THE RICHEST AND POOREST IN CONGRESS
Tennessee Congress members
› Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a developer, $69.4 million, ranks 4th in the Senate
› Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a lawyer, former university president and longtime politician, $16.6 million, ranks 13th in the Senate
› Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., a nurse who with her husband owns a drug-testing lab, $75.3 million, ranks 8th in the House
› Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., a lawyer and longtime politician, $30.3 million, ranks 19th in the House
› Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., a lawyer and longtime politician, $5.1 million, ranks 75th in the House
› Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., a physician and longtime politician, $5 million, ranks 79th in the House
› Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., a lawyer, $2.5 million, ranks 134th in the House
› Rep. Steve Fincher, R-Tenn., farmer, $750,000, ranks 241st in the House
› Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., former businesswoman, longtime politician, $568,007, ranks 268th in the House
› Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn., a lawyer, former judge and longtime politician, $294,005, ranks 323rd in the House
› Rep. Scott Desjarlais, R-Tenn., a physician, $188,004, ranks 351st
Georgia Congress members
› Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., businessman and longtime politician, $30 million, ranks 9th in the Senate
› Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., a realtor and longtime politician, $25.3 million, ranks 11th in the Senate
› Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., a real estate investor and longtime politician, $678,506, ranks 250th in the House
› Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., a lawyer, chaplain and longtime politician, $434,005, ranks 288th in the House
Alabama Congress members
› Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., a lawyer and longtime politician, $10.9 million, ranks 2nd in the Senate
› Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., a lawyer and longtime politician, $7.5 million, ranks 29th in the Senate
› Rep. Robert B Aderholt, R-Ala., a lawyer and longtime politician, $3.1 million, ranks 121st in the House
› Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., a lawyer and longtime politician, $666,021, ranks 252nd in the House
The 10 Richest
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., $330 million
Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., $313.5 million
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., $238.1 million
Rep. John K Delaney, D-Md., $232.8 million
Rep. Dave Trott, R-Mich., $177.1 million
Rep. Vernon Buchanan, R-Fla., $115.5 million
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., $100.6 million
Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., $95.5 million
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., $81.7 million
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., $79 million
The 10 Poorest
(No one is qualifying for food stamps, but some lawmakers carry significant personal and/or business debt.)
› Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., -$24.3 million
› Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., -$2.2 million
› Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Texas, -$2 million
› Rep. Alcee L Hastings, D-Fla., -$1.5 million
› Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., -$1.1 million
› Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., -$461,498
› Rep. Duncan D Hunter, R-Calif., -$387,500
› Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., -$385,498
› Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., -$375,000
› Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., -$365,999
How the net worths are figured
By law, Congress members must file person financial disclosure forms each year.
The Center for Responsive Politics obtained reports covering the years from 2005 to 2015 from the Senate Office of Public Records and the Office of the Clerk of the House. The disclosure forms do not require exact values. Instead, lawmakers report the value of assets and liabilities within ranges. A lawmaker marks his or her property assets in minimum and maximum ranges, for instance, between $100,001 and $250,000. To calculate net worth, researchers with the Center for Responsive Politics added a lawmaker's ranges of assets and subtracted their range of liabilities. Then researchers calculated the midpoint of the resulting range and used that figure for these rankings.
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Source: Center for Responsive Politics