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Democrat · New York House, district 54

Serving since Jan 1, 2015NY 2025–26 session

Portrait of Erik Dilan, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
23%
of roll calls missed, attendance in the bottom tenth of the New York House

Attendance 77%; the average within the New York House is 93.9%. Ranks 141st of 149, where 1st has the highest attendance. 2,019 roll calls in the NY 2025–26 session.

Attendance is the share of the roll calls Dilan could vote on where a yea, nay or present was recorded, ranked within the New York House. A missed vote has many causes, from illness to campaigning; the number says how often, not why.

At a glance

6 measures against the New York House. Dilan reported $233.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). 8.7% of the 92 bills Dilan sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the New York House.

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

Attendance

77%

New York House average 93.9% · ranks 141st of 149 · 2,019 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$233.0K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 240th of 2,082

Out of committee

8.7%

New York House average 20% · ranks 123rd of 148

From New York, 2026

78%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1562nd of 1,983 State House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.80

More liberal than 74% of State House Democrats · ± 0.05

Party unity

99.6%

New York House average 92.9% · ranks 45th of 149 · 29 votes against the majority of New York House Democrats

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Dilan says

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

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Dilan sits at −0.80 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 74% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.84 to −0.75, which understates the uncertainty; from 706 donors and 1,097 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”.

−0.80

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.84 to −0.75. From 706 donors and 1,097 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Dilan −0.8State House Democrats −0.6New York House −0.5All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Dilan, 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 Dilan’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 Dilan sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Dilan −0.8New York Housemedian −0.5All State Housemedian +0.1
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Dilan's CSIP score of −0.80 placed against State House Democrats, New York House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Dilan
State House Democrats2392−0.626%
New York House150−0.527%
All State House5324+0.112%
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 Dilan 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 Dilan.

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Money

Dilan reported $233.0K in the 2026 cycle, 5.8 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 78% 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.

Election cycle
$233.0K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 307 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)Individuals (itemized): $134.5K (57.7%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)PACs and other committees: $98.5K (42.3%)
  • Individuals (itemized)58 squares$134.5K
  • PACs and other committees42 squares$98.5K
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Sources of Dilan's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$134.5K57.7%
PACs and other committees$98.5K42.3%
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 Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $136.6K$136.6K20202022 cycle: $266.9K$266.9K20222024 cycle: $130.4K$130.4K20242026 cycle: $233.0K$233.0K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Dilan's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$136.6K
2022 cycle$266.9K
2024 cycle$130.4K
2026 cycle$233.0K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 78% came from New York.

  1. New York$104.5K
  2. Florida$20.7K
  3. District of Columbia$6,000
  4. New Jersey$2,750
  5. Connecticut$400

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $104.5KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: $2,750NJConnecticut: $400CTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $175NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $6,000DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $20.7KFL
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Dilan's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New York$104.5K
Florida$20.7K
District of Columbia$6,000
New Jersey$2,750
Connecticut$400
North Carolina$175
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
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
307

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

78%

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.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$28.5K 36 donors
  2. CEO$11.6K 9 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$5,860 11 donors
  4. MANAGER$4,000 3 donors
  5. PARTNER$3,625 4 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. MANHATTAN BEER DISTRIBUTORS LLC NYS PAC$4,000
  2. METLIFE INC. POLITICAL FUND B PAC B$4,000
  3. 1199 SEIU NEW YORK STATE POLITICAL ACTIO$3,000
  4. 32BJ UNITED ADF$3,000
  5. BICHOTTE FOR NEW YORK$3,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. 245 REALTY LLC$1,500 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Dilan voted with the majority of New York House Democrats on 99.6% of party-line votes and missed 23% of 2,019 roll calls. New York House on average: 92.9% party unity, 93.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Dilan voted against the majority of New York House Democrats 29 times.

2,019 roll calls Dilan 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 Dilan voted with the majority of New York House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

29

votes against the majority of New York House Democrats

Party unity 99.6%, New York House average 92.9%, ranks 45th of 149. 2,019 roll calls in the NY 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Dilan, the thin grey bar the New York House average. The scale runs from 70% to 100% to show the gap.

70%100%
Dilan
Peers
Rank
Attendance
77%
93.9%
141st of 149
Party unity
99.6%
92.9%
45th of 149
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Dilan's attendance and party unity against New York House.
RowDilanPeers
Attendance77%93.9%
Party unity99.6%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

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jun 5, 2026
S 10586
Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 86–0 · R 43–0Democrats 86 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 5, 2026
S 10001
Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 85–2 · R 43–0Democrats 85 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 naybecame 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
Did not vote—passD 86–0 · R 43–0Democrats 86 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 5, 2026
S 9862
Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 64–23 · R 30–13Democrats 64 yea, 23 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 13 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 5, 2026
S 9027
Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 66–21 · R 30–13Democrats 66 yea, 21 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 13 naybecame 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 Dilan most often

  1. Keith PowersD458 shared votes100%
  2. Jenifer RajkumarD1,339 shared votes99%
  3. Jordan WrightD1,229 shared votes99%
  4. Stefani ZinermanD1,385 shared votes99%
  5. Rebecca SeawrightD1,282 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Dilan least often

  1. Dave DiPietroR1,550 shared votes68%
  2. Chris FriendR1,381 shared votes71%
  3. Sam PirozzoloR1,542 shared votes76%
  4. Ari BrownR1,469 shared votes76%
  5. Pat ChludzinskiR1,557 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

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Dilan sponsored 92 bills in the NY 2025–26 session; 4 became law. Cosponsored 124 others. 8.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House average 20%; 123rd of 148).

The bills Dilan 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

Sponsored92 billsSponsored, Introduced: 9292Sponsored, In committee: 9292Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 88Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 55Sponsored, Became law: 44Cosponsored124 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 124124Cosponsored, In committee: 124124Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1212Cosponsored, Became law: 44IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Dilan sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored9292854
Cosponsored12412419124
How to read the blocks

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

8.7%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

New York House average 20%. Ranks 123rd of 148.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Maritza Davila41
  2. Karines Reyes37
  3. Dana Levenberg32
  4. William Colton30
  5. MaryJane Shimsky22
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 Dilan’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
A 11645Enacts the "just energy transition act"CosponsorJul 29, 2026In committeeEnergy(model)REFERRED TO ENERGY Jul 29, 2026
A 11438Enacts the "gas tax holiday act"CosponsorMay 15, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS May 15, 2026
A 11260Directs the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to study gender disparity in sentencing outcomesSponsorMay 4, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)REFERRED TO CODES May 4, 2026
A 11059Relates to limiting the liability of low-income housing providers who receive government assistance, and establishing a temporary insurance stabilization program for such entitiesSponsorApr 24, 2026In committeeHousing and Community Development(model)REFERRED TO HOUSING Apr 24, 2026
A 11069Relates to the use of aerial images for the purposes of homeowners' insuranceSponsorApr 24, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial Sector(model)REFERRED TO INSURANCE Apr 24, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Dilan’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Dilan posted

No images from Dilan’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

621 turns, Jan 29, 2020 to May 28, 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 Dilan is most unusual among New York House, 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
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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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