The file

Steve Scalise

Republican · House Majority Leader · Louisiana · Spectrum score +52

House · 2026 ballot ·

Steve Scalise is House Majority Leader in Louisiana. Political positions and ideology score +52 (Right). Scalise is the whip who became the face.

College: Louisiana State University, B.S. 1989
Spouse: Jennifer Scalise (m. 2005)
Children: Two
Résumé: House Majority Leader · 2023–
U.S. Representative · Louisiana-1 · 2008–
Louisiana State Senate / House · 1996–2008

Net worth: $3.4M
Salary: $193,400
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: $11.0M
Years in office: 18

Where Steve stands on the spectrum

Steve Scalise scores +52 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +52 · Right · economic +52 · social +46 · authoritarian +26

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Scalise is the whip who became the face. The file is Louisiana extractive politics with a national title: petrochemicals, insurance, and a leadership PAC. The shooting is real. It is also a shield.

Finances

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

Net worth

$3.4M

+750% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$400K

Now$3.4M

Louisiana leadership money, energy donors, a leadership PAC. The 2017 shooting made him untouchable on cable; the FEC file kept moving.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $11.0M
Cash on hand: $4.8M

Top industries

Oil & gas
Leadership PACs
Health
Insurance

Stock holdings

Individual common stock

Louisiana energy in the ranges. Leadership PAC is the other treasury.

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

XOM
Exxon Mobil
Self
$15K–$50K
CVX
Chevron
Self
$1,001–$15K
VTI
Index funds
Self
$50K–$100K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
XOM	Exxon Mobil	Self	$15K–$50K
CVX	Chevron	Self	$1,001–$15K
VTI	Index funds	Self	$50K–$100K

Sum of ranges $66K–$165K · midpoint $116K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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

Live wire

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Conflicts

Gulf energy and insurance money vs majority-leader scheduling.
Storm-aid votes watched by the same industry that funds him.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +52
Social: +46
Authoritarian: +26
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+62
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+58
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+44
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+46
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+48
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+58
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+30
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.56

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.