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Ron Wyden

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Oregon · Oregon · Spectrum score -42

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Ron Wyden is U.S. Senator, Oregon in Oregon. Political positions and ideology score -42 (Left). Wyden is the civil-liberties bookmark.

College: Stanford University, B.A. 1971 · University of Oregon School of Law, J.D. 1974
Spouse: Nancy Bass Wyden (m. 2005). Previously Laurie Oseran (div.)
Children: Five
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Oregon · 1996–
U.S. Representative · Oregon-3 · 1981–1996
Co-founder / director · Oregon Gray Panthers · 1974–1980

Net worth: $3.4M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $500K
2026 raised: $5.2M
Years in office: 45

Where Ron stands on the spectrum

Ron Wyden scores -42 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 -42 · Left · economic -54 · social -49 · authoritarian -25

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Wyden is the civil-liberties bookmark. The file is a Finance gavel in a timber-and-tech state, a man who can leak a slide about the NSA and still mark up a tax title. The contradiction is the job.

Finances

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

Net worth

$3.4M

+580% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$500K

Now$3.4M

Oregon to Finance. Tech-and-timber, a privacy brand, not a Nike fortune.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $5.2M
Cash on hand: $2.4M

Top industries

Health
Timber
Tech
Lawyers

Stock holdings

Individual common stock

Finance chair. Timber, health, and funds. The tax code he marks up is the environment these names live in.

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

VTI
Index funds
Self
$250K–$500K
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Self
$15K–$50K
INTC
Intel
Self
$1,001–$15K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Index funds	Self	$250K–$500K
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Self	$15K–$50K
INTC	Intel	Self	$1,001–$15K

Sum of ranges $266K–$565K · midpoint $416K

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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New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Finance chair as a tax-code event for Oregon’s employers.
Surveillance critic who still sits in a caucus that funds the agencies.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -54
Social: -49
Authoritarian: -25
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-58
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-40
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-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-50
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.33

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.