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Republican · California Senate, district 36

Serving since Jan 1, 2009CA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Tony Strickland, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$2.4M
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans

The median for State Senate Republicans is $46.2K. Ranks 7th of 936, where 1st raised the most. 611 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State Senate Republicans. 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 Republicans. 55% of the 20 bills Strickland sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the California Senate. Strickland voted against the majority of California Senate Republicans 34 times; party unity 98.1%, in the bottom quarter of the California Senate (average 98.7%).

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

Itemized, 2026

$2.4M

State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K · ranks 7th of 936

Out of committee

55%

California Senate average 88% · ranks 38th of 39

Party unity

98.1%

California Senate average 98.7% · ranks 31st of 39 · 34 votes against the majority of California Senate Republicans

From California, 2026

90%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 569th of 860 State Senate Republicans

Attendance

94.3%

California Senate average 93.8% · ranks 23rd of 39 · 3,631 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.34

More liberal than 52% of State Senate Republicans · ± 0.04

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Strickland says

Strickland attacks opponents personally less than 76% of State Senate Republicans. Personal attacks in 0% of 67 statements, against 2.3% for the average State Senate Republican; 272nd of 354.

An AI model reads each of Strickland’s 67 statements in the CA 2025–26 session (67 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 Senate Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the CA 2025–26 session

0%80%
Strickland
Peers
Rank
Credit claiming20 statements
30%
15%
49th of 354
Policy discussion18 statements
27%
37%
245th of 354
Policy criticism5 statements
7%
9%
165th of 354
Bipartisanship2 statements
3%
2%
97th of 354
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
2%
272nd of 354
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Strickland's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Republicans average.
RowStricklandPeers
Credit claiming30%15%
Policy discussion27%37%
Policy criticism7%9%
Bipartisanship3%2%
Personal attacks0%2%
67

statements classified

67 posts on X.

posts on X: 67 (100.0%)posts on X 67
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Strickland's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X67
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Strickland; the thin grey bar is the average State Senate Republicans. A longer thick bar means Strickland does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Strickland used extreme labels in 3.0% of statements, 2.4 times the peer average. 2 statements; peers 1.3%.

  1. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

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 CA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 142025-02: 522025-03: 12025-04: 02025-05: 02025-06: 02025-07: 02025-08: 02025-09: 02025-10: 02025-11: 02025-12: 02026-01: 02026-02: 02026-03: 02026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 02026-08: 02026-09: 02026-10: 0peak 52 · Feb ’25Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 14Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 52Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 7.1% · Jan ’25 · latest 5.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 7.1% of 14Policy criticism, 2025-02: 5.8% of 52Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 28.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 25.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 28.6% of 14Policy discussion, 2025-02: 25.0% of 52Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 3.9% · Feb ’25 · latest 3.9%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 14Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 3.9% of 52Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 34.6% · Feb ’25 · latest 34.6%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 7.1% of 14Credit claiming, 2025-02: 34.6% of 52Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 1.9% · Feb ’25 · latest 1.9%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.9% of 52Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 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Monthly rates for Strickland, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25140.0%7.1%28.6%0.0%7.1%0.0%
Feb ’25520.0%5.8%25.0%3.9%34.6%1.9%
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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 CA 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%. 20 months are hatched here; 19 of them have no statements.

In Strickland’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Policy discussion

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 25, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Feb 24, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · credit claiming · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Mar 3, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Taxation; Crime and Law Enforcement; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “radical” · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 67 statements

Newest first, the CA 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 67 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Taxation is what Strickland talks about most: 44% of policy statements, 6.3 times the peer share. Peers give it 7.1%. Agreement with legislation needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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 Strickland talks about. The bills Strickland sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Strickland talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the CA 2025–26 session

0%49%
Strickland
Peers
Taxation8 statements
44%
7%
Crime and Law Enforcement6 statements
33%
12%
Government Operations and Politics4 statements
22%
17%
Economics and Public Finance3 statements
17%
12%
Immigration2 statements
11%
4%
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Policy areas Strickland talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Republicans average.
RowStricklandPeers
Taxation44%7%
Crime and Law Enforcement33%12%
Government Operations and Politics22%17%
Economics and Public Finance17%12%
Immigration11%4%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Strickland’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State Senate 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 49%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onTaxationTaxation, talks about: 44% (State Senate Republicans 7%)44%Taxation, legislates on: 8% (State Senate Republicans 10%)8%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 33% (State Senate Republicans 12%)33%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 14% (State Senate Republicans 10%)14%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 22% (State Senate Republicans 17%)22%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%)13%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 17% (State Senate Republicans 12%)17%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (State Senate Republicans 3%)1%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 11% (State Senate Republicans 4%)11%Immigration, legislates on: 0% (State Senate Republicans 1%)0%
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Strickland's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Republicans, legislates on
Taxation44%7%8%10%
Crime and Law Enforcement33%12%14%10%
Government Operations and Politics22%17%13%12%
Economics and Public Finance17%12%1%3%
Immigration11%4%0%1%

No agreement score.Needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills in the window.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Strickland legislates on exactly the areas Strickland 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 Strickland sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Strickland sits at +0.34 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 52% of State Senate Republicans. Approximate range +0.31 to +0.38, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,576 donors and 278 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”.

+0.34

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.31 to +0.38. From 1,576 donors and 278 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Strickland +0.3State Senate Republicans +0.4California Senate −0.7All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Strickland, 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 Strickland’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 Strickland sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Republicansmedian +0.4Strickland +0.3California Senatemedian −0.7All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Strickland's CSIP score of +0.34 placed against State Senate Republicans, California Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Strickland
State Senate Republicans1083+0.448%
California Senate39−0.785%
All State Senate1909+0.170%
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 Strickland 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 Strickland.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Strickland reported $2.4M in the 2026 cycle, 51.5 times the State Senate Republicans’ median of $46.2K. State filings report no small-donation total. 90% of itemized individual money came from California.

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
$2.4M

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 611 itemized donors. State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K.

Where the money came from

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

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  • Individuals (itemized)39 squares$920.8K
  • PACs and other committees30 squares$728.9K
  • Party committees31 squares$732.8K
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Sources of Strickland's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$920.8K38.6%
PACs and other committees$728.9K30.6%
Party committees$732.8K30.8%
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 Republicans’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $328.3K$328.3K20242026 cycle: $2.4M$2.4M2026State Senate Republicans median $46.2K
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Strickland's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Republicans median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$328.3K
2026 cycle$2.4M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 90% came from California.

  1. California$831.4K
  2. Virginia$19.8K
  3. Arizona$13.4K
  4. Georgia$11.8K
  5. Tennessee$6,400

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: $1,250NHWashington: $2,900WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $2,000MINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $500PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: $2,500CTCalifornia: $831.4KCAUtah: $2,500UTColorado: $3,200CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $3,350WVVirginia: $19.8KVAMaryland: $250MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $13.4KAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $6,400TNNorth Carolina: $1,000NCSouth Carolina: $350SCDistrict of Columbia: $5,500DCOklahoma: $1,500OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $11.8KGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $4,000TXFlorida: $3,200FL
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Strickland's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$831.4K
Virginia$19.8K
Arizona$13.4K
Georgia$11.8K
Tennessee$6,400
District of Columbia$5,500
Texas$4,000
West Virginia$3,350
Colorado$3,200
Florida$3,200
Washington$2,900
Connecticut$2,500
Utah$2,500
Michigan$2,000
Oklahoma$1,500
New Hampshire$1,250
North Carolina$1,000
Pennsylvania$500
South Carolina$350
Maryland$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
New JerseyNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
611

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

90%

from California

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CEO$147.8K 57 donors
  2. RETIRED$129.5K 146 donors
  3. PRESIDENT$66.7K 37 donors
  4. INVESTOR$39.4K 9 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$37.8K 23 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY$682.3K
  2. SUTTER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY$50.4K
  3. CA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSN PAC$17.7K
  4. CA REAL ESTATE PAC (CREPAC)$17.3K
  5. CA CORRECTIONAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSN PAC$15.9K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. LAW OFFICE OF DANIEL DENG$13.4K 3 donors
  2. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO$7,000 3 donors
  3. CREDIT UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$3,400 4 donors
  4. PRIMA AIR$2,750 3 donors
  5. MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC$1,700 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Strickland voted with the majority of California Senate Republicans on 98.1% of party-line votes and missed 5.6% of 3,631 roll calls. California Senate on average: 98.7% party unity, 93.8% attendance. Across all roll calls, Strickland voted against the majority of California Senate Republicans 34 times.

3,631 roll calls Strickland could vote on in the CA 2025–26 session, compared with California 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 Strickland voted with the majority of California Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

34

votes against the majority of California Senate Republicans

Party unity 98.1%, California Senate average 98.7%, ranks 31st of 39. 3,631 roll calls in the CA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Strickland
Peers
Rank
Attendance
94.3%
93.8%
23rd of 39
Party unity
98.1%
98.7%
31st of 39
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Strickland's attendance and party unity against California Senate.
RowStricklandPeers
Attendance94.3%93.8%
Party unity98.1%98.7%
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 CA 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 1, 2026
AB 113
Budget Act of 2026.
3rd Reading AB113 Gabriel By Laird
Did not vote—passD 29–0 · R 0–4Democrats 29 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 4 naybecame law
Aug 31, 2026
AB 2564
Surveillance pricing.
3rd Reading AB2564 Ward et al. By Wiener
NayWith majoritypassD 22–5 · R 0–9Democrats 22 yea, 5 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 9 nayparty crossover
Aug 31, 2026
AB 1349
Consumer protection: ticket sellers.
3rd Reading AB1349 Bryan et al. By Cabaldon
Did not vote—passD 25–1 · R 4–4Democrats 25 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 4 yea, 4 naybecame law
Aug 31, 2026
AB 187
Employment.
3rd Reading AB187 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird
YeaWith majoritypassD 30–0 · R 10–0Democrats 30 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 10 yea, 0 naybecame law
Aug 31, 2026
AB 2694
Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program.
3rd Reading AB2694 Alvarez et al. By Cabaldon
NayAgainst majoritypassD 27–0 · R 6–1Democrats 27 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 6 yea, 1 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 Strickland most often

  1. Steve ChoiR3,148 shared votes99%
  2. Suzette ValladaresR3,068 shared votes99%
  3. Brian JonesR3,153 shared votes99%
  4. Kelly SeyartoR3,228 shared votes99%
  5. Shannon GroveR3,162 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Strickland least often

  1. Steve PadillaD3,173 shared votes74%
  2. Sasha PérezD3,317 shared votes74%
  3. Susan RubioD3,188 shared votes74%
  4. Aisha WahabD3,329 shared votes74%
  5. Monique LimónD3,221 shared votes74%
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

CA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Strickland sponsored 20 bills in the CA 2025–26 session; 2 became law. Cosponsored 74 others. 55% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California Senate average 88%; 38th of 39).

The bills Strickland sponsored and cosponsored in the CA 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 CA 2025–26 session

Sponsored20 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2020Sponsored, In committee: 2020Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Sponsored, Became law: 22Cosponsored74 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 7474Cosponsored, In committee: 7474Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 5959Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 3838Cosponsored, Became law: 3333IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Strickland sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2020522
Cosponsored7474593833
How to read the blocks

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

55%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

California Senate average 88%. Ranks 38th of 39.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Steve Choi42
  2. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh35
  3. Suzette Valladares35
  4. Kelly Seyarto31
  5. Marie Alvarado-Gil30
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 Strickland’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
SR 138Relative to the Democratic Socialists of America.CosponsorAug 11, 2026In committeeUnassignedIntroduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. Aug 11, 2026
SR 140Relative to California Wildlife Day.SponsorAug 11, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Aug 28, 2026
SR 135Relative to 40th Infantry Division of the California National Guard.CosponsorAug 6, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5352.) Aug 13, 2026
SR 122Relative to Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.CosponsorJul 2, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5318.) Aug 10, 2026
SR 121Relative to the Killed in Action flag.CosponsorJun 29, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5309.) Aug 10, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 32 times in 90 days. Strickland’s official site had 46 pages when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Strickland’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 Strickland 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 Strickland posted

No images from Strickland’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

103 turns, Apr 10, 2025 to Aug 27, 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 Strickland is most unusual among State Senate 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 …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
3dae8bef-7fb2-40a0-afee-78d79212521b
Open States
ocd-person/3dae8bef-7fb2-40a0-afee-78d79212521b

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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