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Democrat · Arkansas House, district 73

Serving since Jan 14, 2019AR 2025–26 session

Portrait of Andrew Collins, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
95%
of State House Democrats score to the left of Collins on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −0.24 (approximate range −0.26 to −0.21, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 408 donors and 864 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 Collins sits among State House Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

5 measures against State House Democrats. 60% of Collins’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. The policy areas Collins talks about and legislates on agree at 0.41 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

CSIP ideology

−0.24

More conservative than 95% of State House Democrats · ± 0.02

From Arkansas, 2026

60%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1755th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.41

State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 435th of 503

Out of committee

71%

Arkansas House average 56% · ranks 21st of 81

Itemized, 2026

$14.6K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 1481st of 2,082

Statements

52

52 posts on X

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Collins says

Collins claims credit less than 77% of State House Democrats. Credit claiming in 3.9% of 52 statements, against 14% for the average State House Democrat; 593rd of 764.

An AI model reads each of Collins’s 52 statements in the AR 2025–26 session (52 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 Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Collins
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion21 statements
40%
39%
377th of 764
Policy criticism12 statements
23%
10%
88th of 764
Personal attacks2 statements
4%
3%
168th of 764
Bipartisanship2 statements
4%
3%
199th of 764
Credit claiming2 statements
4%
14%
593rd of 764
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Collins's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowCollinsPeers
Policy discussion40%39%
Policy criticism23%10%
Personal attacks4%3%
Bipartisanship4%3%
Credit claiming4%14%
52

statements classified

52 posts on X.

posts on X: 52 (100.0%)posts on X 52
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Collins's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X52
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Collins used no extreme labels in 52 statements. The peer average is 1.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the AR 2025–26 session

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

How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the AR 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 22 months are hatched here; 5 of them have no statements.

In Collins’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.

Oct 13, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: this guy · Source

Policy criticism

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

Aug 14, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health · Source

Credit claiming

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

Jul 7, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Government Operations and Politics · 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: this guySource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Agriculture and Food · Finance and Financial Sector · target: PilkingtonSource

All 52 statements

Newest first, the AR 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: 52 posts on X.

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Policy

Health is what Collins talks about most: 29% of policy statements, 1.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.41 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 435th of 503).

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

What Collins talks about

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

0%35%
Collins
Peers
Health6 statements
29%
15%
Education4 statements
19%
15%
Government Operations and Politics4 statements
19%
15%
Agriculture and Food3 statements
14%
5%
Emergency Management2 statements
10%
4%
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Policy areas Collins talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowCollinsPeers
Health29%15%
Education19%15%
Government Operations and Politics19%15%
Agriculture and Food14%5%
Emergency Management10%4%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Collins’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House 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 House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 29% (State House Democrats 15%)29%Health, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 15%)5%EducationEducation, talks about: 19% (State House Democrats 15%)19%Education, legislates on: 20% (State House Democrats 10%)20%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 19% (State House Democrats 15%)19%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 20% (State House Democrats 8%)20%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 14% (State House Democrats 5%)14%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 3%)5%Emergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 10% (State House Democrats 4%)10%Emergency Management, legislates on: 0% (State House Democrats 1%)0%
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Collins's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Health29%15%5%15%
Education19%15%20%10%
Government Operations and Politics19%15%20%8%
Agriculture and Food14%5%5%3%
Emergency Management10%4%0%1%
0.41

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 435th of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Collins sits at −0.24 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.26 to −0.21, which understates the uncertainty; from 408 donors and 864 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”.

−0.24

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.26 to −0.21. From 408 donors and 864 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Collins −0.2State House Democrats −0.6Arkansas House +0.1All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Collins, 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 Collins’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 Collins 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 −0.6Collins −0.2Arkansas Housemedian +0.1All State Housemedian +0.1
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Collins's CSIP score of −0.24 placed against State House Democrats, Arkansas House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Collins
State House Democrats2392−0.695%
Arkansas House97+0.114%
All State House5324+0.143%
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 Collins 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 Collins.

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Money

Collins reported $14.6K in the 2026 cycle, 36% of the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 60% of itemized individual money came from Arkansas.

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
$14.6K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 14 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): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,616 (52.1%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)PACs and other committees: $7,000 (47.9%)
  • Individuals (itemized)52 squares$7,616
  • PACs and other committees48 squares$7,000
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Sources of Collins's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$7,61652.1%
PACs and other committees$7,00047.9%
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: $45.4K$45.4K20202022 cycle: $362.3K$362.3K20222024 cycle: $188.1K$188.1K20242026 cycle: $14.6K$14.6K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Collins's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$45.4K
2022 cycle$362.3K
2024 cycle$188.1K
2026 cycle$14.6K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 60% came from Arkansas.

  1. Arkansas$4,578
  2. California$1,000
  3. Wisconsin$519
  4. New York$519
  5. Texas$500

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: $519WIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $519NYRhode 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: $1,000CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $500MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $4,578ARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $500TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Collins's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Arkansas$4,578
California$1,000
Wisconsin$519
New York$519
Missouri$500
Texas$500
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo 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
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo 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
FloridaNo data
14

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

60%

from Arkansas

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$2,557 4 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ARKANSAS REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,500
  2. ARKANSAS AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION PAC$1,000
  3. ARKANSAS' ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$1,000
  4. DBH MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS 4 PAC$1,000
  5. ARKANSAS DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

No roll-call votes for the AR 2025–26 session.No roll-call votes are recorded for this official in this time window.

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Collins sponsored 7 bills in the AR 2025–26 session; 4 became law. Cosponsored 20 others. 71% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House average 56%; 21st of 81).

The bills Collins sponsored and cosponsored in the AR 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 AR 2025–26 session

Sponsored7 billsSponsored, Introduced: 77Sponsored, In committee: 77Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 44Sponsored, Became law: 44Cosponsored20 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 2020Cosponsored, In committee: 2020Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1212Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1111Cosponsored, Became law: 1111IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Collins sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored77544
Cosponsored2020121111
How to read the blocks

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

71%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Arkansas House average 56%. Ranks 21st of 81.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Clarke Tucker10
  2. Joy Springer8
  3. Zack Gramlich6
  4. Justin Boyd6
  5. Diana Gonzales Worthen5
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 Collins’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
HB 1994TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION BY A SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY TO AN OCCUPANT WHEN THE OCCUPANT'S LEASED SPACE IS COMPROMISED.SponsorApr 7, 2025Passed one chamberCommerce(model)Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. May 5, 2025
HB 1951TO SET FORTH AUTHORIZED DOMAIN EXTENSIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT WEBSITES.SponsorApr 1, 2025Became lawGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Notification that HB1951 is now Act 929 Apr 21, 2025
HB 1880TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT AND THE ARKANSAS UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT TO ADD CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.CosponsorMar 20, 2025In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. May 5, 2025
SB 535TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND THE ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION.CosponsorMar 20, 2025Became lawTaxation(model)Notification that SB535 is now Act 781 Apr 18, 2025
HB 1833TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.CosponsorMar 18, 2025Became lawEducation(model)Notification that HB1833 is now Act 806 Apr 17, 2025

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Collins’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Collins’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 Collins 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 Collins posted

No images from Collins’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

68 turns, Jan 28, 2021 to Apr 27, 2026

Floor speeches

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

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

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 Collins is most unusual among State House 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.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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