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RepublicanOfficial sources

John Barrasso

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

US politics influence
29/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$9.8M
Aggregate modeled elections
Coverage
22%
Negative share of tracked coverage
Top outlet
19%
Reuters
Net worth
$9.0M
Latest midpoint
Top topic
19%
Energy / drilling
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
$9.8M
Spent
$7.6M
Cash
$2.2M
Small individual donors13%
Large individual donors38%
PAC / committee support41%
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
Barrasso for Senate
Candidate committee · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Barrasso for Senate
$9.8M
Common Values PAC
Leadership PAC · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Common Values PAC
$2.6M
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: 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

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
Energy
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
70
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around John Barrasso; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Public lands
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
52
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around John Barrasso; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

net worth
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
52
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around John Barrasso; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

donors
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
23
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around John Barrasso; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

polls
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
42
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around John Barrasso; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Network coverage framing
ReutersEnergyMixed

Reuters coverage is modeled as focusing on energy for John Barrasso, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 19% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
APPublic landsMixed

AP coverage is modeled as focusing on public lands for John Barrasso, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 18% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Fox NewsBudgetMixed

Fox News coverage is modeled as focusing on budget for John Barrasso, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 16% of the tracked network/news mix.

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

NYT coverage is modeled as focusing on fundraising network for John Barrasso, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 14% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
CNNelectoral stakesCritical

CNN coverage is modeled as focusing on electoral stakes for John Barrasso, 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
$9.0M
Change since 2016
$3.8M
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.
US Politics Influence

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

Positions held
30

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

Media attention
10

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

Electoral power
10

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
44

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

Wealth
44

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

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.