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Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA)
House · Republican (most recent term) · VA-10 · in Congress 2015–2019 · Bioguide ID C001105
Party history: R 2015–2019. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth before entering office (report year 2014) | 2014 | $852,104 | $2,249,550 | $3,646,995 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2017 | −$4,253,961 | −$1,468,982 | $1,315,998 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2014 → 2017 (3 years spanned) | 2014–2017 | −$7,900,956 | −$3,718,531 | +$463,894 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): 2014: 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket. Included in the recommended dollar-gain ranking.
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $2,467,052 | $217,502 | $2,249,550 | $852,104 … $3,646,995 | computed; 1 Schedule A row(s) had the upper bound of the range lost in text extraction; completed from the fixed statutory bracket |
| 2015 | $1,281,522 | $175,000 | $1,106,522 | $357,045 … $1,855,999 | computed |
| 2016 | $1,461,023 | $175,000 | $1,286,022 | $456,046 … $2,115,999 | computed |
| 2017 | $1,606,020 | $3,075,001 | −$1,468,982 | −$4,253,961 … $1,315,998 | computed |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Limited data – not ranked. Only 2 comparable year-pair(s) could be computed (minimum 3 to rank). 4 annual filing(s) were usable (text-readable, validated OCR, or validated X-mark decoding) and 0 scanned/image-only filing(s) could not be used (older layouts failing validation, small amendments not integrated). See the method-per-year section below.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014→2015 | $1,092,523 | $888,014 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -18.7% | -20.2% … -13.7% | -114% … +76% | 48% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 48% < 60% |
| 2015→2016 | $1,273,522 | $1,380,520 | $75,000 | $324,506 | $177,506 | +2.7% | +1.3% … +7.4% | -130% … +136% | 99% | counted; many new/exited positions |
| 2016→2017 | $1,316,516 | $1,269,015 | $0 | $391,506 | $0 | -33.3% | -35.5% … -27.0% | -142% … +75% | 90% | counted; many new/exited positions |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10004320 | House amendment | 9/11/2014 | 104 | 1 | 10004320.pdf3aebadc2b867efedd03d2abeb7680984ea8426d933188825a5db8873ffae6216 |
| 2015 | 10010028 | House annual | 6/14/2016 | 56 | 0 | 10010028.pdfd76ba7c9cfc000f2ee6a2e5397da6a72f440e56737b4658a7d539af09eeeeb17 |
| 2016 | 10014992 | House annual | 5/14/2017 | 65 | 0 | 10014992.pdf647af85a63c9e5fcbed95f198faca51054ca6763d397f8ce2ce4d85dfe6c10f8 |
| 2017 | 10020569 | House annual | 7/11/2018 | 61 | 0 | 10020569.pdffcea27f47a639499f6bd9f4edf681a193a59e4b3dcbb372ca9c7a49d467cbab8 |
Largest movers 2015→2016
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vangard Value ETF Index | SP | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard FTsE Developd Mkts E | SP | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Fidelity RolloverIRA ⇒ Apple Inc. (AAPL) | SP | new | — | $15,001 - $50,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF Index | SP | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $32,500 |
| Ishares JP Morgan EM bond ETF | SP | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Invesco Floating Rate Y Confirm NBR | SP | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Bank Deposit Program Morgan stanley | SP | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A (MDLZ) | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2016→2017
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vangard Value ETF Index [EF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard Growth ETF [EF] | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Microsoft Corporation (MsFT) [sT] | — | new | — | $15,001 - $50,000; $50,001 - $100,000 | $32,500 | $0 |
| Ishares Interm Credit Bd [EF] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard FTsE Developd Mkts E [EF] | — | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| Apple Inc. (AAPL) [sT] | — | new | — | $100,001 - $250,000; $15,001 - $50,000 | $148,002 | $0 |
| Fidelity RolloverIRA ⇒ Vanguard Index FDs Vanguard Value ETF [EF] | SP | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard FTsE Emerging Markets [EF] | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).