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Republican · California House, district 75

Serving since Dec 2, 2024CA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Carl DeMaio, rendered as a two-tone print
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29%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the California House

29% of 31 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the California House is 81%. Ranks 78th of 79, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills DeMaio sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the California House. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. DeMaio reported $2.5M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). 25% of DeMaio’s statements criticize a policy, 2.7 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

The measures on which DeMaio sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Out of committee

29%

California House average 81% · ranks 78th of 79

Itemized, 2026

$2.5M

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 5th of 2,521

Policy criticism

25%

State House Republicans average 9.3% · ranks 59th of 791

Personal attacks

7.6%

State House Republicans average 2.9% · ranks 88th of 791

CSIP ideology

+0.61

More conservative than 86% of State House Republicans · ± 0.03

Policy discussion

51%

State House Republicans average 32% · ranks 113th of 791

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is DeMaio, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which DeMaio is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What DeMaio says

DeMaio stresses bipartisanship less than 62% of State House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 0.5% of 2,600 statements, against 1.8% for the average State House Republican; 498th of 791.

An AI model reads each of DeMaio’s 2,600 statements in the CA 2025–26 session (2,600 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the CA 2025–26 session

0%80%
DeMaio
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,326 statements
51%
32%
113th of 791
Policy criticism657 statements
25%
9%
59th of 791
Credit claiming218 statements
8%
13%
435th of 791
Personal attacks198 statements
8%
3%
88th of 791
Bipartisanship13 statements
1%
2%
498th of 791
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DeMaio's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowDeMaioPeers
Policy discussion51%32%
Policy criticism25%9%
Credit claiming8%13%
Personal attacks8%3%
Bipartisanship1%2%
2,600

statements classified

2,600 posts on X.

posts on X: 2,600 (100.0%)posts on X 2,600
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DeMaio's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,600
How to read the bars

The thick bar is DeMaio; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means DeMaio does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

DeMaio used extreme labels in 3.1% of statements, 2.2 times the peer average. 81 statements, most often aimed at CA Democrats; peers 1.4%.

  1. “extreme”17
  2. “far left”8
  3. “radical”4
  4. “fascist”2
  5. “woke”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. CA Democrats7
  2. Democrats6
  3. Gavin Newsom3
  4. CA politicians2
  5. Left-wing groups2
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the CA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 802025-02: 552025-03: 572025-04: 662025-05: 792025-06: 962025-07: 742025-08: 782025-09: 862025-10: 3212025-11: 2442025-12: 712026-01: 2342026-02: 672026-03: 662026-04: 1562026-05: 1592026-06: 872026-07: 662026-08: 692026-09: 1022026-10: 287peak 321 · Oct ’25Personal attackspeak 37.2% · Aug ’25 · latest 0.7%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 12.5% of 80Personal attacks, 2025-02: 7.3% of 55Personal attacks, 2025-03: 10.5% of 57Personal attacks, 2025-04: 16.7% of 66Personal attacks, 2025-05: 17.7% of 79Personal attacks, 2025-06: 14.6% of 96Personal attacks, 2025-07: 14.9% of 74Personal attacks, 2025-08: 37.2% of 78Personal attacks, 2025-09: 15.1% of 86Personal attacks, 2025-10: 1.9% of 321Personal attacks, 2025-11: 4.5% of 244Personal attacks, 2025-12: 11.3% of 71Personal attacks, 2026-01: 3.9% of 234Personal attacks, 2026-02: 7.5% of 67Personal attacks, 2026-03: 6.1% of 66Personal attacks, 2026-04: 4.5% of 156Personal attacks, 2026-05: 4.4% of 159Personal attacks, 2026-06: 5.8% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-07: 6.1% of 66Personal attacks, 2026-08: 11.6% of 69Personal attacks, 2026-09: 9.8% of 102Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.7% of 287Policy criticismpeak 52.6% · Mar ’25 · latest 1.4%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 28.7% of 80Policy criticism, 2025-02: 32.7% of 55Policy criticism, 2025-03: 52.6% of 57Policy criticism, 2025-04: 47.0% of 66Policy criticism, 2025-05: 31.6% of 79Policy criticism, 2025-06: 35.4% of 96Policy criticism, 2025-07: 35.1% of 74Policy criticism, 2025-08: 47.4% of 78Policy criticism, 2025-09: 32.6% of 86Policy criticism, 2025-10: 39.9% of 321Policy criticism, 2025-11: 23.4% of 244Policy criticism, 2025-12: 15.5% of 71Policy criticism, 2026-01: 0.0% of 234Policy criticism, 2026-02: 40.3% of 67Policy criticism, 2026-03: 40.9% of 66Policy criticism, 2026-04: 26.3% of 156Policy criticism, 2026-05: 17.0% of 159Policy criticism, 2026-06: 42.5% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-07: 33.3% of 66Policy criticism, 2026-08: 18.8% of 69Policy criticism, 2026-09: 10.8% of 102Policy criticism, 2026-10: 1.4% of 287Policy discussionpeak 85.5% · Aug ’26 · latest 61.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 51.2% of 80Policy discussion, 2025-02: 63.6% of 55Policy discussion, 2025-03: 66.7% of 57Policy discussion, 2025-04: 69.7% of 66Policy discussion, 2025-05: 60.8% of 79Policy discussion, 2025-06: 56.3% of 96Policy discussion, 2025-07: 67.6% of 74Policy discussion, 2025-08: 60.3% of 78Policy discussion, 2025-09: 33.7% of 86Policy discussion, 2025-10: 28.7% of 321Policy discussion, 2025-11: 33.6% of 244Policy discussion, 2025-12: 57.8% of 71Policy discussion, 2026-01: 20.1% of 234Policy discussion, 2026-02: 50.7% of 67Policy discussion, 2026-03: 59.1% of 66Policy discussion, 2026-04: 81.4% of 156Policy discussion, 2026-05: 39.6% of 159Policy discussion, 2026-06: 54.0% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-07: 74.2% of 66Policy discussion, 2026-08: 85.5% of 69Policy discussion, 2026-09: 81.4% of 102Policy discussion, 2026-10: 61.0% of 287Bipartisanshippeak 2.9% · Sep ’26 · latest 1.4%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 80Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 55Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 57Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 0.0% of 66Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 79Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 96Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 74Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 78Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.0% of 86Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.3% of 321Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.4% of 244Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 71Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 234Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 1.5% of 67Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 1.5% of 66Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 156Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 159Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 66Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 2.9% of 69Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 2.9% of 102Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 1.4% of 287Credit claimingpeak 29.8% · Feb ’26 · latest 1.4%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 15.0% of 80Credit claiming, 2025-02: 14.5% of 55Credit claiming, 2025-03: 17.5% of 57Credit claiming, 2025-04: 19.7% of 66Credit claiming, 2025-05: 16.5% of 79Credit claiming, 2025-06: 5.2% of 96Credit claiming, 2025-07: 4.0% of 74Credit claiming, 2025-08: 15.4% of 78Credit claiming, 2025-09: 9.3% of 86Credit claiming, 2025-10: 2.5% of 321Credit claiming, 2025-11: 4.5% of 244Credit claiming, 2025-12: 7.0% of 71Credit claiming, 2026-01: 2.1% of 234Credit claiming, 2026-02: 29.8% of 67Credit claiming, 2026-03: 12.1% of 66Credit claiming, 2026-04: 27.6% of 156Credit claiming, 2026-05: 4.4% of 159Credit claiming, 2026-06: 17.2% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-07: 1.5% of 66Credit claiming, 2026-08: 5.8% of 69Credit claiming, 2026-09: 2.9% of 102Credit claiming, 2026-10: 1.4% of 287Extreme labelspeak 19.8% · Sep ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 8.8% of 80Extreme labels, 2025-02: 7.3% of 55Extreme labels, 2025-03: 8.8% of 57Extreme labels, 2025-04: 6.1% of 66Extreme labels, 2025-05: 5.1% of 79Extreme labels, 2025-06: 10.4% of 96Extreme labels, 2025-07: 9.5% of 74Extreme labels, 2025-08: 5.1% of 78Extreme labels, 2025-09: 19.8% of 86Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.9% of 321Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.4% of 244Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 71Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.4% of 234Extreme labels, 2026-02: 4.5% of 67Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 66Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 156Extreme labels, 2026-05: 3.1% of 159Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.1% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-07: 4.5% of 66Extreme labels, 2026-08: 1.5% of 69Extreme labels, 2026-09: 1.0% of 102Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 287Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for DeMaio, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’258012.5%28.7%51.2%0.0%15.0%8.8%
Feb ’25557.3%32.7%63.6%0.0%14.5%7.3%
Mar ’255710.5%52.6%66.7%0.0%17.5%8.8%
Apr ’256616.7%47.0%69.7%0.0%19.7%6.1%
May ’257917.7%31.6%60.8%0.0%16.5%5.1%
Jun ’259614.6%35.4%56.3%0.0%5.2%10.4%
Jul ’257414.9%35.1%67.6%0.0%4.0%9.5%
Aug ’257837.2%47.4%60.3%0.0%15.4%5.1%
Sep ’258615.1%32.6%33.7%0.0%9.3%19.8%
Oct ’253211.9%39.9%28.7%0.3%2.5%0.9%
Nov ’252444.5%23.4%33.6%0.4%4.5%0.4%
Dec ’257111.3%15.5%57.8%0.0%7.0%0.0%
Jan ’262343.9%0.0%20.1%0.0%2.1%0.4%
Feb ’26677.5%40.3%50.7%1.5%29.8%4.5%
Mar ’26666.1%40.9%59.1%1.5%12.1%0.0%
Apr ’261564.5%26.3%81.4%0.0%27.6%0.0%
May ’261594.4%17.0%39.6%0.0%4.4%3.1%
Jun ’26875.8%42.5%54.0%0.0%17.2%1.1%
Jul ’26666.1%33.3%74.2%0.0%1.5%4.5%
Aug ’266911.6%18.8%85.5%2.9%5.8%1.5%
Sep ’261029.8%10.8%81.4%2.9%2.9%1.0%
Oct ’262870.7%1.4%61.0%1.4%1.4%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the CA 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In DeMaio’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 20, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health; Taxation · Source

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 23, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 23, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Health; extreme label “extreme” aimed at COVID-19 mandates · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: Rob BontaSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Government Operations and Politics · target: CA politiciansSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: CA DemsSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · Government Operations and Politics · Law · target: Gavin NewsomSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: Karen BassSource

All 2,600 statements

Newest first, the CA 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 2,600 posts on X.

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Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what DeMaio talks about most: 54% of policy statements, 3.1 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.56 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 200th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what DeMaio talks about. The bills DeMaio sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What DeMaio talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the CA 2025–26 session

0%60%
DeMaio
Peers
Government Operations and Politics716 statements
54%
18%
Economics and Public Finance172 statements
13%
12%
Taxation132 statements
10%
8%
Crime and Law Enforcement121 statements
9%
11%
Immigration89 statements
7%
5%
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Policy areas DeMaio talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowDeMaioPeers
Government Operations and Politics54%18%
Economics and Public Finance13%12%
Taxation10%8%
Crime and Law Enforcement9%11%
Immigration7%5%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of DeMaio’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 60%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 54% (State House Republicans 18%)54%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 16% (State House Republicans 12%)16%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 13% (State House Republicans 12%)13%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 5% (State House Republicans 2%)5%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 10% (State House Republicans 8%)10%Taxation, legislates on: 6% (State House Republicans 11%)6%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 9% (State House Republicans 11%)9%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 16% (State House Republicans 11%)16%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 7% (State House Republicans 5%)7%Immigration, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 1%)3%
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DeMaio's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics54%18%16%12%
Economics and Public Finance13%12%5%2%
Taxation10%8%6%11%
Crime and Law Enforcement9%11%16%11%
Immigration7%5%3%1%
0.56

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 200th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means DeMaio legislates on exactly the areas DeMaio talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills DeMaio sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

DeMaio sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 86% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.57 to +0.64, which understates the uncertainty; from 13,171 donors and 296 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.61

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.57 to +0.64. From 13,171 donors and 296 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0DeMaio +0.6State House Republicans +0.4California House −0.7All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is DeMaio, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of DeMaio’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where DeMaio sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4DeMaio +0.6California Housemedian −0.7All State Housemedian +0.1
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DeMaio's CSIP score of +0.61 placed against State House Republicans, California House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of DeMaio
State House Republicans2917+0.486%
California House79−0.796%
All State House5324+0.193%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is DeMaio in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of DeMaio.

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Money

DeMaio reported $2.5M in the 2026 cycle, 72.8 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 99% of itemized individual money came from California.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$2.5M

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 7,858 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)Individuals (itemized): $2.4M (97.1%)PACs and other committees: $71.2K (2.9%)PACs and other committees: $71.2K (2.9%)PACs and other committees: $71.2K (2.9%)
  • Individuals (itemized)97 squares$2.4M
  • PACs and other committees3 squares$71.2K
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Sources of DeMaio's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$2.4M97.1%
PACs and other committees$71.2K2.9%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $2.0M$2.0M20242026 cycle: $2.5M$2.5M2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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DeMaio's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$2.0M
2026 cycle$2.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 99% came from California.

  1. California$2.4M
  2. Virginia$4,600
  3. Nevada$4,188
  4. Texas$3,675
  5. Arizona$2,109

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $961WAIdaho: $576IDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: $52NDMinnesota: $204MNIllinois: $100ILWisconsin: $2,100WIMichigan: $544MINew York: $1,604NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: $418ORNevada: $4,188NVWyoming: $991WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $104INOhio: $1,500OHPennsylvania: $104PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $2.4MCAUtah: $1,305UTColorado: $1,143CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $209WVVirginia: $4,600VAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $2,109AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $204TNNorth Carolina: $493NCSouth Carolina: $1,709SCDistrict of Columbia: $104DCOklahoma: $100OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $1,200GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $3,675TXFlorida: $1,358FL
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DeMaio's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$2.4M
Virginia$4,600
Nevada$4,188
Texas$3,675
Arizona$2,109
Wisconsin$2,100
South Carolina$1,709
New York$1,604
Ohio$1,500
Florida$1,358
Utah$1,305
Georgia$1,200
Colorado$1,143
Wyoming$991
Washington$961
Idaho$576
Michigan$544
North Carolina$493
Oregon$418
West Virginia$209
Minnesota$204
Tennessee$204
Indiana$104
Pennsylvania$104
District of Columbia$104
Illinois$100
Oklahoma$100
North Dakota$52
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
MontanaNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
7,858

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

99%

from California

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is California. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$1.6M 5,442 donors
  2. REAL ESTATE$26.6K 43 donors
  3. CEO$23.8K 33 donors
  4. PRESIDENT$21.7K 36 donors
  5. ENGINEER$18.5K 77 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES PAC SPONSOR: WESTERN MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION$11.8K
  2. WECA GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC$8,000
  3. CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CREPAC)$7,000
  4. CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (CCPOA) LOCAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,900
  5. EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. PGE$3,041 9 donors
  2. STATE OF CALIFORNIA$2,222 9 donors
  3. IHSS$2,015 9 donors
  4. OWNER$1,903 4 donors
  5. KAISER PERMANENTE$1,779 12 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

DeMaio voted with the majority of California House Republicans on 99.4% of party-line votes and missed 3.2% of 4,001 roll calls. California House on average: 97.7% party unity, 92.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, DeMaio voted against the majority of California House Republicans 354 times.

4,001 roll calls DeMaio could vote on in the CA 2025–26 session, compared with California House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where DeMaio voted with the majority of California House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

354

votes against the majority of California House Republicans

Party unity 99.4%, California House average 97.7%, ranks 48th of 79. 4,001 roll calls in the CA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is DeMaio, the thin grey bar the California House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
DeMaio
Peers
Rank
Attendance
96.8%
92.3%
15th of 79
Party unity
99.4%
97.7%
48th of 79
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DeMaio's attendance and party unity against California House.
RowDeMaioPeers
Attendance96.8%92.3%
Party unity99.4%97.7%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the CA 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 1, 2026
SB 195
Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments.
SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
YeaWith majoritypassD 60–0 · R 19–0Democrats 60 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 19 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1098
Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts.
SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
NayWith majoritypassD 50–1 · R 0–14Democrats 50 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 14 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1370
Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review.
SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
YeaWith majoritypassD 42–4 · R 16–0Democrats 42 yea, 4 nay; Republicans 16 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children's safety.
SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks
NayAgainst majoritypassD 59–0 · R 10–4Democrats 59 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 10 yea, 4 naybecame law · party crossover
Sep 1, 2026
SB 931
Dolly Parton Day.
SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell
YeaWith majoritypassD 56–0 · R 17–0Democrats 56 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 17 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as DeMaio most often

  1. David TangipaR3,419 shared votes95%
  2. Natasha JohnsonR2,338 shared votes95%
  3. Ali MacedoR3,591 shared votes95%
  4. Kate SanchezR3,422 shared votes94%
  5. Heather HadwickR3,523 shared votes94%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as DeMaio least often

  1. Alex LeeD3,450 shared votes64%
  2. Celeste RodriguezD2,827 shared votes64%
  3. Joaquin ArambulaD3,220 shared votes65%
  4. Mia BontaD3,570 shared votes65%
  5. Isaac BryanD3,568 shared votes65%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

CA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

DeMaio sponsored 31 bills in the CA 2025–26 session; 5 became law. Cosponsored 263 others. 29% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House average 81%; 78th of 79).

The bills DeMaio sponsored and cosponsored in the CA 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the CA 2025–26 session

Sponsored31 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3131Sponsored, In committee: 2525Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 55Sponsored, Became law: 55Cosponsored263 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 263263Cosponsored, In committee: 256256Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 240240Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 148148Cosponsored, Became law: 143143IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills DeMaio sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3125555
Cosponsored263256240148143
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills DeMaio sponsored, ochre blocks bills DeMaio cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

29%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

California House average 81%. Ranks 78th of 79.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with DeMaio, by number of shared bills in the CA 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Leticia Castillo24
  2. Juan Alanis17
  3. Greg Wallis16
  4. Kate Sanchez16
  5. Laurie Davies14
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of DeMaio’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HR 140Relative to Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month.CosponsorAug 19, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6424.). Aug 24, 2026
HR 138Relative to National 4-H Week.CosponsorAug 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6275.). Aug 19, 2026
HR 137Relative to Diwali.CosponsorAug 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6311.). Aug 20, 2026
HR 136Relative to Home Hardening Week.CosponsorAug 10, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6211.). Aug 17, 2026
HR 135Relative to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month.CosponsorAug 6, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6275.). Aug 19, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. DeMaio’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Sep 1, 2026.

The lab crawls DeMaio’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images DeMaio posts with a vision model.

Websites

  • Official site

    ad75.asmrc.org

    Last crawled Sep 1, 2026

    1

    pages crawled

    1

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    carldemaio.com

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    16

    pages crawled

    8

    changes in 90 days

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images DeMaio posted

No images from DeMaio’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

100 turns, Dec 2, 2024 to Aug 30, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which DeMaio is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
053d119b-847e-43bf-9a22-18b5f309067f
Open States
ocd-person/053d119b-847e-43bf-9a22-18b5f309067f

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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