Elections and Government Reform
Stock trading by members of Congress
186 public statements from 2026 candidates · 1 related bill
§1The range of views
Why this matters: Lawmakers' decisions can move stock prices, so these rules affect conflicts of interest in Congress and how members may invest their own money.
Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.
Whether members of Congress, who must report their stock trades within 45 days, should be allowed to own or trade shares of individual companies while in office.1
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.
§2What candidates have said
Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks (40)
- Bill Hill AK-AL
- Clyde Jones AL-1His campaign website says he would vote for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress and their immediate families.4
- Robb Tucker CA-3His campaign website says he supports the Stop Insider Trading Act, which it says would bar members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from buying individual stocks while in office.5
- Eric Jones CA-4
- Connie Chan CA-11Her campaign website says she would ban members of Congress and their immediate families from trading stocks or cryptocurrency or betting on prediction markets.8
- Linda Sánchez CA-41
- Mike Sell FL-4His campaign's platform supports bills that would bar members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading individual stocks.11
- Chris Harden GA-11His campaign website says he supports a full ban on stock trading for members of Congress, federal judges, senior executive branch officials and their immediate families.12
- Jonathan Chavez GA-13His platform says he would ban members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from owning individual stocks while in office and require disclosure of any remaining trades within 48 hours.13
- Shawn Harris GA-14His campaign website says he supports the ETHICS Act, which bans members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks, bonds, commodities or cryptocurrencies, or alternatively mandatory qualified blind trusts.14
- Josh Turek IA SenateHis campaign website says members of Congress and their spouses should be banned from trading stocks.15
- Christina Bohannan IA-1Her campaign website says she will fight to ban stock trading by all Members of Congress, executive branch members, Supreme Court justices, their spouses and staff, including requiring them to divest stocks they currently own.16
- Michael Bridgford IA-1His campaign website says he will support legislation banning Members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from trading individual stocks, commodities or futures while in office.17
- Lindsay James IA-2Her campaign website says she will fight to ban members of Congress, the executive branch, the Supreme Court and their families from trading individual stocks, and that she supports the Restore Trust in Congress Act.18
- Kaylee Peterson ID-1Her campaign website says she will ban stock trades by members of Congress, their family and associates.19
- Ellie Gilbreath ID-2
- Paul Nolley IL-16His campaign website says members of Congress and their families should be banned from trading stocks.22
- Kelly Thompson IN-3Her campaign website says her plan would prohibit members of Congress, and their spouses and dependent children, from buying, selling or actively trading individual stocks and similar assets, while allowing diversified investments such as index funds.23
- Adam Hamilton KS SenateHis campaign website says he would bar members of Congress and their households from buying or selling individual stocks, requiring them to use a qualified blind trust or sell, and would extend the ban to cryptocurrency and other digital assets.24
- Lauren Reinhold KS-1Her campaign website says she would ban members of Congress, their spouses and their dependent children from holding or trading individual stocks, futures or crypto, require blind trusts within 90 days, and penalize violations with three months of salary per violation.25
- John "Drew" Williams KY-1His campaign website proposes prohibiting members of Congress and their immediate family from trading individual stocks while in office and for four years after leaving.26
- Zach Dembo KY-6
- Patrick "Pat" Forbes LA-6His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stock and that the ban has to cover spouses.29
- Micah Quinney Jones MA-6His campaign website's accountability plan says to ban the trading of individual stocks by members of Congress and their spouses, allowing only exchange traded funds and mutual funds.30
- Dan Schwartz MD-1
- Christian Vukasovich MI-5His campaign website says he supports barring members of Congress, the executive branch and the Supreme Court, along with their immediate family members, from trading individual stocks or cryptocurrency, with meaningful penalties for breaking the ban.33
- Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
- Jake Johnson MN-1
- Scott Colom MS Senate
- Alani Bankhead MT SenateHer campaign website says she backs the End Congressional Stock Trading Act to ban members of Congress, their spouses and their dependent children from trading individual stocks.40
- Seth Bodnar MT SenateHis campaign website says he would ban stock trading and stock ownership by members of Congress and extend the ban to spouses and immediate family members.41
- Sam Forstag MT-1His campaign website says he would ban stock trading by members of Congress and their spouses.42
- Stefany Shaheen NH-1Her campaign website says members of Congress and their families, along with Supreme Court justices and senior executive branch officials, should be prohibited from holding or trading individual stocks and some other financial assets.43
- Maggie Goodlander NH-2
- Lily Tang Williams NH-2Her campaign website says members of Congress, along with their spouses and dependent children, should not be allowed to trade individual stocks while serving.46
- Adam Hamawy NJ-12His campaign website says he supports a complete ban on stock trading for lawmakers, their spouses and senior officials in the executive branch.47
- Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson NV-2Her campaign website says she would work for a ban on individual stock trading by lawmakers, executive branch officials and their families, with penalties for violators.48
- Sherrod Brown OH Senate specialHis campaign website says no member of Congress or their spouse should be allowed to trade stocks, and that members should not be able to become lobbyists after leaving office.49
- Chris Henry OR SenateHis platform calls for banning members of Congress, executive and judicial branch officers, and their spouses from trading individual stocks while in office.50
- Brian L Bengs SD SenateHis campaign website says members of Congress and their spouses should be banned from buying, selling or holding individual stocks while in office.51
Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks (104)
- Andrew Sneed AL-5His campaign website supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.52
- Jeff Frese CA-10His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks.53
- Lateefah Simon CA-12Her campaign website says she supports banning members of Congress and federal judges from trading and owning stocks.54
- Ro Khanna CA-17His campaign website says members of Congress should not trade stocks and should hold their investments in independently managed trusts, and lists bills he cosponsored to that end.55
- Randy Villegas CA-22His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks and from becoming lobbyists after they leave office.56
- Cristian Morales CA-43His campaign website's platform calls for banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks.57
- Chuong V. Vo CA-45His campaign website says he would push to ban stock trading by members of Congress.58
- Dave Min CA-47His campaign website says he has sponsored legislation to end stock trading by members of Congress and Trump administration insiders.59
- Jenny Rae Le Roux CA-47Her campaign website says she will sponsor a bill to end congressional insider trading and fight for a full ban on individual stock trading by members of Congress, along with real-time financial disclosure.60
- Marni von Wilpert CA-48Her campaign website says she would ban members of Congress from trading stocks.61
- Mike Levin CA-49
- Melat Kiros CO-1Her platform supports banning members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks while in office.64
- Dwayne L. Romero CO-3His campaign website calls for banning all federal officials from trading stocks.65
- Clifton Brown CO-3
- Eileen Laubacher CO-4Her campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading and selling stocks.68
- Jessica Killin CO-5
- Meredith Ryan CO-6Her campaign website says she pledges to ban stock trading by members of Congress.71
- Samir Ezzeldin Witta CO-6His campaign website calls for a real ban on stock trading by members of Congress, saying a recently passed change still lets members keep and sell stocks they regulate.72
- Joe Krzeczkowski CO-7His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks while in office.73
- Manny Rutinel CO-8His campaign website says he would fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress.74
- Luke Bronin CT-1His campaign website calls for banning stock trading by members of Congress.75
- Angie Nixon FL Senate specialHer campaign website says she supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office.76
- Amanda Marie Green FL-2
- Bale Dalton FL-7
- Mike Haridopolos FL-8
- Darren Soto FL-9His campaign website says he has supported legislation to stop stock trading by members of Congress and the administration, and that he has never owned shares of stock.83
- Kimberly Overman FL-12Her campaign platform says she supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office and strengthening financial disclosure rules.84
- Leela Gray FL-13Her campaign website says officials should be banned from buying and selling individual stocks while in office and that sitting members should move their holdings into a blind trust.85
- Mike Beltran FL-14His campaign website says he has backed a ban on individual stock trading by members of Congress and stronger transparency and accountability rules.86
- Brian Lambert FL-14His campaign website lists a ban on congressional stock trading on its government accountability page and says lawmakers should never make money from information they obtain through their office.87
- Robert People FL-15His campaign website says he intends to back or introduce legislation banning stock trading by members of Congress.88
- Mark Davis FL-16His policy platform says members of Congress, and other officials who can see privileged government information, should be barred from trading individual stocks.89
- Michael J. Quirk FL-17His campaign website says he supports banning congressional stock trading, with blind trusts or index funds and no individual trades.90
- James T. Martin FL-21His campaign website says he is committed to prohibiting members of Congress from trading stocks or placing bets based on insider information.91
- Casey Askar FL-22His campaign website lists banning stock trading by members of Congress among his priorities.92
- Pia Dandiya FL-22Her campaign website says she will work for a ban on individual stock trading by members of Congress and on profiting from public office.93
- Scott Singer FL-25
- Jared Moskowitz FL-25
- Nicole Locklin FL-26
- Eliott Rodriguez FL-27His campaign website says he would institute a ban on members of Congress and the executive branch trading individual stocks.100
- Jon Ossoff GA SenateHis campaign website says he is leading an effort to ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and that a ban he backed passed a major Senate committee.101
- Tony Kozycki GA-7
- John Cowan GA-11His campaign website says he would clean up Washington by banning congressional stock trading and strengthening ethics rules.104
- Jasmine Clark GA-13Her campaign website’s agenda lists banning stock trading by members of Congress among her priorities.105
- Ashley Hinson IA SenateHer campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading individual stocks and betting on prediction markets.106
- Joe Mitchell IA-2His campaign website says he supports a full ban on stock and prediction market trading for members of Congress.107
- Dave Bushaw IA-2His platform page says he supports banning stock trading for Members of Congress.108
- Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3Her campaign website says she supports a full ban on stock trading by any member of Congress, the White House and their staff.109
- Dave Dawson IA-4His campaign website says he will fight to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.110
- Rob Sand IA GovernorHis campaign website says he supports banning stock trading by members of Congress and other elected officials, and would call for Iowa to do the same for state officials.111
- Todd Achilles ID SenateHis campaign website says members of Congress should not be allowed to trade individual stocks.112
- Emre Houser ID-2His platform page says members of Congress should not be allowed to invest in individual stocks and bonds while serving.113
- Tripp Charles Hutchinson ID-2His platform page lists a ban on congressional stock trading among his commitments.114
- Patty Garcia IL-4Her campaign website says she is in favor of ending stock trading by members of Congress.115
- Chris Getty IL-4His campaign website says he will ban congressional stock trading.116
- Daniel Biss IL-9His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks, and that he pledges never to trade stocks while in Congress.117
- Nikki Budzinski IL-13Her campaign website says she supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks.118
- Darin LaHood IL-16His campaign website says he supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks.119
- Frank J. Mrvan IN-1His campaign website says he supports banning all stock trading by members of Congress.120
- Jamee Decio IN-2
- Drew Cox IN-4His campaign website says he will fight to pass the Restore Trust in Congress Act, which it describes as banning congressional stock trading.123
- Pete Lynch KY-6His campaign website says he supports banning all members of Congress from buying or selling individual stocks.124
- Lauren Jewett LA-1Her campaign website says she will push to prohibit stock and insider trading by members of Congress while they serve in office.125
- Lisa Ballay LA-2Her campaign website says she supports banning stock trading by members of Congress, saying they should not be able to turn information or influence from public office into personal investment returns.126
- Tia LeBrun LA-3Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks.127
- Conrad Cable LA-4His campaign website says it supports a full ban on stock trading by members of Congress.128
- "Matt" Gromlich LA-4His campaign website says he supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office, with fines and punishments for those caught breaking finance laws.129
- Blake Miguez LA-6His campaign website says that in Washington he will push for a permanent ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks.130
- Jake Auchincloss MA-4His campaign website says to ban government officials from stock trading, prediction markets and cryptocurrencies.131
- Dan Koh MA-6His campaign website says he will vote to ban stock trading in Congress.132
- John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. MD-2His campaign website lists banning stock trading by members of Congress among the efforts he is championing to restore integrity to politics.133
- Sarah Elfreth MD-3Her campaign website says she has pushed for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.134
- Sam Husseini MD-4His campaign website says members of Congress should be barred from both trading and owning individual stocks.135
- Adrian Boafo MD-5His campaign website says he would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.136
- Zebulon Featherly MI-1His campaign website says sitting members of Congress should be barred from trading individual stocks, citing conflicts of interest and public trust.137
- William Lawrence MI-7His campaign website lists banning stock trading by members of Congress and the executive branch among his priorities.138
- Ray Pooley MI-9His campaign website says he will ban stock trading by sitting officials.139
- Jeremy Moss MI-11His campaign website says he supports a total ban on members of Congress, their staff and the administration taking part in individual stock trades and prediction markets.140
- Peggy Flanagan MN SenateHer campaign website says she supports banning stock trading by anyone elected to federal office, including members of Congress and the president.141
- Matt Little MN-2His campaign website lists barring members of Congress and the Administration from trading stocks among the items in his Anti-Corruption Bill of Rights.142
- Kelly Morrison MN-3Her campaign website says she backs legislation banning stock trading and has signed a discharge petition to force a House vote on the Restore Trust in Government Act, which it says would bar Presidents, Vice Presidents and Members of Congress from holding stocks.143
- Erik Osberg MN-7It also supports prohibiting members of Congress from buying and selling individual stocks during their time in office.144
- Missi Hesketh MO-7Her Accountability page says members of Congress should be barred from owning individual stocks and securities during their service.145
- Aaron Flint MT-1His campaign website lists a ban on stock trading by members of Congress among the steps in his plan to clean up Washington, saying politicians should not profit from privileged information.146
- Raymond Smith NC-3His campaign platform page says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks.147
- Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar NC-4His campaign website says members of Congress should not trade stocks or profit from inside access.148
- Chuck Hubbard NC-5His campaign website says members of Congress should be barred from trading stocks immediately.149
- Cyril Jefferson NC-6His campaign website lists banning stock trading by members of Congress among the structural reforms he would advance in Congress.150
- Colby Watson NC-8
- Ashley Bell NC-10Her campaign website says she supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.153
- Jamie Ager NC-11
- Mike Marvin NE SenateHis campaign website's platform page says elected officials should not be allowed to trade stocks or to become lobbyists after they leave office.156
- Dan Osborn NE SenateHis campaign website says members of Congress and the executive branch should be banned outright from trading individual stocks, and that he supports the HONEST Act, which would require members to sell their individual stock holdings.157
- Chris Backemeyer NE-1His campaign website says he supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.158
- Chris Pappas NH Senate
- Zack Mullock NJ-2The Money Out of Politics section says he supports barring members of Congress from trading in stocks.161
- Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2The Government Reform page lists banning members of Congress, the Supreme Court and the executive branch from trading specific stocks.162
- Michael P. McGuire NJ-3His campaign website says he strongly supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks.163
- Rebecca Bennett NJ-7The same page lists passing a law that bars members of Congress from trading stocks.164
- Analilia Mejia NJ-11Her campaign issues page says she would back legislation prohibiting stock trading by officials in all three branches of the federal government.165
- Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
- Annie Andrews SC Senate
- James Talarico TX SenateHis campaign website says he supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks.170
- Bert Mizusawa VA SenateHis campaign website says he would ban stock trading by members of Congress.171
Statements that don't match one option (42)
- Mary Peltola AK SenateHer campaign website says she would ban members of Congress from trading stocks through the Restore Trust in Congress Act, and would require members to divest their assets or place them in a blind trust.172
- Robb Ryerse AR-3His campaign website calls for no stock trading by members of Congress who have inside information.173
- Mai Vang CA-7
- Scott Wiener CA-11His campaign website says he would ban stock trading by members of Congress.176
- Aisha Wahab CA-14Her campaign website says she would ban congressional stock trading and insider trading and tighten rules on lobbyists.177
- Bob Smith CA-24His campaign website says he supports a standalone ban on stock trading by members of Congress.178
- Sam Gallucci CA-26His campaign website calls for banning stock trading by members of Congress.179
- George Whitesides CA-27His campaign website says he is leading efforts to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, and that he sold his own stock holdings after taking office.180
- Jimmy Gomez CA-34
- Samantha Mota CA-37Her campaign website says she would support the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act.183
- Young Kim CA-40
- Mike Klein FL-3His campaign website's platform calls for no stock trading as part of transparency and accountability in government.186
- Eric Yonce FL-6His campaign website says he supports banning congressional stock trading.187
- Joe Strada FL-11His campaign website says he supports serious investigations into possible insider trading by members of Congress and accountability when officials use privileged information for personal gain.188
- Anna Paulina Luna FL-13Her campaign website says she forced and passed a vote to ban insider trading.189
- John "Bongo" Salvesen GA-5His campaign website says that if elected he promises to own no stock, which he describes as a conflict of interest.190
- Houston Gaines GA-10His campaign website says he wants to put an end to insider trading in Congress immediately and restore ethics in Washington.191
- Mary Allen IN-8Her campaign website says she supports banning congressional stock trading.192
- David C Graham KS SenateHis campaign website says he would vote to ban stock trading by members of Congress and to limit the movement of people between Congress and lobbying jobs.193
- Sharice L. Davids KS-3Her campaign website says she supported bipartisan legislation to prevent insider trading by members of Congress.194
- Charles Booker KY SenateHis campaign website says he would ban members of Congress from trading stock while in office.195
- Melissa Claire Strange KY-4Her campaign website lists banning congressional stock trading among her priorities for fighting political corruption.196
- Mikel Wein KY-5His campaign website lists the Restoring Faith in Government Act, which it says prohibits members of Congress from investing in certain financial instruments such as individual stocks, among the pending legislation on its Integrity page, and lists supporting pending anti-corruption legislation among actions needed immediately.197
- Julia Letlow LA SenateHer campaign website says she would ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks and strengthen financial disclosure rules.198
- John Deaton MA SenateHis campaign website says he would ban stock, cryptocurrency and commodities trading by members of Congress.199
- Shiva Ayyadurai MA SenateHis campaign website calls for banning insider trading by elected representatives.200
- Troy D. Jackson ME SenateHis campaign website says he supports a comprehensive ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks and would back requiring their covered assets to be sold or placed beyond their control.201
- Heather Smiley MI-6Her campaign website lists blind-trust investments among its government reforms.202
- Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8Her campaign website says she introduced a bill with members of both parties that would bar members of Congress from trading stock or taking part in prediction markets where they have insider information.203
- DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5It says anti-corruption reform should include legislation to stop insider trading by members of Congress.204
- Chris Reichard MO-8His Issues page says he would join coalitions like Take BAC Congress, whose candidates pledged to ban stock trading.205
- Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2His Voter Contract page says he will lead a push to bar members of Congress and their relatives from insider trading.206
- Jack Codiga NC-12His campaign website lists, in a transparency pledge, that he will not trade individual stocks.207
- Helene Neville ND-ALHer campaign website's political platform lists pausing all stock trading by elected officials and their extended families.208
- Brinker Harding NE-2His campaign website says he supports banning stock trading by members of Congress.209
- Denise Powell NE-2Her campaign website says she would ban stock trading by members of Congress.210
- Mark Cohen NE-3His campaign website lists banning stock trading by House members among ways to make the House work better.211
- Ryan Michael Kelly NJ-3His campaign website lists either banning stock trading by members of Congress or limiting it strongly, along with stronger conflict-of-interest rules, among his priorities.212
- Adam Rueda NJ-5His campaign website says he pledges never to own stocks or crypto while in office and that Congress should work to end insider trading and personal profiteering.213
- Hillary Herzig NJ-6It lists a ban on insider trading by members of Congress among her priorities, saying public office should serve the public rather than produce private profit.214
- Winston Jordan NJ-12His policy platform website lists a pledge of no PAC or corporate donations and no stock trading among its accountability pledges.215
- Jeff Merkley OR SenateHis voters' pamphlet statement calls for ending stock trading as part of ending political corruption.216
§3Related bills
Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.
- Voted on; did not become law