Talk:List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth

Rollcall seems like a bad source

Open secrets is a much better source. https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances

2605:E000:1520:8883:F8ED:2556:FF8A:AB9B (talk) 23:07, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Gianforte

Gianforte is a billionaire, so he must be the richest of them all — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.248.75 (talk) 22:20, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

How to source this from a database?

The list is currently out of date based on its source (rollcall.com). Updating it requires adjusting for changes in the list members and then manually copying 50 numbers from rollcall.org to wikipedia, i.e. a bit of a pain. I would think this would be a logical data set to include in Wikidata. I have no idea how to do that. I'd love to learn. Any suggestions on how I should go about learning how to do that would be appreciated. Frappyjohn (talk) 19:52, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

updated עם ישראל חי (talk) 18:20, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Dead citation

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php

returns 404 when visited — Preceding unsigned comment added by Icallitvera (talk • contribs) 20:41, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Rankings

Darrell Issa probably was #1, but left congress to become Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency. Steve Pearce and Rod Blum are no longer in office (I'm sure there are more). Need to remove those no longer serving and see if there are any new ones/then re-number.

List jumps from number 7 to number 12 with no explanation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9004:A08:C90B:605F:2613:4B6D:D3A (talk) 14:55, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible to add their net worth at time of taking office to expose their level of insider trading? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1E51:72E0:295D:33BE:1AF3:3831 (talk) 16:08, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Why does it say "richest 50" when there are only 40 listed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CF:72C:B900:B9B1:62E3:8F0C:EA2C (talk) 21:37, 7 March 2020 (UTC) Why is Speaker Pelosi the third richest and in the 20th position on the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:4C1:C580:4D5:E073:954B:66F9:597E (talk) 20:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

(alex1inferno)2021.01.06: These rankings need to be updated with the new class of representatives from 11/2020 & 01/2021. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex1inferno (talk • contribs) 07:02, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Mitt Romney

Shouldn’t Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) be #2 on this list? He has a net worth of approximately $250 million. Thefib98 (talk) 02:27, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Kelly Loeffler

Kelly Loeffler just lost her special election, but isn't she still a senator? Shouldn't we keep her on the list until she leaves office, or has she lost her seat immediately by losing the election? I am unfamiliar with Georgia election law, so I don't know the waiting period until the newly-elected senator is sworn in. Des Weswolfs (talk) 23:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

This list is broken

This list is currently relying on at least two different sources with differing methodologies. For some members it lists their minimum net worth (according to Roll Call) while for others it lists their average net worth (according to Open Secrets). The numbers from Roll Call also appear to be older than those from Open Secrets.

Going forward, I propose we use only the average values from Open Secrets/Center for Responsive Politics from the most recent year.[1] Using the average values allows for less distortion from highly leveraged filers (see their methodology) and is perhaps the best estimation we can hope for. gobonobo ^{+ c} 08:23, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

The list is obviously garbage, presumable vandalized by flacks working for the affected politicians. For example, I knew that Michael MeCaul is one of the richest Representatives, possibly the richest. That's what I came to Wikipedia to check. His Wikipedia page current shows a 2018 net worth of $113 million, but he doesn't even make it on this list, where #50 has only $10 million? Not a matter of updating the list. It's trash. Shanen (talk) 21:05, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Can someone add Trey Hollingsworth (IN-District 9) & Darrell Issa (CA-District 50)?

Trey is worth upwards of $50-75 million. Issa should be like the 2nd richest politician or so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.211.185.212 (talk) 02:30, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, Connecticut) has a net worth over $100 million but does not appear on this list. 100.40.50.231 (talk) 00:27, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Blumenthal

As someone noted already, Richard Blumenthal should appear on the list as he's worth over $100 million. 96.74.112.109 (talk) 19:02, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Quiver numbers seem very funky

For instance, quiver lists Jamaal Bowman's net worth as $50m. With the main source being a teacher's pension valued between $1,001 and $50m. There is no teachers pension in America worth $50m. I'm guessing other figures are just as wonky. They seem to all use the very top of large ranges. 108.2.105.249 (talk) 16:10, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Jamaal Bowman's financial disclosure says that he has a teacher's retirement services pension worth over $50M.

Potentially a filing error on Bowman's part, but the number is accurate to the source data.

Here is the disclosure from Bowman:

https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2022/10055703.pdf Net worth estimates live (talk) 15:34, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Also worth noting that the estimates use the midpoint of ranges in the disclosures, but are adjusted throughout the year as stock prices move.

Market has risen significantly YTD, which is likely why some numbers are higher than they would be at the time of disclosure. Net worth estimates live (talk) 15:37, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

The list appears to have been hijacked by a linkspammer, I reverted back to the previous datasource. MrOllie (talk) 23:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

What would be a proper way to update net worth figures for politicians? There appear to be many which are out of data, as OpenSecrets hasn't released new estimates since 2018.

There are live estimates from Quiver which could be used - is there a better way to source them than linking to the tracker? Net worth estimates live (talk) 00:16, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

It is a self published site and shows no sign of meeting Wikipedia's sourcing requirements (see WP:RS). 100% of your accounts activity is adding this site. Are you associated with it in some fashion? MrOllie (talk) 00:24, 5 September 2024 (UTC)