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Republican · Ohio House, district 36

Serving since Jan 1, 2023OH 2025–26 session

Portrait of Andrea White, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
79%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Ohio House

79% of 62 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Ohio House is 58%. Ranks 9th of 98, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills White sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Ohio 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 the Ohio House. White reported $148.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). 88% of White’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Ohio, in the bottom half of State House Republicans.

The measures on which White sits furthest from the middle of the Ohio House, 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

79%

Ohio House average 58% · ranks 9th of 98

Itemized, 2026

$148.8K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 337th of 2,521

From Ohio, 2026

88%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1733rd of 2,335 State House Republicans

Party unity

96.0%

Ohio House average 93.3% · ranks 64th of 98 · 2 votes against the majority of Ohio House Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.31

More liberal than 57% of State House Republicans · ± 0.04

Attendance

100%

Ohio House average 100% · ranks 50th of 98 · 310 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What White says

No statements for the OH 2025–26 session.No classified statements (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) in this time window.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

No policy statements for the OH 2025–26 session.No classified statements (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) in this time window.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

White sits at +0.31 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 57% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.28 to +0.35, which understates the uncertainty; from 392 donors and 557 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”.

+0.31

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.28 to +0.35. From 392 donors and 557 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0White +0.3State House Republicans +0.4Ohio House +0.3All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is White, 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 White’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 White 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 +0.4White +0.3Ohio Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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White's CSIP score of +0.31 placed against State House Republicans, Ohio House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of White
State House Republicans2917+0.443%
Ohio House99+0.349%
All State House5324+0.169%
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 White 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 White.

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Money

White reported $148.8K in the 2026 cycle, 4.4 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 88% of itemized individual money came from Ohio.

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
$148.8K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 105 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): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)Individuals (itemized): $63.0K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $85.9K (57.7%)
  • Individuals (itemized)42 squares$63.0K
  • PACs and other committees58 squares$85.9K
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Sources of White's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$63.0K42.3%
PACs and other committees$85.9K57.7%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $355.4K$355.4K20202022 cycle: $322.6K$322.6K20222024 cycle: $637.4K$637.4K20242026 cycle: $148.8K$148.8K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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White's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$355.4K
2022 cycle$322.6K
2024 cycle$637.4K
2026 cycle$148.8K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 88% came from Ohio.

  1. Ohio$55.4K
  2. Louisiana$6,000
  3. Colorado$1,000
  4. Michigan$350
  5. IG$150

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: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $350MINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $55.4KOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $1,000CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: $100KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $6,000LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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White's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Ohio$55.4K
Louisiana$6,000
Colorado$1,000
Michigan$350
Kentucky$100
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
105

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

88%

from Ohio

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 Ohio. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$8,650 20 donors
  2. CHW ADVISORS LLC$2,000 3 donors
  3. THE SUCCESS GROUP$1,400 4 donors
  4. CHW ADVISORS LLC$1,000 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. OHIO CREDIT UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMM$10.0K
  2. IUOE POLITICAL EDUCATION PATTERNS$8,000
  3. BEER & WINE PAC$5,500
  4. REALTORS PAC$3,000
  5. DEALERS INVESTMENT GROUP$2,500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

White voted with the majority of Ohio House Republicans on 96.0% of party-line votes and missed none of 310 roll calls. Ohio House on average: 93.3% party unity, 100% attendance. Across all roll calls, White voted against the majority of Ohio House Republicans 2 times.

310 roll calls White could vote on in the OH 2025–26 session, compared with Ohio 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 White voted with the majority of Ohio House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

2

votes against the majority of Ohio House Republicans

Party unity 96.0%, Ohio House average 93.3%, ranks 64th of 98. 310 roll calls in the OH 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
White
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
100%
50th of 98
Party unity
96.0%
93.3%
64th of 98
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White's attendance and party unity against Ohio House.
RowWhitePeers
Attendance100%100%
Party unity96.0%93.3%
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 OH 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Oct 1, 2026
HB 519
Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle
Concurred in Senate amendments
YeaWith majoritypassD 15–16 · R 63–0Democrats 15 yea, 16 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 11, 2026
HB 105
Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations
Concurred in Senate amendments
YeaWith majoritypassD 20–11 · R 62–1Democrats 20 yea, 11 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 1 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 11, 2026
HB 173
Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services
Concurred in Senate amendments
YeaWith majoritypassD 1–29 · R 55–6Democrats 1 yea, 29 nay; Republicans 55 yea, 6 naymuch discussed
Jun 11, 2026
SB 315
Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 25–8 · R 63–2Democrats 25 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 2 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 11, 2026
SB 450
Make capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 33–0 · R 62–3Democrats 33 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 3 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 White most often

  1. David ThomasR310 shared votes99%
  2. Matt HuffmanR310 shared votes99%
  3. Bill RoemerR310 shared votes99%
  4. Matt KishmanR310 shared votes99%
  5. Jim ThomasR310 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as White least often

  1. Tristan RaderD268 shared votes76%
  2. Juanita BrentD249 shared votes77%
  3. Munira AbdullahiD274 shared votes78%
  4. Desireè TimsD271 shared votes80%
  5. Darnell BrewerD279 shared votes81%
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

OH 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

White sponsored 62 bills in the OH 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 135 others. 79% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House average 58%; 9th of 98).

The bills White sponsored and cosponsored in the OH 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 OH 2025–26 session

Sponsored62 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6262Sponsored, In committee: 6060Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 4343Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored135 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 135135Cosponsored, In committee: 135135Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 112112Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 5353Cosponsored, Became law: 4343IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills White sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored62604311
Cosponsored1351351125343
How to read the blocks

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

79%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Ohio House average 58%. Ranks 9th of 98.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Sean Brennan19
  2. Josh Williams17
  3. Tom Young16
  4. Mark Johnson15
  5. Kellie Deeter15
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 White’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 547Honoring the Dahm Brothers Company, Inc., on its One Hundredth Anniversary.SponsorOct 1, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Oct 1, 2026
HB 1019Temporarily reduce motor fuel taxes; levy a temporary taxSponsorSep 28, 2026IntroducedTaxation(model)Introduced Sep 28, 2026
HR 538Honoring Kettering Health Dayton on its Centennial.SponsorSep 17, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Sep 17, 2026
HR 537Honoring Shook Construction on its One Hundredth Anniversary.SponsorSep 17, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Sep 17, 2026
HB 1012Regards certain school district special education costsSponsorSep 17, 2026IntroducedEducation(model)Introduced Sep 17, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 2 times in 90 days. White’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls White’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 White posts with a vision model.

Websites

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 White posted

No images from White’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

46 turns, May 6, 2021 to Sep 30, 2026

Floor speeches

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

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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 White is most unusual among Ohio House, 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
07c054e9-9a51-41b2-994a-8f63b0148d07
Open States
ocd-person/07c054e9-9a51-41b2-994a-8f63b0148d07

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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