The file

Mark Kelly

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Arizona · Arizona · Spectrum score -16

Senate ·

Mark Kelly is U.S. Senator, Arizona in Arizona. Political positions and ideology score -16 (Center-left). Kelly is the astronaut.

College: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, B.S. 1986 · Naval Postgraduate School, M.S. 1994
Spouse: Gabby Giffords (m. 2007). Previously Amelia Victoria McEvoy (div.)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Arizona · 2020–
NASA astronaut · 1996–2011
U.S. Navy combat pilot · 1987–2011

Net worth: $9.0M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $4.0M
2026 raised: $10.0M
Years in office: 6

Where Mark stands on the spectrum

Mark Kelly scores -16 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 -16 · Center-left · economic -20 · social -12 · authoritarian -1

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Kelly is the astronaut. The file is a household that turned a shooting into a gun-safety apparatus, a Senate seat in a Trump state, and a 2028 rumor that will not die. The flight suit is the ad. The PAC is the machine.

Finances

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

Net worth

$9.0M

+125% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$4.0M

Now$9.0M

Astronaut salary was not this. Gabby Giffords’ PAC, book, and a household that became a gun-safety brand after the shooting.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $10.0M
Cash on hand: $4.5M

Top industries

Small-dollar
Unions
Gun-safety PACs
Aerospace

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Astronaut household plus Giffords PAC as the machine. Funds.

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

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$500K–$2.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$150K–$600K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$500K–$2.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$150K–$600K

Sum of ranges $650K–$2.6M · midpoint $1.6M

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

Giffords PAC as a parallel political company.
Border-state Democrat with a Navy-and-NASA résumé the consultants love.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -20
Social: -12
Authoritarian: -1
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+4
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-46
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-20
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing+18
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech-18
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances+24
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties-8
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.20

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

Senate 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.