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Tim Kaine

Democratic · U.S. Senator, Virginia · Virginia · Spectrum score -36

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Tim Kaine is U.S. Senator, Virginia in Virginia. Political positions and ideology score -36 (Left). Kaine is the nice one.

College: University of Missouri, B.A. 1979 · Harvard Law School, J.D. 1983
Spouse: Anne Holton (m. 1984)
Children: Three
Résumé: U.S. Senator · Virginia · 2013–
Governor of Virginia · 2006–2010
Mayor · Richmond, Virginia · 1998–2001

Net worth: $3.0M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: $6.2M
Years in office: 32

Where Tim stands on the spectrum

Tim Kaine scores -36 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 -36 · Left · economic -52 · social -43 · authoritarian -19

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Kaine is the nice one. The file is a career Virginia Democrat whose donor map is lawyers and shipyards, whose 2016 leftover still sits in the brand, and whose moderation is the product Richmond sells.

Finances

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

Net worth

$3.0M

+650% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$400K

Now$3.0M

Richmond mayor, governor, Senate. Mission-trip Catholicism as brand; Virginia real-estate-and-law as household.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $6.2M
Cash on hand: $2.8M

Top industries

Lawyers
Unions
Real estate
Defense (VA)

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Virginia lawyer household. 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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Conflicts

2016 VP run leftover money.
Virginia Beach-to-NoVA donor split.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -43
Authoritarian: -19
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-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-64
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-6
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.24

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.