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Mike Lee

R Republican · Senator, Utah
11
Low self-dealing
6/6 components have data
#160 of 193 scored

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), in office since 2011, presents a relatively clean profile on most self-dealing metrics. His financial disclosures show modest holdings concentrated in diversified mutual funds (e.g., FFTHX) and credit-union deposits with no record of individual-stock STOCK Act trades, and his estimated net worth (roughly $216K-$565K) is low for a senator with no evidence of abnormal enrichment. His voting attendance (about 3.1% missed over his career) is near the Senate median, and no FEC personal-use violations are documented. The most notable items are correlation-only finance-sector contributions and a 2010 decision to hire a prominent state lobbyist as chief of staff, plus a contested 2012 attempt to expand his leadership PAC's fundraising (a contribution-limit dispute, not personal use).

Public record

In Congress since
2011
Committees
Energy and Natural Resources (Chairman)
Foreign Relations
Budget
Judiciary
Missed votes, 119th Congress
3.1% (28 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$2.3M raised · 10% from PACs & committees · $741K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

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

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 trading. Disclosures show diversified mutual funds (FFTHX) and credit-union deposits, not single-company equities; no STOCK Act periodic transaction reports of individual stocks. Per rubric, 0 when no individual-stock trading.
Lee's top 2023 assets are the FFTHX mutual fund and Utah Community Credit Union deposits, not individual stocks.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading profile for Mike Lee shows no populated individual-stock trade history.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
5
Net worth is modest and roughly flat (~$216K-$565K; Quiver est. ~$390K in 2025), low for a long-tenured senator. Outside income is disclosed and ordinary (book royalties, teaching). No evidence of growth beyond salary/market.
Lee's disclosed net worth is roughly $216,004 to $565,000, with Quiver estimating ~$390.5K as of Sept 2025.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Lee reported ~$68,000 from Hachette Book Group and $2,000 for teaching at Duke in his disclosure.News reportingcoloradonewsline.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
25
Correlation, not proof. Like most federal candidates, Lee draws significant finance/securities/real-estate sector money; he sits on Judiciary and Commerce and is a vocal deregulation advocate. No documented quid pro quo; granular industry totals were not retrievable (OpenSecrets blocked).
OpenSecrets maintains Lee's industry-contribution profile; finance, securities/investment, and real estate are leading federal donor sectors.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Lee's campaign finance summary and contributor breakdowns are tracked by OpenSecrets.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal use
15% weight
10
No documented FEC personal-use violation. His leadership PAC (Constitutional Conservatives Fund) drew a 2012 challenge from CLC/Democracy 21, but that dispute concerned seeking unlimited corporate/union contributions for independent expenditures (contribution limits), not personal benefit. Modest score reflects an aggressive PAC-structure push, not misuse.
CLC and Democracy 21 urged the FEC to reject Lee's PAC bid to raise unlimited corporate/union funds; the issue was contribution limits, not personal use.Reference databasecampaignlegal.org ↗Lee's campaign treasurer Thomas Datwyler also served as treasurer of a low-profile group (Liberty Champions) that funneled money benefiting him.Reference databasecitizensforethics.org ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
20
In 2010 Lee hired Spencer Stokes, one of Utah's most prominent lobbyists (energy, credit unions, private-prison interests, and a former 1-800-Contacts colleague), as his chief of staff/transition lead, a textbook revolving-door hire. No evidence of family members lobbying his office.
Senator-elect Lee picked prominent Utah lobbyist Spencer Stokes, registered for 18 organizations including energy and private-prison interests, to lead his Washington staff.News reportingarchive.sltrib.com ↗Public Citizen's Craig Holman criticized such lobbyist-to-staff hires as a primary tool of undue influence peddling.News reportingarchive.sltrib.com ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
5
Attendance is near the Senate median: missed 168 of 5,432 roll-call votes (3.1%) over 2011-2026 vs. a 2.8% median. No pattern of heavy paid-speech or fundraising-driven absences documented.
Lee missed 168 of 5,432 roll-call votes (3.1%) from Jan 2011 to June 2026, on par with the 2.8% Senate median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 3 data aggregator · 3 news reporting · 5 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 0 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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