The file

Gretchen Whitmer

Democratic · Governor of Michigan · Michigan · Spectrum score -47

Governor ·

Gretchen Whitmer is Governor of Michigan in Michigan. Political positions and ideology score -47 (Left). Whitmer is ‘that woman from Michigan’ in GOP ads and a 2028 maybe in Dem ones.

College: Michigan State University, B.A. 1993 · Michigan State University College of Law, J.D. 1998
Spouse: Marc Mallory (m. 2011). Previously Gary Whitmer (div.)
Children: Two; three stepchildren
Résumé: Governor of Michigan · 2019–
Ingham County prosecutor · 2016
Michigan Senate / House · 2001–2015

Net worth: $3.2M
Salary: $159,300
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 15

Where Gretchen stands on the spectrum

Gretchen Whitmer scores -47 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 -47 · Left · economic -54 · social -46 · authoritarian -21

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Whitmer is ‘that woman from Michigan’ in GOP ads and a 2028 maybe in Dem ones. The file is auto unions, a kidnapping plot that is both terrifying and politically useful, and a state that Trump carried anyway.

Finances

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

Net worth

$3.2M

+700% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$400K

Now$3.2M

Ingham County to governor. Husband’s dentist-and-business world is in the household. Not a Big Auto fortune.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Unions
Unions (auto)
Lawyers
Health

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Michigan professional household. Funds.

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

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$100K–$500K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$30K–$150K

Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K

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

COVID-era personal stories her opponents still mail.
Auto-union money in the EV transition she has to sell.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -54
Social: -46
Authoritarian: -21
Confidence: 83

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-56
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-84
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-18
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

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