U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper raised more than $1 million for the year’s first quarter and finished the fundraising period with nearly $2.25 million on hand, the Colorado Democrat’s campaign said Tuesday.

Hickenlooper, a former two-term governor who has yet to draw a Republican challenger, started the year with a little over $1.4 million in the bank and has raised roughly $3.2 million since his election to the Senate in 2020.

Approximately 80% of Hickenlooper’s donations this quarter were $25 or less, his campaign said — indicating that he’s building a stable of small-dollar donors who can continue to contribute through next year’s election.

Even though recent polling shows voters have soured on Democrats since Donald Trump’s election last November, Hickenlooper said his fundraising totals indicate there’s ample support for the opposition party.

“Coloradans are fed up with the damage the new administration keeps inflicting on our economy and working families,” Hickenlooper said in a statement. “They’re raising their voices, showing up, and backing causes — including this campaign — to defend our values. We’re grateful for their strong support and continued partnership.”

Hickenlooper raised slightly less than the state’s senior senator, Democrat Michael Bennet, reported for the same period a year out from his 2022 reelection race, but Hickenlooper heads into the second quarter with $1 million more on hand than Bennet had in April 2021.

Reports covering the first quarter — including contributions and expenditures from Jan. 1 to March 30 — are due to the Federal Election Commission by midnight Tuesday. State-level candidates face the same deadline to file their campaign finance reports with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.

While the 2026 election is still more than 18 months away, Republicans are expected to maintain control of the Senate after next year’s election, but Colorado’s seat is considered to be a safe Democratic hold, in part because Republicans haven’t won a statewide race in Colorado in nearly a decade.