The file

Chris Coons

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Delaware · Delaware · Spectrum score -37

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Chris Coons is U.S. Senator, Delaware in Delaware. Political positions and ideology score -37 (Left). Coons is Biden’s remaining Delaware.

College: Amherst College, B.A. 1985 · Yale Divinity School, M.A.R. 1992 · Yale Law School, J.D. 1992
Spouse: Annie Coons
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Delaware · 2010–
County Executive · New Castle County · 2005–2010
In-house counsel · W.L. Gore & Associates · 1996–2004

Net worth: $5.5M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $1.5M
2026 raised: $5.4M
Years in office: 16

Where Chris stands on the spectrum

Chris Coons scores -37 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 -37 · Left · economic -51 · social -45 · authoritarian -20

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Coons is Biden’s remaining Delaware. The file is a corporate-state Democrat: incorporations, chemicals, cards. The voice is mild. The industries are not.

Finances

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

Net worth

$5.5M

+267% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$1.5M

Now$5.5M

Delaware lawyer, chemical-state money, Biden’s friend. The household is professional-plus, not du Pont, but the state’s air is chemical and credit-card.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $5.4M
Cash on hand: $2.6M

Top industries

Lawyers
Finance
Chemicals
Leadership PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Delaware lawyer. Funds in a chemical-and-card state.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Conflicts

Credit-card and chemical donors in the state that wrote those laws.
Foreign-relations nice guy as a donor product.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -51
Social: -45
Authoritarian: -20
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-42
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-4
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.27

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

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