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Democrat · California House, district 24

Serving since Dec 5, 2022CA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Alex Lee, rendered as a two-tone print
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96%
of State House Democrats score to the right of Lee on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −1.17 (approximate range −1.23 to −1.11, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 812 donors and 880 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Lee sits among State House Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. 6.0% of Lee’s statements use an extreme label, 6.2 times the State House Democrat average of 1.0%. Lee reported $610.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

CSIP ideology

−1.17

More liberal than 96% of State House Democrats · ± 0.06

Extreme labels

6.0%

State House Democrats average 1.0% · ranks 27th of 764

Itemized, 2026

$610.2K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 83rd of 2,082

Personal attacks

8.9%

State House Democrats average 2.5% · ranks 61st of 764

Policy criticism

25%

State House Democrats average 10% · ranks 62nd of 764

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.66

State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 82nd of 503

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Lee says

Lee attacks opponents personally more than 92% of State House Democrats. Personal attacks in 8.9% of 302 statements, against 2.5% for the average State House Democrat; 61st of 764.

An AI model reads each of Lee’s 302 statements in the CA 2025–26 session (302 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 CA 2025–26 session

0%80%
Lee
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion175 statements
58%
39%
132nd of 764
Policy criticism76 statements
25%
10%
62nd of 764
Credit claiming42 statements
14%
14%
340th of 764
Personal attacks27 statements
9%
3%
61st of 764
Bipartisanship9 statements
3%
3%
262nd of 764
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Lee's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowLeePeers
Policy discussion58%39%
Policy criticism25%10%
Credit claiming14%14%
Personal attacks9%3%
Bipartisanship3%3%
302

statements classified

302 posts on X.

posts on X: 302 (100.0%)posts on X 302
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Lee's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X302
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Lee used extreme labels in 6.0% of statements, 6.2 times the peer average. 18 statements, most often aimed at far right; peers 1.0%.

  1. “fascist”6
  2. “MAGA”5
  3. “extreme”2
  4. “radical”2
  5. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. far right1
  2. MAGA radical1
  3. Republicans1
  4. right1
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 CA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 162025-02: 362025-03: 292025-04: 222025-05: 262025-06: 442025-07: 182025-08: 52025-09: 102025-10: 142025-11: 52025-12: 12026-01: 162026-02: 62026-03: 42026-04: 142026-05: 52026-06: 112026-07: 02026-08: 82026-09: 52026-10: 7peak 44 · Jun ’25Personal attackspeak 25.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 18.2%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 25.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-02: 8.3% of 36Personal attacks, 2025-03: 6.9% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-04: 13.6% of 22Personal attacks, 2025-05: 11.5% of 26Personal attacks, 2025-06: 4.5% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-07: 5.6% of 18Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 14Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: 6.3% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: 14.3% of 14Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: 18.2% of 11Personal 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 44.4% · Feb ’25 · latest 27.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 37.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-02: 44.4% of 36Policy criticism, 2025-03: 37.9% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-04: 22.7% of 22Policy criticism, 2025-05: 30.8% of 26Policy criticism, 2025-06: 22.7% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-07: 22.2% of 18Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 10.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-10: 21.4% of 14Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: 6.3% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: 0.0% of 14Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: 27.3% of 11Policy 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 93.8% · Jan ’26 · latest 63.6%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 43.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-02: 58.3% of 36Policy discussion, 2025-03: 51.7% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-04: 54.5% of 22Policy discussion, 2025-05: 73.1% of 26Policy discussion, 2025-06: 45.5% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-07: 50.0% of 18Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 60.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-10: 42.9% of 14Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: 93.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: 35.7% of 14Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: 63.6% of 11Policy 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 18.2% · Jun ’26 · latest 18.2%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 2.8% of 36Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 4.5% of 22Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 3.9% of 26Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 2.3% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 5.6% of 18Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 10.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.0% of 14Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 14Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 18.2% of 11Bipartisanship, 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 40.0% · Sep ’25 · latest 9.1%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 25.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-02: 13.9% of 36Credit claiming, 2025-03: 3.5% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-04: 9.1% of 22Credit claiming, 2025-05: 11.5% of 26Credit claiming, 2025-06: 6.8% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-07: 5.6% of 18Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 40.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-10: 21.4% of 14Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: 31.3% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: 7.1% of 14Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: 9.1% of 11Credit 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 10.3% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-02: 8.3% of 36Extreme labels, 2025-03: 10.3% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-04: 9.1% of 22Extreme labels, 2025-05: 7.7% of 26Extreme labels, 2025-06: 6.8% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 18Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-10: 7.1% of 14Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: 6.3% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 11Extreme 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 Lee, 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 ’251625.0%37.5%43.8%6.3%25.0%0.0%
Feb ’25368.3%44.4%58.3%2.8%13.9%8.3%
Mar ’25296.9%37.9%51.7%0.0%3.5%10.3%
Apr ’252213.6%22.7%54.5%4.5%9.1%9.1%
May ’252611.5%30.8%73.1%3.9%11.5%7.7%
Jun ’25444.5%22.7%45.5%2.3%6.8%6.8%
Jul ’25185.6%22.2%50.0%5.6%5.6%0.0%
Aug ’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)
Sep ’25100.0%10.0%60.0%10.0%40.0%0.0%
Oct ’25140.0%21.4%42.9%0.0%21.4%7.1%
Nov ’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)
Dec ’251— (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 ’26166.3%6.3%93.8%0.0%31.3%6.3%
Feb ’266— (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 ’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)
Apr ’261414.3%0.0%35.7%0.0%7.1%0.0%
May ’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)
Jun ’261118.2%27.3%63.6%18.2%9.1%0.0%
Jul ’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)
Aug ’268— (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 ’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)
Oct ’267— (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 CA 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%. 10 months are hatched here; 1 of them have no statements.

In Lee’s words

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

Policy criticism

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

Jun 26, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy criticism; policy discussion; Taxation; target: billionaires · Source

Personal attacks

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

Sep 27, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy discussion; Science, Technology, Communications; target: AI billionaires · Source

Extreme label

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

Oct 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; extreme label “MAGA” · 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 · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · extreme label “MAGA”Source

  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 · Science, Technology, Communications · target: AI billionairesSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · Taxation · target: billionairesSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: TrumpSource

  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 · Government Operations and Politics · target: himSource

All 302 statements

Newest first, the CA 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: 302 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Housing and Community Development is what Lee talks about most: 20% of policy statements, 3.2 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 82nd 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 Lee talks about. The bills Lee sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Lee talks about

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

0%35%
Lee
Peers
Housing and Community Development34 statements
20%
6%
Immigration30 statements
17%
4%
Economics and Public Finance23 statements
13%
11%
Government Operations and Politics23 statements
13%
15%
Taxation23 statements
13%
4%
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Policy areas Lee talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowLeePeers
Housing and Community Development20%6%
Immigration17%4%
Economics and Public Finance13%11%
Government Operations and Politics13%15%
Taxation13%4%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Lee’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 onHousing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 20% (State House Democrats 6%)20%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 14% (State House Democrats 5%)14%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 17% (State House Democrats 4%)17%Immigration, legislates on: 4% (State House Democrats 1%)4%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 11%)13%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 2%)2%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 15%)13%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 7% (State House Democrats 8%)7%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 4%)13%Taxation, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 7%)5%
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Lee's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Housing and Community Development20%6%14%5%
Immigration17%4%4%1%
Economics and Public Finance13%11%2%2%
Government Operations and Politics13%15%7%8%
Taxation13%4%5%7%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 82nd of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Lee sits at −1.17 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 96% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −1.23 to −1.11, which understates the uncertainty; from 812 donors and 880 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”.

−1.17

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.23 to −1.11. From 812 donors and 880 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Lee −1.2State House Democrats −0.6California House −0.7All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Lee, 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 Lee’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 Lee 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 −0.6Lee −1.2California Housemedian −0.7All State Housemedian +0.1
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Lee's CSIP score of −1.17 placed against State House Democrats, California House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Lee
State House Democrats2392−0.64%
California House79−0.711%
All State House5324+0.12%
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 Lee 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 Lee.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Lee reported $610.2K in the 2026 cycle, 15.1 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 98% of itemized individual money came from California.

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
$610.2K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 143 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): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)Individuals (itemized): $99.4K (16.3%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)PACs and other committees: $510.8K (83.7%)
  • Individuals (itemized)16 squares$99.4K
  • PACs and other committees84 squares$510.8K
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Sources of Lee's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$99.4K16.3%
PACs and other committees$510.8K83.7%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $345.8K$345.8K20202022 cycle: $1.0M$1.0M20222024 cycle: $691.4K$691.4K20242026 cycle: $610.2K$610.2K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Lee's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$345.8K
2022 cycle$1.0M
2024 cycle$691.4K
2026 cycle$610.2K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 98% came from California.

  1. California$97.0K
  2. Ohio$2,000
  3. Nevada$198
  4. District of Columbia$135

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: $198NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $2,000OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $97.0KCAUtah: 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: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $135DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Lee's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$97.0K
Ohio$2,000
Nevada$198
District of Columbia$135
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
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
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
143

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

98%

from California

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$16.6K 14 donors
  2. NOT EMPLOYED$14.3K 29 donors
  3. CONSULTANT$3,675 3 donors
  4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$3,513 4 donors
  5. ATTORNEY$2,605 5 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PAC SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$23.6K
  2. UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS OF AMERICA ACTION FUND SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$23.6K
  3. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU) LOCAL 2015 STATE PAC SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$17.7K
  4. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 1000 CANDIDATE PAC SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$17.7K
  5. FACULTY FOR OUR UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE, A COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$15.4K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES$1,148 3 donors
  2. CITY OF SAN JOSE$991 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Lee voted with the majority of California House Democrats on 99.7% of party-line votes and missed 11% of 4,001 roll calls. California House on average: 97.7% party unity, 92.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Lee voted against the majority of California House Democrats 26 times.

4,001 roll calls Lee could vote on in the CA 2025–26 session, compared with California 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 Lee voted with the majority of California House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

26

votes against the majority of California House Democrats

Party unity 99.7%, California House average 97.7%, ranks 38th of 79. 4,001 roll calls in the CA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Lee
Peers
Rank
Attendance
89%
92.3%
64th of 79
Party unity
99.7%
97.7%
38th of 79
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Lee's attendance and party unity against California House.
RowLeePeers
Attendance89%92.3%
Party unity99.7%97.7%
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 CA 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 1, 2026
SB 195
Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments.
SB 195 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL
YeaWith majoritypassD 60–0 · R 19–0Democrats 60 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 19 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1098
Public Utilities Commission: memorandum and balancing accounts.
SB 1098 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
YeaWith majoritypassD 50–1 · R 0–14Democrats 50 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 14 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1370
Covered wildfire mitigation projects: consolidated and expedited review.
SB 1370 Stern Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris
NayAgainst majoritypassD 42–4 · R 16–0Democrats 42 yea, 4 nay; Republicans 16 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 1, 2026
SB 1119
Companion chatbots: children's safety.
SB 1119 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Wicks
YeaWith majoritypassD 59–0 · R 10–4Democrats 59 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 10 yea, 4 naybecame law · party crossover
Sep 1, 2026
SB 931
Dolly Parton Day.
SB 931 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Krell
YeaWith majoritypassD 56–0 · R 17–0Democrats 56 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 17 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 Lee most often

  1. Liz OrtegaD3,490 shared votes100%
  2. Chris RogersD3,509 shared votes100%
  3. Mia BontaD3,334 shared votes100%
  4. Damon ConnollyD3,520 shared votes100%
  5. Corey JacksonD3,494 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Lee least often

  1. Carl DeMaioR3,450 shared votes64%
  2. Stan EllisR3,138 shared votes71%
  3. Kate SanchezR3,097 shared votes71%
  4. David TangipaR3,079 shared votes71%
  5. Natasha JohnsonR2,120 shared votes71%
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

CA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Lee sponsored 36 bills in the CA 2025–26 session; 14 became law. Cosponsored 273 others. 83% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House average 81%; 45th of 79).

The bills Lee sponsored and cosponsored in the CA 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 CA 2025–26 session

Sponsored36 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3636Sponsored, In committee: 3535Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2121Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1717Sponsored, Became law: 1414Cosponsored273 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 273273Cosponsored, In committee: 270270Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 255255Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 169169Cosponsored, Became law: 148148IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Lee sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3635211714
Cosponsored273270255169148
How to read the blocks

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

83%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

California House average 81%. Ranks 45th of 79.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Ash Kalra41
  2. Sade Elhawary28
  3. Matt Haney27
  4. Corey Jackson25
  5. Mark González24
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 Lee’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
ACA 24A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, relating to elections.CosponsorAug 24, 2026IntroducedGovernment Operations and Politics(model)From printer. Aug 25, 2026
HR 140Relative to Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month.CosponsorAug 19, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6424.). Aug 24, 2026
HR 137Relative to Diwali.CosponsorAug 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6311.). Aug 20, 2026
HR 136Relative to Home Hardening Week.CosponsorAug 10, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6211.). Aug 17, 2026
HR 134Relative to California's First-Generation College Celebration Month.CosponsorAug 6, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6258.). Aug 19, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 63 times in 90 days. Lee’s official site had 57 pages when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Lee’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 Lee posts with a vision model.

Websites

  • Official site

    a24.asmdc.org

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    57

    pages crawled

    63

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    www.votealexlee.com

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    7

    pages crawled

    1

    changes in 90 days

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 Lee posted

No images from Lee’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

152 turns, Feb 16, 2021 to Aug 31, 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 Lee 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
5d0057a2-e04d-44ca-b1d5-fc55e113351a
Open States
ocd-person/5d0057a2-e04d-44ca-b1d5-fc55e113351a

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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