The file

Katherine Clark

Democratic · House Minority Whip · Massachusetts · Spectrum score -47

House · 2026 ballot ·

Katherine Clark is House Minority Whip in Massachusetts. Political positions and ideology score -47 (Left). Clark is the whip people cannot name.

College: St. Lawrence University, B.A. 1985 · Cornell University, M.P.A. · Cornell Law School, J.D. 1989
Spouse: Rodney Marshall
Children: Three
Résumé: House Minority Whip · 2023–
U.S. Representative · Massachusetts-5 · 2013–
Massachusetts Senate / House · 2008–2013

Net worth: $3.8M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $1.2M
2026 raised: $6.8M
Years in office: 13

Where Katherine stands on the spectrum

Katherine Clark 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 -52 · social -46 · authoritarian -22

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Clark is the whip people cannot name. The file is the dues: you want a floor schedule, you pick up the phone. Net worth is ordinary for the Massachusetts professional class. Power is not.

Finances

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

Net worth

$3.8M

+217% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$1.2M

Now$3.8M

Massachusetts professional household plus whip-level PACs. The money is the job.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $6.8M
Cash on hand: $2.9M

Top industries

Lawyers
Unions
Health
Leadership PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Whip-level Massachusetts professional household. Index funds.

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

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Odds

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Conflicts

Whip operation as a dues system.
Suburban Boston donor class vs a national message operation.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -46
Authoritarian: -22
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-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-80
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-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.49

Compass

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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.