Michael Baumgartner: No Disclosed Stock Trades

Michael Baumgartner Trading Activity

Michael Baumgartner, the Republican representing Washington's 5th District, has no disclosed transactions on file. That places him among 237 of the House's 437 sitting members, and 276 of all 537 sitting members of Congress, who show zero disclosed trades as of August 22, 2026. It is not a small club, and it is worth understanding what that absence does and does not tell an investor.

Baumgartner took office at the start of the current term, which runs from January 3, 2025, to January 3, 2027. Under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, a member must report qualifying transactions involving the member, a spouse, or a dependent child no later than 30 days after becoming aware of the transaction and no later than 45 days after the transaction itself. The reporting requirement generally applies when a qualifying transaction exceeds $1,000, subject to exclusions and waivers. No reportable transaction attributable to Baumgartner appears in Quantellect's data as of August 22, 2026. That record could reflect an absence of reportable activity during the covered period or activity falling within exclusions from PTR reporting. The transaction data alone does not distinguish among the possibilities or establish the contents of his broader financial disclosures.

How Disclosure Reporting Works, and Why an Empty Record Is Common

Periodic Transaction Reports capture qualifying transactions rather than the full contents of a member's annual financial disclosure. A member can therefore go an entire term without a reportable transaction, while an actively managed brokerage account can generate multiple reportable entries. The House Committee on Ethics financial disclosure instruction guide explains the applicable thresholds, deadlines, exclusions, and reporting categories. Attribution matters too: the filing instructions provide “SP” for a spouse, “DC” for a dependent child, and “JT” for jointly held property. With zero transactions on record for Baumgartner, there is no attribution pattern to describe, personal or otherwise.

It is also worth being precise about what a zero-transaction record does not mean. It does not mean a member has sworn off financial markets, and it does not mean the member's broader financial disclosure filings, which address matters beyond periodic transactions, are empty. It means that as of August 22, 2026, no reportable transaction attributed to Baumgartner, a spouse, a dependent child, or jointly held property appears in the data reflected here.

Where He Stands Among His Peers

Context helps here more than speculation does. Of the 437 sitting House members, 237 show no disclosed trades, meaning members with an empty trading record slightly outnumber those with one. In the Senate, the pattern is different: 39 of 100 sitting senators show zero disclosed trades, so disclosed trading activity is more common on that side of the Capitol. Baumgartner's zero-trade status is therefore unremarkable in the House and is also common across Congress as a whole, where 276 of 537 sitting members show zero disclosed trades.

A composite trading score is not available for Baumgartner. As of the latest published scoring date, August 21, 2026, 76 tracked members have a score on file, and 73 of them are currently sitting members. No score row exists for Baumgartner at that date. Quantellect therefore does not display a score, tier, coverage state, cohort rank, or cohort size for him. His transaction record separately contains no disclosed transactions, and nothing in the published data supports calculating or inferring the missing score fields.

For now, this page reflects the record as filed and captured by Quantellect. If a reportable transaction attributable to Baumgartner, a spouse, a dependent child, or jointly held property is recorded in the future, the page can be updated with the transaction date, security, transaction type, disclosed amount range, and attribution code. Until then, the summary is straightforward: no disclosed trading activity, no score, and more than 200 sitting House members in the same zero-trade category.

Disclosure Notes

This page reflects data drawn from congressional financial disclosure filings as of August 22, 2026, and is provided for informational purposes. It should not be construed as investment advice or as a comprehensive record of any individual's personal finances, which may include assets and liabilities not captured through transaction-level reporting under the STOCK Act. The absence of disclosed trading activity as of that date does not indicate future trading behavior.