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Worst stock traders in Congress

57 of 72 members of Congress trailed the S&P 500 when their disclosed trades were copied from the day each filing went public. Neal P. Dunn ranks last at -99.3%, against +80.7% for SPY.

As of 2026-11-07

Ranked members of Congress
72
Trailed SPY
57 of 72
Median return over SPY, this list
-30.0%
Last
Neal P. Dunn, -180.0% vs SPY
Backtests refreshed
2026-11-07
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Members of Congress who trailed SPY, worst first

Copy-bot return minus SPY

Scale: −180.01 to +180.01 pp · zero baseline

Copy-bot return minus SPY

  • Neal P. Dunn (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-180.01 pp
  • John W. Hickenlooper (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-177.28 pp
  • Josh Gottheimer (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-128.66 pp
  • Richard Blumenthal (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-107.24 pp
  • Roger Williams (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-77.91 pp
  • Michael C. Burgess (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-76.89 pp
  • Pat Fallon (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-69.75 pp
  • Robert E. Latta (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-60.64 pp
  • Chris Jacobs (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-60.03 pp
  • James R. Langevin (2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07)-58.74 pp

Signed percentage-point difference over each member’s own recorded window. These are simulated copy portfolios, not the member’s actual account returns. Different windows are not a matched-period experiment. Showing the first 10 of 57 recorded values; the complete table remains available below.

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1Neal P. Dunn (R-FL, House)-99.3%+80.7%-180.0%0.38-99.6%13
2John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO, Senate)-96.5%+80.7%-177.3%-0.47-97.2%31
3Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ, House)-47.9%+80.7%-128.7%0.35-91.1%879
4Richard Blumenthal (D-CT, Senate)-26.5%+80.7%-107.2%0.02-59.0%23
5Roger Williams (R-TX, House)+2.8%+80.7%-77.9%0.10-24.8%11
6Michael C. Burgess (R-TX, House, former)+3.8%+80.7%-76.9%0.14-37.8%40
7Pat Fallon (R-TX, House)+11.0%+80.7%-69.8%0.21-36.7%12
8Robert E. Latta (R-OH, House)+20.1%+80.7%-60.6%0.30-56.6%22
9Chris Jacobs (R-NY, House, former)+20.7%+80.7%-60.0%0.27-40.3%107
10James R. Langevin (D-RI, House, former)+22.0%+80.7%-58.7%0.30-60.5%65
11Virginia Foxx (R-NC, House)+23.5%+80.7%-57.2%0.38-22.7%344
12Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME, Senate)+23.9%+80.7%-56.9%0.34-24.1%26
13Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL, Senate, since 2023-09-19)+17.2%+71.6%-54.4%-0.01-8.3%16
14Tommy Tuberville (R-AL, Senate)+28.7%+80.7%-52.1%0.33-34.6%383
15Michael Guest (R-MS, House)+29.0%+80.7%-51.8%0.36-34.6%41
16Steve Cohen (D-TN, House)+30.9%+80.7%-49.9%0.63-16.6%15
17Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL, House)+33.7%+80.7%-47.1%0.37-63.2%23
18Lois Frankel (D-FL, House)+37.5%+80.7%-43.3%0.48-20.9%141
19Rick Larsen (D-WA, House, since 2023-05-27)+39.3%+81.3%-42.0%0.42-16.7%46
20Michael T. McCaul (R-TX, House)+39.0%+80.7%-41.8%0.39-36.0%2,032
21Gary C. Peters (D-MI, Senate)+41.9%+80.7%-38.9%0.56-22.3%18
22Kevin Hern (R-OK, House)+46.1%+80.7%-34.7%0.59-18.0%263
23John Boozman (R-AR, Senate)+47.7%+80.7%-33.1%0.74-19.9%297
24Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY, House, since 2023-02-25)+59.7%+92.0%-32.4%0.53-23.8%348
25Doug Lamborn (R-CO, House, former)+49.0%+80.7%-31.8%0.55-32.2%42
26Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA, House)+49.4%+80.7%-31.4%0.63-16.6%24
27Blake D. Moore (R-UT, House)+50.4%+80.7%-30.3%0.45-32.6%10
28Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA, House, former)+50.6%+80.7%-30.2%0.58-21.3%44
29Jared Moskowitz (D-FL, House, since 2023-03-11)+71.1%+101.1%-30.0%0.80-14.3%286
30Zoe Lofgren (D-CA, House)+52.1%+80.7%-28.6%0.58-22.9%13
31Carol D. Miller (R-WV, House)+52.8%+80.7%-28.0%0.78-15.7%50
32Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN, House, former)+53.8%+80.7%-26.9%0.51-25.7%25
33Ed Case (D-HI, House)+54.2%+80.7%-26.6%0.45-35.1%10
34Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL, House, since 2022-06-11)+79.1%+104.7%-25.6%0.75-26.3%88
35Rick W. Allen (R-GA, House)+55.7%+80.7%-25.1%0.66-20.4%89
36Ro Khanna (D-CA, House)+55.8%+80.7%-24.9%0.62-25.1%12,629
37Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA, House)+55.9%+80.7%-24.9%0.58-24.8%954
38Diana Harshbarger (R-TN, House)+56.6%+80.7%-24.2%0.68-18.5%719
39Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV, Senate)+56.9%+80.7%-23.8%0.72-15.5%42
40Earl Blumenauer (D-OR, House, former)+58.5%+80.7%-22.2%0.74-23.0%82
41Debbie Dingell (D-MI, House)+59.0%+80.7%-21.7%0.71-20.1%10
42Thomas R. Carper (D-DE, Senate, former)+59.3%+80.7%-21.4%0.75-21.1%180
43Robert J. Wittman (R-VA, House)+59.8%+80.7%-20.9%0.75-19.2%70
44Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL, House, since 2023-05-13)+66.9%+85.6%-18.7%0.65-18.7%110
45Lloyd Doggett (D-TX, House)+62.9%+80.7%-17.9%0.73-16.4%111
46Cynthia Axne (D-IA, House, former)+64.6%+80.7%-16.1%0.73-16.5%22
47John H. Rutherford (R-FL, House)+65.2%+80.7%-15.5%0.64-21.3%17
48Dan Newhouse (R-WA, House)+66.6%+80.7%-14.2%0.88-19.4%103
49Scott Franklin (R-FL, House)+67.5%+80.7%-13.3%0.80-20.9%136
50J. French Hill (R-AR, House)+67.8%+80.7%-13.0%0.80-16.0%13
51Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ, House, since 2023-02-12)+76.5%+87.9%-11.4%0.58-27.4%75
52Marie Newman (D-IL, House, former)+69.8%+80.7%-11.0%0.50-45.0%12
53Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN, House)+74.4%+80.7%-6.4%0.76-22.9%140
54Kurt Schrader (D-OR, House, former)+76.1%+80.7%-4.6%0.83-24.3%74
55John R. Curtis (R-UT, Senate)+77.8%+80.7%-3.0%0.81-21.9%44
56Markwayne Mullin (R-OK, Senate, former)+78.5%+80.7%-2.2%1.04-19.1%286
57Mark E. Green (R-TN, House, former)+80.3%+80.7%-0.5%0.52-43.0%38

Returns run from 2022-03-07 to 2026-11-07 unless another start or end date is shown. Purchases count disclosed purchases with a ticker that became public inside the backtest window. Members need at least 10 of them and 3 years of filings to be ranked. "Former" marks members no longer in office.

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Members of Congress who trailed SPY, worst first

Neal P. Dunn: source evidence dated 2026-11-07.

Rank
1
Member
Neal P. Dunn (R-FL, House)
Copy-bot return
-99.3%
SPY, same window
+80.7%
Return over SPY
-180.0%
Sharpe
0.38
Max drawdown
-99.6%
Purchases in window
13
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Step 2 of 3

Did copying this member beat SPY over the same sessions?

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Step 3 of 3

See Neal P. Dunn's trades and copy bot

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See Neal P. Dunn's trades and copy bot
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Republicans and Democrats compared

The table uses medians so that one outlier cannot decide a party's result. Independents appear in the both-party rankings, but there are too few of them to compare as a group.

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RepublicansBoth chambers409 of 40-24.0%
RepublicansHouse316 of 31-25.1%
RepublicansSenate93 of 9-3.0%
DemocratsBoth chambers316 of 31-24.9%
DemocratsHouse265 of 26-24.9%
DemocratsSenate51 of 5-38.9%

How this ranking works

Each member is measured by a simulated $100,000 portfolio that buys each disclosed stock purchase and at-the-money calls on the underlyings of disclosed option purchases, on the first trading session after the filing became public. The portfolio rebalances when a new stock or option disclosure from the member becomes public and once each trading week, and it pays fees. The benchmark buys SPY with the same dollars on the same days.

The public filing date is the signal clock. A trade counts from the first day a reader could see the filing, so the delay between a trade and its disclosure is part of the result.

Questions

  1. Which member of Congress trailed the market by the most?

    Neal P. Dunn (R-FL, House) trailed it by the most. A copy of their 13 disclosed purchases from the 5-year window returned -99.3% while SPY returned +80.7% over the same window.

  2. How many members of Congress beat the S&P 500?

    15 of the 72 ranked members of Congress did. A member is ranked once they have at least 10 disclosed purchases and 3 years of filings.

  3. Are these the members' actual returns?

    They are the returns of a simulated $100,000 portfolio that buys each disclosed stock purchase and at-the-money calls on the underlyings of disclosed option purchases, on the first trading session after the filing became public, with weekly maintenance and fees. Disclosures report amount ranges and can arrive up to 45 days after the trade, so this measures what a follower could have earned.

  4. How often is this ranking updated?

    Each member's backtest refreshes as new periodic transaction reports are filed. The backtests on this page were last refreshed on Nov 7, 2026.

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