Credit claiming
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98%
of State House Republicans score to the left of Gross on the CSIP scale
CSIP score +0.90 (approximate range +0.86 to +0.93, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 296 donors and 538 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 Gross sits among State House Republicans, not how far from the centre.
At a glance
6 measures against State House Republicans. 100% of Gross’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Ohio, in the top quarter of State House Republicans. 3.2% of Gross’s statements use an extreme label, 2.2 times the State House Republican average of 1.4%.
The measures on which Gross 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
+0.90
More conservative than 98% of State House Republicans · ± 0.04
From Ohio, 2026
100%
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 392nd of 2,335 State House Republicans
Extreme labels
3.2%
State House Republicans average 1.4% · ranks 123rd of 791
Party unity
93.7%
Ohio House average 93.3% · ranks 74th of 98 · 15 votes against the majority of Ohio House Republicans
Out of committee
46%
Ohio House average 58% · ranks 74th of 98
Talk-to-bills agreement
0.60
State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 129th of 504
Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Gross, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Gross is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Gross says
Gross stresses bipartisanship about as often as the median State House Republican. Bipartisanship in 0.7% of 2,148 statements, against 1.8% for the average State House Republican; 454th of 791.
An AI model reads each of Gross’s 2,148 statements in the OH 2025–26 session (2,148 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 OH 2025–26 session
0%80%
Gross
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion642 statements
30%
32%
412th of 791
Policy criticism266 statements
12%
9%
218th of 791
Credit claiming124 statements
6%
13%
529th of 791
Personal attacks53 statements
2%
3%
273rd of 791
Bipartisanship16 statements
1%
2%
454th of 791
Show the data
| Row | Gross | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 30% | 32% |
| Policy criticism | 12% | 9% |
| Credit claiming | 6% | 13% |
| Personal attacks | 2% | 3% |
| Bipartisanship | 1% | 2% |
2,148
statements classified
2,148 posts on X.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 2,148 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Gross; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Gross does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Gross used extreme labels in 3.2% of statements, 2.2 times the peer average. 68 statements, most often aimed at magaUSA; peers 1.4%.
- “communist”5
- “radical”4
- “far left”2
- “woke”2
- “MAGA”1
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- magaUSA11
- leftists2
- RINOs2
- communist1
- Cracker Barrel1
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 OH 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 195 | 4.1% | 16.4% | 25.6% | 1.0% | 11.3% | 3.1% |
| Feb ’25 | 378 | 4.2% | 17.7% | 28.8% | 0.8% | 5.3% | 4.0% |
| Mar ’25 | 143 | 2.1% | 13.3% | 27.3% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 5.6% |
| Apr ’25 | 104 | 0.0% | 18.3% | 31.7% | 0.0% | 4.8% | 3.9% |
| May ’25 | 96 | 3.1% | 11.5% | 20.8% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Jun ’25 | 43 | 0.0% | 18.6% | 20.9% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Jul ’25 | 78 | 1.3% | 14.1% | 23.1% | 2.6% | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| Aug ’25 | 110 | 1.8% | 17.3% | 21.8% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 7.3% |
| Sep ’25 | 105 | 1.9% | 3.8% | 15.2% | 0.0% | 6.7% | 7.6% |
| Oct ’25 | 60 | 0.0% | 11.7% | 16.7% | 1.7% | 5.0% | 3.3% |
| Nov ’25 | 66 | 1.5% | 7.6% | 16.7% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 3.0% |
| Dec ’25 | 57 | 1.8% | 7.0% | 50.9% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 3.5% |
| Jan ’26 | 163 | 0.0% | 3.1% | 42.9% | 0.0% | 4.3% | 0.6% |
| Feb ’26 | 99 | 2.0% | 14.1% | 28.3% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 4.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 55 | 0.0% | 16.4% | 34.5% | 0.0% | 3.6% | 1.8% |
| Apr ’26 | 37 | 2.7% | 5.4% | 32.4% | 0.0% | 8.1% | 0.0% |
| May ’26 | 90 | 5.6% | 13.3% | 35.6% | 2.2% | 8.9% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 38 | 0.0% | 15.8% | 31.6% | 2.6% | 5.3% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’26 | 44 | 2.3% | 13.6% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 56 | 3.6% | 5.4% | 44.6% | 1.8% | 8.9% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 43 | 0.0% | 2.3% | 34.9% | 0.0% | 7.0% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’26 | 88 | 5.7% | 2.3% | 44.3% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
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 OH 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%.
In Gross’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Bipartisanship
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Aug 10, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source
Extreme label
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Mar 23, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme” aimed at magaUSA · 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)
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personal attacks · target: B Weezy23Source
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · target: brady07Source
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · Education · target: XavierSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Education · Government Operations and Politics · target: Ohio lawmakersSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · target: Kyle PhoenixSource
All 2,148 statements
Newest first, the OH 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: 2,148 posts on X.
Policy
Health is what Gross talks about most: 36% of policy statements, 3.5 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.60 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 129th 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 Gross talks about. The bills Gross sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Gross talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the OH 2025–26 session
0%40%
Gross
Peers
Health232 statements
36%
10%
Government Operations and Politics116 statements
18%
18%
Economics and Public Finance91 statements
14%
12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues52 statements
8%
6%
Education43 statements
7%
15%
Show the data
| Row | Gross | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 36% | 10% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 18% | 18% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 14% | 12% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 8% | 6% |
| Education | 7% | 15% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Gross’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 40%. 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 | 36% | 10% | 12% | 10% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 18% | 18% | 6% | 12% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 14% | 12% | 2% | 2% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 8% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| Education | 7% | 15% | 7% | 9% |
0.60
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 129th of 504.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Gross legislates on exactly the areas Gross 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 Gross sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Gross sits at +0.90 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 98% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.86 to +0.93, which understates the uncertainty; from 296 donors and 538 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”.
+0.90
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.86 to +0.93. From 296 donors and 538 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Gross, 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 Gross’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 Gross sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
State House Republicans2,917 · median +0.4
Ohio House99 · median +0.3
All State House5,324 · median +0.1
Show the data
| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| State House Republicans | 2917 | +0.4 | 98% |
| Ohio House | 99 | +0.3 | 97% |
| All State House | 5324 | +0.1 | 99% |
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 Gross 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 Gross.
Money
Gross reported $32.3K in the 2026 cycle, close to the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% of itemized individual money came from Ohio.
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.
$32.3K
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 4 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)35 squares$11.3K
- PACs and other committees65 squares$21.0K
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (itemized) | $11.3K | 35.0% |
| PACs and other committees | $21.0K | 65.0% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.
Receipts by cycle
Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.
Show the data
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $24.9K |
| 2022 cycle | $58.7K |
| 2024 cycle | $82.2K |
| 2026 cycle | $32.3K |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 100% came from Ohio.
- Ohio$11.3K
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 |
|---|---|
| Ohio | $11.3K |
| 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 |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| Michigan | No data |
| New York | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Massachusetts | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Indiana | No data |
| Pennsylvania | No data |
| New Jersey | No data |
| Connecticut | No data |
| California | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Missouri | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| West Virginia | No data |
| Virginia | No data |
| Maryland | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| North Carolina | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| District of Columbia | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Georgia | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
| Texas | No data |
| Florida | No data |
4
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
100%
from Ohio
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 Ohio. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
No occupations reported.
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- ELECT JOHNATHAN NEWMAN$10.0K
- OHIO DENTAL ASSOC.$2,500
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC.$2,000
- OHIO DENTAL ASSOC. PAC$1,500
- FRIENDS OF OHIO HOSPITALS$1,000
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
No employers reported.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Gross voted with the majority of Ohio House Republicans on 93.7% of party-line votes and missed none of 264 roll calls. Ohio House on average: 93.3% party unity, 100% attendance. Across all roll calls, Gross voted against the majority of Ohio House Republicans 15 times.
264 roll calls Gross could vote on in the OH 2025–26 session, compared with Ohio 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 Gross voted with the majority of Ohio House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
15
votes against the majority of Ohio House Republicans
Party unity 93.7%, Ohio House average 93.3%, ranks 74th of 98. 264 roll calls in the OH 2025–26 session.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Gross, the thin grey bar the Ohio House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Gross
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
100%
50th of 98
Party unity
93.7%
93.3%
74th of 98
Show the data
| Row | Gross | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 100% | 100% |
| Party unity | 93.7% | 93.3% |
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 OH 2025–26 session
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 15–16 · R 63–0Democrats 15 yea, 16 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 0 nay | became law · party crossover | |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 20–11 · R 62–1Democrats 20 yea, 11 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 1 nay | became law · party crossover | |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 1–29 · R 55–6Democrats 1 yea, 29 nay; Republicans 55 yea, 6 nay | much discussed | |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 25–8 · R 63–2Democrats 25 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 2 nay | became law · party crossover | |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 33–0 · R 62–3Democrats 33 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 3 nay | became 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 Gross most often
- Diane MullinsR154 shared votes98%
- Levi DeanR242 shared votes98%
- Beth LearR234 shared votes96%
- D.J. SwearingenR258 shared votes96%
- Michelle TeskaR227 shared votes96%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Gross least often
- Ashley Bryant BaileyD161 shared votes72%
- Juanita BrentD212 shared votes73%
- Tristan RaderD224 shared votes73%
- Desireè TimsD225 shared votes74%
- Munira AbdullahiD232 shared votes75%
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
OH 2025–26 session, loads in batches
Legislation
Gross sponsored 24 bills in the OH 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 224 others. 46% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House average 58%; 74th of 98).
The bills Gross sponsored and cosponsored in the OH 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 OH 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 24 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Cosponsored | 224 | 220 | 130 | 65 | 53 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Gross sponsored, ochre blocks bills Gross cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
46%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Ohio House average 58%. Ranks 74th of 98.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Gross, by number of shared bills in the OH 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
- Josh Williams61
- Angie King48
- Tex Fischer45
- Thomas Hall45
- Gary Click42
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 Gross’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| HB 1025 | Designate Long Rifle of Early Ohio as the official state firearm | Cosponsor | Oct 13, 2026 | Introduced | Unassigned | Introduced Oct 13, 2026 |
| HB 1010 | Enact the Ohio Freedom from Mass Surveillance Act | Cosponsor | Sep 14, 2026 | Introduced | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model) | Introduced Sep 14, 2026 |
| HB 983 | Enact the Data Center Accountability and Citizen Protection Act | Sponsor | Jul 28, 2026 | Introduced | Environmental Protection(model) | Introduced Jul 28, 2026 |
| HB 982 | Enact the Ohio Business Investment Act | Cosponsor | Jul 28, 2026 | Introduced | Economics and Public Finance(model) | Introduced Jul 28, 2026 |
| HB 971 | Enact the Save Ohio Sports Act | Cosponsor | Jul 1, 2026 | Introduced | Commerce(model) | Introduced Jul 1, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 3 times in 90 days. Gross’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.
The lab crawls Gross’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 Gross posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 1
pages crawled
3changes in 90 days
- 3
pages crawled
1changes 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 Gross posted
No images from Gross’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
19 turns, Mar 24, 2021 to Jun 10, 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 Gross 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
- 4817cf28-df1f-4ccc-bc09-25809222e530
- Open States
- ocd-person/4817cf28-df1f-4ccc-bc09-25809222e530
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.
America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab