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Republican · Arizona Senate, district 19

Serving since Jan 9, 2023AZ 2025–26 session

Portrait of David Gowan, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
3
years in office

Serving since 2023. No measure in the AZ 2025–26 session stands far from the peer average.

Time in the current office, from the official record.

At a glance

6 measures against the Arizona Senate. Gowan reported $123.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top half of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). 65% of the 107 bills Gowan sponsored got out of committee, in the top half of the Arizona Senate. 93% of Gowan’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arizona, in the bottom half of State Senate Republicans.

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

Attendance

99.1%

Arizona Senate average 94.2% · ranks 6th of 30 · 1,589 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$123.7K

State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K · ranks 249th of 936

Out of committee

65%

Arizona Senate average 42% · ranks 11th of 29

From Arizona, 2026

93%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 513th of 860 State Senate Republicans

Party unity

97.9%

Arizona Senate average 95.6% · ranks 13th of 30 · 49 votes against the majority of Arizona Senate Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.33

More liberal than 54% of State Senate Republicans · ± 0.05

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Gowan says

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Gowan sits at +0.33 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 54% of State Senate Republicans. Approximate range +0.29 to +0.38, which understates the uncertainty; from 442 donors and 598 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”.

+0.33

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.29 to +0.38. From 442 donors and 598 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Gowan +0.3State Senate Republicans +0.4Arizona Senate +0.2All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Gowan, 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 Gowan’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 Gowan sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Republicansmedian +0.4Gowan +0.3Arizona Senatemedian +0.2All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Gowan's CSIP score of +0.33 placed against State Senate Republicans, Arizona Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Gowan
State Senate Republicans1083+0.446%
Arizona Senate30+0.267%
All State Senate1909+0.169%
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 Gowan 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 Gowan.

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Money

Gowan reported $123.7K in the 2026 cycle, 2.7 times the State Senate Republicans’ median of $46.2K. State filings report no small-donation total. 93% of itemized individual money came from Arizona.

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
$123.7K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 100 itemized donors. State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)Individuals (itemized): $51.6K (41.7%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)PACs and other committees: $72.1K (58.3%)
  • Individuals (itemized)42 squares$51.6K
  • PACs and other committees58 squares$72.1K
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Sources of Gowan's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$51.6K41.7%
PACs and other committees$72.1K58.3%
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 Senate Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $92.7K$92.7K20202022 cycle: $142.7K$142.7K20222024 cycle: $126.6K$126.6K20242026 cycle: $123.7K$123.7K2026State Senate Republicans median $46.2K
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Gowan's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$92.7K
2022 cycle$142.7K
2024 cycle$126.6K
2026 cycle$123.7K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 93% came from Arizona.

  1. Arizona$47.9K
  2. North Carolina$1,000
  3. California$1,000
  4. Minnesota$750
  5. Connecticut$700

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: $750MNIllinois: 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: $700CTCalifornia: $1,000CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $47.9KAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $1,000NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $250TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Gowan's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Arizona$47.9K
California$1,000
North Carolina$1,000
Minnesota$750
Connecticut$700
Texas$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo 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
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
100

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

93%

from Arizona

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CONSULTANT$5,725 14 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$5,150 10 donors
  3. OWNER$4,150 6 donors
  4. LOBBYIST$3,300 10 donors
  5. PARTNER$3,050 9 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. PINNACLE WEST$5,500
  2. AZ PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER PAC$5,000
  3. ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC$4,500
  4. ARIZONANS FOR A BETTER FUTURE$4,000
  5. CVS HEALTH PAC$2,500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. VERIDUS$3,300 5 donors
  2. CORNERSTONE PUBLIC AFFAIRS$1,600 3 donors
  3. B3 STRATEGIES$1,200 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Gowan voted with the majority of Arizona Senate Republicans on 97.9% of party-line votes and missed 0.9% of 1,589 roll calls. Arizona Senate on average: 95.6% party unity, 94.2% attendance. Across all roll calls, Gowan voted against the majority of Arizona Senate Republicans 49 times.

1,589 roll calls Gowan could vote on in the AZ 2025–26 session, compared with Arizona 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 Gowan voted with the majority of Arizona Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

49

votes against the majority of Arizona Senate Republicans

Party unity 97.9%, Arizona Senate average 95.6%, ranks 13th of 30. 1,589 roll calls in the AZ 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Gowan
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.1%
94.2%
6th of 30
Party unity
97.9%
95.6%
13th of 30
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Gowan's attendance and party unity against Arizona Senate.
RowGowanPeers
Attendance99.1%94.2%
Party unity97.9%95.6%
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 AZ 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jun 13, 2026
SB 1290
agricultural property; inspections; notice.
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 12–0 · R 16–0Democrats 12 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 16 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 12, 2026
SB 1671
gaming; racing; boxing; conflict-of-interest continuation
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 13–0 · R 15–1Democrats 13 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 15 yea, 1 naybecame law
Jun 12, 2026
HB 2320
school districts; bonds; financial advisors
failed to pass
YeaWith majoritypassD 0–13 · R 15–1Democrats 0 yea, 13 nay; Republicans 15 yea, 1 nayclose vote
Jun 12, 2026
HB 2257
HOV lane; blood transport vehicles
failed to pass
YeaWith majoritypassD 0–13 · R 15–1Democrats 0 yea, 13 nay; Republicans 15 yea, 1 naybecame law · close vote
Jun 12, 2026
HCR 2001
citizenship; identification; contributions; early voting
failed to pass
NayWith majorityfailD 12–0 · R 0–16Democrats 12 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 16 naymuch discussed
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 Gowan most often

  1. Vince LeachR1,560 shared votes98%
  2. Frank CarrollR1,559 shared votes98%
  3. Kevin PayneR1,482 shared votes98%
  4. Tim DunnR1,575 shared votes97%
  5. T.J. ShopeR1,547 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Gowan least often

  1. Sally GonzalesD1,416 shared votes38%
  2. Mitzi EpsteinD1,523 shared votes39%
  3. Priya SundareshanD1,482 shared votes40%
  4. Analise OrtizD1,504 shared votes41%
  5. Theresa HatathlieD1,297 shared votes41%
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

AZ 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Gowan sponsored 107 bills in the AZ 2025–26 session; 26 became law. Cosponsored 103 others. 65% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arizona Senate average 42%; 11th of 29).

The bills Gowan sponsored and cosponsored in the AZ 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 AZ 2025–26 session

Sponsored107 billsSponsored, Introduced: 107107Sponsored, In committee: 7979Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 7070Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 3535Sponsored, Became law: 2626Cosponsored103 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 103103Cosponsored, In committee: 8383Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 7979Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 4848Cosponsored, Became law: 1515IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Gowan sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored10779703526
Cosponsored10383794815
How to read the blocks

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

65%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Arizona Senate average 42%. Ranks 11th of 29.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Janae Shamp57
  2. Frank Carroll35
  3. Hildy Angius34
  4. Kevin Payne34
  5. Gail Griffin33
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 Gowan’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
HCR 2063Yvonne Fedderson; death resolutionCosponsorJun 13, 2026IntroducedUnassignedHouse First Reading. Jun 13, 2026
SB 1364technical correction; employment of aliensSponsorJun 12, 2026IntroducedImmigration(model)Senate First Reading Jun 12, 2026
SCR 1055death resolution; Bill Van DykeSponsorJun 1, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedHouse First Reading. Jun 13, 2026
HCR 2066Louis Gasper; death resolutionCosponsorApr 29, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedTransmit to Secretary of State May 5, 2026
HCR 2065Alfredo Gutierrez death resolutionCosponsorApr 29, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedTransmit to Senate Apr 30, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Gowan’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 Gowan 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 Gowan posted

No images from Gowan’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

52 turns, Jan 13, 2020 to Jun 12, 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 Gowan is most unusual among Arizona Senate, 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. That is the case for Gowan in this window. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
51520de4-0e87-475b-91d2-99aa18addf72
Open States
ocd-person/51520de4-0e87-475b-91d2-99aa18addf72

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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