The file

Michael Bennet

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Colorado · Colorado · Spectrum score -36

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Michael Bennet is U.S. Senator, Colorado in Colorado. Political positions and ideology score -36 (Left). Bennet is the superintendent.

College: Wesleyan University, B.A. 1987 · Yale Law School, J.D. 1993
Spouse: Susan Daggett (m. 1997)
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Colorado · 2009–
Superintendent · Denver Public Schools · 2005–2009
Chief of staff · Mayor John Hickenlooper · 2003–2005

Net worth: $6.5M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $2.0M
2026 raised: $8.4M
Years in office: 17

Where Michael stands on the spectrum

Michael Bennet scores -36 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 -36 · Left · economic -52 · social -45 · authoritarian -21

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Bennet is the superintendent. The file is a Denver Democrat who tried a presidential, kept the Senate, and now runs 2026 as the adult in a state that is no longer a swing. The education past is the interesting part. The FEC file is ordinary.

Finances

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

Net worth

$6.5M

+225% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$2.0M

Now$6.5M

Superintendent, then Senate. Wife Susan’s family (Jewish-Hungarian, also a political family) and a Denver professional stack. 2020 presidential leftover.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $8.4M
Cash on hand: $3.8M

Top industries

Lawyers
Unions
Colorado donors
Education PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Denver professional. 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

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

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Conflicts

2020 presidential as a polite failure that still left a list.
Education-reform past vs teacher-union present.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -45
Authoritarian: -21
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-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-56
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): -0.23

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

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.