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John Barrasso

U.S. Senator · WY · Senate Republican whip; energy-state conservative

Deck influence
74/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$9.8M
2024 senate / leadership
Spent
$7.6M
Campaign spending snapshot
Cash
$2.2M
Cash on hand
Critical coverage
32/100
22% negative share
Top outlet
19%
Reuters
Influence
74/100
Transparent deck score
Top coverage topic
19%
Energy / drilling
Tracked articles
672
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Net worth midpoint
$9.0M
Disclosure-range estimate
Social reach
2.9M
Public-platform snapshot · 2026-06-04
Funding Mix

2024 senate / leadership · as of 2026-06-04

Raised
$9.8M
Spent
$7.6M
Cash
$2.2M
Small individual donors13%
Large individual donors38%
PAC / committee support41%
Other8%

Senate campaign and leadership-context MVP seed snapshot.

Named committees and PACs
Barrasso for Senate
Candidate committee · Associated
$9.8M
Common Values PAC
Leadership PAC · Associated
$2.6M
Coverage Share

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

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

What Coverage Is About

GDELT-style topic associations

Energy / drilling19%
228 tracked mentions
Senate Republican votes16%
192 tracked mentions
Budget / taxes15%
180 tracked mentions
Public lands13%
156 tracked mentions
Healthcare10%
120 tracked mentions
Public Conversation Signals

MVP trend snapshots and public-discussion method notes

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people discuss around this candidate; they are not Perception endorsements or factual claims about quality.

Influencer narratives
Pod Save America / Crooked MediaPodcastLeftCritical

Left-leaning commentators tend to scrutinize John Barrasso around energy, institutional risk, and policy consequences.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Ben Shapiro / Daily WireYouTubeRightMixed

Right-leaning commentators tend to frame John Barrasso around coalition usefulness, conservative priorities, and conflict with Democrats or media institutions.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Breaking PointsYouTubeMixed / independentMixed

Independent/populist coverage should be checked for anti-establishment framing, donor scrutiny, and issue-specific disagreement around energy.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Trend signals
Google Trends
Relative search interest · United States
70
John BarrassoJohn Barrasso Energy

Google Trends API is schema-ready but treated as an MVP snapshot until official alpha/API or exported trend data is connected.

News search
Issue-search association · United States
59
John BarrassoJohn Barrasso Public lands

MVP news-search association derived from profile topics and fixed outlet coverage; replace with query-volume ingestion.

X
Discussion intensity · United States
66
John BarrassoEnergy

X signal is API-ready for recent-search/full-archive ingestion; this MVP value is a method placeholder with query terms preserved.

Instagram
Hashtag / public post visibility · United States
44
JohnBarrassoEnergy

Instagram signal must use official Graph/API or vendor data; do not scrape. This MVP value is a placeholder for future ingestion.

Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$9.0M
Method

Estimated from Senate disclosures, professional income history, and midpoint-style asset/liability ranges.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Conservative Republican / energy hawk. Estimated from leadership role, energy-policy record, voting pattern, and public positions.
Why They’re In This Deck

Transparent influence inputs

Role
28

How much formal power this person currently has: president, vice president, congressional leader, governor, senator, or candidate.

Coverage
10

How much attention they receive in the tracked national news outlet set.

Legislative
30

How much leverage they have over bills, confirmations, budgets, rules, or state/federal policy.

Electoral
6

How relevant they are to presidential, statewide, or nationally watched elections.

Source-backed summary

Wyoming senator and Republican whip with influence over energy policy, public lands, health care, and caucus vote-counting.

Top tracked issues
EnergyPublic landsBudgetHealthcare
Senate Republican whip
U.S. senator from Wyoming
Former orthopedic surgeon
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

John Barrasso is best read as a republican power figure whose profile centers on energy and public lands.

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 Reuters and AP coverage plus issue associations in the tracked news set.

Influencer narrative

MVP influencer monitoring treats energy 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

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
Public lands
Official sources

Public lands 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
Budget
Official sources

Budget 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
Healthcare
Official sources

Healthcare 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
Pennsylvania / Wyoming
Highest education
Doctor of Medicine
Marriages
2
Children
3
Schools
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteGeorgetown University School of Medicine

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
32
Low
Negative share
22%
Tracked articles
672

MVP estimate based on critical/negative tone, 0% legal/conflict topic association, 10% 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

Policy milestone
1980s-2000s
Physician

Worked as an orthopedic surgeon in Wyoming.

Office
2003-2007
Wyoming state senator

Served in the Wyoming legislature.

Office
2007-
U.S. senator

Represents Wyoming in the Senate.

Leadership
2025-
Senate Republican whip

Serves in elected Senate Republican leadership.

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

1980s-2000s
Physician

Worked as an orthopedic surgeon in Wyoming.

2003-2007
Wyoming state senator

Served in the Wyoming legislature.

2007-
U.S. senator

Represents Wyoming in the Senate.

2025-
Senate Republican whip

Serves in elected Senate Republican leadership.

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.