20 millionaires in Congress from California,
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California’s members of Congress are worth at least $439 million
The 55 members of California’s congressional delegation are worth at least $439 million. The state is home to both the richest and poorest man in Congress.
Find your lawmaker, and filter their investments and debts with our interactive database. The data was compiled by Roll Call from the most recent annual financial disclosures covering 2016.
Come January, California will lose the distinction of being home to the richest man in Congress. More than a third of the lawmakers in the state’s congressional delegation are millionaires, and Rep. Darrell Issa’s wealth dwarfs them all.
Issa, a Vista Republican who won’t run for reelection this fall, claimed a minimum net worth of at least $283.3 million on his most recent federal financial disclosure form.
There are 20 millionaires in Congress from California, an analysis of the data finds. Their fortunes come from real estate holdings, tech stocks, investment portfolios and their spouses. Lawmakers are not required to disclose property they own unless it is earning income, and they also do not need to list their $174,000 annual salaries, putting each and every one of them above the average Californian.
While the figures can give constituents and voters a glimpse of how the people who represent them in Washington live, they are imprecise, thanks in part to disclosure rules that allow the members of Congress to report assets using broad ranges. The ranges for reporting assets and liabilities start at between $1 and $1,000 and top out at $50 million and greater. So that means Issa could be worth $283.3 million, or he could be worth a lot more.
1. Darrell Issa (R-Vista)
$283.3 million minimum net worth
2. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D)
$58.5 million minimum net worth
3. Scott Peters (D-San Diego)
$32.0 million minimum net worth
4. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont)
$27.0 million minimum net worth
5. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco)
$16.0 million minimum net worth
6. Jeff Denham (R-Turlock)
$6.2 million minimum net worth
7. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough)
$4.5 million minimum net worth
8. Ami Bera (D-Elk Grove)
$4.0 million minimum net worth
9. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana)
$2.8 million minimum net worth
10. Ken Calvert (R-Corona)
$2.4 million minimum net worth
11. Jim Costa (D-Fresno)
$2.1 million minimum net worth
12. Anna Eshoo (D-Menlo Park)
$2.0 million minimum net worth
13. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove)
$1.9 million minimum net worth
14. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park)
$1.8 million minimum net worth
15. Juan Vargas (D-San Diego)
$1.7 million minimum net worth
16. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena)
$1.6 million minimum net worth
17. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose)
$1.6 million minimum net worth
18. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale)
$1.3 million minimum net worth
19. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance)
$1.2 million minimum net worth
20. Susan Davis (D-San Diego)
$1.2 million minimum net worth
21. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
$840,100 minimum net worth
22. Mimi Walters (R-Irvine)
$717,000 minimum net worth
23. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento)
$703,000 minimum net worth
24. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks)
$699,000 minimum net worth
25. Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley)
$619,000 minimum net worth
26. Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village)
$584,000 minimum net worth
27. Nanette Barragan (D-San Pedro)
$524,000 minimum net worth
28. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael)
$497,000 minimum net worth
29. Sen. Kamala Harris (D)
$391,100 minimum net worth
30. Steve Knight (R-Lancaster)
$359,000 minimum net worth
31. Grace Napolitano (D-Norwalk)
$319,000 minimum net worth
32. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank)
$313,000 minimum net worth
33. Linda Sanchez (D-Whittier)
$279,000 minimum net worth
34. Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton)
$252,000 minimum net worth
35. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare)
$101,000 minimum net worth
36. Mark Takano (D-Riverside)
$91,000 minimum net worth
37. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles)
$90,000 minimum net worth
38. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield)
$81,000 minimum net worth
39. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles)
$28,000 minimum net worth
40. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert)
$20,000 minimum net worth
41. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles)
-$35,000 minimum net worth
42. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin)
-$54,000 minimum net worth
43. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine)
-$60,000 minimum net worth
44. Tony Cardenas (D-Los Angeles)
-$175,000 minimum net worth
45. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland)
-$225,000 minimum net worth
46. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara)
-$263,000 minimum net worth
47. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove)
-$281,000 minimum net worth
48. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Downey)
-$353,000 minimum net worth
49. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton)
-$425,000 minimum net worth
50. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa)
-$445,000 minimum net worth
51. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands)
-$464,000 minimum net worth
52. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel)
-$470,000 minimum net worth
53. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord)
-$497,000 minimum net worth
54. Norma Torres (D-Pomona)
-$534,000 minimum net worth
55. David Valadao (R-Hanford)
-$17.5 million minimum net worth