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Democrat · Oklahoma Senate, district 48

Serving since Nov 13, 2024OK 2025–26 session

Portrait of Nikki Nice, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
93%
of State Senate Democrats score to the left of Nice on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −0.27 (approximate range −0.30 to −0.24, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 111 donors and 297 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Nice sits among State Senate Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against the Oklahoma Senate. 100% of Nice’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Oklahoma, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats. 27% of the 60 bills Nice sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Oklahoma Senate.

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

Party unity

99.4%

Oklahoma Senate average 90.2% · ranks 1st of 47 · 105 votes against the majority of Oklahoma Senate Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.27

More conservative than 93% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.03

Attendance

98.1%

Oklahoma Senate average 93.7% · ranks 3rd of 47 · 1,658 roll calls

From Oklahoma, 2026

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 73rd of 714 State Senate Democrats

Out of committee

27%

Oklahoma Senate average 56% · ranks 42nd of 47

Itemized, 2026

$12.3K

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 586th of 746

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

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What Nice says

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Nice sits at −0.27 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 93% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.30 to −0.24, which understates the uncertainty; from 111 donors and 297 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”.

−0.27

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.30 to −0.24. From 111 donors and 297 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Nice −0.3State Senate Democrats −0.7Oklahoma Senate +0.4All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Nice, 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 Nice’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 Nice 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 −0.7Nice −0.3Oklahoma Senatemedian +0.4All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Nice's CSIP score of −0.27 placed against State Senate Democrats, Oklahoma Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Nice
State Senate Democrats825−0.793%
Oklahoma Senate47+0.42%
All State Senate1909+0.141%
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 Nice 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 Nice.

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Money

Nice reported $12.3K in the 2026 cycle, 22% of the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% of itemized individual money came from Oklahoma.

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
$12.3K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 10 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.

Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)Individuals (itemized): $3,775 (30.6%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)PACs and other committees: $8,548 (69.4%)
  • Individuals (itemized)31 squares$3,775
  • PACs and other committees69 squares$8,548
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Sources of Nice's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$3,77530.6%
PACs and other committees$8,54869.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2024 cycle: $46.5K$46.5K20242026 cycle: $12.3K$12.3K2026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Nice's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$46.5K
2026 cycle$12.3K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 100% came from Oklahoma.

  1. Oklahoma$3,775

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: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest 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: $3,775OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Nice's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Oklahoma$3,775
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
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo 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
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
10

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

from Oklahoma

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 Oklahoma. 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. OKLAHOMA COMMITTEE OF AUTOMOBILE RETAILERS$1,000
  2. OKLAHOMA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
  3. AMERICAN FIDELITY CORPORATION PAC$500
  4. AMERICAN FIDELITY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$500
  5. CHIROPRACTIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Nice voted with the majority of Oklahoma Senate Democrats on 99.4% of party-line votes and missed 1.8% of 1,658 roll calls. Oklahoma Senate on average: 90.2% party unity, 93.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Nice voted against the majority of Oklahoma Senate Democrats 105 times.

1,658 roll calls Nice could vote on in the OK 2025–26 session, compared with Oklahoma 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 Nice voted with the majority of Oklahoma Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

105

votes against the majority of Oklahoma Senate Democrats

Party unity 99.4%, Oklahoma Senate average 90.2%, ranks 1st of 47. 1,658 roll calls in the OK 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Nice
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.1%
93.7%
3rd of 47
Party unity
99.4%
90.2%
1st of 47
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Nice's attendance and party unity against Oklahoma Senate.
RowNicePeers
Attendance98.1%93.7%
Party unity99.4%90.2%
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 OK 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 14, 2026
SB 1360
Mathematics instruction; Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act; teacher training; creating the Office of Mathematics Improvement; Director; screening instrument; funding. Effective date. Emergency.
Fourth Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 9–0 · R 35–0Democrats 9 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 35 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 14, 2026
SJR 52
Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
Fourth Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 8–0 · R 28–8Democrats 8 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 28 yea, 8 naybecame law · party crossover
May 14, 2026
HB 3004
Professions and occupations; Board of Examiners in Optometry; sunset; effective date; emergency.
Veto Override With Emergency
YeaWith majoritypassD 9–0 · R 38–0Democrats 9 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 38 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 14, 2026
HJR 1092
Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; approving certain proposed permanent rule changes; directing distribution.
Third Reading
NayAgainst majoritypassD 8–1 · R 29–9Democrats 8 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 29 yea, 9 naybecame law · party crossover
May 14, 2026
SB 2071
Agriculture; Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; clarifying jurisdictional authority of dairy inspection and grading programs. Effective date.
House Amendments
NayWith majorityfailD 1–7 · R 16–20Democrats 1 yea, 7 nay; Republicans 16 yea, 20 nayparty 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 Nice most often

  1. Regina GoodwinD1,551 shared votes95%
  2. Julia KirtD1,562 shared votes93%
  3. Carri HicksD1,543 shared votes93%
  4. Michael BrooksD1,452 shared votes91%
  5. Mark MannD1,455 shared votes91%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Nice least often

  1. Shane JettR1,552 shared votes57%
  2. Dusty DeeversR1,580 shared votes58%
  3. Kendal SacchieriR1,580 shared votes62%
  4. Julie McIntoshR1,598 shared votes63%
  5. Lisa StandridgeR1,528 shared votes63%
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

OK 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Nice sponsored 60 bills in the OK 2025–26 session; 2 became law. Cosponsored 0 others. 27% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate average 56%; 42nd of 47).

The bills Nice sponsored and cosponsored in the OK 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 OK 2025–26 session

Sponsored60 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6060Sponsored, In committee: 6060Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1212Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 44Sponsored, Became law: 22Cosponsored0 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 00Cosponsored, In committee: 00Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Nice sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored60601242
Cosponsored00000
How to read the blocks

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

27%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Oklahoma Senate average 56%. Ranks 42nd of 47.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Ellyn Hefner4
  2. Nick Archer2
  3. Arturo Alonso2
  4. Cindy Roe1
  5. Erick Harris1
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 Nice’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
SCR 22Concurrent resolution; recognizing the impact of light pollution on bird mortality; encouraging Oklahomans to turn off exterior lights during the high migration intensity months.SponsorApr 22, 2026Passed one chamberEnvironmental Protection(model)Introduced Apr 23, 2026
HCR 1026Resolution; light pollution; bird mortality; encouraging Oklahomans to turn off lights during peak migration.SponsorApr 20, 2026Passed one chamberEnvironmental Protection(model)First Reading Apr 28, 2026
SR 29Resolution; recognizing and celebrating February as Black History Month.SponsorFeb 17, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedEnrolled, filed with Secretary of State Feb 23, 2026
SB 1355Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements. Effective date.SponsorFeb 2, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National Security(model)Placed on General Order Feb 23, 2026
SB 1723Child custody; creating the Oklahoma Time Taken, Time Back Act. Effective date.SponsorFeb 2, 2026In committeeFamilies(model)Second Reading referred to Judiciary Feb 3, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Nice’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 Nice 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 Nice posted

No images from Nice’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

59 turns, Mar 12, 2025 to May 5, 2026

Floor speeches

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

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

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

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Nice is most unusual among Oklahoma Senate, 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
365647a0-0840-4a40-aac8-697ab21dbcd5
Open States
ocd-person/365647a0-0840-4a40-aac8-697ab21dbcd5

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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