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Democrat · Maine Senate, district 26

Serving since Dec 7, 2022ME 2025–26 session

Portrait of Tim Nangle, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$2,875
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats

The median for State Senate Democrats is $55.5K. Ranks 704th of 746, where 1st raised the most. 39 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State Senate Democrats. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against State Senate Democrats. 59% of Nangle’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Maine, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats. Nangle voted against the majority of Maine Senate Democrats 67 times; party unity 91.3%, in the bottom quarter of the Maine Senate (average 93.5%).

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

Itemized, 2026

$2,875

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 704th of 746

From Maine, 2026

59%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 648th of 714 State Senate Democrats

Party unity

91.3%

Maine Senate average 93.5% · ranks 31st of 35 · 67 votes against the majority of Maine Senate Democrats

Out of committee

57%

Maine Senate average 69% · ranks 27th of 33

CSIP ideology

−0.53

More conservative than 69% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.05

Attendance

93.7%

Maine Senate average 95.2% · ranks 24th of 35 · 771 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Nangle says

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Nangle sits at −0.53 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 69% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.58 to −0.48, which understates the uncertainty; from 63 donors and 580 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”.

−0.53

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.58 to −0.48. From 63 donors and 580 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Nangle −0.5State Senate Democrats −0.7Maine Senate −0.5All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Nangle, 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 Nangle’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 Nangle sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Democratsmedian −0.7Nangle −0.5Maine Senatemedian −0.5All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Nangle's CSIP score of −0.53 placed against State Senate Democrats, Maine Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Nangle
State Senate Democrats825−0.768%
Maine Senate35−0.543%
All State Senate1909+0.130%
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 Nangle 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 Nangle.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Nangle reported $2,875 in the 2026 cycle, 5.2% of the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 59% of itemized individual money came from Maine.

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
$2,875

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 39 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K.

Where the money came from

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

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  • Individuals (itemized)100 squares$2,875
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Sources of Nangle's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$2,875100.0%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $1,750$1,75020222024 cycle: $1,837$1,83720242026 cycle: $2,875$2,8752026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Nangle's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$1,750
2024 cycle$1,837
2026 cycle$2,875

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 59% came from Maine.

  1. Maine$1,700
  2. Massachusetts$300
  3. New Hampshire$200
  4. Virginia$200
  5. California$200

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: $1,700MEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $200NHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $100NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $300MAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $75OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $200CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $200VAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $100NCSouth 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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Nangle's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Maine$1,700
Massachusetts$300
New Hampshire$200
California$200
Virginia$200
New York$100
North Carolina$100
Ohio$75
AlaskaNo data
VermontNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
39

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

59%

from Maine

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$955 14 donors
  2. ATTORNEY LEGAL$400 3 donors
  3. GOVERNMENT CIVIL$250 3 donors
  4. HOMEMAKER$250 3 donors
  5. MEDIA PUBLIC RELATIONS$250 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

No committee contributions this cycle.

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Nangle voted with the majority of Maine Senate Democrats on 91.3% of party-line votes and missed 6.2% of 771 roll calls. Maine Senate on average: 93.5% party unity, 95.2% attendance. Across all roll calls, Nangle voted against the majority of Maine Senate Democrats 67 times.

771 roll calls Nangle could vote on in the ME 2025–26 session, compared with Maine Senate. 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 Nangle voted with the majority of Maine Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

67

votes against the majority of Maine Senate Democrats

Party unity 91.3%, Maine Senate average 93.5%, ranks 31st of 35. 771 roll calls in the ME 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Nangle, the thin grey bar the Maine Senate average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Nangle
Peers
Rank
Attendance
93.7%
95.2%
24th of 35
Party unity
91.3%
93.5%
31st of 35
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Nangle's attendance and party unity against Maine Senate.
RowNanglePeers
Attendance93.7%95.2%
Party unity91.3%93.5%
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 ME 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Apr 29, 2026
LD 127
An Act To Strengthen Legislative Oversight Of Government Agencies And Programs By Reaffirming The Legislature'S Access To Confidential Records
RECEDE AND CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–9 · R 11–0 · I 1–0Democrats 10 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 11 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Apr 14, 2026
LD 299
An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture
ADOPT SENATE AMENDMENT (S-717) to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
NayWith majorityfailD 3–17 · R 14–0Democrats 3 yea, 17 nay; Republicans 14 yea, 0 nayclose vote · party crossover
Apr 14, 2026
LD 493
An Act To Expand Testing For Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances To Private Drinking Water Wells
ENACTMENT
YeaWith majoritypassD 20–0 · R 0–13 · I 1–0Democrats 20 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 13 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Apr 14, 2026
LD 299
An Act To Support Investment In Agriculture
PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED
YeaWith majoritypassD 20–0 · R 8–6 · I 1–0Democrats 20 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 8 yea, 6 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Apr 14, 2026
LD 2054
An Act To Clarify The Laws Regarding Moose Hunting Permits For Hunting Outfitters
RECEDE AND CONCUR
NayAgainst majoritypassD 12–8 · R 11–2 · I 1–0Democrats 12 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 11 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
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 Nangle most often

  1. Henry IngwersenD720 shared votes90%
  2. Joe RaffertyD688 shared votes90%
  3. Peggy RotundoD667 shared votes90%
  4. Teresa PierceD721 shared votes89%
  5. Mattie DaughtryD723 shared votes89%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Nangle least often

  1. Joe MartinR713 shared votes18%
  2. Trey StewartR675 shared votes18%
  3. David HagganR719 shared votes19%
  4. Jeff TimberlakeR654 shared votes19%
  5. Dick BradstreetR704 shared votes20%
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

ME 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Nangle sponsored 23 bills in the ME 2025–26 session; 12 became law. Cosponsored 46 others. 57% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maine Senate average 69%; 27th of 33).

The bills Nangle sponsored and cosponsored in the ME 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 ME 2025–26 session

Sponsored23 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2323Sponsored, In committee: 2222Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1313Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1313Sponsored, Became law: 1212Cosponsored46 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 4646Cosponsored, In committee: 4646Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 3535Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 2828Cosponsored, Became law: 2323IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Nangle sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2322131312
Cosponsored4646352823
How to read the blocks

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

57%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Maine Senate average 69%. Ranks 27th of 33.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Mike Tipping16
  2. Cameron Reny14
  3. Mattie Daughtry12
  4. Chip Curry12
  5. Joe Baldacci10
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 Nangle’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
LD 1954An Act To Lower Household Costs By Expanding The Sales Tax Exemption For Certain Grocery Staples Sold In Grocery StoresCosponsorApr 2, 2026Passed one chamberTaxation(model)Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES. (DEAD) Apr 29, 2026
LD 2005An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery Of Prescription DrugsCosponsorMar 31, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Signed by Governor Apr 13, 2026
LD 2137An Act To Modify Provisions Of Law Governing Parking Enforcement On Property Accessible To The PublicSponsorMar 30, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Signed by Governor Apr 16, 2026
LD 1216An Act To Improve Behavioral Health Crisis Services And Suicide Prevention ServicesSponsorMar 24, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Signed by Governor Apr 3, 2026
LD 1908An Act To Require The Cooperation Of Original Manufacturers Of Electronic Devices To Facilitate The Repair Of Those Devices By Device Owners And Independent Repair ProvidersCosponsorMar 24, 2026Passed one chamberCommerce(model)Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) Apr 8, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Nangle’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 Nangle 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 Nangle posted

No images from Nangle’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

66 turns, Mar 9, 2023 to May 14, 2025

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 Nangle is most unusual among State Senate Democrats, 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
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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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