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Angus S. King, Jr.

I Independent · Senator, Maine
18
Low self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#121 of 193 scored

Senator Angus King (I-ME) actively trades individual stocks: roughly 125 trades since 2014 totaling $1.8M-$2.8M, with household holdings in Marriott, Amazon, UPS, Microsoft, Meta, Eli Lilly and others, which is the primary self-dealing concern given his Energy/Armed Services committee seats. Notably, King cosponsors the bipartisan ETHICS Act that would ban members and families from trading securities, and in 2026 he reportedly divested individual positions. His net worth (estimated ~$22.5M) is substantial but largely reflects index funds and pre-office wealth, and growth tracks market performance rather than anomalous enrichment. No campaign personal-use, missed-vote (1.0% lifetime), or family-lobbying scandals surfaced; his son's renewable-energy career overlaps loosely with King's Energy Committee work but no contract/lobbying tie to the office was documented. Overall a relatively clean record whose main flag is ongoing individual-stock ownership in committee-relevant sectors.

Public record

In Congress since
2013
Committees
Armed Services
Energy and Natural Resources
Veterans' Affairs
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Missed votes, 119th Congress
1.5% (14 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$64K raised · 46% from PACs & committees · $63K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

38trades since Jan 2025
23buys
15sells
0filed past 45 days
$80K–$675Kdisclosed value range

Most-traded: UBER ×2 · PYPL ×2 · ONON ×2 · NFLX ×2 · MSFT ×2 · META ×2 · LLY ×2 · BX ×2

TradedFiledOwnerAssetTypeAmount
Aug 5, 2026Sep 14, 2026SpouseEA - Electronic Arts IncSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseUBER Uber Technologies, Inc. Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpousePYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseONON On Holding AG Class A Ordinary SharesSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseNFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseMSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseMETA Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseLLY Eli Lilly and Company Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseBX Blackstone Inc. Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Feb 13, 2026Mar 24, 2026SpouseADSK Autodesk, Inc. - Common StockSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Dec 29, 2025Jan 26, 2026SpouseHON Honeywell International IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Dec 29, 2025Jan 26, 2026SpouseLLY Eli Lilly and CompanyBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Dec 29, 2025Jan 26, 2026SpouseCMCSA Comcast Corp ASell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseVRT Vertiv Holdings, LLC Class A Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseUBER Uber Technologies IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseTMO Thermo Fisher Scientific IncSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpousePWR Quanta Services, Inc. Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpousePYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseONON On Holding AG Class A Ordinary SharesBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseNVDA Nvidia CorpBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseNFLX Netflix IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseMSFT Microsoft CorpBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseMETA Meta Platforms IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseMRVL Marvell Technology IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseLOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseKEX Kirby CorpBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseJPM JP Morgan Chase & CompanyBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseXOM Exxon Mobil CorpBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseBX Blackstone IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseBAC Bank of America CorpBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseADSK Autodesk IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseANET Arista Networks IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseAMAT Applied Materials, Inc. - Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseGOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 21, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseAMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Common StockBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 15, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseUNH Unitedhealth Group IncSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Jul 14, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseMAINE ST TURNPIKE AUTH RE REV BONDSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jul 14, 2025Aug 18, 2025SpouseMAINE ST TURNPIKE AUTH SP BONDSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Mar 7, 2024Apr 17, 2024SpouseVZ Verizon Communications IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Dec 27, 2023Jan 16, 2024SpouseVZ Verizon Communications IncSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Dec 27, 2023Jan 16, 2024SpouseEA Electronic Arts IncBuy$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Nov 10, 2023Jan 2, 2024 late 8dSpouseMAINE STATE HSG AUTH REVSell$1,001 - $15,000filing ↗
Nov 1, 2023Jan 2, 2024 late 17dSpouseMUNI BOND ORONO MESell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
42
Trades individual stocks: ~125 trades since 2014 totaling $1.8M-$2.8M; household holdings include Marriott, Amazon, UPS, plus 2026 sales of Microsoft, Meta, Eli Lilly, Netflix, Uber, PayPal, On Holding. Sits on Energy & Natural Resources and Armed Services committees, creating sector overlap (e.g., energy/tech/pharma names). No public finding of suspicious timing or market-beating returns; King cosponsors the ETHICS Act banning member trading and reportedly divested individual stocks in 2026. Moderate score driven by volume and committee-sector overlap, not proven misconduct.
King made ~125 trades since 2014 totaling over $1.8M; household holds individual stocks (Marriott, Amazon, UPS); cosponsored ETHICS Act to ban member trading.News reportingmainemorningstar.com ↗King disclosed Feb/Mar 2026 sales of MSFT, META, LLY, NFLX, UBER, PYPL, ONON via STOCK Act filings.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
8
Estimated net worth ~$22.5M (2026), up from ~$9.5M (2018) estimates, but figures vary widely by source and methodology and a large share sits in index funds (e.g., up to $25M range Vanguard 500) and real estate. King entered the Senate already wealthy (ex-governor, energy entrepreneur); reported monthly market swings (gains and losses of $120K-$515K) track market performance rather than salary-anomalous growth. No evidence of enrichment beyond market/pre-office wealth.
Quiver estimates King worth ~$22.5M (May 2026); holdings include up to $25M in Vanguard 500 Index; 2018 estimate ~$9.5M.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Monthly net-worth swings driven by market (e.g., +$370.7K, -$161.4K) reflect portfolio market movement.Data aggregatornasdaq.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
12
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. King's largest reported donor base is the 'Retired' category and individuals; he sits on Energy & Natural Resources and Armed Services. He advances clean-energy/offshore-wind and defense bills consistent with Maine interests, but no public reporting ties specific industry money concentration to specific votes. OpenSecrets industry detail was not directly retrievable (403); no documented quid-pro-quo pattern. Low score reflects ordinary committee/constituency alignment absent concentrated-donor-to-vote evidence.
King's top donations come from the Retired industry and individuals; committee seats include Armed Services and Energy & Natural Resources.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗King advanced offshore-wind revenue-sharing and hydropower bills through the Senate Energy Committee.Official recordking.senate.gov ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No reporting found of campaign or leadership-PAC funds spent for personal benefit. King's committee (FEC C00516047) files standard disclosures and King publicly champions campaign-finance reform/transparency. No FEC complaint or investigation surfaced. Absence not penalized.
Angus King for U.S. Senate Campaign committee files standard FEC reports; no personal-use finding located.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
6
No family lobbying or staff-to-lobbyist pipeline tied to the office was documented. Son Angus King III ran renewable-energy firm Peaks Renewables and is running for Maine governor (2026); his clean-energy career loosely overlaps the senator's Energy Committee focus, but no federal contract or lobbying relationship to the senator's office was shown. A 2012 NRSC ad alleged the senator earlier used connections for a wind-farm federal loan guarantee (pre/early-tenure, contested political ad, not adjudicated). Low score for loose family-sector overlap only.
Son Angus King III founded renewable-energy company Peaks Renewables; senator sits on Energy Committee advancing clean-energy bills.News reportingpressherald.com ↗2012 NRSC ad alleged King used political connections for a federal loan guarantee on a wind farm (contested campaign ad).News reportingwind-watch.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
3
Strong attendance: missed only 49 of 4,946 roll-call votes (1.0%) from Jan 2013-Jun 2026, better than the 2.8% Senate median. No reporting of heavy paid-speech income displacing duties. Low score reflects a strong attendance record.
King missed 49 of 4,946 roll-call votes (1.0%) Jan 2013-Jun 2026, better than the 2.8% senator median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 3 news reporting · 3 data aggregator · 2 reference database · 2 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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