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Raphael G. Warnock

D Democrat · Senator, Georgia
17
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#129 of 193 scored

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), in office since January 2021, shows a relatively clean self-dealing profile. He reports no individual-stock trading and has co-sponsored/championed legislation banning congressional stock trading. His net worth has roughly doubled since taking office, but the growth is largely attributable to documented book royalties (a memoir and children's book earning well over $1 million) plus mortgage/asset value shifts rather than market trading or unexplained windfalls. The clearest accountability notes are modest: a slightly above-median missed-vote rate (about 4% vs. a 2.8% Senate median) coinciding with record-setting fundraising, and criticism that his pledge to refuse corporate PAC money is undercut by accepting funds from leadership PACs and lobbyists that are themselves corporate-financed (correlation, not proof). No FEC personal-use findings or family-lobbying/revolving-door scandals were identified in public records.

Public record

In Congress since
2021
Committees
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Finance
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Missed votes, 119th Congress
2.8% (26 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$2.6M raised · 3% from PACs & committees · $4.1M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
S. 1879

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 trades or STOCK Act periodic transaction reports found; Quiver Quantitative shows zero trades/holdings. Warnock co-sponsored and championed a ban on congressional stock trading. Clean record scores 0.
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
22
Net worth roughly doubled (about $1M in 2020 toward $1.9-2.2M by 2024), but growth is largely traceable to disclosed book royalties (~$655K in 2022 alone; >$1.5M memoir+children's book over 2022-23) plus property/asset value, not trading or unexplained gains. Modest score reflects above-salary growth with a documented, legitimate income source.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
30
Correlation, not proof. Warnock sits on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and other finance-adjacent panels and draws large tech/finance/lawyer donations (Alphabet was a top Warnock Victory Fund donor). He pledged to refuse corporate PAC money but accepted six-figure sums from leadership PACs and lobbyists (Amazon, AT&T, Pfizer, CVS, Carlyle) that are corporate-financed. No specific quid-pro-quo or vote-buying established.
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No FEC findings, complaints, or credible reporting of campaign or leadership-PAC funds spent for personal benefit were located. Absence is not penalized.
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
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No evidence found of family members lobbying, contracts tied to his office, or a notable staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. Standard lobbyist contributions exist but no documented revolving-door conflict. Absence is not penalized.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
28
Warnock missed about 4.0% of roll-call votes (98 of 2,467, Jan 2021-Jun 2026), above the 2.8% serving-senator median, partly during intense campaign periods that coincided with record-setting fundraising (>$13.6M in Q1 2022). Above-median absenteeism alongside heavy fundraising warrants a modest score.

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 2 official record · 4 news reporting · 3 reference database. 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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