Policy discussion
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92%
of State House Republicans score to the left of Sempolinski on the CSIP scale
CSIP score +0.71 (approximate range +0.67 to +0.75, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 318 donors and 429 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 Sempolinski sits among State House Republicans, not how far from the centre.
At a glance
6 measures against State House Republicans. 89% of Sempolinski’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the bottom half of State House Republicans. Sempolinski voted against the majority of New York House Republicans 84 times; party unity 92.6%, in the bottom half of the New York House (average 92.9%).
The measures on which Sempolinski sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
CSIP ideology
+0.71
More conservative than 92% of State House Republicans · ± 0.04
Attendance
100%
New York House average 93.9% · ranks 10th of 149 · 2,019 roll calls
From New York, 2026
89%
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1688th of 2,335 State House Republicans
Party unity
92.6%
New York House average 92.9% · ranks 91st of 149 · 84 votes against the majority of New York House Republicans
Itemized, 2026
$50.1K
State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 983rd of 2,521
Out of committee
20%
New York House average 20% · ranks 63rd of 148
Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Sempolinski, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Sempolinski is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Sempolinski says
Sempolinski claims credit less than 72% of State House Republicans. Credit claiming in 4.5% of 157 statements, against 13% for the average State House Republican; 574th of 791.
An AI model reads each of Sempolinski’s 157 statements in the NY 2025–26 session (157 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the NY 2025–26 session
0%80%
Sempolinski
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion36 statements
23%
32%
513th of 791
Policy criticism17 statements
11%
9%
254th of 791
Credit claiming7 statements
4%
13%
574th of 791
Personal attacks4 statements
3%
3%
269th of 791
Bipartisanship3 statements
2%
2%
268th of 791
Show the data
| Row | Sempolinski | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 23% | 32% |
| Policy criticism | 11% | 9% |
| Credit claiming | 4% | 13% |
| Personal attacks | 3% | 3% |
| Bipartisanship | 2% | 2% |
157
statements classified
157 posts on X.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 157 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Sempolinski; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Sempolinski does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Sempolinski used extreme labels in 1.3% of statements, close to the peer average. 2 statements, most often aimed at far left; peers 1.4%.
- “radical”2
- “far left”1
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- far left1
- Kathy Hochul1
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 NY 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 22 | 0.0% | 22.7% | 36.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 17 | 5.9% | 17.6% | 52.9% | 0.0% | 11.8% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’25 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Apr ’25 | 9 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| May ’25 | 10 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’25 | 10 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’25 | 5 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Aug ’25 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Sep ’25 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’25 | 4 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Nov ’25 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% |
| Dec ’25 | 9 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jan ’26 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Feb ’26 | 6 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Mar ’26 | 4 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Apr ’26 | 6 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| May ’26 | 6 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jun ’26 | 4 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jul ’26 | 2 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Aug ’26 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Sep ’26 | 5 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Oct ’26 | 7 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
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 NY 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%. 16 months are hatched here; 1 of them have no statements.
In Sempolinski’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Credit claiming
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Sep 25, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Government Operations and Politics · Source
Extreme label
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Nov 10, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “far left, radical” aimed at far left · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · target: Elissa SlotkinSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: HochulSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: Kathy HochulSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · target: Margaret BrennanSource
All 157 statements
Newest first, the NY 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: 157 posts on X.
Policy
Health is what Sempolinski talks about most: 28% of policy statements, 2.7 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.54 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 257th of 504).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Sempolinski talks about. The bills Sempolinski sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Sempolinski talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the NY 2025–26 session
0%35%
Sempolinski
Peers
Health10 statements
28%
10%
Government Operations and Politics9 statements
25%
18%
Economics and Public Finance5 statements
14%
12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues4 statements
11%
6%
Crime and Law Enforcement4 statements
11%
11%
Show the data
| Row | Sempolinski | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 28% | 10% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 25% | 18% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 14% | 12% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 11% | 6% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 11% | 11% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Sempolinski’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | State House Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | State House Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 28% | 10% | 12% | 10% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 25% | 18% | 9% | 12% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 14% | 12% | 3% | 2% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 11% | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 11% | 11% | 18% | 11% |
0.54
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 257th of 504.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Sempolinski legislates on exactly the areas Sempolinski 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 Sempolinski sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Sempolinski sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 92% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.67 to +0.75, which understates the uncertainty; from 318 donors and 429 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”.
+0.71
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.67 to +0.75. From 318 donors and 429 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Sempolinski, 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 Sempolinski’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 Sempolinski sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
State House Republicans2,917 · median +0.4
New York House150 · median −0.5
All State House5,324 · median +0.1
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Sempolinski |
|---|---|---|---|
| State House Republicans | 2917 | +0.4 | 92% |
| New York House | 150 | −0.5 | 97% |
| All State House | 5324 | +0.1 | 96% |
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 Sempolinski 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 Sempolinski.
Money
Sempolinski reported $50.1K in the 2026 cycle, above the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 89% of itemized individual money came from New York.
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.
$50.1K
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 128 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.
- Individuals (itemized)91 squares$45.5K
- PACs and other committees6 squares$2,850
- Party committees3 squares$1,750
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (itemized) | $45.5K | 90.8% |
| PACs and other committees | $2,850 | 5.7% |
| Party committees | $1,750 | 3.5% |
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 House Republicans’ median for 2026.
Show the data
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 cycle | $67.0K |
| 2026 cycle | $50.1K |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 89% came from New York.
- New York$40.6K
- Florida$2,600
- Pennsylvania$750
- Maryland$600
- Tennessee$500
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
Show the data
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| New York | $40.6K |
| Florida | $2,600 |
| Pennsylvania | $750 |
| Maryland | $600 |
| Tennessee | $500 |
| Massachusetts | $150 |
| Wisconsin | $100 |
| Virginia | $100 |
| District of Columbia | $100 |
| California | $50 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| Vermont | No data |
| New Hampshire | No data |
| Washington | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Minnesota | No data |
| Illinois | No data |
| Michigan | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Indiana | No data |
| Ohio | No data |
| New Jersey | No data |
| Connecticut | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Missouri | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| West Virginia | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| North Carolina | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Georgia | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
| Texas | No data |
128
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
89%
from New York
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 New York. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- RETIRED$17.6K 33 donors
- OWNER$4,000 6 donors
- CEO$2,900 6 donors
- ATTORNEY$1,600 3 donors
- VICE PRESIDENT$800 3 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- ALLEGANY COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE$1,000
- COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH$1,000
- ALLEGANY COUNTY WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB$750
- FAIR PAC$500
- RPAC OF NYS$500
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
No employers reported.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Sempolinski voted with the majority of New York House Republicans on 92.6% of party-line votes and missed none of 2,019 roll calls. New York House on average: 92.9% party unity, 93.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Sempolinski voted against the majority of New York House Republicans 84 times.
2,019 roll calls Sempolinski could vote on in the NY 2025–26 session, compared with New York House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Sempolinski voted with the majority of New York House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
84
votes against the majority of New York House Republicans
Party unity 92.6%, New York House average 92.9%, ranks 91st of 149. 2,019 roll calls in the NY 2025–26 session.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Sempolinski, the thin grey bar the New York House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Sempolinski
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
93.9%
10th of 149
Party unity
92.6%
92.9%
91st of 149
Show the data
| Row | Sempolinski | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 100% | 93.9% |
| Party unity | 92.6% | 92.9% |
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 NY 2025–26 session
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 86–0 · R 43–0Democrats 86 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 nay | became law | |
| Jun 5, 2026 | S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises Assembly Vote | Yea | With majority | pass | D 85–2 · R 43–0Democrats 85 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 nay | became law |
| Jun 5, 2026 | S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer Assembly Vote | Yea | With majority | pass | D 86–0 · R 43–0Democrats 86 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 nay | became law |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 64–23 · R 30–13Democrats 64 yea, 23 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 13 nay | became law · party crossover | |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 66–21 · R 30–13Democrats 66 yea, 21 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 13 nay | became law · party crossover |
How key votes are chosen
Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.
Votes most often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Sempolinski most often
- Andrew MolitorR2,019 shared votes98%
- Andrea BaileyR2,019 shared votes96%
- Brian ManktelowR2,012 shared votes96%
- Steve HawleyR2,010 shared votes96%
- Ken BlankenbushR1,920 shared votes95%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Sempolinski least often
- Phil RamosD1,720 shared votes75%
- John ZaccaroD1,787 shared votes76%
- Crystal Peoples-StokesD1,785 shared votes76%
- Pat BurkeD1,873 shared votes76%
- Jen LunsfordD2,018 shared votes76%
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
NY 2025–26 session, loads in batches
Legislation
Sempolinski sponsored 61 bills in the NY 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 143 others. 20% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House average 20%; 63rd of 148).
The bills Sempolinski sponsored and cosponsored in the NY 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 NY 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 61 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 143 | 143 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Sempolinski sponsored, ochre blocks bills Sempolinski cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
20%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
New York House average 20%. Ranks 63rd of 148.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Sempolinski, by number of shared bills in the NY 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
- Joe DeStefano51
- Joe Angelino38
- Brian Manktelow35
- Steve Hawley35
- Keith Brown34
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 Sempolinski’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| A 11556 | Relates to energy efficiency and weatherization | Cosponsor | Jun 1, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Energy(model) | REFERRED TO RULES Jun 4, 2026 |
| A 11497 | Establishes a central business district toll exemption during any period of strike by an employee organization, work stoppage or declared state of emergency | Cosponsor | May 28, 2026 | In committee | Transportation and Public Works(model) | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION May 28, 2026 |
| K 1421 | Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of St. Ann s Church in the City of Hornell, New York | Cosponsor | May 20, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | ADOPTED May 20, 2026 |
| K 1291 | Honoring Brenda Rigby Riehle upon the occasion of her retirement after 34 years of distinguished service to Allegany County | Sponsor | May 6, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | ADOPTED May 6, 2026 |
| K 1260 | Congratulating Phyllis H. Rigby upon the occasion of celebrating her 100th Birthday | Sponsor | May 4, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | ADOPTED May 4, 2026 |
Online
A site that has not changed in 90 days. Sempolinski’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.
The lab crawls Sempolinski’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 Sempolinski posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 1
pages crawled
0changes in 90 days
- 5
pages crawled
0changes in 90 days
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.
Social accounts
Images Sempolinski posted
No images from Sempolinski’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
470 turns, Feb 11, 2025 to Jun 5, 2026
Floor speeches
Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.
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 Sempolinski is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- 45837ecf-38a2-41cb-9de1-eae175a32dfe
- Open States
- ocd-person/45837ecf-38a2-41cb-9de1-eae175a32dfe
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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