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Tammy Baldwin

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Wisconsin · Wisconsin · Spectrum score -44

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Tammy Baldwin is U.S. Senator, Wisconsin in Wisconsin. Political positions and ideology score -44 (Left). Baldwin is the firsts.

College: Smith College, A.B. 1984 · University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. 1989
Spouse: Unmarried
Children: None on the public record
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Wisconsin · 2013–
U.S. Representative · Wisconsin-2 · 1999–2013
Wisconsin State Assembly · 1993–1999

Net worth: $2.1M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $300K
2026 raised: $7.4M
Years in office: 27

Where Tammy stands on the spectrum

Tammy Baldwin scores -44 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 -44 · Left · economic -55 · social -45 · authoritarian -21

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Baldwin is the firsts. The file is a Wisconsin Democrat whose national money is coastal and whose state moved. The biography is historic. The FEC file is the 2020s.

Finances

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

Net worth

$2.1M

+600% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$300K

Now$2.1M

Madison to Senate. Not a dairy fortune. Unions and a national LGBTQ donor network.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $7.4M
Cash on hand: $3.2M

Top industries

Unions
Health
Small-dollar
Lawyers

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Madison to Senate. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Conflicts

Wisconsin industrial money vs a national identity-and-union haul.
2024 was closer than the brand. 2026 is off-cycle for her; the machine stays on.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -55
Social: -45
Authoritarian: -21
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-70
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-54
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-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.39

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.