Senators who trailed SPY, worst first
Signed percentage-point difference over each member’s own recorded window. These are simulated copy portfolios, not the member’s actual account returns. Different windows are not a matched-period experiment. Showing the first 10 of 13 recorded values; the complete table remains available below.
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| 1 | John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO, Senate) | -95.9% | +88.8% | -184.7% | -0.42 | -97.9% | 31 |
| 2 | Richard Blumenthal (D-CT, Senate) | -40.9% | +88.8% | -129.6% | -0.06 | -63.1% | 23 |
| 3 | Jim Banks (R-IN, Senate) | -36.8% | +88.8% | -125.6% | 0.11 | -75.7% | 10 |
| 4 | Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL, Senate, since 2023-09-19) | +18.2% | +81.7% | -63.4% | 0.04 | -8.5% | 16 |
| 5 | Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME, Senate) | +36.1% | +88.8% | -52.7% | 0.46 | -28.7% | 26 |
| 6 | Gary C. Peters (D-MI, Senate) | +38.7% | +88.8% | -50.1% | 0.51 | -22.7% | 18 |
| 7 | Tommy Tuberville (R-AL, Senate, since 2021-10-15, through 2026-10-16) | +37.1% | +86.4% | -49.3% | 0.38 | -36.6% | 402 |
| 8 | John Boozman (R-AR, Senate) | +45.5% | +88.8% | -43.3% | 0.69 | -21.1% | 287 |
| 9 | Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV, Senate) | +51.0% | +88.8% | -37.8% | 0.63 | -17.3% | 42 |
| 10 | Thomas R. Carper (D-DE, Senate, former) | +55.9% | +88.8% | -32.8% | 0.69 | -23.7% | 181 |
| 11 | John R. Curtis (R-UT, Senate) | +68.6% | +88.8% | -20.2% | 0.71 | -25.3% | 44 |
| 12 | Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI, Senate) | +76.5% | +88.8% | -12.3% | 0.80 | -27.5% | 22 |
| 13 | Markwayne Mullin (R-OK, Senate, former) | +86.8% | +88.8% | -2.0% | 1.11 | -19.0% | 286 |
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Returns run from 2021-10-14 to 2026-10-15 unless another start or end date is shown. Purchases count disclosed purchases with a ticker that became public inside the backtest window. Members need at least 10 of them and 3 years of filings to be ranked. "Former" marks members no longer in office.
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Senators who trailed SPY, worst first
John W. Hickenlooper: source evidence dated 2026-10-15.
- Rank
- 1
- Member
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO, Senate)
- Copy-bot return
- -95.9%
- SPY, same window
- +88.8%
- Return over SPY
- -184.7%
- Sharpe
- -0.42
- Max drawdown
- -97.9%
- Purchases in window
- 31
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Bottom 5
Republicans and Democrats compared
The table uses medians so that one outlier cannot decide a party's result. Independents appear in the both-party rankings, but there are too few of them to compare as a group.
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| Republicans | Senate | 10 | 3 of 10 | -29.0% |
| Democrats | Senate | 5 | 0 of 5 | -50.1% |
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How this ranking works
Each member is measured by a simulated $100,000 portfolio that buys each disclosed stock purchase and at-the-money calls on the underlyings of disclosed option purchases, on the first trading session after the filing became public. The portfolio rebalances when a new stock or option disclosure from the member becomes public and once each trading week, and it pays fees. The benchmark buys SPY with the same dollars on the same days.
The public filing date is the signal clock. A trade counts from the first day a reader could see the filing, so the delay between a trade and its disclosure is part of the result.
Questions
Which senator trailed the market by the most?
John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO, Senate) trailed it by the most. A copy of their 31 disclosed purchases from the 5-year window returned -95.9% while SPY returned +88.8% over the same window.
How many senators beat the S&P 500?
3 of the 16 ranked senators did. A member is ranked once they have at least 10 disclosed purchases and 3 years of filings.
Are these the members' actual returns?
They are the returns of a simulated $100,000 portfolio that buys each disclosed stock purchase and at-the-money calls on the underlyings of disclosed option purchases, on the first trading session after the filing became public, with weekly maintenance and fees. Disclosures report amount ranges and can arrive up to 45 days after the trade, so this measures what a follower could have earned.
How often is this ranking updated?
Each member's backtest refreshes as new periodic transaction reports are filed. The backtests on this page were last refreshed on Oct 15, 2026.