As estimated by Roll Call in 2000, [link|http://www.rollcall.com/pages/features/00/50richest/|here]. Of the top 11 (3 way tie for 9th), 4 are Republicans, 7 are Democrats.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) still leads the pack, despite the fact that estimates of his wife's ketchup fortune took a dip - it fell from $675 million to $620 million - and she did not qualify for the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans.

Behind Kerry were Rep. Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.), who is estimated to be worth
$350 million; Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), worth roughly $300 million; Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), worth approximately $200 million; Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the fifth-richest Member with an estimated $50 million fortune; Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.), worth about $40 million; and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), whose worth is also estimated at about $40 million. [...]


Delay and Hastert and many of the other big names aren't even in the top 50.

:-)

Cheers,
Scott.