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Tammy Baldwin

D Democrat · Senator, Wisconsin
12
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#146 of 193 scored

Baldwin has held her assets in a Senate-approved qualified blind trust since 2013 and reports no individual-stock trading; her reported net worth (~$0.6M-$1.3M) is mid-pack and shows no extraordinary growth. She authored legislation to ban congressional stock trading. The main accountability question raised by critics is that her long-term partner, a Wall Street advisor to ultra-high-net-worth clients, is not a spouse and so her trades are not disclosed -- a transparency gap, not evidence of wrongdoing. Overall a relatively clean record with no documented self-dealing.

Public record

In Congress since
1999
Committees
Appropriations
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Missed votes, 119th Congress
0.1% (1 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$2.8M raised · 5% from PACs & committees · $648K 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-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
8
Assets in a Senate-approved blind trust since 2013; no individual-stock trades reported. Disclosure gap: unmarried partner (Wall Street advisor) trades not reported, but no evidence of trading on inside info.
Baldwin has held assets in a Senate-approved qualified blind trust since 2013; STOCK Act does not ban individual stock ownership but her trades are not individually directed.News reportingthebadgerproject.org ↗Because Baldwin and partner Maria Brisbane (a Wall Street financial advisor) are not married, her partner's stock trades and assets are not required to be disclosed.News reportingnrsc.org ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
5
Reported 2023 assets ~$0.6M-$1.3M, mid-Senate, no documented growth beyond salary/market over tenure.
Baldwin's 2023 disclosure reported total assets of roughly $601,003 to $1,265,000, placing her in the middle of the Senate.News reportingthebadgerproject.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
20
Correlation, not proof: receives pharmaceutical/health and finance industry contributions tracked by OpenSecrets while sitting on the HELP and Appropriations committees; no specific quid-pro-quo established.
OpenSecrets tracks Baldwin's industry contributions; she sits on Appropriations, Commerce, and HELP committees with health-product and other industry donors among contributors.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No documented personal use of campaign or leadership-PAC funds found.
Baldwin for Senate PAC expenditures are reported via OpenSecrets; no personal-use findings identified.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
15
Correlation only: partner is a Wall Street advisor to ultra-high-net-worth clients; critics raise potential conflict, but no documented family lobbying or contracts tied to her office.
Partner Maria Brisbane is a Wall Street financial advisor serving ultra-high-net-worth clients; critics raised ethics questions about clients potentially benefiting, though no contracts/lobbying tied to office were established.News reportingnrsc.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraiseno data
10% weight
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No documented pattern of excessive missed votes paired with heavy fundraising or paid speeches found.

Sources behind this score: 4 news reporting · 2 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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