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Democrat · Colorado Senate, district 20

Serving since Jan 9, 2023CO 2025–26 session

Portrait of Lisa Cutter, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$1,949
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats

The median for State Senate Democrats is $55.5K. Ranks 717th of 746, where 1st raised the most. 13 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State Senate Democrats. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against the Colorado Senate. 100% of Cutter’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats. Cutter sits at −0.93 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 84% of State Senate Democrats.

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

Party unity

99.7%

Colorado Senate average 94.2% · ranks 2nd of 35 · 15 votes against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$1,949

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 717th of 746

From Colorado, 2026

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 73rd of 714 State Senate Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.93

More liberal than 84% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.04

Out of committee

93%

Colorado Senate average 94% · ranks 25th of 35

Attendance

99.0%

Colorado Senate average 97.2% · ranks 15th of 35 · 1,666 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Cutter says

Cutter talks about policy less than 98% of State Senate Democrats. Policy discussion in 0% of 1 statements, against 43% for the average State Senate Democrat; 328th of 330.

An AI model reads each of Cutter’s 1 statements in the CO 2025–26 session (1 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%
Cutter
Peers
Rank
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
2%
249th of 330
Policy criticism0 statements
0%
10%
304th of 330
Policy discussion0 statements
0%
43%
328th of 330
Bipartisanship0 statements
0%
3%
294th of 330
Credit claiming0 statements
0%
16%
322nd of 330
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Cutter's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowCutterPeers
Personal attacks0%2%
Policy criticism0%10%
Policy discussion0%43%
Bipartisanship0%3%
Credit claiming0%16%
1

statements classified

1 posts on X.

posts on X: 1 (100.0%)posts on X 1
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Cutter's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Cutter used no extreme labels in 1 statements. The peer average is 0.8%.

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 CO 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 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%. 22 months are hatched here; 21 of them have no statements.

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.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 1 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: 1 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Cutter sits at −0.93 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 84% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.97 to −0.89, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,670 donors and 1,184 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”.

−0.93

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.97 to −0.89. From 1,670 donors and 1,184 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Cutter −0.9State Senate Democrats −0.7Colorado Senate −0.7All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Cutter, 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 Cutter’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 Cutter 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 −0.7Cutter −0.9Colorado Senatemedian −0.7All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Cutter's CSIP score of −0.93 placed against State Senate Democrats, Colorado Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Cutter
State Senate Democrats825−0.716%
Colorado Senate35−0.714%
All State Senate1909+0.17%
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 Cutter 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 Cutter.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Cutter reported $1,949 in the 2026 cycle, 3.5% of the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% 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
$1,949

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 13 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)Individuals (itemized): $1,349 (69.2%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)PACs and other committees: $600 (30.8%)
  • Individuals (itemized)69 squares$1,349
  • PACs and other committees31 squares$600
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Sources of Cutter's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$1,34969.2%
PACs and other committees$60030.8%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $163.4K$163.4K20202022 cycle: $260.6K$260.6K20222024 cycle: $5,890$5,89020242026 cycle: $1,949$1,9492026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Cutter's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$163.4K
2022 cycle$260.6K
2024 cycle$5,890
2026 cycle$1,949

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 100% came from Colorado.

  1. Colorado$1,349

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: $1,349CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: 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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Cutter's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Colorado$1,349
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
New MexicoNo 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
13

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

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, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED$856 7 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. LODGEPAC$450
  2. COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (COANDSDC)$150

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT-EMPLOYED$536 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Cutter voted with the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats on 99.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.0% of 1,666 roll calls. Colorado Senate on average: 94.2% party unity, 97.2% attendance. Across all roll calls, Cutter voted against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats 15 times.

1,666 roll calls Cutter 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 Cutter 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.

15

votes against the majority of Colorado Senate Democrats

Party unity 99.7%, Colorado Senate average 94.2%, ranks 2nd of 35. 1,666 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Cutter
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.0%
97.2%
15th of 35
Party unity
99.7%
94.2%
2nd of 35
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Cutter's attendance and party unity against Colorado Senate.
RowCutterPeers
Attendance99.0%97.2%
Party unity99.7%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 Cutter most often

  1. Mike WeissmanD1,650 shared votes99%
  2. Katie WallaceD1,437 shared votes99%
  3. Iman JodehD1,525 shared votes99%
  4. Jessie DanielsonD1,404 shared votes99%
  5. James ColemanD1,050 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Cutter least often

  1. Lynda Zamora WilsonR745 shared votes46%
  2. Mark BaisleyR1,624 shared votes54%
  3. John CarsonR1,640 shared votes63%
  4. Rod PeltonR1,612 shared votes65%
  5. Janice RichR1,643 shared votes67%
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

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Cutter sponsored 99 bills in the CO 2025–26 session; 60 became law. Cosponsored 534 others. 93% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate average 94%; 25th of 35).

The bills Cutter 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

Sponsored99 billsSponsored, Introduced: 9999Sponsored, In committee: 9595Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 8383Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 7171Sponsored, Became law: 6060Cosponsored534 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 534534Cosponsored, In committee: 533533Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 531531Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 503503Cosponsored, Became law: 411411IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Cutter sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored9995837160
Cosponsored534533531503411
How to read the blocks

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

93%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Colorado Senate average 94%. Ranks 25th of 35.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Cathy Kipp135
  2. Iman Jodeh118
  3. Mandy Lindsay112
  4. James Coleman104
  5. Katie Wallace103
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 Cutter’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
HB 1431Competency for Occupational Licensure PortabilityCosponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawLabor and Employment(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026
HB 1433Funding to Sustain Fire-Related ServicesSponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Governor Signed Jun 1, 2026
SB 192Producer Responsibility Dues Appeals ProcessSponsorMay 4, 2026Passed one chamberEnvironmental Protection(model)Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments May 12, 2026
SB 190Release Information About Peace Officer Use of ForceCosponsorMay 4, 2026Became lawCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Governor Signed Jun 3, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Cutter’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 Cutter 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 Cutter posted

No images from Cutter’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

105 turns, Jan 9, 2023 to May 13, 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 Cutter is most unusual among Colorado 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. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
5226ebdd-0710-49da-b446-61fac19765ce
Open States
ocd-person/5226ebdd-0710-49da-b446-61fac19765ce

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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