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Richest US Politicians

Richest US Politicians

Do you know who are the Richest US Politicians? Are they Democrat, Republican or maybe something else? Check the below list and find out...

Name / Party / Position / Estimated wealth
1 Michael Bloomberg Republican Mayor of New York City $5.0 billion
2 H. Ross Perot Reform US Presidential candidate $4.2 billion
3 Winthrop Rockefeller Jr. Republican Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas $1.2 billion
4 Tom Golisano Independence Candidate for governor of New York $1.1 billion [1]
5 Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Governor of California $800 million[2]
6 Pete Coors Republican 2004 Candidate for US Senate from Colorado $750 million [3]
7 John Kerry and family Democrat US Senator from Massachusetts $525 million [4]
8 Amo Houghton Republican Representative from New York $475 million
9 J. Curtis Lewis, Jr. Republican Former Mayor of Savannah, Georgia $470 million [5]
10 Jon Corzine Democrat Governor of New Jersey $300 million
11 Herb Kohl Democrat US Senator from Wisconsin $250 million
12 Jay Rockefeller Democrat US Senator from West Virginia $200 million
13 Mark Warner Democrat Former Governor of Virginia $200 million

Ref. Source 5

Image below is Mark Warner:

Politicians Richest

Wow. That is a remarkable list you have there JB. I find it mind-boggling that politicians can be so wealthy and yet, supposedly, be independent of thought, conflict of interest, etc. I don't believe any public position should be means tested, but I just wonder what the wealth of the average US politician, congress and above, would be? And also I wonder what this says about the political system, is it too influenced by money or do you need to be wealthy to become a high ranking pollie?

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So, just who are the wealthiest members of Congress?

Hint: If you need a loan, you might ask Kerry, who has about $167 million in the bank. Ref. Source 9

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I got this from the link above:

I honestly think some of the best politicans should have no more than a certain amount of money if they want to represent us. How can you possibly really be interested in helping the poor or the middle clas if you have to think about how much interest your millions are getting.

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Being Elected To Congress Continues To Be A Pretty Good Wealth Maximization Strategy:

Our 50 richest members of Congress had an average net worth of $32mm, and saw a weighted average growth in their net worth of 17.7% (unweighted 26%).* The S&P was up 12.8%. Ref. Source 4

Richest US Politicians

Members Of Congress Grow Wealthier Despite Recession
By Luke Johnson

Members of the House and Senate have a collective net worth of $2.04 billion, up from $1.65 billion in 2008. Source 4