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Democrat · Colorado Senate, district 3

Serving since Feb 28, 2022CO 2025–26 session

Portrait of Nick Hinrichsen, rendered as a two-tone print
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5.8×
the State Senate Democrat rate of extreme labels

4.8% of 291 statements use an extreme label (14 statements); the average for State Senate Democrats is 0.8%. Ranks 11th of 329, where 1st is the highest rate. Most often aimed at Christian political right.

An AI model reads each of Hinrichsen’s posts on X and marks whether it calls a politician, party or policy far left, far right, MAGA, extreme, radical, woke, fascist or communist. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among State Senate Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against State Senate Democrats. 12% of Hinrichsen’s statements contain a personal attack, 5.2 times the State Senate Democrat average of 2.4%. 2.4% of Hinrichsen’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats (average 16%).

The measures on which Hinrichsen 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.

Extreme labels

4.8%

State Senate Democrats average 0.8% · ranks 11th of 329

Personal attacks

12%

State Senate Democrats average 2.4% · ranks 17th of 329

Credit claiming

2.4%

State Senate Democrats average 16% · ranks 296th of 329

Policy criticism

22%

State Senate Democrats average 10% · ranks 38th of 329

From Colorado, 2024

99%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 7th of 47 State Senate Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.74

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.04

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

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What Hinrichsen says

Hinrichsen claims credit less than 89% of State Senate Democrats. Credit claiming in 2.4% of 291 statements, against 16% for the average State Senate Democrat; 296th of 329.

An AI model reads each of Hinrichsen’s 291 statements in the CO 2025–26 session (291 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 CO 2025–26 session

0%80%
Hinrichsen
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion93 statements
32%
43%
234th of 329
Policy criticism64 statements
22%
10%
38th of 329
Personal attacks36 statements
12%
2%
17th of 329
Credit claiming7 statements
2%
16%
296th of 329
Bipartisanship5 statements
2%
3%
198th of 329
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Hinrichsen's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowHinrichsenPeers
Policy discussion32%43%
Policy criticism22%10%
Personal attacks12%2%
Credit claiming2%16%
Bipartisanship2%3%
291

statements classified

291 posts on X.

posts on X: 291 (100.0%)posts on X 291
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Hinrichsen's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X291
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Hinrichsen used extreme labels in 4.8% of statements, 5.8 times the peer average. 14 statements, most often aimed at Christian political right; peers 0.8%.

  1. “fascist”2
  2. “MAGA”1
  3. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Christian political right2
  2. democrats1
  3. FCC1
  4. MAGA1
  5. mortgage lenders1
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 CO 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 72025-02: 152025-03: 42025-04: 62025-05: 02025-06: 32025-07: 32025-08: 92025-09: 292025-10: 452025-11: 572025-12: 482026-01: 152026-02: 162026-03: 92026-04: 72026-05: 52026-06: 32026-07: 82026-08: 12026-09: 12026-10: 0peak 57 · Nov ’25Personal attackspeak 27.6% · Sep ’25 · latest 18.8%Personal attacks, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-02: 13.3% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 27.6% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-10: 8.9% of 45Personal attacks, 2025-11: 8.8% of 57Personal attacks, 2025-12: 10.4% of 48Personal attacks, 2026-01: 20.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-02: 18.8% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 35.6% · Oct ’25 · latest 12.5%Policy criticism, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-02: 26.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 10.3% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-10: 35.6% of 45Policy criticism, 2025-11: 28.1% of 57Policy criticism, 2025-12: 10.4% of 48Policy criticism, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-02: 12.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 46.7% · Feb ’25 · latest 18.8%Policy discussion, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-02: 46.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 13.8% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-10: 42.2% of 45Policy discussion, 2025-11: 36.8% of 57Policy discussion, 2025-12: 18.8% of 48Policy discussion, 2026-01: 40.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-02: 18.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 6.9% · Sep ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 6.9% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.0% of 45Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.0% of 57Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 2.1% of 48Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 13.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-02: 13.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 6.9% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-10: 0.0% of 45Credit claiming, 2025-11: 1.8% of 57Credit claiming, 2025-12: 0.0% of 48Credit claiming, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-02: 0.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 20.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-02: 20.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 3.5% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-10: 2.2% of 45Extreme labels, 2025-11: 5.3% of 57Extreme labels, 2025-12: 6.3% of 48Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Hinrichsen, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’257— (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 ’251513.3%26.7%46.7%0.0%13.3%20.0%
Mar ’254— (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 ’256— (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 ’250— (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 ’253— (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 ’253— (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 ’259— (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 ’252927.6%10.3%13.8%6.9%6.9%3.5%
Oct ’25458.9%35.6%42.2%0.0%0.0%2.2%
Nov ’25578.8%28.1%36.8%0.0%1.8%5.3%
Dec ’254810.4%10.4%18.8%2.1%0.0%6.3%
Jan ’261520.0%0.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Feb ’261618.8%12.5%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mar ’269— (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 ’267— (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 ’265— (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 ’263— (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 ’268— (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 ’261— (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 ’261— (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 ’260— (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 CO 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%. 15 months are hatched here; 2 of them have no statements.

In Hinrichsen’s words

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

Personal attacks

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

Jul 8, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: Graham · Source

Credit claiming

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

Nov 2, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · credit claiming · Source

Extreme label

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

Dec 1, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme” aimed at Right wingers · 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.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: GrahamSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: CollinsSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: RepHartsookSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: RepHartsookSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: Dan GehrkeSource

All 291 statements

Newest first, the CO 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: 291 posts on X.

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Policy

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues is what Hinrichsen talks about most: 17% of policy statements, 2.1 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.53 on a 0–1 scale (State Senate Democrats average 0.56; 156th of 228).

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

What Hinrichsen talks about

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

0%35%
Hinrichsen
Peers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues16 statements
17%
8%
Taxation16 statements
17%
3%
Government Operations and Politics15 statements
16%
14%
Crime and Law Enforcement13 statements
14%
8%
Housing and Community Development12 statements
13%
7%
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Policy areas Hinrichsen talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowHinrichsenPeers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues17%8%
Taxation17%3%
Government Operations and Politics16%14%
Crime and Law Enforcement14%8%
Housing and Community Development13%7%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Hinrichsen’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 35%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onCivil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 8%)17%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 5% (State Senate Democrats 5%)5%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 17% (State Senate Democrats 3%)17%Taxation, legislates on: 3% (State Senate Democrats 6%)3%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 16% (State Senate Democrats 14%)16%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 11% (State Senate Democrats 8%)11%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 14% (State Senate Democrats 8%)14%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 13% (State Senate Democrats 9%)13%Housing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 13% (State Senate Democrats 7%)13%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 4% (State Senate Democrats 5%)4%
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Hinrichsen's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Democrats, legislates on
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues17%8%5%5%
Taxation17%3%3%6%
Government Operations and Politics16%14%11%8%
Crime and Law Enforcement14%8%13%9%
Housing and Community Development13%7%4%5%
0.53

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State Senate Democrats average 0.56. Ranks 156th of 228.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Hinrichsen sits at −0.74 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 65% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.79 to −0.70, which understates the uncertainty; from 968 donors and 754 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”.

−0.74

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.79 to −0.70. From 968 donors and 754 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Hinrichsen −0.7State Senate Democrats −0.7Colorado Senate −0.7All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Hinrichsen, 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 Hinrichsen’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 Hinrichsen 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 −0.7Hinrichsen −0.7Colorado Senatemedian −0.7All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Hinrichsen's CSIP score of −0.74 placed against State Senate Democrats, Colorado Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Hinrichsen
State Senate Democrats825−0.735%
Colorado Senate35−0.740%
All State Senate1909+0.115%
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 Hinrichsen 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 Hinrichsen.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Hinrichsen reported $5,704 in the 2024 cycle, 35% of the State Senate Democrats’ median of $16.2K. State filings report no small-donation total. 99% of itemized individual money came from Colorado.

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
$5,704

itemized in the 2024 cycle

From 8 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $16.2K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2024 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $354 (6.2%)Individuals (itemized): $354 (6.2%)Individuals (itemized): $354 (6.2%)Individuals (itemized): $354 (6.2%)Individuals (itemized): $354 (6.2%)Individuals (itemized): $354 (6.2%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)PACs and other committees: $5,350 (93.8%)
  • Individuals (itemized)6 squares$354
  • PACs and other committees94 squares$5,350
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Sources of Hinrichsen's money, 2024 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$3546.2%
PACs and other committees$5,35093.8%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2024. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2024.

2022 cycle: $164.2K$164.2K20222024 cycle: $5,704$5,7042024State Senate Democrats median $16.2K
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Hinrichsen's receipts by cycle against the 2024 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$164.2K
2024 cycle$5,704

Top donor states, 2024

Itemized contributions by donor state. 99% came from Colorado.

  1. Colorado$350
  2. New Mexico$4

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: $350CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: $4NMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Hinrichsen's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2024 cycle
StateValue
Colorado$350
New Mexico$4
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
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
8

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

99%

from Colorado

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2024 cycle.

  1. COLORADO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE$5,350

Top employers

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

  1. SAN ISABEL ELECTRIC CO-OP$350 7 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Hinrichsen voted with the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats on 92.9% of party-line votes and missed 1.1% of 1,666 roll calls. Colorado Senate on average: 94.2% party unity, 97.2% attendance. Across all roll calls, Hinrichsen voted against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats 56 times.

1,666 roll calls Hinrichsen could vote on in the CO 2025–26 session, compared with Colorado 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 Hinrichsen voted with the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

56

votes against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats

Party unity 92.9%, Colorado Senate average 94.2%, ranks 24th of 35. 1,666 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Hinrichsen
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.8%
97.2%
17th of 35
Party unity
92.9%
94.2%
24th of 35
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Hinrichsen's attendance and party unity against Colorado Senate.
RowHinrichsenPeers
Attendance98.8%97.2%
Party unity92.9%94.2%
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 CO 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 13, 2026
SB 187
Establishing Commission on Medicaid
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 12–0Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 12 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1425
Applied Behavior Analysis Services
BILL
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 9–3Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 9 yea, 3 naybecame law · party crossover
May 13, 2026
SB 42
Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights
REPASS
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 0–12Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 12 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1141
Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools
BILL
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 0–12Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 12 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
SB 78
Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 12–0Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 12 yea, 0 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 Hinrichsen most often

  1. Cathy KippD1,646 shared votes97%
  2. Faith WinterD874 shared votes97%
  3. Dafna Michaelson JenetD948 shared votes97%
  4. James ColemanD1,054 shared votes96%
  5. Jessie DanielsonD1,397 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Hinrichsen least often

  1. Lynda Zamora WilsonR749 shared votes49%
  2. Mark BaisleyR1,621 shared votes56%
  3. John CarsonR1,636 shared votes64%
  4. Rod PeltonR1,609 shared votes67%
  5. Janice RichR1,640 shared votes68%
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

CO 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Hinrichsen sponsored 69 bills in the CO 2025–26 session; 39 became law. Cosponsored 331 others. 94% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate average 94%; 22nd of 35).

The bills Hinrichsen sponsored and cosponsored in the CO 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 CO 2025–26 session

Sponsored69 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6969Sponsored, In committee: 6767Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 5656Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 5151Sponsored, Became law: 3939Cosponsored331 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 331331Cosponsored, In committee: 331331Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 330330Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 308308Cosponsored, Became law: 221221IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Hinrichsen sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored6967565139
Cosponsored331331330308221
How to read the blocks

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

94%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Colorado Senate average 94%. Ranks 22nd of 35.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Lisa Cutter54
  2. Cathy Kipp53
  3. Mandy Lindsay50
  4. James Coleman47
  5. Jennifer Bacon42
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 Hinrichsen’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
SJR 26Adjourn Sine DieCosponsorMay 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced In House - Assigned to May 20, 2026
SB 190Release Information About Peace Officer Use of ForceCosponsorMay 4, 2026Became lawCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Governor Signed Jun 3, 2026
SR 9Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness MonthCosponsorMay 1, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments May 7, 2026
HB 1430Transportation Funding AdjustmentsCosponsorMay 1, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026
SJR 25Colorado Mining Association's 150th AnniversaryCosponsorApr 30, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedSigned by the President of the Senate May 13, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Hinrichsen’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 Hinrichsen 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 Hinrichsen posted

No images from Hinrichsen’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

1 turn, Mar 2, 2023 to Mar 2, 2023

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 Hinrichsen 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

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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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