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Republican · Ohio House, district 74

Serving since Jan 1, 2023OH 2025–26 session

Portrait of Bernie Willis, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
44%
of itemized money from Ohio donors, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans

44% of the itemized money from individuals in the 2026 cycle came from donors with an address in Ohio. Ranks 2177th of 2,335, where 1st is the highest share. 16 itemized donors.

Only donors who give more than $200 are reported with an address, so this is the share of that itemized money from donors living in Ohio, ranked among State House Republicans. Small gifts are not counted either way. Candidates running statewide or for federal office often draw more money from out of state.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. Willis sits at +0.62 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 87% of State House Republicans. 56% of the 34 bills Willis sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom half of the Ohio House.

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

From Ohio, 2026

44%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 2177th of 2,335 State House Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.62

More conservative than 87% of State House Republicans · ± 0.04

Party unity

100%

Ohio House average 93.3% · ranks 23rd of 98 · 0 votes against the majority of Ohio House Republicans

Out of committee

56%

Ohio House average 58% · ranks 59th of 98

Itemized, 2026

$23.6K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 1496th of 2,521

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.52

State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 285th of 504

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Willis says

Willis criticizes policies less than 63% of State House Republicans. Policy criticism in 3.9% of 103 statements, against 9.3% for the average State House Republican; 505th of 791.

An AI model reads each of Willis’s 103 statements in the OH 2025–26 session (103 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 Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Willis
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion21 statements
20%
32%
558th of 791
Credit claiming14 statements
14%
13%
318th of 791
Personal attacks5 statements
5%
3%
160th of 791
Policy criticism4 statements
4%
9%
505th of 791
Bipartisanship2 statements
2%
2%
263rd of 791
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Willis's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowWillisPeers
Policy discussion20%32%
Credit claiming14%13%
Personal attacks5%3%
Policy criticism4%9%
Bipartisanship2%2%
103

statements classified

103 posts on X.

posts on X: 103 (100.0%)posts on X 103
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Willis's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X103
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Willis used extreme labels in 1.0% of statements, below the peer average. 1 statement, most often aimed at MAGAbabeArtist; peers 1.4%.

    Who gets the labels

    Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

    1. MAGAbabeArtist1
    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 OH 2025–26 session

    Statements2025-01: 162025-02: 102025-03: 262025-04: 32025-05: 52025-06: 52025-07: 52025-08: 92025-09: 22025-10: 42025-11: 12025-12: 52026-01: 52026-02: 42026-03: 12026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 02026-08: 12026-09: 12026-10: 0peak 26 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 10.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 6.3% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-02: 10.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 26Personal 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal 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 7.7% · Mar ’25 · latest 7.7%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 0.0% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-03: 7.7% of 26Policy 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy 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 30.8% · Mar ’25 · latest 30.8%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 12.5% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-02: 10.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-03: 30.8% of 26Policy 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy 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 3.9% · Mar ’25 · latest 3.9%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 3.9% of 26Bipartisanship, 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 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 15.4% · Mar ’25 · latest 15.4%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 12.5% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-02: 10.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-03: 15.4% of 26Credit 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit 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 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 26Extreme 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme 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 Willis, 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 ’25166.3%0.0%12.5%0.0%12.5%0.0%
    Feb ’251010.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%
    Mar ’25260.0%7.7%30.8%3.9%15.4%0.0%
    Apr ’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)
    May ’255— (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 ’255— (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 ’255— (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 ’252— (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 ’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)
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    Dec ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Jan ’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)
    Feb ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Mar ’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)
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    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)
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    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 OH 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%. 19 months are hatched here; 5 of them have no statements.

    In Willis’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.

    Aug 10, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: Vivek Ramaswamy · Source

    Policy criticism

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

    Feb 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Energy · Source

    Extreme label

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

    Aug 20, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme” aimed at MAGAbabeArtist · 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: Vivek RamaswamySource

    2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

      personal attacksSource

    3. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

      personal attacks · target: youSource

    4. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

      personal attacks · target: ILA NewsXSource

    5. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

      personal attacks · target: NewsomeSource

    All 103 statements

    Newest first, the OH 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: 103 posts on X.

    Back to topNext: Policy

    Policy

    Armed Forces and National Security is what Willis talks about most: 19% of policy statements, 3.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.52 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 285th of 504).

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

    What Willis talks about

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

    0%35%
    Willis
    Peers
    Armed Forces and National Security4 statements
    19%
    5%
    Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues3 statements
    14%
    6%
    Crime and Law Enforcement3 statements
    14%
    11%
    Education3 statements
    14%
    15%
    Energy3 statements
    14%
    4%
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    Policy areas Willis talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
    RowWillisPeers
    Armed Forces and National Security19%5%
    Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%6%
    Crime and Law Enforcement14%11%
    Education14%15%
    Energy14%4%
    How to read the bars

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

    Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 19% (State House Republicans 5%)19%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 5% (State House Republicans 2%)5%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 6%)14%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 4% (State House Republicans 4%)4%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 11%)14%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 20% (State House Republicans 11%)20%EducationEducation, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 15%)14%Education, legislates on: 7% (State House Republicans 9%)7%EnergyEnergy, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 4%)14%Energy, legislates on: 2% (State House Republicans 3%)2%
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    Willis's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
    AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
    Armed Forces and National Security19%5%5%2%
    Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%6%4%4%
    Crime and Law Enforcement14%11%20%11%
    Education14%15%7%9%
    Energy14%4%2%3%
    0.52

    talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

    State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 285th of 504.

    What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

    Back to topNext: Ideology

    Ideology

    Willis sits at +0.62 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 87% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.57 to +0.66, which understates the uncertainty; from 78 donors and 342 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”.

    +0.62

    CSIP ideal point

    Approximate range +0.57 to +0.66. From 78 donors and 342 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

    ← More liberalMore conservative →0Willis +0.6State House Republicans +0.4Ohio House +0.3All State House +0.1

    The outlined dot is Willis, 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 Willis’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 Willis sits

    Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

    −2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Willis +0.6Ohio Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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    Willis's CSIP score of +0.62 placed against State House Republicans, Ohio House, All State House.
    GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Willis
    State House Republicans2917+0.487%
    Ohio House99+0.389%
    All State House5324+0.193%
    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 Willis 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 Willis.

    Back to topNext: Money

    Money

    Willis reported $23.6K in the 2026 cycle, below the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 44% of itemized individual money came from Ohio.

    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
    $23.6K

    itemized in the 2026 cycle

    From 16 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

    Where the money came from

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

    Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)Individuals (itemized): $5,978 (25.3%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)PACs and other committees: $17.7K (74.7%)
    • Individuals (itemized)25 squares$5,978
    • PACs and other committees75 squares$17.7K
    Show the data
    Sources of Willis's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
    SourceAmountShare
    Individuals (itemized)$5,97825.3%
    PACs and other committees$17.7K74.7%
    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 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

    2022 cycle: $22.6K$22.6K20222024 cycle: $10.8K$10.8K20242026 cycle: $23.6K$23.6K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
    Show the data
    Willis's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
    ItemValue
    2022 cycle$22.6K
    2024 cycle$10.8K
    2026 cycle$23.6K

    Top donor states, 2026

    Itemized contributions by donor state. 44% came from Ohio.

    1. Ohio$2,650
    2. North Carolina$2,377
    3. California$951

    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: $2,650OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $951CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $2,377NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
    Show the data
    Willis's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
    StateValue
    Ohio$2,650
    North Carolina$2,377
    California$951
    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
    PennsylvaniaNo data
    New JerseyNo data
    ConnecticutNo data
    UtahNo data
    ColoradoNo data
    NebraskaNo data
    MissouriNo data
    KentuckyNo data
    West VirginiaNo data
    VirginiaNo data
    MarylandNo data
    DelawareNo data
    ArizonaNo data
    New MexicoNo data
    KansasNo data
    ArkansasNo data
    TennesseeNo data
    South CarolinaNo data
    District of ColumbiaNo data
    OklahomaNo data
    LouisianaNo data
    MississippiNo data
    AlabamaNo data
    GeorgiaNo data
    HawaiiNo data
    TexasNo data
    FloridaNo data
    16

    itemized donors

    People who gave more than $200

    44%

    from Ohio

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

    Top donor occupations

    Itemized, 2026 cycle.

    1. LAMAR ADVERTISING/VICE PRESIDENT$200 4 donors

    Top committees

    PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

    1. OHIO DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ODPAC$2,500
    2. REALTORS PAC$1,350
    3. OHIO TRUCKING ASSOCIATION - TRUKPAC$1,250
    4. OHIO AVIATION ASSOCIATION PAC (OAA)$1,100
    5. MATT HUFFMAN FOR OHIO$1,060

    Top employers

    Itemized, 2026 cycle.

    No employers reported.

    Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

    Back to topNext: Votes

    Votes

    Willis voted with the majority of Ohio House Republicans on 100% of party-line votes and missed none of 258 roll calls. Ohio House on average: 93.3% party unity, 100% attendance. Across all roll calls, Willis never voted against the majority of Ohio House Republicans.

    258 roll calls Willis could vote on in the OH 2025–26 session, compared with Ohio House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Willis voted with the majority of Ohio House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

    0

    votes against the majority of Ohio House Republicans

    Party unity 100%, Ohio House average 93.3%, ranks 23rd of 98. 258 roll calls in the OH 2025–26 session.

    Attendance and party unity

    The thick bar is Willis, the thin grey bar the Ohio House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

    80%100%
    Willis
    Peers
    Rank
    Attendance
    100%
    100%
    50th of 98
    Party unity
    100%
    93.3%
    23rd of 98
    Show the data
    Willis's attendance and party unity against Ohio House.
    RowWillisPeers
    Attendance100%100%
    Party unity100%93.3%
    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 OH 2025–26 session

    Key votes
    Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
    Oct 1, 2026
    HB 519
    Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle
    Concurred in Senate amendments
    YeaWith majoritypassD 15–16 · R 63–0Democrats 15 yea, 16 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
    Jun 11, 2026
    HB 105
    Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations
    Concurred in Senate amendments
    YeaWith majoritypassD 20–11 · R 62–1Democrats 20 yea, 11 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 1 naybecame law · party crossover
    Jun 11, 2026
    HB 173
    Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services
    Concurred in Senate amendments
    YeaWith majoritypassD 1–29 · R 55–6Democrats 1 yea, 29 nay; Republicans 55 yea, 6 naymuch discussed
    Jun 11, 2026
    SB 315
    Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act
    Passed
    YeaWith majoritypassD 25–8 · R 63–2Democrats 25 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 2 naybecame law · party crossover
    Jun 11, 2026
    SB 450
    Make capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028
    Passed
    YeaWith majoritypassD 33–0 · R 62–3Democrats 33 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 3 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 Willis most often

    1. Ty MathewsR255 shared votes100%
    2. Adam BirdR257 shared votes100%
    3. David ThomasR258 shared votes100%
    4. Jim HoopsR255 shared votes100%
    5. Matt HuffmanR258 shared votes100%

    Votes least often with

    The colleagues who voted the same way as Willis least often

    1. Tristan RaderD223 shared votes75%
    2. Juanita BrentD212 shared votes76%
    3. Munira AbdullahiD237 shared votes77%
    4. Desireè TimsD233 shared votes79%
    5. Sedrick DensonD67 shared votes79%
    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

    OH 2025–26 session, loads in batches

    Back to topNext: Legislation

    Legislation

    Willis sponsored 34 bills in the OH 2025–26 session; 2 became law. Cosponsored 183 others. 56% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House average 58%; 59th of 98).

    The bills Willis sponsored and cosponsored in the OH 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 OH 2025–26 session

    Sponsored34 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3434Sponsored, In committee: 3232Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1818Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Sponsored, Became law: 22Cosponsored183 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 183183Cosponsored, In committee: 181181Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 148148Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 8585Cosponsored, Became law: 7171IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
    Show the data
    Bills Willis sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
    RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
    Sponsored34321832
    Cosponsored1831811488571
    How to read the blocks

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

    56%

    of sponsored bills got out of committee

    Ohio House average 58%. Ranks 59th of 98.

    Cosponsorship partners

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

    1. Josh Williams35
    2. Sean Brennan28
    3. Kellie Deeter26
    4. Jennifer Gross24
    5. Gary Click22
    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 Willis’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 1025Designate Long Rifle of Early Ohio as the official state firearmCosponsorOct 13, 2026IntroducedUnassignedIntroduced Oct 13, 2026
    HB 1018Designate Dolly Parton Imagination Library Reading DayCosponsorSep 28, 2026IntroducedUnassignedIntroduced Sep 28, 2026
    HB 1009Enact the Stop Flock Abuse ActSponsorSep 14, 2026IntroducedCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)Introduced Sep 14, 2026
    HR 511Honoring the Kenton Ridge High School softball team as the 2026 Division IV State Champion.SponsorJul 28, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Jul 28, 2026
    HB 977Exempt sales of aircraft to nonresidents from sales taxSponsorJul 16, 2026IntroducedTaxation(model)Introduced Jul 16, 2026

    Back to topNext: Online

    Online

    A site that changed 2 times in 90 days. Willis’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

    The lab crawls Willis’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 Willis 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 Willis posted

    No images from Willis’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

    22 turns, Nov 15, 2023 to Jun 10, 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 Willis is most unusual among State House Republicans, 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
    550986e6-b595-4fa8-9424-8e09327cf060
    Open States
    ocd-person/550986e6-b595-4fa8-9424-8e09327cf060

    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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