Gardner served one Senate term (2015-2021), losing to Hickenlooper in 2020 by 9 points. This profile grades his single term, including his pivotal role on marijuana banking and outdoor-recreation legislation.
Cory Scott Gardner's tenure saw mixed results on his stated commitments. He kept four major promises but broke three others.
Gardner promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act but did not follow through. He also pledged to move the U.S. Space Command headquarters to Colorado Springs — that did not happen either. He initially said he would vote against the tax bill but ultimately voted yes, breaking that promise as well.
On the positive side, Gardner kept four other commitments during his time in office, meaning half of his graded promises came through.
We don't yet have detailed donor information or specific vote-by-vote alignments to show which industries or committees funded his campaigns and how that money may have influenced his legislative choices.
Narrated from FEC + Congress.gov receipts. Every figure traces to our data.
Gardner kept 50% of 8 promises tracked for the 2015–2021 term. Each verdict is term-scoped, primary-sourced, and reviewed by three sequential reviewers (neutral · conservative · progressive).
Standard review · primary sources, single editorial pass.
Cory Scott Gardner's campaign-promise scorecard: 50% kept of 8 graded. Source: campaignreceipts.com/r/cory-gardner
Primary-source promise tracker, campaignreceipts.com.
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Gardner voted yes on Gorsuch (April 7, 2017), Kavanaugh (Oct 6, 2018), and Barrett (Oct 26, 2020).
Gardner co-authored the Great American Outdoors Act (Pub.L. 116-152), signed Aug 4, 2020. It permanently funded LWCF at $900M/year and provided $1.9B/year for national park maintenance.
Gardner voted yes on the skinny repeal (failed 49-51, July 28, 2017). The ACA remained in force at end-of-term.
Gardner voted yes on Barrett's confirmation Oct 26, 2020 (52-48). He had publicly committed to filling the Ginsburg vacancy when it opened.
Gardner ultimately voted yes on TCJA (Dec 20, 2017, 51-48) despite earlier expressed concerns about state-and-local-tax deduction caps affecting Colorado homeowners.
Gardner voted yes on CARES Act (96-0, March 25, 2020), PPP Health Care Enhancement Act (April 21, 2020), and Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (Dec 21, 2020).
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