $-30 |
| 2022-12-18 | WINRED | 24K | $-18 |
| 2022-12-18 | WINRED | 24K | $-4 |
| 2022-12-16 | WINRED | 24K | $0 |
Connected on the graph
Inbound (100)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-25 | FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND | supports_independently | $13 | fec_ies | |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-5 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-24 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-8 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-6 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-30 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-21 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-100 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-20 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-100 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-100 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-20 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-100 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-19 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-30 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-19 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-30 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-19 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-190 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-18 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-4 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-18 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-18 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-16 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-16 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-13 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-8 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-13 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-30 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-09 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-75 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-4 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-4 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-4 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-15 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-08 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-07 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-07 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-50 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-05 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-5 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-05 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-30 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-03 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-3 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-03 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-03 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-02 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-80 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-02 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-5 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-02 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-20 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-01 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-12-01 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-4 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-7 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-7 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-60 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-4 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-30 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-29 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-28 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-5 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-28 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-5 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-28 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-3 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-28 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-5 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-8 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-1 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-26 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-10 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-25 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-50 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-24 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-2 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-24 | WINRED | contributed_to | $0 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-24 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-23 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-750 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-23 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-30 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-23 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-25 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-40 | pas2 | |
| 2022-11-22 | WINRED | contributed_to | $-20 | pas2 |