The Federal Election Commission released the financial disclosure forms of Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders on Thursday, and we learned one thing we already knew: They're not Clintons. Not even close.
Sanders, the Vermont socialist, has a maximum net worth of $737,000, all reported in accounts held by his wife, Jane. This top-end figure may be a bit understated. As a member of Congress since 1991, Sanders has been able to invest in the Thrift Savings Plan, the 401(k)-style plan for federal workers. His balance in that account doesn't have to be reported on the public forms.
O'Malley, the former Maryland governor, has a maximum net worth of about $256,000. That's after subtracting the $339,000 in student loans that he owes for his daughters' college educations, at interest rates between 7.65 and 8.5 percent. He earned (not-Clinton-level) money giving speeches to JetBlue ($5,000), American University ($7,400) and Boston Consulting Group ($25,000), plus a series of speeches to Environmental Systems Research Institute, a mapping-software company, that netted him $147,812. O'Malley's best asset going forward is his pair of public pensions, one from his time as a city council member and mayor in Baltimore and then another one from his two terms as governor.
So, combined, O'Malley and Sanders are worth, at best, about $1 million, according to their public forms.
Hillary and Bill Clinton's minimum net worth: $11.3 million.
