The file

Tammy Duckworth

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Illinois · Illinois · Spectrum score -40

Senate ·

Tammy Duckworth is U.S. Senator, Illinois in Illinois. Political positions and ideology score -40 (Left). Duckworth is the helicopter.

College: University of Hawaii, B.A. 1992 · George Washington University, M.A. 1992 · Capella University, Ph.D. 2015
Spouse: Bryan Bowlsbey (m. 1993)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Illinois · 2017–
U.S. Representative · Illinois-8 · 2013–2017
Assistant Secretary · VA (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs) · 2009–2011

Net worth: $2.8M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $500K
2026 raised: $5.5M
Years in office: 13

Where Tammy stands on the spectrum

Tammy Duckworth scores -40 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 -40 · Left · economic -53 · social -45 · authoritarian -20

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Duckworth is the helicopter. The file is a combat injury that ends arguments, a Senate that uses her as a veterans’ validator, and an Illinois donor list that is unions and the usual. The biography is true. It is also unbeatable, which is a kind of power.

Finances

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

Net worth

$2.8M

+460% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$500K

Now$2.8M

Army, then Congress, then Senate. Disability and combat as biography that is also a moat. Not a Chicago board seat.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $5.5M
Cash on hand: $2.4M

Top industries

Unions
Defense
Lawyers
Health

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Combat-and-unions. Funds.

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

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$100K–$500K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$30K–$150K

Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Live wire

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Conflicts

Veterans’ issues as both sincere and a donor market.
Illinois machine without being the machine.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -53
Social: -45
Authoritarian: -20
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-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-4
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.32

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.