The file

Jon Ossoff

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Georgia · Georgia · Spectrum score -38

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Jon Ossoff is U.S. Senator, Georgia in Georgia. Political positions and ideology score -38 (Left). Ossoff’s first election was a national telethon.

College: Georgetown University, B.S.F.S. 2009 · London School of Economics, M.Sc. 2013
Spouse: Alisha Kramer (m. 2017)
Children: One
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Georgia · 2021–
Investigative journalist / CEO · Insight TWI · 2013–2020
Congressional aide · Rep. John Lewis · 2006–2012

Net worth: $5.0M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $2.0M
2026 raised: $45.0M
Years in office: 5

Where Jon stands on the spectrum

Jon Ossoff scores -38 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 -38 · Left · economic -52 · social -43 · authoritarian -19

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Ossoff’s first election was a national telethon. The file is a 2026 incumbent whose FEC report is still coastal, whose opposition research from 2020 (the documentaries, the girlfriend-of-a-congressman era) will be replayed, and whose state moved right under him.

Finances

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

Net worth

$5.0M

+150% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$2.0M

Now$5.0M

Documentary producer and a family that was not poor. The 2020–21 race made him a small-dollar celebrity. 2026 is the test of whether that list still answers.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $45.0M
Cash on hand: $18.0M

Top industries

Small-dollar
Lawyers
Hollywood
Tech

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Documentary-and-family money in funds. 2026 cash is the campaign, not the ticker.

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

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

National money defending a Trump state — the donor is not in Macon.
Investigative-film résumé as a brand that has to survive a second race.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -43
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-34
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-16
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

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.28

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

Senate record
2021–26 votes
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.