Congress WatchCopy-trade rankings: Republicans
Among 65 republicans with enough history, 19 would have beaten the S&P 500 on the days they held stocks, copying their disclosed trades three days after filing, and 46 would not. The median gap was -3.2 percentage points a year.
| # | Politician | Period | Invested avg share of money | Copied holdings per year | S&P 500 same days, per year | Gap | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel S Sullivan Republican, AK | 2022-12 to 2026-11 | 41% | +52.7% | +19.5% | +33.2 pts | 35 |
| 2 | Thomas H. Kean Jr Republican, NJ | 2025-01 to 2026-11 | 89% | +23.7% | +12.3% | +11.4 pts | 34 |
| 3 | Brian Mast Republican, FL | 2018-09 to 2026-11 | 19% | +24.3% | +13.0% | +11.3 pts | 43 |
| 4 | Barbara J Comstock Republican, VA | 2017-01 to 2026-11 | 91% | +24.9% | +13.7% | +11.2 pts | 34 |
| 5 | David J. Taylor Republican, OH | 2025-04 to 2026-11 | 87% | +34.0% | +27.8% | +6.2 pts | 105 |
| 6 | Austin Scott Republican, GA | 2014-08 to 2026-11 | 31% | +17.4% | +12.1% | +5.3 pts | 48 |
| 7 | Thomas H. Kean Republican, NJ | 2023-02 to 2026-11 | 21% | +23.1% | +17.9% | +5.2 pts | 20 |
| 8 | Tim Moore Republican, NC | 2025-02 to 2026-11 | 75% | +17.5% | +12.4% | +5.1 pts | 82 |
| 9 | Bruce Westerman Republican, AR | 2025-04 to 2026-11 | 43% | +28.0% | +25.2% | +2.8 pts | 47 |
| 10 | Gary Palmer Republican, AL | 2018-09 to 2026-11 | 69% | +15.1% | +13.1% | +2.0 pts | 32 |
| 11 | Pete Sessions Republican, TX | 2015-05 to 2026-11 | 93% | +13.7% | +12.3% | +1.4 pts | 90 |
| 12 | David B. McKinley Republican, WV | 2014-09 to 2026-11 | 86% | +13.4% | +12.1% | +1.2 pts | 155 |
| 13 | Richard L. Hanna Republican, NY | 2014-01 to 2026-11 | 93% | +13.4% | +12.3% | +1.1 pts | 74 |
| 14 | Susan M Collins Republican, ME | 2014-01 to 2026-11 | 97% | +13.5% | +12.6% | +0.9 pts | 64 |
| 15 | William Cassidy Republican, LA | 2015-08 to 2026-11 | 47% | +14.0% | +13.3% | +0.7 pts | 119 |
| 16 | Thomas J. Rooney Republican, FL | 2017-01 to 2026-11 | 94% | +14.4% | +13.7% | +0.7 pts | 80 |
| 17 | Lamar Smith Republican, TX | 2014-01 to 2026-11 | 97% | +12.6% | +12.3% | +0.3 pts | 187 |
| 18 | Jerry Moran Republican, KS | 2019-05 to 2026-11 | 74% | +14.6% | +14.5% | +0.1 pts | 107 |
| 19 | Ed Whitfield Republican, KY | 2014-05 to 2026-11 | 92% | +12.5% | +12.4% | +0.1 pts | 40 |
| 20 | Richard Dean McCormick Republican, GA | 2025-09 to 2026-11 | 78% | +10.0% | +10.4% | -0.4 pts | 61 |
| 21 | Thomas H Tuberville Republican, AL | 2021-07 to 2026-11 | 75% | +10.7% | +11.2% | -0.5 pts | 152 |
| 22 | K. Michael Conaway Republican, TX | 2014-02 to 2026-11 | 93% | +11.7% | +12.3% | -0.6 pts | 254 |
| 23 | Bob Gibbs Republican, OH | 2014-01 to 2026-11 | 89% | +11.3% | +12.3% | -0.9 pts | 98 |
| 24 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican, GA | 2021-02 to 2026-11 | 99% | +11.4% | +12.8% | -1.3 pts | 51 |
| 25 | Daniel Crenshaw Republican, TX | 2021-03 to 2026-11 | 57% | +11.3% | +12.7% | -1.3 pts | 26 |
| 26 | Michael G. Fitzpatrick Republican, PA | 2014-01 to 2026-11 | 75% | +10.8% | +12.2% | -1.5 pts | 21 |
| 27 | John Rutherford Republican, FL | 2018-08 to 2026-11 | 58% | +11.6% | +13.2% | -1.6 pts | 58 |
| 28 | James E Banks Republican, IN | 2017-07 to 2026-11 | 21% | +11.7% | +13.6% | -1.9 pts | 32 |
| 29 | Mo Brooks Republican, AL | 2015-10 to 2026-11 | 65% | +10.8% | +13.3% | -2.5 pts | 53 |
| 30 | James French Hill Republican, AR | 2016-02 to 2026-11 | 79% | +11.9% | +14.4% | -2.6 pts | 27 |
| 31 | Thomas MacArthur Republican, NJ | 2015-03 to 2026-11 | 96% | +9.6% | +12.3% | -2.7 pts | 223 |
| 32 | Robert J. Wittman Republican, VA | 2015-10 to 2026-11 | 85% | +10.5% | +13.2% | -2.8 pts | 70 |
| 33 | James Comer Republican, KY | 2025-01 to 2026-11 | 87% | +11.7% | +14.9% | -3.2 pts | 31 |
| 34 | Lou Barletta Republican, PA | 2015-12 to 2026-11 | 78% | +9.4% | +13.3% | -4.0 pts | 38 |
| 35 | Blake Moore Republican, UT | 2021-07 to 2026-11 | 54% | +7.9% | +11.9% | -4.0 pts | 34 |
| 36 | Dan Newhouse Republican, WA | 2023-05 to 2026-11 | 82% | +14.5% | +18.9% | -4.4 pts | 63 |
| 37 | John Hoeven Republican, ND | 2014-03 to 2026-11 | 92% | +7.6% | +12.4% | -4.8 pts | 56 |
| 38 | Lisa McClain Republican, MI | 2025-08 to 2026-11 | 99% | +7.6% | +12.6% | -5.0 pts | 35 |
| 39 | Jefferson Shreve Republican, IN | 2025-03 to 2026-11 | 99% | +14.3% | +19.6% | -5.2 pts | 78 |
| 40 | David P. Joyce Republican, OH | 2017-07 to 2026-11 | 86% | +8.0% | +13.4% | -5.4 pts | 35 |
| 41 | E. Scott Rigell Republican, VA | 2015-06 to 2026-11 | 85% | +6.7% | +12.4% | -5.7 pts | 51 |
| 42 | Carol Devine Miller Republican, WV | 2020-08 to 2026-11 | 95% | +8.5% | +14.4% | -5.9 pts | 41 |
| 43 | Shelley M Capito Republican, WV | 2015-08 to 2026-11 | 87% | +6.7% | +12.7% | -5.9 pts | 128 |
| 44 | John Curtis Republican, UT | 2020-04 to 2026-11 | 56% | +10.9% | +17.0% | -6.1 pts | 97 |
| 45 | Carlos Curbelo Republican, FL | 2015-08 to 2026-11 | 78% | +7.1% | +13.5% | -6.4 pts | 136 |
| 46 | Markwayne Mullin Republican, OK | 2023-10 to 2026-11 | 98% | +13.7% | +20.2% | -6.5 pts | 59 |
| 47 | John Boozman Republican, AR | 2023-09 to 2026-11 | 79% | +11.4% | +18.4% | -7.0 pts | 88 |
| 48 | Scott Scott Franklin Republican, FL | 2025-03 to 2026-11 | 64% | +11.4% | +18.7% | -7.3 pts | 35 |
| 49 | Bill Flores Republican, TX | 2014-01 to 2026-11 | 78% | +4.3% | +12.3% | -8.0 pts | 241 |
| 50 | Byron Donalds Republican, FL | 2024-11 to 2026-11 | 76% | +4.0% | +12.1% | -8.1 pts | 52 |
| 51 | John James Republican, MI | 2024-09 to 2026-11 | 28% | +7.1% | +15.4% | -8.3 pts | 40 |
| 52 | Patrick Fallon Republican, TX | 2021-06 to 2026-11 | 24% | +3.5% | +12.2% | -8.7 pts | 52 |
| 53 | Greg Gianforte Republican, MT | 2017-07 to 2026-11 | 93% | +4.3% | +13.4% | -9.1 pts | 111 |
| 54 | Michael K. Simpson Republican, ID | 2014-04 to 2026-11 | 81% | +3.3% | +12.4% | -9.1 pts | 45 |
| 55 | Richard W. Allen Republican, GA | 2020-07 to 2026-11 | 78% | +5.3% | +14.8% | -9.4 pts | 72 |
| 56 | Maria Elvira Salazar Republican, FL | 2023-04 to 2026-11 | 37% | +8.8% | +19.0% | -10.2 pts | 45 |
| 57 | Rob Bresnahan Republican, PA | 2025-02 to 2026-11 | 93% | +2.2% | +12.6% | -10.4 pts | 52 |
| 58 | Virginia Foxx Republican, NC | 2014-05 to 2026-11 | 89% | +1.0% | +12.4% | -11.4 pts | 320 |
| 59 | Kevin Hern Republican, OK | 2019-05 to 2026-11 | 90% | +3.1% | +14.6% | -11.5 pts | 138 |
| 60 | Michael Patrick Guest Republican, MS | 2020-04 to 2026-11 | 53% | +7.3% | +19.0% | -11.7 pts | 29 |
| 61 | Randy Neugebauer Republican, TX | 2014-10 to 2026-11 | 8% | -0.2% | +12.6% | -12.8 pts | 25 |
| 62 | Nicholas Van Taylor Republican, TX | 2019-02 to 2026-11 | 26% | +0.3% | +14.4% | -14.1 pts | 52 |
| 63 | Michael C. Burgess Republican, TX | 2021-12 to 2026-11 | 28% | -9.3% | +10.5% | -19.8 pts | 77 |
| 64 | Christopher L. Jacobs Republican, NY | 2021-02 to 2026-11 | 70% | -18.0% | +10.8% | -28.8 pts | 66 |
| 65 | Kenneth R. Buck Republican, CO | 2016-12 to 2026-11 | 4% | -16.4% | +16.8% | -33.2 pts | 41 |
How to read this table
- Each politician gets the same experiment: $10,000 invested when their first purchase in this dataset became public, copying every stock or fund purchase and sale three calendar days after filing, with no leverage or shorting.
- The copy portfolio is often mostly cash (few holdings, each a small slice), which would unfairly drag it below the index. So the table compares the return of the copied holdings with SPY on the same days, and shows how much of the money was invested on average.
- Only people with at least 20 executed copy trades, about a year of days holding stocks, and price history for most of their trades are ranked. Others are listed on their own page with the reason.
- Survivorship bias: stocks that were delisted, renamed or acquired have no price history, so those copy trades are rejected. That tends to flatter results.
- Disclosed amounts are ranges, the data has gaps (see the methodology), and one lucky position can drive a result. This is not investment advice.