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Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters

Representative· CADHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeTeacher
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Maxine Waters has an estimated net worth of $2.4M. The 2026 campaign raised $863,683. Maxine Waters sits on House Committee on Financial Services.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$2.4M
−$350K – $5.2M
Raised (last cycle)
$864K
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
35
Representative since 1991
Net-worth filings
16
+$359K since 2008
File — Balance

Bills weighed against funded sectors

Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.

Other

$94K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Banking & Financial

$72K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills

against banking
3 bills
with banking
0 bills
4 excluded · not weighed

Insurance

$63K in corporate money from insurance · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against insurance
0 bills
with insurance
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Labor / Unions

$48K in union money · 1 roll calls · 1 bills

against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

1 excluded · not weighed

Real Estate & Construction

$37K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Retail & Consumer

$20K in corporate money from retail · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against retail
0 bills
with retail
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Transportation

$17K in corporate money from transportation · 2 roll calls · 2 bills

against transportation
0 bills
with transportation
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

2 excluded · not weighed

Sports, Media & Entertainment

$12K in corporate money from sports, media · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against sports, media
0 bills
with sports, media
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Law & Lobbying

$9K in corporate money from law · 9 roll calls · 8 bills

against law
2 bills
with law
0 bills
6 excluded · not weighed
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →
File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20252027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20232025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20212023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20192021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20172019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20152017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeCA-43D
    20132015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeCA-35D
    20112013 · 2 yrs
  9. RepresentativeCA-35D
    20092011 · 2 yrs
  10. RepresentativeCA-35D
    20072009 · 2 yrs
  11. RepresentativeCA-35D
    20052007 · 2 yrs
  12. RepresentativeCA-35D
    20032005 · 2 yrs
  13. RepresentativeCA-35D
    20012003 · 2 yrs
  14. RepresentativeCA-35D
    19992001 · 2 yrs
  15. RepresentativeCA-35D
    19971999 · 2 yrs
  16. RepresentativeCA-35D
    19951997 · 2 yrs
  17. RepresentativeCA-35D
    19931995 · 2 yrs
  18. RepresentativeCA-29D
    19911993 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.