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Democratic · U.S. Senator, New Hampshire · New Hampshire · Spectrum score -17

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Maggie Hassan is U.S. Senator, New Hampshire in New Hampshire. Political positions and ideology score -17 (Center-left). Hassan is the other New Hampshire Democrat.

College
Brown University, B.A. 1980 · Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. 1985
Spouse
Thomas Hassan (m. 1983)
Children
Two
Résumé
  • U.S. Senator · New Hampshire · 2017–
  • Governor of New Hampshire · 2013–2017
  • New Hampshire State Senate · 2005–2010
Net worth
$4.0M
Salary
$174,000

Member of Congress · frozen since 2009

Before office
$1.2M
2026 raised
$7.1M
Years in office
13

Where Maggie stands on the spectrum

Maggie Hassan scores -17 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 -17 · Center-left · economic -20 · social -15 · authoritarian -4

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Hassan is the other New Hampshire Democrat. The file is a razor-thin 2016 that the national party still treats as a template, and a household that sits on the Massachusetts professional economy even when the ballot says Manchester.

Finances

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

Net worth

$4.0M

+233% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$1.2M
Now$4.0M

Massachusetts-adjacent professional household. New Hampshire is the lab; Boston money is in the water.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised
$7.1M
Cash on hand
$3.0M

Top industries

  • Lawyers
  • Health
  • Unions
  • Finance

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Massachusetts-adjacent professional household. 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

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

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Live wire

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Conflicts

  • 2016 1,000-vote Senate win as a permanent scar and a fundraising cue.
  • Daughter’s health-care needs as both biography and policy — real, and also a message.

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): -0.19

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.

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Updated August 2026.