The file

Jeanne Shaheen

Democratic · U.S. Senator, New Hampshire · New Hampshire · Spectrum score -18

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Jeanne Shaheen is U.S. Senator, New Hampshire in New Hampshire. Political positions and ideology score -18 (Center-left). Shaheen is covered as a purple-state adult.

College: Shippensburg University, B.A. 1969 · University of Mississippi, M.S.S. 1973
Spouse: Bill Shaheen (m. 1972)
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · New Hampshire · 2009–
Governor of New Hampshire · 1997–2003
New Hampshire State Senate · 1991–1996

Net worth: $3.4M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $800K
2026 raised: $8.8M
Years in office: 29

Where Jeanne stands on the spectrum

Jeanne Shaheen scores -18 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 -18 · Center-left · economic -20 · social -15 · authoritarian -4

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Shaheen is covered as a purple-state adult. The file is a spouse’s consulting shop that New Hampshire papers have been politely noting for years, plus a 2026 that will be nationalized whether she wants it or not.

Finances

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

Net worth

$3.4M

+325% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$800K

Now$3.4M

Husband Bill’s law/energy consulting is the household story in New Hampshire reporting that never goes national.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $8.8M
Cash on hand: $3.5M

Top industries

Lawyers
Health
Defense
Unions

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

New Hampshire. Spouse consulting is the other file. Funds here.

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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Live wire

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Conflicts

Bill Shaheen’s business clients vs her votes — a perennial local story.
2026 as a New England hold in a nationalized map.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -20
Social: -15
Authoritarian: -4
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-6
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-46
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-20
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing+10
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech-18
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances+10
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties-8
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.21

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.