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Chris Coons

U.S. Senator · DE · Delaware senator focused on foreign policy, judiciary, bipartisan negotiation, and Biden coalition politics

US politics influence
29/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$9.3M
Aggregate modeled elections
Coverage
22%
Negative share of tracked coverage
Top outlet
18%
AP
Net worth
$5.4M
Latest midpoint
Top topic
20%
Foreign policy
Social reach
3.0M
X leads · 1.7M
X1.7M · 57%
Instagram1.1M · 36%
YouTube210K · 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
$9.3M
Spent
$7.9M
Cash
$1.4M
Small individual donors27%
Large individual donors44%
PAC / committee support21%
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
Coons for Delaware
Candidate committee · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Coons for Delaware
$9.3M
Blue Hen PAC
Leadership PAC · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Blue Hen PAC
$1.6M
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

Foreign policy20%
240 tracked mentions
Judiciary15%
180 tracked mentions
Biden coalition14%
168 tracked mentions
Religion and politics11%
132 tracked mentions
Bipartisanship11%
132 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
Foreign policy
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
71
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Chris Coons; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

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

Network coverage framing
APForeign policyMixed

AP coverage is modeled as focusing on foreign policy for Chris Coons, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 18% of the tracked network/news mix.

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

Reuters coverage is modeled as focusing on judges for Chris Coons, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 17% of the tracked network/news mix.

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

NYT coverage is modeled as focusing on bipartisanship for Chris Coons, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 15% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Washington Postfundraising networkNeutral

Washington Post coverage is modeled as focusing on fundraising network for Chris Coons, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 15% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
NPRelectoral stakesMixed

NPR coverage is modeled as focusing on electoral stakes for Chris Coons, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 11% 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
$5.4M
Change since 2016
$2.6M
Method

Estimated from Senate disclosures using midpoint-style asset and liability ranges.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Center-left Democrat / foreign-policy institutionalist. Estimated from Senate voting, bipartisan negotiation profile, and foreign-policy posture.
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
15

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

Electoral power
13

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

Public following
51

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

Fundraising network
43

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

Wealth
39

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

Source-backed summary

Delaware senator and close Biden ally with influence in foreign relations, judiciary fights, bipartisan negotiations, and Democratic coalition strategy.

Top tracked issues
Foreign policyJudgesBipartisanshipBiden coalition
U.S. senator from Delaware
Foreign Relations Committee member
Close Biden political ally
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

Chris Coons is best read as a democratic power figure whose profile centers on foreign policy and judges.

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 foreign policy 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

Foreign policy
Official sources

Foreign policy 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
Judges
Official sources

Judges 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
Biden coalition
Official sources

Biden coalition 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
Connecticut / Delaware
Highest education
Juris Doctor and Master of Arts
Marriages
1
Children
3
Schools
Amherst CollegeYale Divinity SchoolYale Law School

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
35
Low
Negative share
22%
Tracked articles
735

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
2001-2005
New Castle County Council president

Entered local executive politics in Delaware.

Policy milestone
2005-2010
New Castle County executive

Managed county government before entering the Senate.

Office
2010-
U.S. senator

Built Senate visibility on foreign policy, judiciary, and bipartisan negotiation.

Policy milestone
2020s
Biden ally

Frequently linked to Biden-era foreign-policy and Democratic coalition negotiations.

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

2001-2005
New Castle County Council president

Entered local executive politics in Delaware.

2005-2010
New Castle County executive

Managed county government before entering the Senate.

2010-
U.S. senator

Built Senate visibility on foreign policy, judiciary, and bipartisan negotiation.

2020s
Biden ally

Frequently linked to Biden-era foreign-policy and Democratic coalition negotiations.

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.