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Paul A. Gosar

R Republican · Representative, Arizona 9th district
18
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#119 of 193 scored

Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), a House member since 2011 and a former dentist, shows no evidence of individual-stock trading under the STOCK Act; trackers list zero trades and zero trade volume. His estimated net worth (~$1.1-1.2M) is modest, largely traceable to a pre-office dental career, with no documented enrichment beyond salary and market. The clearest accountability signal is correlation-only: he is a leading advocate for Arizona mining (e.g., sponsoring the Resolution Copper land-exchange legislation) while drawing mining-sector campaign money, though no quid pro quo is shown. He has a lifetime missed-vote rate (5.9%) above the House median, but no sourced findings of campaign-fund personal use or family lobbying tied to his office were identified.

Public record

In Congress since
2011
Committees
Natural Resources
Oversight and Government Reform
Missed votes, 119th Congress
6.4% (43 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$580K raised · 15% from PACs & committees · $303K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
H.R. 7008

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. Quiver Quantitative reports zero trades, zero trade volume, and no holdings for Gosar; no STOCK Act periodic transaction reports indicating active securities trading. Per rubric, 0 when no individual-stock trading.
Quiver Quantitative shows no reported trades, blank trade volume, and no total trades for Paul A. Gosar.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗House periodic transaction reports / STOCK Act disclosures are the public record for member trades; no active trading appears for Gosar.Official recorddisclosures-clerk.house.gov ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
8
Estimated net worth ~$1.05M (2018) to ~$1.1-1.2M (2024), largely attributable to a 25-year pre-office dental practice and Arizona real estate (assets listed include real estate and 'Aunt Maud's Store'). No documented growth beyond salary plus market; pre-office wealth is not scored. Low confidence due to wide disclosure ranges.
OpenSecrets estimated Gosar's 2018 net worth at about $1.05M, with assets including real estate and a store.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗2024 estimates place net worth around $1.1-1.2M, with wealth tied to his pre-Congress dental career.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
45
Correlation, not proof. Gosar is a prominent mining-sector advocate, sponsoring the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange / Resolution Copper legislation (H.R. 687) and opposing mining bans, while receiving mining-industry campaign support. Alignment between donor industry and legislative action is documented, but no quid pro quo is established.
Gosar introduced the Resolution Copper land-exchange bill (H.R. 687) and publicly opposed halting the project, aligning with mining interests.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗OpenSecrets catalogs Gosar's career industry contributors, the basis for assessing donor-sector concentration.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No sourced evidence of campaign or leadership-PAC funds spent on personal benefit, and no documented FEC personal-use complaint or finding against Gosar. Absence not penalized per rubric.
Gosar's FEC candidate/committee records (Gosar for Congress, C00461806) show no public personal-use enforcement finding.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
—
No sourced evidence of family members lobbying or holding contracts tied to his office, or a documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. (Notably, six of Gosar's siblings publicly opposed him in a campaign ad — political estrangement, not self-dealing — so no family enrichment link exists.) Absence not penalized.
Public reporting on Gosar's family concerns political opposition (siblings endorsing his opponent), not lobbying or contracts tied to his office.News reportingtime.com ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
25
GovTrack records 540 of 9,122 missed roll-call votes (5.9%) from 2011-2026, roughly triple the ~2.1% median for currently serving representatives. He remains an active fundraiser (e.g., a recent ~$102.8K quarterly disclosure), but no evidence ties absences specifically to paid speaking. Moderate elevation in missed votes drives a modest score.
GovTrack: Gosar missed 540 of 9,122 votes (5.9%) Jan 2011-June 2026, worse than the 2.1% median of serving representatives.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗Gosar continues active fundraising, disclosing about $102.8K in a recent reporting period.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗

Sources behind this score: 2 data aggregator · 2 official record · 5 reference database · 1 news reporting. 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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