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Ted Budd

Ted Budd

Senator· NCRSenate● In office
Before officeBusiness executive
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Ted Budd has an estimated net worth of $5.5M. The 2026 campaign raised $1.1M. Ted Budd sits on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness and Aviation, Space, and Innovation.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$5.5M
$2.0M+
Raised (last cycle)
$1.1M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
3
Senator since 2023 · 9y in office
Net-worth filings
3
−$1.4M since 2022
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

$133K 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.

Tech & Telecom

$58K in corporate money from tech · 8 roll calls · 2 bills

against tech
0 bills
with tech
1 bill
1 excluded · not weighed

Banking & Financial

$30K in corporate money from banking · 13 roll calls · 9 bills

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

Health & Pharma

$26K in corporate money from health · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes

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

Energy & Utilities

$13K in corporate money from energy · 2 roll calls · 1 bills

against energy
0 bills
with energy
1 bill

Insurance

$11K 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.

Ideological / Leadership

$10K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes

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

Real Estate & Construction

$7K 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

$6K 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.

Labor / Unions

$5K in union money · 0 roll calls · 0 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.

Transportation

$5K in corporate money from transportation · 8 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
SourcesFEC money recordscongressional roster and vote records
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 →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. SenatorNCRHouse → Senate
    2023 – 2029 · 6 yrs
  2. RepresentativeNC-13R
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeNC-13R
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeNC-13R
    2017 – 2019 · 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.