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Democrat · Florida Senate, district 16

Serving since Nov 8, 2022FL 2025–26 session

Portrait of Darryl Rouson, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
96%
of State Senate Democrats score to the left of Rouson on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −0.21 (approximate range −0.23 to −0.18, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 134 donors and 747 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 Rouson sits among State Senate Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State Senate Democrats. Rouson voted against the majority of Florida Senate Democrats 28 times; party unity 69%, in the bottom tenth of the Florida Senate (average 90%). 34% of the 38 bills Rouson sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom half of the Florida Senate.

The measures on which Rouson 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.

CSIP ideology

−0.21

More conservative than 96% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.02

Party unity

69%

Florida Senate average 90% · ranks 36th of 39 · 28 votes against the majority of Florida Senate Democrats

Out of committee

34%

Florida Senate average 51% · ranks 27th of 36

Attendance

99.2%

Florida Senate average 95.0% · ranks 13th of 39 · 909 roll calls

From Florida, 2022

87%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 8th of 12 State Senate Democrats

Itemized, 2022

$84.4K

State Senate Democrats’ median $64.8K · ranks 6th of 13

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Rouson says

Rouson criticizes policies less than 91% of State Senate Democrats. Policy criticism in 0% of 20 statements, against 10% for the average State Senate Democrat; 304th of 329.

An AI model reads each of Rouson’s 20 statements in the FL 2025–26 session (20 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 Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Rouson
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion6 statements
30%
43%
245th of 329
Credit claiming1 statements
5%
16%
264th of 329
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
2%
248th of 329
Policy criticism0 statements
0%
10%
304th of 329
Bipartisanship0 statements
0%
3%
294th of 329
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Rouson's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowRousonPeers
Policy discussion30%43%
Credit claiming5%16%
Personal attacks0%2%
Policy criticism0%10%
Bipartisanship0%3%
20

statements classified

20 posts on X.

posts on X: 20 (100.0%)posts on X 20
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Rouson's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X20
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Rouson used no extreme labels in 20 statements. The peer average is 0.8%.

No extreme labels in this window.

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 FL 2025–26 session

No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

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 FL 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%. 22 months are hatched here; 16 of them have no statements.

In Rouson’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.

May 4, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Emergency Management · Source

Credit claiming

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

Jan 22, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · credit claiming · 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 20 statements

Newest first, the FL 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: 20 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Agriculture and Food is what Rouson talks about most: 50% of policy statements, 10.8 times the peer share. Peers give it 4.7%. 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 Rouson talks about. The bills Rouson sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Rouson talks about

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

0%55%
Rouson
Peers
Agriculture and Food3 statements
50%
5%
Emergency Management2 statements
33%
4%
Crime and Law Enforcement1 statements
17%
8%
Transportation and Public Works1 statements
17%
5%
Armed Forces and National Security0 statements
0%
3%
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Policy areas Rouson talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowRousonPeers
Agriculture and Food50%5%
Emergency Management33%4%
Crime and Law Enforcement17%8%
Transportation and Public Works17%5%
Armed Forces and National Security0%3%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Rouson’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State Senate Democrats. 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 55%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onAgriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 50% (State Senate Democrats 5%)50%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 4% (State Senate Democrats 3%)4%Emergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 33% (State Senate Democrats 4%)33%Emergency Management, legislates on: 0% (State Senate Democrats 1%)0%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 8%)17%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 9% (State Senate Democrats 9%)9%Transportation and PublicWorksTransportation and Public Works, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 5%)17%Transportation and Public Works, legislates on: 5% (State Senate Democrats 5%)5%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 3%)0%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 1% (State Senate Democrats 1%)1%
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Rouson's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Democrats, legislates on
Agriculture and Food50%5%4%3%
Emergency Management33%4%0%1%
Crime and Law Enforcement17%8%9%9%
Transportation and Public Works17%5%5%5%
Armed Forces and National Security0%3%1%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 Rouson legislates on exactly the areas Rouson 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 Rouson sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Rouson sits at −0.21 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 96% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.23 to −0.18, which understates the uncertainty; from 134 donors and 747 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”.

−0.21

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.23 to −0.18. From 134 donors and 747 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Rouson −0.2State Senate Democrats −0.7Florida Senate +0.4All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Rouson, 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 Rouson’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 Rouson 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 −0.7Rouson −0.2Florida Senatemedian +0.4All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Rouson's CSIP score of −0.21 placed against State Senate Democrats, Florida Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Rouson
State Senate Democrats825−0.796%
Florida Senate39+0.426%
All State Senate1909+0.142%
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 Rouson 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 Rouson.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Rouson reported $84.4K in the 2022 cycle, above the State Senate Democrats’ median of $64.8K. State filings report no small-donation total. 87% of itemized individual money came from Florida.

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
$84.4K

itemized in the 2022 cycle

From 91 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $64.8K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2022 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)Individuals (itemized): $43.3K (51.3%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)PACs and other committees: $41.1K (48.7%)
  • Individuals (itemized)51 squares$43.3K
  • PACs and other committees49 squares$41.1K
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Sources of Rouson's money, 2022 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$43.3K51.3%
PACs and other committees$41.1K48.7%
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 2022. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2022.

2020 cycle: $127.3K$127.3K20202022 cycle: $84.4K$84.4K2022State Senate Democrats median $64.8K
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Rouson's receipts by cycle against the 2022 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$127.3K
2022 cycle$84.4K

Top donor states, 2022

Itemized contributions by donor state. 87% came from Florida.

  1. Florida$37.6K
  2. Alabama$2,000
  3. Georgia$1,000
  4. Virginia$1,000
  5. Mississippi$1,000

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: $1,000VAMaryland: 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: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $1,000MSAlabama: $2,000ALGeorgia: $1,000GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $37.6KFL
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Rouson's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2022 cycle
StateValue
Florida$37.6K
Alabama$2,000
Virginia$1,000
Mississippi$1,000
Georgia$1,000
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
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
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
91

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

87%

from Florida

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2022 cycle.

  1. BUILDER$4,000 4 donors
  2. RETIRED$2,775 10 donors
  3. LAWYER$2,500 4 donors
  4. LOBBYIST$2,500 3 donors
  5. REALTOR$1,000 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2022 cycle.

  1. FLORIDA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000
  2. 78 POLITICAL COMMITTEE$1,000
  3. BAY AREA CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$1,000
  4. CAR PAC$1,000
  5. CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY CARE PC$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2022 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Rouson voted with the majority of Florida Senate Democrats on 69% of party-line votes and missed 0.8% of 909 roll calls. Florida Senate on average: 90% party unity, 95.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Rouson voted against the majority of Florida Senate Democrats 28 times.

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

28

votes against the majority of Florida Senate Democrats

Party unity 69%, Florida Senate average 90%, ranks 36th of 39. 909 roll calls in the FL 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Rouson, the thin grey bar the Florida Senate average. The scale runs from 60% to 100% to show the gap.

60%100%
Rouson
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.2%
95.0%
13th of 39
Party unity
69%
90%
36th of 39
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Rouson's attendance and party unity against Florida Senate.
RowRousonPeers
Attendance99.2%95.0%
Party unity69%90%
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 FL 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jun 2, 2026
SB 4F
Property Tax Administration
Third Reading
YeaAgainst majoritypassD 3–8 · R 26–0 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 26 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 2, 2026
HJR 1F
Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes
Third Reading
YeaAgainst majoritypassD 3–9 · R 26–0 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 26 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Apr 29, 2026
HB 1D
Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State
Third Reading
NayWith majoritypassD 0–12 · R 21–4 · I 0–1Democrats 0 yea, 12 nay; Republicans 21 yea, 4 nay; Independents 0 yea, 1 naybecame law · party crossover
Apr 28, 2026
SB 4D
Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs
Third Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–1 · R 22–3 · I 1–0Democrats 10 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 22 yea, 3 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Mar 13, 2026
SB 628
Transportation Facility Designations
Returning Messages
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–3 · R 26–1Democrats 5 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 26 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 Rouson most often

  1. Mack BernardD748 shared votes98%
  2. Barbara ShariefD597 shared votes97%
  3. Kristen ArringtonD748 shared votes96%
  4. Tina PolskyD676 shared votes96%
  5. Ileana GarciaR789 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Rouson least often

  1. Carlos SmithD401 shared votes89%
  2. Don GaetzR865 shared votes90%
  3. Lori BermanD894 shared votes91%
  4. Dave SmithR341 shared votes92%
  5. Ben AlbrittonR679 shared votes92%
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

FL 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Rouson sponsored 38 bills in the FL 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 44 others. 34% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate average 51%; 27th of 36).

The bills Rouson sponsored and cosponsored in the FL 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 FL 2025–26 session

Sponsored38 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3838Sponsored, In committee: 3737Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 77Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored44 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 4444Cosponsored, In committee: 4444Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1616Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 55Cosponsored, Became law: 44IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Rouson sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3837711
Cosponsored44441654
How to read the blocks

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

34%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Florida Senate average 51%. Ranks 27th of 36.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Rosalind Osgood17
  2. Barbara Sharief17
  3. Tracie Davis13
  4. Lori Berman12
  5. Mack Bernard11
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 Rouson’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 1808Pinellas County Schools’ Journeys in Journalism ProgramSponsorFeb 24, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Mar 5, 2026
SR 1804Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas CountySponsorFeb 12, 2026IntroducedUnassignedDied, not introduced, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 8119 (Adopted) Mar 13, 2026
SB 1760Health Care CoverageCosponsorJan 13, 2026In committeeHealth(model)Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 697 (Ch. 2026-4) Mar 10, 2026
SB 1762Criminal Justice CommissionSponsorJan 13, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Died in Criminal Justice Mar 13, 2026
SB 1596Medical Malpractice Liability CoverageSponsorJan 9, 2026In committeeHealth(model)Died in Judiciary Mar 13, 2026

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Online

The lab crawls Rouson’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 Rouson posts with a vision model.

Websites

No websites are tracked for this official.

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 Rouson posted

No images from Rouson’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

222 turns, Jan 29, 2020 to May 29, 2026

Floor speeches

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

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Methods and sources

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

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Rouson 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
ocd-person/3de11937-c291-4561-bee5-4f747665cb37

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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