The file

Adam Schiff

Democratic · U.S. Senator, California · California · Spectrum score -40

Senate ·

Adam Schiff is U.S. Senator, California in California. Political positions and ideology score -40 (Left). Schiff’s product is the hearing.

College: Stanford University, B.A. 1982 · Harvard Law School, J.D. 1985
Spouse: Eve Sanderson Schiff (m. 1995)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Senator · California · 2024–
U.S. Representative · California · 2001–2024
Assistant U.S. Attorney · Central District of California · 1987–1993

Net worth: $6.5M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $1.0M
2026 raised: $20.0M
Years in office: 25

Where Adam stands on the spectrum

Adam Schiff scores -40 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -40 · Left · economic -52 · social -44 · authoritarian -19

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Schiff’s product is the hearing. The file is a member who turned Russia/impeachment into a national small-dollar ATM, then cashed it in a Senate race. You can think the cases were righteous and still read the FEC spikes as a business cycle.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$6.5M

+550% since taking office

House/Senate disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$1.0M

Now$6.5M

LA prosecutor to House to Senate. Book, legal fund, a national impeachment brand that printed money. Burbank-to-Washington is a media business.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $20.0M
Cash on hand: $9.0M

Top industries

Lawyers
Hollywood
Small-dollar
Leadership PACs

Stock holdings

Individual common stock

A prosecutor’s book that became a senator’s: funds plus some large-cap. The money is the small-dollar machine, not the tickers.

Senate disclosure, 2025 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$500K
AAPL
Apple
Joint
$15K–$50K
MSFT
Microsoft
Joint
$15K–$50K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$500K
AAPL	Apple	Joint	$15K–$50K
MSFT	Microsoft	Joint	$15K–$50K

Sum of ranges $280K–$600K · midpoint $440K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Impeachment as a decade-long fundraising event.
Hollywood-district money now statewide.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -44
Authoritarian: -19
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-6
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-22
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.35

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

House NOMINATE
Senate 2025–26
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.