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Angus King

U.S. Senator · ME · Maine independent senator focused on intelligence, energy, bipartisanship, and New England coalition politics

US politics influence
29/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$8.4M
Aggregate modeled elections
Coverage
17%
Negative share of tracked coverage
Top outlet
19%
AP
Net worth
$14M
Latest midpoint
Top topic
17%
Independent politics
Social reach
2.9M
X leads · 1.7M
X1.7M · 57%
Instagram1.0M · 36%
YouTube201K · 7%
Overall political influence
Combined first-read signal for voter and statistical comparison.
29/100
Funding Mix

Aggregate modeled elections · as of 2026-06-04

Raised
$8.4M
Spent
$6.9M
Cash
$1.5M
Small individual donors31%
Large individual donors42%
PAC / committee support19%
Other8%

Summary totals aggregate the modeled election tabs below. Static public-source snapshot; replace with exact FEC/state filing exports during ingestion.

Named PACs and committees
Angus King for U.S. Senate Campaign
Candidate committee · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Angus King for U.S. Senate Campaign
$8.4M
Maine independent coalition committees
Other committee · Supports
FEC committee snapshot: Maine independent coalition committees
$900K
Large individual donors

Aggregate large-donor view combines curated public itemized records from modeled election tabs; missing names remain explicitly noted rather than inferred.

Coverage Share

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04 · top outlet: AP

Tracked against the fixed MVP outlet set; replace with live GDELT query dates during ingestion.

What Coverage Is About

GDELT-style topic associations

Independent politics17%
204 tracked mentions
Intelligence16%
192 tracked mentions
Energy15%
180 tracked mentions
Maine13%
156 tracked mentions
Bipartisanship12%
144 tracked mentions
Public Conversation Signals

Search demand and network coverage framing

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people search and what major coverage clusters emphasize; they are not Perception endorsements or quality claims.

What people search most
Intelligence
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
71
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Angus King; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Energy
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
53
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Angus King; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

net worth
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
53
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Angus King; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

donors
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
24
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Angus King; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

polls
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
43
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Angus King; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Network coverage framing
APIntelligenceMixed

AP coverage is modeled as focusing on intelligence for Angus King, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 19% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
ReutersEnergyMixed

Reuters coverage is modeled as focusing on energy for Angus King, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 16% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
NPRBipartisanshipMixed

NPR coverage is modeled as focusing on bipartisanship for Angus King, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 14% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
NYTfundraising networkMixed

NYT coverage is modeled as focusing on fundraising network for Angus King, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 13% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Washington Postelectoral stakesNeutral

Washington Post coverage is modeled as focusing on electoral stakes for Angus King, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 12% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$14M
Change since 2016
$5.0M
Method

Estimated from Senate disclosures, prior executive/business income, and midpoint-style ranges.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Independent / center-left caucus. Estimated from caucus alignment, Senate voting, independent branding, and Maine statewide politics.
US Politics Influence

Following, wealth, positions, media, money, and electoral power

Positions held
23

Formal office, party leadership, committee leverage, and current agenda-setting power.

Media attention
14

Share and intensity in the tracked national news and network coverage set.

Electoral power
12

Relevance to presidential, statewide, nationally watched, or party-defining elections.

Public following
50

Public-platform reach across modeled official, campaign, and public social accounts.

Fundraising network
42

Aggregate modeled campaign receipts, PAC/committee support, and donor infrastructure.

Wealth
48

Estimated disclosure-range midpoint and public wealth context, not exact bank balance.

Source-backed summary

Independent senator from Maine who caucuses with Democrats and is known for intelligence, energy, cybersecurity, and bipartisan institutional work.

Top tracked issues
IntelligenceEnergyBipartisanshipIndependent politics
U.S. senator from Maine
Former Maine governor
Independent who caucuses with Democrats
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

Angus King is best read as a independent power figure whose profile centers on intelligence and energy.

Power lever

Their practical influence comes through committee leverage and Senate votes, fundraising networks, media attention, and coalition relationships tracked in this profile.

Public perception

Public attention clusters around AP and Reuters coverage plus issue associations in the tracked news set.

Influencer narrative

MVP influencer monitoring treats intelligence as the dominant narrative to verify against podcasts, YouTube, X, newsletters, and cable clips.

Trend spike watch

Trend fields are MVP snapshots: use the listed query terms and date ranges as the future ingestion contract for Google Trends, X, Instagram, and vendor social-listening data.

Why this matters long term

This profile is structured as durable civic data: every claim should either cite a source, name a method, or be easy to replace with a live ingestion result.

Key Stances

Source-backed issue stance summaries

Intelligence
Official sources

Intelligence is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Energy
Official sources

Energy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Bipartisanship
Official sources

Bipartisanship is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Independent politics
Official sources

Independent politics is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Economy
Official sources

Economy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Immigration
Official sources

Immigration is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Background

Education, home state, and public family bio

From
Virginia / Maine
Highest education
Juris Doctor
Marriages
2
Children
5
Schools
Dartmouth CollegeUniversity of Virginia School of Law

Public biographical snapshot; family counts and residence can change and should be refreshed from official bios/public disclosures.

Controversy Meter

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04

Critical coverage intensity
28
Low
Negative share
17%
Tracked articles
588

MVP estimate based on critical/negative tone, 0% legal/conflict topic association, 0% personal/family association, and concentrated conflict coverage in the tracked outlet set.

Political Allies

Coalition and governing network

Institutional Memory

Historical records for long-term study

Office
1995-2003
Governor of Maine

Served two terms as an independent governor.

Policy milestone
2000s
Business and academic work

Worked outside elected office before running for Senate.

Office
2013-
U.S. senator

Represents Maine as an independent who caucuses with Democrats.

Policy milestone
2020s
Intelligence and energy profile

Built influence on intelligence, cybersecurity, and energy issues.

Policy milestone
2026-06-04
Perception source snapshot

Structured snapshot tying office history, money, media topics, issue stances, and trend placeholders into one reusable civic-data record.

Resume Timeline

Quick scan

1995-2003
Governor of Maine

Served two terms as an independent governor.

2000s
Business and academic work

Worked outside elected office before running for Senate.

2013-
U.S. senator

Represents Maine as an independent who caucuses with Democrats.

2020s
Intelligence and energy profile

Built influence on intelligence, cybersecurity, and energy issues.

Most Similar

Coalition and career resemblance

Receipts

Every profile starts with public sources

MVP note: controversy, funding, net worth, and coverage values are seeded estimates structured for future FEC, GDELT, disclosure, and Congress.gov ingestion.