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Lindsey Graham

R Republican · Senator, South Carolina · Former member
24
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has filed numerous periodic transaction reports under the STOCK Act, but disclosed holdings and trades consist of ETFs, corporate-bond funds, mutual funds and Treasury securities rather than individual company stocks; multiple sources note he avoids individual equities, which limits stock-trading conflict-of-interest exposure. He is unmarried with no children, so there is no spouse or dependent trading to assess. His reported net worth is modest for a long-serving senator (roughly $1–2 million across recent disclosures), with no sourced evidence of net-worth growth beyond salary and market returns. Campaign and leadership-PAC money is concentrated among lawyers/law firms, defense contractors, and energy firms, sectors aligned with positions he has taken; this is a correlation and not proof of any quid pro quo. No sourced evidence was found of campaign-fund personal-use enforcement actions or of family members lobbying his office. Graham's lifetime missed-vote rate (about 6.4%, well above the Senate median) is notable, with his heaviest absences clustering in 2015–2016 during his presidential campaign.

Public record

In Congress since
1995 · left Jul 11, 2026
Committees
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Missed votes, 119th Congress
6.7% (57 of 851; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$6.8M raised · 11% from PACs & committees · $2.3M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
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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

12trades since Jan 2025
8buys
4sells
0filed past 45 days
$490K–$1.2Mdisclosed value range

Most-traded: BSCQ ×1 · IBDQ ×1 · BSCP ×1 · VWUAX ×1 · VWUSX ×1 · XONE ×1 · BSCV ×1

TradedFiledOwnerAssetTypeAmount
Dec 31, 2025Jan 6, 2026MemberUS TREASURY BILL26U T Bill due 4/2/26Buy$50,001 - $100,000filing ↗
Dec 31, 2025Jan 6, 2026MemberBSCQ Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETFBuy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Dec 31, 2025Jan 6, 2026MemberUS TREASURY Bill26U Bill Due 04/02.26Buy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Dec 18, 2025Jan 6, 2026MemberIBDQ Dec 2025 Term Corp Ishares Ibonds ETFSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Dec 17, 2025Jan 6, 2026MemberBSCP Invesco BulletShares 2025 Corporate Bond ETFSell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Nov 6, 2025Dec 1, 2025MemberVWUAX Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund Admiral SharesBuy$100,001 - $250,000filing ↗
Nov 6, 2025Dec 1, 2025MemberVWUSX Vanguard U.S. Growth FundSell$100,001 - $250,000filing ↗
Sep 30, 2025Oct 3, 2025MemberUS Treasury Bill26U S T Bill Due 1/1/26Buy$50,001 - $100,000filing ↗
Jul 3, 2025Jul 14, 2025MemberUS Treasury Bill (912797NX1) MATUREDSell$50,001 - $100,000filing ↗
Jun 30, 2025Jul 14, 2025MemberXONE Boxx One Year Target Duration ETFBuy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jun 30, 2025Jul 14, 2025MemberBSCV Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETFBuy$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jun 30, 2025Jul 14, 2025MemberUS Treasury Bill 25U DUE 10/16/25Buy$50,001 - $100,000filing ↗
Jan 26, 2024Jan 26, 2024MemberVIG Vanguard Div Appreciation ETFPartial sell$15,001 - $50,000filing ↗
Jan 26, 2024Jan 26, 2024MemberUSFR Wisdomtree Floating Rate Treasury FundBuy$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-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
12
Graham files frequent STOCK Act transaction reports, but disclosed holdings and trades are ETFs, corporate-bond funds, mutual funds and Treasuries, not individual company stocks. He is unmarried with no children, so there is no spouse/dependent trading. Low conflict exposure; score reflects volume of fund transactions only, not individual-equity self-dealing.
Graham's estimated portfolio is based on 19 STOCK Act periodic transaction reports; holdings primarily consist of ETFs and Treasury securities rather than individual company stocks; recent disclosed trades include Invesco BulletShares corporate-bond ETFs (BSCQ, BSCP) and iShares iBonds ETFs.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Unlike some colleagues, Graham does not own any individual stocks, likely to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest; disclosed holdings include funds such as T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth, Vanguard U.S. Growth, Dodge & Cox Stock and a BondBloxx ETF.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Graham has never married or had children, so there are no spouse or dependent securities transactions to disclose.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
10
Reported net worth is modest for a 20+ year senator, estimated roughly $1–2 million in recent disclosures, with the bulk attributed to salary, a fund/bond portfolio, real estate and pension. No sourced evidence shows growth beyond salary plus broad-market returns; data is limited to range estimates.
Graham's net worth is estimated between about $1 million and $2 million, with most wealth derived from his $174,000 Senate salary and an investment portfolio of mutual funds and corporate bonds.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗2024 estimates place Graham's net worth around $1.55 million, including salary, investments, real estate and pension benefits.Data aggregatorfinance.yahoo.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
45
Correlation, not proof. Graham's campaign and leadership-PAC money concentrates among lawyers/law firms, defense contractors, and energy firms, sectors aligned with positions he has championed (defense spending, expanded oil/gas/nuclear). This shows alignment between donor base and policy stances but does not establish any quid pro quo.
Individual donors affiliated with Boeing, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon gave a combined $50,000 over two years to Fund for America's Future, Graham's leadership PAC; energy firms (GE, Fluor, Murray Energy, Southern Co., Scana) are among his biggest career donors, and law firms are his single largest source of funds (~9%), led by Nelson Mullins (~$208,000 since 1994).Data aggregatorfinance.yahoo.com ↗OpenSecrets industry breakdowns show lawyers/law firms, securities & investment, and defense among Graham's top contributing industries over his career.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No sourced evidence found of FEC enforcement actions, audits, or reporting alleging personal-benefit use of campaign or leadership-PAC funds. Absence is not penalized.
FEC records list Graham's candidate and committee filings, but searches surfaced no documented FEC investigation or finding of personal-use of campaign funds.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
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Graham is unmarried with no children, so there is no spousal/child lobbying nexus. No sourced evidence was found tying family members to lobbying or contracting with his office, or of a documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline specific to his office. Absence is not penalized.
Graham has never married and has no children, removing the most common family-lobbying conflict vector.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
35
Graham's lifetime missed-vote rate is about 6.4%, well above the ~2.8% Senate median, and he ranked among the most absent senators in 2016 and 2018. His heaviest absences coincide with his 2015 presidential campaign (announced June 2015, suspended December 2015), linking missed votes to candidate/fundraising activity, though much of this is a one-time campaign event rather than ongoing paid-speech behavior.
From 1995 to June 2026, Graham missed 520 of 8,105 roll-call votes (6.4%), much worse than the 2.8% median for sitting senators; he was 4th most absent in 2016 and 7th most absent in 2018.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗Graham ran for president, announcing June 1, 2015 and suspending December 21, 2015, the period overlapping his peak Senate absences.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗

Sources behind this score: 3 data aggregator · 7 reference database · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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