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Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE)
Senate · Republican (most recent term) · NE · in Congress 2015–2023 · Bioguide ID S001197
Party history: R 2015–2023. 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 | $462,056 | $1,483,528 | $2,504,999 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2021 | $845,028 | $1,872,514 | $2,899,999 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2014 → 2021 (7 years spanned) | 2014–2021 | −$1,659,971 | +$388,986 | +$2,437,943 |
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 | $1,858,528 | $375,000 | $1,483,528 | $462,056 … $2,504,999 | computed |
| 2015 | $1,489,024 | $375,000 | $1,114,023 | $283,047 … $1,944,999 | computed |
| 2016 | $1,444,522 | $0 | $1,444,522 | $729,045 … $2,160,000 | computed |
| 2017 | $1,831,514 | $750,000 | $1,081,513 | $68,027 … $2,094,999 | computed |
| 2018 | $4,173,513 | $750,000 | $3,423,512 | $617,026 … $6,229,999 | computed |
| 2019 | $4,073,014 | $750,000 | $3,323,013 | $581,027 … $6,064,999 | computed |
| 2020 | $2,031,014 | $1,125,001 | $906,014 | −$317,971 … $2,129,998 | computed |
| 2021 | $2,247,514 | $375,000 | $1,872,514 | $845,028 … $2,899,999 | 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.
Insufficient data to rank. Only 1 comparable year-pair(s) could be computed (minimum 3 to rank). 8 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 | $481,512 | $1,048,512 | $1,802 | $0 | $0 | +118.1% | +95.8% … +207.0% | -37% … +273% | 26% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 26% < 60% |
| 2015→2016 | $723,022 | $894,522 | $1,802 | $0 | $0 | +24.0% | +21.3% … +35.1% | -109% … +157% | 49% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 49% < 60% |
| 2016→2017 | $638,505 | $338,505 | $1,802 | $0 | $0 | -46.7% | -53.6% … -43.9% | -115% … +21% | 44% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 44% < 60% |
| 2017→2018 | $489,004 | $589,004 | $2,351 | $0 | $0 | +20.9% | +18.1% … +22.1% | -74% … +116% | 27% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 27% < 60% |
| 2018→2019 | $1,066,012 | $982,012 | $4,702 | $0 | $0 | -7.4% | -8.7% … -3.7% | -98% … +83% | 26% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 26% < 60% |
| 2019→2020 | $784,510 | $984,510 | $4,702 | $0 | $0 | +26.1% | +23.6% … +27.0% | -76% … +128% | 19% | excluded; not eligible: traced coverage 19% < 60% |
| 2020→2021 | $1,982,513 | $2,207,013 | $5,302 | $0 | $0 | +11.6% | +10.5% … +14.3% | -74% … +97% | 98% | counted |
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 | e845e03c-6fa1-4015-858e-ae9e31c85c39 | Senate amendment | 07/13/2016 | 56 | 0 | Senate eFD reportdc0cc1000b56f04073a812af6067b927ca9e9eabc4013e925dd33b086d6da88a |
| 2015 | ea04679f-a9c1-4d19-b174-cd9b9fda1807 | Senate annual | 05/11/2016 | 47 | 0 | Senate eFD reporte28f0f78a76cc045d020a8eeb5169f926cb0e73d1352812dd722e57dc7e73f9d |
| 2016 | fab78eb1-0a16-48b1-a58b-96b138d06f4e | Senate amendment | 11/07/2017 | 45 | 0 | Senate eFD reporte46dd8eb9845ded36c267a4dc7a967c9cad3c69a3bb4622837a7814077e35f0b |
| 2017 | 7e8eb682-f9dd-4dc8-b4b3-96c6cdeb267e | Senate annual | 08/13/2018 | 27 | 0 | Senate eFD reportf68d6d59da9bc5b6d7329c24c9a0eba4fd3289a843834290f6af5d6abf88b626 |
| 2018 | 5b387af9-1158-4b31-b8f8-dc2000242f67 | Senate annual | 08/13/2019 | 26 | 0 | Senate eFD report11b09357f6dde30818710a0617c63e9448c6bb59490f10a37a627f62df2d6c0c |
| 2019 | 357bb4ea-195a-4b97-b921-fb9c3401a705 | Senate annual | 08/13/2020 | 27 | 0 | Senate eFD reporte08c3d552ebfb2080fb3aa9ac0a3bd79d827d39d1ea99101a073821e731ff67e |
| 2020 | 96382550-3d02-40cc-9fd8-777bd3136d46 | Senate annual | 08/13/2021 | 29 | 0 | Senate eFD reportacd18947815649f1a3d82ae7d70167fcdfd19a5bc73d70b2380805cd93f08d9f |
| 2021 | 880b1dc4-eead-43ab-a79d-3bfd0a5f774f | Senate annual | 08/13/2022 | 28 | 0 | Senate eFD report62402f88d76a4834542406d4a2dffe97f827288d8bcf449f6fa914358387f3ce |
Largest movers 2020→2021
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verus Financial Partners IRA account ⇒ VTI-Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | — | held | $100,001 - $250,000 | $250,001 - $500,000 | $0 | $0 |
| USAA Federal Savings Bank (San Antonio, TX) Type: Checking | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Verus Financial Partners IRA account ⇒ VBR - Smallcap Value ETF Vanguard | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $50,001 - $100,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Verus Financial Partners Roth IRA ⇒ VASGX - Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund Investor Sha | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Verus Financial Partners IRA account ⇒ TD Bank NA (Cherry Hill, NJ) Type: Brokerage Sweep | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Verus Financial Partners IRA account ⇒ DVY - iShares Select Dividend ETF | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Verus Financial Partners IRA account ⇒ DFAPX - DFA Investment Grade Portfolio Institutiona | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Verus Financial Partners joint account ⇒ IXUS - iShares Core MSCI Total International Stoc | JT | held | $50,001 - $100,000 | $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).