of itemized money from Minnesota donors, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans
0% of the itemized money from individuals in the 2026 cycle came from donors with an address in Minnesota. Ranks 2291st of 2,335, where 1st is the highest share. 1 itemized donors.
Only donors who give more than $200 are reported with an address, so this is the share of that itemized money from donors living in Minnesota, ranked among State House Republicans. Small gifts are not counted either way. Candidates running statewide or for federal office often draw more money from out of state.
0
At a glance
6 measures against State House Republicans. 26% of Bennett’s statements criticize a policy, 2.8 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%. 4.4% of Bennett’s statements use bipartisan language, 2.4 times the State House Republican average of 1.8%.
The measures on which Bennett 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.
From Minnesota, 2026
0%
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 2291st of 2,335 State House Republicans
Policy criticism
26%
State House Republicans average 9.3% · ranks 53rd of 791
Bipartisanship
4.4%
State House Republicans average 1.8% · ranks 86th of 791
Itemized, 2026
$2,500
State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 2310th of 2,521
Party unity
93.1%
Minnesota House average 97.5% · ranks 118th of 133 · 19 votes against the majority of Minnesota House Republicans
CSIP ideology
+0.16
Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.03
Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Bennett, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Bennett is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
Bennett criticizes policies more than 93% of State House Republicans. Policy criticism in 26% of 227 statements, against 9.3% for the average State House Republican; 53rd of 791.
An AI model reads each of Bennett’s 227 statements in the MN 2025–26 session (227 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 MN 2025–26 session
Bennett
State House Republicans, average of 791
0%20%40%60%80%
Bennett
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion105 statements
46%
32%
182nd of 791
Policy criticism60 statements
26%
9%
53rd of 791
Credit claiming14 statements
6%
13%
519th of 791
Bipartisanship10 statements
4%
2%
86th of 791
Personal attacks7 statements
3%
3%
226th of 791
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Bennett's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
Row
Bennett
Peers
Policy discussion
46%
32%
Policy criticism
26%
9%
Credit claiming
6%
13%
Bipartisanship
4%
2%
Personal attacks
3%
3%
227
statements classified
227 posts on X.
posts on X
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Bennett's statements by source
Part
Value
posts on X
227
+ − How to read the bars
The thick bar is Bennett; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Bennett does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Bennett used extreme labels in 0.9% of statements, below the peer average. 2 statements, most often aimed at radical left groups; peers 1.4%.
“extreme”2
“radical”1
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
radical left groups1
this bill1
+ − 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 MN 2025–26 session
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Monthly rates for Bennett, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
Column
Statements
Personal attacks
Policy criticism
Policy discussion
Bipartisanship
Credit claiming
Extreme labels
Jan ’25
10
0.0%
40.0%
50.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Feb ’25
7
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’25
21
4.8%
52.4%
66.7%
4.8%
0.0%
0.0%
Apr ’25
15
6.7%
26.7%
40.0%
0.0%
6.7%
0.0%
May ’25
6
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’25
3
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’25
5
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’25
5
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’25
11
18.2%
54.5%
63.6%
9.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Oct ’25
6
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’25
6
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’25
4
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’26
16
0.0%
0.0%
31.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Feb ’26
15
0.0%
13.3%
40.0%
0.0%
20.0%
6.7%
Mar ’26
15
0.0%
53.3%
60.0%
6.7%
13.3%
0.0%
Apr ’26
24
4.2%
0.0%
37.5%
8.3%
16.7%
0.0%
May ’26
25
0.0%
12.0%
20.0%
8.0%
8.0%
4.0%
Jun ’26
6
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’26
7
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’26
5
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’26
6
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’26
9
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
— (fewer than 10 statements)
+ − 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 MN 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%. 13 months are hatched here.
In Bennett’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Bipartisanship
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Sep 26, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Crime and Law Enforcement; Education; Government Operations and Politics · Source
Policy criticism
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Sep 30, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Education · Source
Extreme label
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
May 18, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health; Law; extreme label “extreme” aimed at this bill · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
·Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · policy discussion · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Health · target: Amy KlobucharSource ↗
·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 · target: band teacherSource ↗
·Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · target: Walz administrationSource ↗
·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: governorSource ↗
·Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 227 posts on X.
Education is what Bennett talks about most: 33% of policy statements, 2.2 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.48 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 348th 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 Bennett talks about. The bills Bennett sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Bennett talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the MN 2025–26 session
Bennett
State House Republicans average
0%11%22%33%43%
Bennett
Peers
Education35 statements
33%
15%
Government Operations and Politics31 statements
30%
18%
Crime and Law Enforcement23 statements
22%
11%
Economics and Public Finance17 statements
16%
12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7 statements
7%
6%
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Policy areas Bennett talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
Row
Bennett
Peers
Education
33%
15%
Government Operations and Politics
30%
18%
Crime and Law Enforcement
22%
11%
Economics and Public Finance
16%
12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
7%
6%
+ − How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Bennett’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 43%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.
Statements
Bills
State House Republicans
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Bennett's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
Area
Talks about
State House Republicans, talks about
Legislates on
State House Republicans, legislates on
Education
33%
15%
39%
9%
Government Operations and Politics
30%
18%
6%
12%
Crime and Law Enforcement
22%
11%
6%
11%
Economics and Public Finance
16%
12%
2%
2%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
7%
6%
2%
4%
0.48
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 348th of 504.
+ − What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Bennett legislates on exactly the areas Bennett 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 Bennett sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Bennett sits at +0.16 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 80% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.14 to +0.19, which understates the uncertainty; from 51 donors and 768 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”.
+0.16
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.14 to +0.19. From 51 donors and 768 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Bennett, 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 Bennett’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 Bennett sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
State House Republicans2,917 · median +0.4
Minnesota House133 · median −0.4
All State House5,324 · median +0.1
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Bennett's CSIP score of +0.16 placed against State House Republicans, Minnesota House, All State House.
Group
Officials
Median
Share left of Bennett
State House Republicans
2917
+0.4
20%
Minnesota House
133
−0.4
64%
All State House
5324
+0.1
56%
+ − 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 Bennett 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 Bennett.
Bennett reported $2,500 in the 2026 cycle, 7.4% of the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 0% of itemized individual money came from Minnesota.
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.
$2,500
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 1 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)10 squares$250
PACs and other committees90 squares$2,250
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Sources of Bennett's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
Source
Amount
Share
Individuals (itemized)
$250
10.0%
PACs and other committees
$2,250
90.0%
+ − 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.
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Bennett's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
Item
Value
2020 cycle
$17.3K
2022 cycle
$22.4K
2024 cycle
$15.6K
2026 cycle
$2,500
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 0% came from Minnesota.
No itemized donors with an address.
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
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Bennett's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
State
Value
Alaska
No data
Maine
No data
Vermont
No data
New Hampshire
No data
Washington
No data
Idaho
No data
Montana
No data
North Dakota
No data
Minnesota
No data
Illinois
No data
Wisconsin
No data
Michigan
No data
New York
No data
Rhode Island
No data
Massachusetts
No data
Oregon
No data
Nevada
No data
Wyoming
No data
South Dakota
No data
Iowa
No data
Indiana
No data
Ohio
No data
Pennsylvania
No data
New Jersey
No data
Connecticut
No data
California
No data
Utah
No data
Colorado
No data
Nebraska
No data
Missouri
No data
Kentucky
No data
West Virginia
No data
Virginia
No data
Maryland
No data
Delaware
No data
Arizona
No data
New Mexico
No data
Kansas
No data
Arkansas
No data
Tennessee
No data
North Carolina
No data
South Carolina
No data
District of Columbia
No data
Oklahoma
No data
Louisiana
No data
Mississippi
No data
Alabama
No data
Georgia
No data
Hawaii
No data
Texas
No data
Florida
No data
1
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
0%
from Minnesota
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 Minnesota. 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.
OAK PAC$1,000
MN BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PAC$250
MN PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS PAC$250
MN STATE BLDG & CONSTRUCTION TRADES CNCL POL FUND$250
MN STATE PATROL TROOPERS ASSOC$250
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
No employers reported.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Bennett voted with the majority of Minnesota House Republicans on 93.1% of party-line votes and missed none of 298 roll calls. Minnesota House on average: 97.5% party unity, 100% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bennett voted against the majority of Minnesota House Republicans 19 times.
298 roll calls Bennett could vote on in the MN 2025–26 session, compared with Minnesota 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 Bennett voted with the majority of Minnesota House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
19
votes against the majority of Minnesota House Republicans
Party unity 93.1%, Minnesota House average 97.5%, ranks 118th of 133. 298 roll calls in the MN 2025–26 session.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Bennett, the thin grey bar the Minnesota House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
Bennett
Minnesota House, average of 133
80%90%100%
Bennett
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
100%
67th of 133
Party unity
93.1%
97.5%
118th of 133
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Bennett's attendance and party unity against Minnesota House.
Row
Bennett
Peers
Attendance
100%
100%
Party unity
93.1%
97.5%
+ − 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 MN 2025–26 session
Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties provided, conforming changes made, and money appropriated.
Passage, as amended
Yea
With majority
pass
D 67–0 · R 51–16Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 51 yea, 16 nay
Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force investigations expanded, access to certain information limited.
Long motion Suspension of Rules
Nay
With majority
pass
D 67–0 · R 0–63Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 63 nay
Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation
Passage
Yea
With majority
pass
D 67–0 · R 67–0Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 67 yea, 0 nay
became 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 Bennett most often
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.
Bennett sponsored 24 bills in the MN 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 90 others. 4.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House average 4.4%; 53rd of 131).
The bills Bennett sponsored and cosponsored in the MN 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 MN 2025–26 session
Sponsored
Cosponsored
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Bills Bennett sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
Role
Introduced
In committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both chambers
Became law
Sponsored
24
24
1
1
1
Cosponsored
90
90
15
3
2
+ − How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Bennett sponsored, ochre blocks bills Bennett cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
4.2%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Minnesota House average 4.4%. Ranks 53rd of 131.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Bennett, by number of shared bills in the MN 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
Republican
Patty Mueller30
Ben Bakeberg28
Krista Knudsen27
Ron Kresha16
Bryan Lawrence16
+ − 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 Bennett’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
Coercing a pregnant minor female into seeking or obtaining an abortion prohibited, suspected cases of human trafficking of minors screened and reported, certain information required to be displayed, action for wrongful death resulting from abortion added, and rulemaking required.
Cosponsor
Apr 22, 2026
In committee
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)
School safety plans enhanced, student discipline provisions modified, anonymous reporting systems enabled, safe schools revenue increased, school building and cybersecurity grant program modified, reports required, and money appropriated.
A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Bennett’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.
The lab crawls Bennett’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 Bennett posts with a vision model.
“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.
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 Bennett 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 …”).
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.
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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