The file

Elissa Slotkin

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Michigan · Michigan · Spectrum score -15

Senate ·

Elissa Slotkin is U.S. Senator, Michigan in Michigan. Political positions and ideology score -15 (Center-left). Slotkin is the CIA candidate.

College: Cornell University, B.A. 1998 · Columbia University, M.A. 2003
Spouse: Divorced (Dave Moore)
Children: None on the public record; two stepchildren from prior marriage
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Michigan · 2025–
U.S. Representative · Michigan · 2019–2025
Acting Assistant Secretary · Defense (ISA) · 2015–2017

Net worth: $6.0M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $2.5M
2026 raised: $18.0M
Years in office: 7

Where Elissa stands on the spectrum

Elissa Slotkin scores -15 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center-left), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -15 · Center-left · economic -20 · social -12 · authoritarian -1

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Slotkin is the CIA candidate. The file is a Pentagon-and-Langley résumé married to Michigan money, sold to suburban women, funded by a national list that thinks Michigan is still 2018. The 2024 Senate win does not make the donor map local.

Finances

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

Net worth

$6.0M

+140% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$2.5M

Now$6.0M

CIA/Pentagon, then a marriage into a Michigan business household. The ‘spy’ brand is real; so is the suburban money.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $18.0M
Cash on hand: $7.0M

Top industries

Small-dollar
Lawyers
Health
Defense-adjacent

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

CIA/Pentagon plus a Michigan business household. Funds, some large-cap in ranges.

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

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$500K–$2.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$150K–$600K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$500K–$2.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$150K–$600K

Sum of ranges $650K–$2.6M · midpoint $1.6M

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

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

Conflicts

Intel résumé as a campaign product.
Michigan business household vs a national security Democrat pitch.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -20
Social: -12
Authoritarian: -1
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-20
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-26
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-22
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-14
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-16
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration+2
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-46
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-20
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech-18
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances+24
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties-8
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.18

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

House record
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.