The file

Mark Warner

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Virginia · Virginia · Spectrum score -14

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Mark Warner is U.S. Senator, Virginia in Virginia. Political positions and ideology score -14 (Center-left). Warner is not a public-servant-who-got-rich story.

College: George Washington University, B.A. 1977 · Harvard Law School, J.D. 1980
Spouse: Lisa Collis (m. 1989)
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Virginia · 2009–
Governor of Virginia · 2002–2006
Venture investor · Columbia Capital / Nextel early money · 1980s–2001

Net worth: $250M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $80.0M
2026 raised: $9.0M
Years in office: 30

Where Mark stands on the spectrum

Mark Warner scores -14 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 -14 · Center-left · economic -16 · social -15 · authoritarian -3

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Warner is not a public-servant-who-got-rich story. He is a rich-man-who-got-elected story. The file is cellular licenses, a Fairfax donor class, and an Intelligence gavel that sits on top of a fortune built in the industry the committee oversees in spirit if not always in jurisdiction.

Finances

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

Net worth

$250M

+213% since taking office

Forbes-style estimate, 2025

Before office$80.0M

Now$250M

Nextel fortune before public office. The Senate is a hobby with a SCIF. He was already the richest Democrat in the room.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $9.0M
Cash on hand: $5.0M

Top industries

Finance
Tech
Lawyers
Defense

Stock holdings

Individual common stock

A Nextel fortune diversified into the usual large-cap book. Intel gavel, tech holdings. The ranges are huge because the pile is huge.

Senate disclosure, 2024 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

AAPL
Apple
Self
$1.0M–$5.0M
MSFT
Microsoft
Self
$1.0M–$5.0M
GOOGL
Alphabet
Self
$500K–$1.0M
AMZN
Amazon
Self
$500K–$1.0M

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
AAPL	Apple	Self	$1.0M–$5.0M
MSFT	Microsoft	Self	$1.0M–$5.0M
GOOGL	Alphabet	Self	$500K–$1.0M
AMZN	Amazon	Self	$500K–$1.0M

Sum of ranges $4.3M–$17.5M · midpoint $10.9M

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

Telecom fortune vs a Senate that writes telecom and intel law.
Moderate ‘business Democrat’ as a donor product in a Virginia that is also the Pentagon’s suburb.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -16
Social: -15
Authoritarian: -3
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-12
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-6
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+22
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties-8
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.17

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

DW-NOMINATE ~−0.17
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.