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Democrat · Texas House, district 137

Serving since Jan 8, 2013TX 2025–26 session

Portrait of Gene Wu, rendered as a two-tone print
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90%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, the highest of 145 in the Texas House

90% of 20 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Texas House is 49%. Ranks 1st of 145, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Wu sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Texas House. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. Wu reported $566.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). 19% of Wu’s statements criticize a policy, 1.8 times the State House Democrat average of 10%.

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

Out of committee

90%

Texas House average 49% · ranks 1st of 145

Party unity

98.0%

Texas House average 85% · ranks 2nd of 143 · 146 votes against the majority of Texas House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$566.7K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 94th of 2,082

Policy criticism

19%

State House Democrats average 10% · ranks 134th of 764

Personal attacks

3.8%

State House Democrats average 2.5% · ranks 170th of 764

CSIP ideology

−0.59

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.02

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

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What Wu says

Wu criticizes policies more than 82% of State House Democrats. Policy criticism in 19% of 635 statements, against 10% for the average State House Democrat; 134th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Wu’s 635 statements in the TX 2025–26 session (635 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Wu
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion309 statements
49%
39%
240th of 764
Policy criticism122 statements
19%
10%
134th of 764
Credit claiming60 statements
9%
14%
442nd of 764
Personal attacks24 statements
4%
3%
170th of 764
Bipartisanship10 statements
2%
3%
428th of 764
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Wu's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowWuPeers
Policy discussion49%39%
Policy criticism19%10%
Credit claiming9%14%
Personal attacks4%3%
Bipartisanship2%3%
635

statements classified

635 posts on X.

posts on X: 635 (100.0%)posts on X 635
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Wu's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X635
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Wu used extreme labels in 1.3% of statements, above the peer average. 8 statements, most often aimed at extremists; peers 1.0%.

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

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. extremists1
  2. fascism1
  3. MAGA1
  4. MAGA bots1
  5. Republicans1
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 TX 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 152025-02: 542025-03: 442025-04: 542025-05: 272025-06: 142025-07: 252025-08: 302025-09: 82025-10: 282025-11: 732025-12: 322026-01: 152026-02: 262026-03: 172026-04: 132026-05: 282026-06: 262026-07: 252026-08: 212026-09: 362026-10: 24peak 73 · Nov ’25Personal attackspeak 20.0% · Jan ’26 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 6.7% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-02: 5.6% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-03: 2.3% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-04: 3.7% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-05: 3.7% of 27Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 14Personal attacks, 2025-07: 12.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 30Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: 7.1% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-11: 2.7% of 73Personal attacks, 2025-12: 9.4% of 32Personal attacks, 2026-01: 20.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 26Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 28Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 26Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2026-09: 8.3% of 36Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 24Policy criticismpeak 50.0% · Apr ’25 · latest 4.2%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 20.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-02: 25.9% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-03: 38.6% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-04: 50.0% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-05: 48.1% of 27Policy criticism, 2025-06: 28.6% of 14Policy criticism, 2025-07: 24.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-08: 26.7% of 30Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: 10.7% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-11: 17.8% of 73Policy criticism, 2025-12: 3.1% of 32Policy criticism, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-02: 11.5% of 26Policy criticism, 2026-03: 5.9% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-04: 0.0% of 13Policy criticism, 2026-05: 7.1% of 28Policy criticism, 2026-06: 3.9% of 26Policy criticism, 2026-07: 20.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Policy criticism, 2026-09: 0.0% of 36Policy criticism, 2026-10: 4.2% of 24Policy discussionpeak 74.1% · May ’25 · latest 54.2%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 60.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-02: 61.1% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-03: 65.9% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-04: 64.8% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-05: 74.1% of 27Policy discussion, 2025-06: 71.4% of 14Policy discussion, 2025-07: 56.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-08: 40.0% of 30Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: 25.0% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-11: 30.1% of 73Policy discussion, 2025-12: 40.6% of 32Policy discussion, 2026-01: 66.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-02: 30.8% of 26Policy discussion, 2026-03: 29.4% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-04: 61.5% of 13Policy discussion, 2026-05: 35.7% of 28Policy discussion, 2026-06: 19.2% of 26Policy discussion, 2026-07: 68.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2026-08: 52.4% of 21Policy discussion, 2026-09: 41.7% of 36Policy discussion, 2026-10: 54.2% of 24Bipartisanshippeak 7.1% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 3.7% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 2.3% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 1.8% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 27Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 7.1% of 14Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 4.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 6.7% of 30Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.0% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.0% of 73Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 32Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 26Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 3.6% of 28Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 3.9% of 26Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 36Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 24Credit claimingpeak 19.2% · Feb ’26 · latest 4.2%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-02: 9.3% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-03: 4.5% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-04: 5.6% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-05: 3.7% of 27Credit claiming, 2025-06: 7.1% of 14Credit claiming, 2025-07: 16.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-08: 3.3% of 30Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: 17.9% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-11: 11.0% of 73Credit claiming, 2025-12: 18.8% of 32Credit claiming, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-02: 19.2% of 26Credit claiming, 2026-03: 11.8% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-04: 0.0% of 13Credit claiming, 2026-05: 10.7% of 28Credit claiming, 2026-06: 15.4% of 26Credit claiming, 2026-07: 8.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2026-08: 14.3% of 21Credit claiming, 2026-09: 2.8% of 36Credit claiming, 2026-10: 4.2% of 24Extreme labelspeak 4.1% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-03: 2.3% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.8% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 27Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-08: 3.3% of 30Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: 3.6% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-11: 4.1% of 73Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 26Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 28Extreme labels, 2026-06: 3.9% of 26Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 36Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 24Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Wu, 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 ’25156.7%20.0%60.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%
Feb ’25545.6%25.9%61.1%3.7%9.3%0.0%
Mar ’25442.3%38.6%65.9%2.3%4.5%2.3%
Apr ’25543.7%50.0%64.8%1.8%5.6%1.8%
May ’25273.7%48.1%74.1%0.0%3.7%0.0%
Jun ’25140.0%28.6%71.4%7.1%7.1%0.0%
Jul ’252512.0%24.0%56.0%4.0%16.0%0.0%
Aug ’25300.0%26.7%40.0%6.7%3.3%3.3%
Sep ’258— (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 ’25287.1%10.7%25.0%0.0%17.9%3.6%
Nov ’25732.7%17.8%30.1%0.0%11.0%4.1%
Dec ’25329.4%3.1%40.6%0.0%18.8%0.0%
Jan ’261520.0%0.0%66.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Feb ’26260.0%11.5%30.8%0.0%19.2%0.0%
Mar ’26170.0%5.9%29.4%0.0%11.8%0.0%
Apr ’26130.0%0.0%61.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May ’26280.0%7.1%35.7%3.6%10.7%0.0%
Jun ’26260.0%3.9%19.2%3.9%15.4%3.9%
Jul ’26250.0%20.0%68.0%0.0%8.0%0.0%
Aug ’26210.0%0.0%52.4%0.0%14.3%0.0%
Sep ’26368.3%0.0%41.7%0.0%2.8%0.0%
Oct ’26240.0%4.2%54.2%0.0%4.2%0.0%
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 TX 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%. One month is hatched here.

In Wu’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Jun 10, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

Policy criticism

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

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Immigration; Commerce · Source

Extreme label

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

Jun 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “fascist” aimed at fascism · 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 · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: Bo FrenchSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: Bo FrenchSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · credit claiming · target: Trump, Ken PaxtonSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacksSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 635 statements

Newest first, the TX 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: 635 posts on X.

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Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Wu talks about most: 26% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.50 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 337th of 503).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Wu talks about. The bills Wu sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Wu talks about

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

0%35%
Wu
Peers
Government Operations and Politics81 statements
26%
15%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues71 statements
23%
10%
Education63 statements
20%
15%
Immigration37 statements
12%
4%
Economics and Public Finance29 statements
9%
11%
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Policy areas Wu talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowWuPeers
Government Operations and Politics26%15%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues23%10%
Education20%15%
Immigration12%4%
Economics and Public Finance9%11%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Wu’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 26% (State House Democrats 15%)26%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (State House Democrats 8%)12%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 23% (State House Democrats 10%)23%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 8% (State House Democrats 4%)8%EducationEducation, talks about: 20% (State House Democrats 15%)20%Education, legislates on: 10% (State House Democrats 10%)10%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 12% (State House Democrats 4%)12%Immigration, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 1%)2%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 9% (State House Democrats 11%)9%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (State House Democrats 2%)0%
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Wu's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics26%15%12%8%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues23%10%8%4%
Education20%15%10%10%
Immigration12%4%2%1%
Economics and Public Finance9%11%0%2%
0.50

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 337th of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Wu sits at −0.59 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 55% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.61 to −0.57, which understates the uncertainty; from 3,466 donors and 868 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”.

−0.59

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.61 to −0.57. From 3,466 donors and 868 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Wu −0.6State House Democrats −0.6Texas House +0.3All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Wu, 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 Wu’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 Wu sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Wu −0.6Texas Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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Wu's CSIP score of −0.59 placed against State House Democrats, Texas House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Wu
State House Democrats2392−0.655%
Texas House148+0.311%
All State House5324+0.125%
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 Wu 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 Wu.

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Money

Wu reported $566.7K in the 2026 cycle, 14.0 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 80% of itemized individual money came from Texas.

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
$566.7K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 2,255 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)Individuals (itemized): $504.1K (89.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)PACs and other committees: $62.6K (11.0%)
  • Individuals (itemized)89 squares$504.1K
  • PACs and other committees11 squares$62.6K
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Sources of Wu's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$504.1K89.0%
PACs and other committees$62.6K11.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $154.4K$154.4K20202022 cycle: $237.6K$237.6K20222024 cycle: $311.2K$311.2K20242026 cycle: $566.7K$566.7K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Wu's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$154.4K
2022 cycle$237.6K
2024 cycle$311.2K
2026 cycle$566.7K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 80% came from Texas.

  1. Texas$402.9K
  2. California$46.7K
  3. Virginia$6,935
  4. New York$6,078
  5. Michigan$4,897

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: $566MEVermont: $29VTNew Hampshire: $7NHWashington: $1,415WAIdaho: $15IDMontana: $10MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $180MNIllinois: $1,609ILWisconsin: $584WIMichigan: $4,897MINew York: $6,078NYRhode Island: $5RIMassachusetts: $3,760MAOregon: $1,576ORNevada: $3,114NVWyoming: $500WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $121INOhio: $3,037OHPennsylvania: $1,369PANew Jersey: $2,362NJConnecticut: $186CTCalifornia: $46.7KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $1,911CONebraska: $75NEMissouri: $1,376MOKentucky: $388KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $6,935VAMaryland: $1,781MDDelaware: $213DEArizona: $535AZNew Mexico: $228NMKansas: $247KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $128TNNorth Carolina: $4,175NCSouth Carolina: $43SCDistrict of Columbia: $293DCOklahoma: $440OKLouisiana: $705LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $429ALGeorgia: $538GAHawaii: $125HITexas: $402.9KTXFlorida: $2,520FL
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Wu's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Texas$402.9K
California$46.7K
Virginia$6,935
New York$6,078
Michigan$4,897
North Carolina$4,175
Massachusetts$3,760
Nevada$3,114
Ohio$3,037
Florida$2,520
New Jersey$2,362
Colorado$1,911
Maryland$1,781
Illinois$1,609
Oregon$1,576
Washington$1,415
Missouri$1,376
Pennsylvania$1,369
Louisiana$705
Wisconsin$584
Maine$566
Georgia$538
Arizona$535
Wyoming$500
Oklahoma$440
Alabama$429
Kentucky$388
District of Columbia$293
Kansas$247
New Mexico$228
Delaware$213
Connecticut$186
Minnesota$180
Tennessee$128
Hawaii$125
Indiana$121
Nebraska$75
South Carolina$43
Vermont$29
Idaho$15
Montana$10
New Hampshire$7
Rhode Island$5
AlaskaNo data
North DakotaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
UtahNo data
West VirginiaNo data
ArkansasNo data
MississippiNo data
2,255

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

80%

from Texas

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$114.4K 1,018 donors
  2. FINANCE$51.3K 4 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$45.3K 85 donors
  4. LAWYER$20.3K 41 donors
  5. CEO$19.8K 18 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. TEXAS TRIAL LAWYER ASSOCIATION PAC$15.0K
  2. TEXAS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS$13.3K
  3. HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$4,569
  4. NRG ENERGY PAC$2,500
  5. TEXPAC � TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$2,500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RICE UNIVERSITY$12.3K 9 donors
  2. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON$11.4K 3 donors
  3. HARRIS COUNTY$3,735 8 donors
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$2,130 6 donors
  5. SOUTHWEST REALTY GROUP$2,125 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Wu voted with the majority of Texas House Democrats on 98.0% of party-line votes and missed 2.9% of 3,657 roll calls. Texas House on average: 85% party unity, 93.1% attendance. Across all roll calls, Wu voted against the majority of Texas House Democrats 146 times.

3,657 roll calls Wu could vote on in the TX 2025–26 session, compared with Texas 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 Wu voted with the majority of Texas House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

146

votes against the majority of Texas House Democrats

Party unity 98.0%, Texas House average 85%, ranks 2nd of 143. 3,657 roll calls in the TX 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Wu
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.1%
93.1%
38th of 143
Party unity
98.0%
85%
2nd of 143
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Wu's attendance and party unity against Texas House.
RowWuPeers
Attendance97.1%93.1%
Party unity98.0%85%
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 TX 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 3, 2025
HB 1
Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 44–1 · R 46–37Democrats 44 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 46 yea, 37 naybecame law · party crossover · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
SB 1
Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 45–0 · R 76–8Democrats 45 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 76 yea, 8 naybecame law · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
HB 8
Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions
passage
NayWith majoritypassD 1–40 · R 78–7Democrats 1 yea, 40 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 7 naybecame law · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
SB 5
Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
adopt the conference committee report on SB 5.
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 86–0Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 86 yea, 0 naybecame law · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
HB 8
Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 45–1 · R 41–41Democrats 45 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 41 yea, 41 naybecame law · party crossover · much 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 Wu most often

  1. Chris TurnerD3,428 shared votes97%
  2. Ana HernandezD3,150 shared votes96%
  3. Jon RosenthalD3,492 shared votes96%
  4. Sheryl ColeD3,405 shared votes96%
  5. Diego BernalD3,012 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Wu least often

  1. Briscoe CainR3,303 shared votes47%
  2. Brian HarrisonR3,445 shared votes48%
  3. Mike OlcottR3,346 shared votes48%
  4. David LoweR3,449 shared votes48%
  5. Steve TothR3,428 shared votes49%
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

TX 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Wu sponsored 20 bills in the TX 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 56 others. 90% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House average 49%; 1st of 145).

The bills Wu sponsored and cosponsored in the TX 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 TX 2025–26 session

Sponsored20 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2020Sponsored, In committee: 1919Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1818Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored56 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 5656Cosponsored, In committee: 5656Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 88Cosponsored, Became law: 77IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Wu sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored20191800
Cosponsored56561987
How to read the blocks

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

90%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Texas House average 49%. Ranks 1st of 145.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos27
  2. John Bryant20
  3. Penny Morales Shaw15
  4. Vikki Goodwin14
  5. Lulu Flores14
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 Wu’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
HR 120In memory of Mary Kathryn Jacobe of Houston.SponsorAug 28, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Sep 2, 2025
HB 1Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.CosponsorAug 15, 2025Became lawEmergency Management(model)Effective immediately Sep 5, 2025
HCR 4Calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to release the complete Epstein files.SponsorJul 23, 2025IntroducedGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Filed Jul 23, 2025
HR 1090Commending Anna Port for her service as a communications intern in the office of State Representative Gene Wu.SponsorMay 9, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled May 25, 2025
HR 1097Commending Aaron W. Lurin for his service as a communications intern in the office of State Representative Gene Wu.SponsorMay 9, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Jun 1, 2025

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Wu’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 Wu 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 Wu posted

No images from Wu’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

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

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 Wu is most unusual among State House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
5556a81a-eca2-451d-bb29-74cfb00d1959
Open States
ocd-person/5556a81a-eca2-451d-bb29-74cfb00d1959

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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