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Rep. Sean P. Duffy (R-WI)
House · Republican (most recent term) · WI-7 · in Congress 2011–2019 · Bioguide ID D000614
Party history: R 2011–2019. 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 at the earliest available report (2014); the member entered office earlier, in 2011 | 2014 | −$883,997 | −$584,500 | −$285,004 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2018 | −$891,990 | −$417,997 | $55,996 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2014 → 2018 (4 years spanned) | 2014–2018 | −$606,986 | +$166,504 | +$939,993 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): none for these two endpoints. 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 | $115,502 | $700,002 | −$584,500 | −$883,997 … −$285,004 | computed |
| 2015 | $73,002 | $557,502 | −$484,500 | −$718,997 … −$250,004 | computed |
| 2016 | $472,506 | $857,502 | −$384,996 | −$876,988 … $106,996 | computed |
| 2017 | $464,005 | $857,502 | −$393,497 | −$877,990 … $90,996 | computed |
| 2018 | $439,505 | $857,502 | −$417,997 | −$891,990 … $55,996 | 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). 5 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 | $40,501 | $40,501 | $100 | $32,500 | $32,500 | +0.2% | +0.0% … +0.3% | -207% … +208% | 35% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000; high turnover (buys+sells > 100% of opening value); many new/exited positions |
| 2015→2016 | $73,002 | $24,002 | $201 | $0 | $0 | -66.8% | -90.3% … -60.5% | -153% … +20% | 100% | counted |
| 2016→2017 | $56,502 | $415,003 | $33,003 | $175,000 | $0 | +383.2% | +295.8% … +844.3% | -133% … +899% | 12% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 12% < 60%; high turnover (buys+sells > 100% of opening value); many new/exited positions |
| 2017→2018 | $391,002 | $399,002 | $32,500 | $16,001 | $8,000 | +8.3% | +6.0% … +9.4% | -74% … +91% | 84% | 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 | 10008710 | House amendment | 11/24/2015 | 3 | 0 | 10008710.pdf921217894bfbba9d5c20a246009ab00717fc6ace93ec92c6ae80e777536dc93e |
| 2015 | 10010304 | House annual | 8/29/2016 | 3 | 0 | 10010304.pdf185c7d1b58ebbd87c8c9111efc4aba7c5f07ea7f42c3969104e9b86dc40c0cae |
| 2016 | 10018935 | House amendment | 10/5/2017 | 12 | 0 | 10018935.pdf4fc44eb4ec9bd5a1927489ea4ecdef10186da767498270cefcf4cff6f06f4b55 |
| 2017 | 10029721 | House amendment | 10/17/2019 | 10 | 0 | 10029721.pdf1e0c9590f2a412ca38a42e042ea02093119cb3bd9e6e1bf0f99f3034e99673ea |
| 2018 | 10029719 | House amendment | 10/17/2019 | 10 | 0 | 10029719.pdf24bdbff84e63a7126e3ba4616d97da5fc71cee6c11e125029a083e5445b17326 |
Largest movers 2015→2016
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savings Account - Wells Fargo | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| First Allied IRA Account ⇒ The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund Class 1 | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Checking Account - Wells Fargo | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2017→2018
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin [RP] | JT | held | $250,001 - $500,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| First Allied IRA Account ⇒ The oakmark select fund [MF] | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| First Allied IRA Account ⇒ The Oakmark international fund [MF] | — | new | — | $1,001 - $15,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| First Allied IRA Account ⇒ The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund [MF] | — | exited | $1,001 - $15,000 | — | $0 | $8,000 |
| Edvest Wisconsin College Savings Plan ⇒ Aggressive Age-Based Option 0-4 [5P] | — | new | — | $1,001 - $15,000 | $8,000 | $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).