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Democrat · Delaware House, district 24

Serving since Jan 11, 2011DE 2025–26 session

Portrait of Ed Osienski, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
15
years in office

Serving since 2011. No measure in the DE 2025–26 session stands far from the peer average.

Time in the current office, from the official record.

At a glance

6 measures against the Delaware House. Osienski reported $14.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom half of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). 86% of Osienski’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Delaware, in the bottom half of State House Democrats. 87% of the 94 bills Osienski sponsored got out of committee, in the top half of the Delaware House.

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

Attendance

99.7%

Delaware House average 94.5% · ranks 4th of 41 · 658 roll calls

Party unity

98.9%

Delaware House average 94.5% · ranks 7th of 41 · 2 votes against the majority of Delaware House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$14.1K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 1499th of 2,082

From Delaware, 2026

86%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1346th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Out of committee

87%

Delaware House average 80% · ranks 15th of 40

CSIP ideology

−0.58

More conservative than 56% of State House Democrats · ± 0.07

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Osienski says

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

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Ideology

Osienski sits at −0.58 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 56% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.65 to −0.51, which understates the uncertainty; from 70 donors and 518 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”.

−0.58

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.65 to −0.51. From 70 donors and 518 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Osienski −0.6State House Democrats −0.6Delaware House −0.6All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Osienski, 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 Osienski’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 Osienski sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Osienski −0.6Delaware Housemedian −0.6All State Housemedian +0.1
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Osienski's CSIP score of −0.58 placed against State House Democrats, Delaware House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Osienski
State House Democrats2392−0.656%
Delaware House41−0.651%
All State House5324+0.125%
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 Osienski 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 Osienski.

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Money

Osienski reported $14.1K in the 2026 cycle, 35% of the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 86% of itemized individual money came from Delaware.

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
$14.1K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 29 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)Individuals (itemized): $5,734 (40.7%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)PACs and other committees: $8,350 (59.3%)
  • Individuals (itemized)41 squares$5,734
  • PACs and other committees59 squares$8,350
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Sources of Osienski's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$5,73440.7%
PACs and other committees$8,35059.3%
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 Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $10.4K$10.4K20202022 cycle: $10.2K$10.2K20222024 cycle: $23.9K$23.9K20242026 cycle: $14.1K$14.1K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Osienski's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$10.4K
2022 cycle$10.2K
2024 cycle$23.9K
2026 cycle$14.1K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 86% came from Delaware.

  1. Delaware$4,936
  2. Pennsylvania$698
  3. Maryland$100

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: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $698PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: $100MDDelaware: $4,936DEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Osienski's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Delaware$4,936
Pennsylvania$698
Maryland$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
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
29

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

86%

from Delaware

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. BACK ON TRACK PAC$600
  2. BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC$600
  3. DELAWARE BANKERS ASSOCIATION DELBANK$600
  4. DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$600
  5. DEMOCRATS 2024$600

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Osienski voted with the majority of Delaware House Democrats on 98.9% of party-line votes and missed 0.3% of 658 roll calls. Delaware House on average: 94.5% party unity, 94.5% attendance. Across all roll calls, Osienski voted against the majority of Delaware House Democrats 2 times.

658 roll calls Osienski could vote on in the DE 2025–26 session, compared with Delaware 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 Osienski voted with the majority of Delaware House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

2

votes against the majority of Delaware House Democrats

Party unity 98.9%, Delaware House average 94.5%, ranks 7th of 41. 658 roll calls in the DE 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Osienski
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.7%
94.5%
4th of 41
Party unity
98.9%
94.5%
7th of 41
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Osienski's attendance and party unity against Delaware House.
RowOsienskiPeers
Attendance99.7%94.5%
Party unity98.9%94.5%
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 DE 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jul 1, 2026
SB 234
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIRST RESPONDERS.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 27–0 · R 14–0Democrats 27 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 14 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 1, 2026
HB 445
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LARGE ENERGY USE FACILITIES.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 26–0 · R 0–8Democrats 26 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 8 naybecame law
Jul 1, 2026
SB 347
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 27–0 · R 13–0Democrats 27 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 13 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 1, 2026
SB 1
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE, AND CHAPTER 237, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO PRIMARY CARE SERVICES.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 27–0 · R 14–0Democrats 27 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 14 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jul 1, 2026
HB 190
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 27–0 · R 14–0Democrats 27 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 14 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 Osienski most often

  1. Melissa Minor-BrownD655 shared votes100%
  2. Melanie Ross LevinD655 shared votes100%
  3. Kendra JohnsonD652 shared votes100%
  4. Frank CookeD645 shared votes100%
  5. Stephanie BoldenD631 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Osienski least often

  1. Jeff HilovskyR635 shared votes74%
  2. Rich CollinsR630 shared votes81%
  3. Bryan ShupeR634 shared votes82%
  4. Jesse VanderwendeR555 shared votes83%
  5. Shannon MorrisR559 shared votes84%
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

DE 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Osienski sponsored 94 bills in the DE 2025–26 session; 47 became law. Cosponsored 205 others. 87% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Delaware House average 80%; 15th of 40).

The bills Osienski sponsored and cosponsored in the DE 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 DE 2025–26 session

Sponsored94 billsSponsored, Introduced: 9494Sponsored, In committee: 9292Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 8282Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 6969Sponsored, Became law: 4747Cosponsored205 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 205205Cosponsored, In committee: 205205Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 191191Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 188188Cosponsored, Became law: 7575IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Osienski sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored9492826947
Cosponsored20520519118875
How to read the blocks

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

87%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Delaware House average 80%. Ranks 15th of 40.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Dave Sokola136
  2. Eric Morrison115
  3. Kyra Hoffner99
  4. Russ Huxtable98
  5. Stephanie Hansen92
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 Osienski’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
HCR 152HONORING THE YOUNG WOMEN FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF DELAWARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 2026 SESSION OF DELAWARE GIRLS STATE.SponsorJun 25, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedPassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES Jun 25, 2026
HR 27RECOGNIZING JUNE 24, 2026, AS "STAFF APPRECIATION DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.SponsorJun 24, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedPassed In House by Voice Vote Jun 24, 2026
SCR 219RECOGNIZING JUNE 19, 2026, AS "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.CosponsorJun 18, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedPassed In House by Voice Vote Jun 18, 2026
SCR 221RECOGNIZING AUGUST 26, 2026, AS "WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.CosponsorJun 17, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedPassed In House by Voice Vote Jun 18, 2026
HCR 155RECOGNIZING THE YOUNG MEN FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF DELAWARE PARTICIPATING IN THE 2026 SESSION OF DELAWARE’S BOYS STATE.SponsorJun 17, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedPassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES Jun 17, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Osienski’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Osienski’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 Osienski 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 Osienski posted

No images from Osienski’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

104 turns, Jan 28, 2021 to Jun 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 Osienski is most unusual among Delaware 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. That is the case for Osienski in this window. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
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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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