The file

Rashida Tlaib

Democratic · U.S. Representative, Michigan-12 · Michigan · Spectrum score -75

House · Squad · 2026 ballot ·

Rashida Tlaib is U.S. Representative, Michigan-12 in Michigan. Political positions and ideology score -75 (Far left). Tlaib’s district still has plants.

College: Wayne State University, B.A. 1998 · Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, J.D. 2004
Spouse: Divorced (Fayez Tlaib)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Representative · Michigan-12 · 2019–
Michigan House of Representatives · 2009–2014
Attorney / advocate · Sugar Law Center and related work · 2004–2018

Net worth: $900K
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $100K
2026 raised: $5.1M
Years in office: 7

Where Rashida stands on the spectrum

Rashida Tlaib scores -75 on Spectrum’s left–right line (far 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 -75 · Far left · economic -88 · social -64 · authoritarian -36

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Tlaib’s district still has plants. Her mentions do not. The file is a member who raises when cable is angry and legislates when it is not — a pattern that is now the Squad’s P&L.

Finances

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

Net worth

$900K

+800% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$100K

Now$900K

Statehouse-to-Congress, still not a brokerage story. National small-dollar is the business model.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $5.1M
Cash on hand: $1.4M

Top industries

Small-dollar
Unions
Activist PACs

Stock holdings

No reportable individual stock

No reportable individual common stock of note. The FEC spikes after floor fights are the money story.

2024–25 disclosure · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

Nothing reportable as individual common stock on the latest file.

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

Detroit auto-and-union district vs a national brand built on Palestine.
Censure-cycle fundraising spikes — outrage as a revenue event.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -88
Social: -64
Authoritarian: -36
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-88
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-92
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-82
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-86
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-90
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-68
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-78
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-72
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-64
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-74
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-66
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.76

Compass

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Sources

DW-NOMINATE
House 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.