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Yvette D. Clarke

D Democrat · Representative, New York 9th district
16
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#130 of 193 scored

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY9), in office since 2007, presents a largely clean financial-accountability record. Public trackers show no individual-stock STOCK Act trading; her disclosed assets have historically been mutual funds, removing the most common self-dealing vector. The most notable historical issue was a 2013 trip to Azerbaijan that became the subject of a 2015 Office of Congressional Ethics referral after undisclosed funders (later tied to Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR) emerged; the House Ethics Committee reviewed and absolved the traveling members of wrongdoing. As a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee she draws telecom/tech-sector contributions, a routine correlation (not proof) of influence; no recent FEC personal-use enforcement, family-lobbying, or net-worth-spike findings surfaced. Her lifetime missed-vote rate (3.7%) is modestly above the chamber median but not indicative of fundraising-driven absenteeism.

Public record

In Congress since
2007
Committees
Energy and Commerce
Missed votes, 119th Congress
2.4% (16 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.0M raised · 57% from PACs & committees · $31K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
No
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 trades found on congressional trade trackers; disclosed assets are mutual funds (e.g., Invesco funds in 2018 filing), not single equities. No STOCK Act PTRs for individual stocks.
Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading page for Clarke shows no individual-stock trade records.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Her 2018 financial disclosure lists mutual fund holdings (Invesco Cap A Fund, Invesco Oppenheimer Discovery Fund) rather than individual stocks.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Net-worth enrichment in officeno data
15% weight
—
No evidence of net-worth growth beyond salary/market. Estimated net worth has been modest (~$207K in 2018 estimates); a 2009 amended disclosure actually reduced her reported assets. No data showing abnormal enrichment over tenure.
OpenSecrets personal-finances data estimated Clarke's net worth around $207,501 (2018), a modest figure.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Clarke filed an amended disclosure in 2009 that corrected an erroneous multi-million-dollar entry, lowering reported assets to a minimum of ~$33,000.News reportingrollcall.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
30
Correlation, not proof. As a senior Energy & Commerce Committee member (Communications & Technology subcommittee), Clarke draws contributions from telecom/tech/media interests she helps regulate, a common sector-committee alignment. No specific quid-pro-quo evidence found.
Clarke is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including the Communications and Technology subcommittee, overseeing telecom/tech industries that contribute to her.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗OpenSecrets tracks her industry contributions for the 2023-2024 cycle, including communications/tech sector donors.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
—
No FEC enforcement action or credible reporting of campaign/leadership-PAC funds used for personal benefit was found in public records.
FEC committee overview for Clarke for Congress shows no public personal-use enforcement findings.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & family
15% weight
20
No family-lobbying or staff-to-lobbyist pipeline issues found. Lone relevant item: a 2015 OCE referral over a May 2013 Azerbaijan/Turkey trip whose true funders (undisclosed entities later tied to state oil company SOCAR) were improperly concealed; the House Ethics Committee reviewed and cleared the travelers.
OCE transmitted a May 2015 referral on Clarke's 2013 Azerbaijan/Turkey travel after undisclosed entities appeared to fund the trip in violation of House rules.Official recordconduct.house.gov ↗The Ethics Committee absolved the 10 Azerbaijan travelers of wrongdoing and referred third-party matters to DOJ; SOCAR funding was later confirmed via a 2018 indictment.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
20
Lifetime missed-vote rate of 3.7% (465 of 12,653 roll calls, 2007-2026), modestly above the ~2.1% median for current representatives, but not extreme and no evidence tying absences to fundraising or paid speeches.
GovTrack reports Clarke missed 465 of 12,653 roll-call votes (3.7%), worse than the 2.1% median for current representatives.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 6 reference database · 1 news reporting · 2 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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