Utah boasts two very different types of landscape: the rugged wilderness of red deserts along sloping horizons, and polished suburban neighborhoods surrounding temperate towns along the I-15 corridor.
In a similar way, Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation represents a tale of two states when it comes to the lawmakers’ personal finances: Three of Utah’s six federal lawmakers have a negative median net worth, while the other three have a median net worth of at least $1 million, according to a NOTUS analysis of the lawmakers’ most recent personal finance disclosures.
While the disclosures paint very different pictures for each lawmaker, those who have a median net worth over $1 million all traded in the stock market. As Congress continues to debate whether its members should be allowed to trade stocks at all, many federal lawmakers continue to buy and sell individual stocks in companies that lobby the government for preferential treatment, hold federal contracts and are subject to the oversight of congressional committees on which lawmakers sit.