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Diana DeGette

D Democrat · Representative, Colorado 1st district
15
Low self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#135 of 193 scored

Diana DeGette (D-CO1), in the House since 1997 and a senior member of the Energy & Commerce Committee, shows a largely clean self-dealing profile. STOCK Act trackers show no individual-stock trades; her disclosed assets are diversified index funds and ETFs (e.g., Vanguard 500, iShares bond ETFs), so stock-trading and net-worth-enrichment concerns are minimal. The most notable item is heavy campaign funding from health professionals, pharmaceuticals, and law/lobbying firms aligned with her Health Subcommittee work, which represents correlation rather than proof of quid pro quo. No FEC violations, campaign-fund personal-use findings, or family-lobbying ties were located in public records; her vote-attendance record (3.7% missed lifetime) is modestly worse than the House median but not paired with documented excessive paid outside fundraising.

Public record

In Congress since
1997
Committees
Energy and Commerce
Missed votes, 119th Congress
1.6% (11 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.7M raised · 59% from PACs & committees · $290K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
H.R. 5106 H.R. 6731

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

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

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
0
No individual-stock STOCK Act trades reported. Quiver Quantitative shows zero trades; disclosed holdings are diversified index/mutual funds and bond ETFs (Vanguard 500, iShares Core US Aggregate Bond), not single stocks. Per rubric, 0 if no individual-stock trading.
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
10
Estimated net worth ~$3.1M (2018; range $1.7M-$4.5M), held largely in diversified index funds consistent with market-driven growth over a long (since-1997) tenure on a congressional salary plus spousal income. No evidence of growth beyond salary+market; low score reflects absence of documented anomalous enrichment.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
45
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. As a senior Energy & Commerce / Health Subcommittee member, DeGette draws concentrated funding from health professionals (~$174,634 in 2023-24), pharmaceuticals, and law/lobbying firms (top career donor Brownstein Hyatt; DaVita among top givers). PAC money was ~64% of 2023-24 receipts. Sector overlap with her health-policy jurisdiction is clear, but no documented quid pro quo.
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No public reporting of FEC personal-use violations or improper campaign/leadership-PAC spending on personal benefit was located. Absence is not penalized per rubric.
Revolving door & family
15% weight
5
Husband Lino Lipinsky is a Colorado Court of Appeals judge, not a lobbyist; no family lobbying/contracts tied to her office found. One ethics-adjacent note: spouse accompanied her on seven interest-group-sponsored trips, but this is disclosed travel, not a lobbying-contract pipeline. No documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline located.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
15
GovTrack: missed 675 of 18,485 roll-call votes (3.7%) over 1997-2026, modestly worse than the 2.1% median of currently-serving representatives. No evidence this is tied to heavy paid speeches or outside fundraising; low-moderate score reflects above-median absences without an established fundraising linkage.

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 4 reference database · 2 news reporting · 1 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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