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Democrat · Connecticut House, district 102

Serving since Jan 9, 2019CT 2025–26 session

Portrait of Robin Comey, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
100%
of itemized money from Connecticut donors, in the top tenth of State House Democrats

100% of the itemized money from individuals in the 2026 cycle came from donors with an address in Connecticut. Ranks 195th of 1,983, where 1st is the highest share. 175 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 Connecticut, ranked among State House Democrats. 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 Democrats. Comey reported $6,918 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). Comey sits at −0.86 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 81% of State House Democrats.

The measures on which Comey 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.

From Connecticut, 2026

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 195th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$6,918

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 1767th of 2,082

CSIP ideology

−0.86

More liberal than 81% of State House Democrats · ± 0.06

Attendance

95.6%

Connecticut House average 96.7% · ranks 116th of 151 · 754 roll calls

Party unity

95.1%

Connecticut House average 95.0% · ranks 103rd of 151 · 18 votes against the majority of Connecticut House Democrats

Out of committee

41%

Connecticut House average 35% · ranks 49th of 150

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Comey says

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

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Comey sits at −0.86 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 81% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.93 to −0.80, which understates the uncertainty; from 407 donors and 392 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”.

−0.86

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.93 to −0.80. From 407 donors and 392 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Comey −0.9State House Democrats −0.6Connecticut House −0.7All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Comey, 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 Comey’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 Comey 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 −0.6Comey −0.9Connecticut Housemedian −0.7All State Housemedian +0.1
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Comey's CSIP score of −0.86 placed against State House Democrats, Connecticut House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Comey
State House Democrats2392−0.619%
Connecticut House151−0.729%
All State House5324+0.19%
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 Comey 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 Comey.

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Money

Comey reported $6,918 in the 2026 cycle, 17% of the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% of itemized individual money came from Connecticut.

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
$6,918

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 175 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.

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  • Individuals (itemized)100 squares$6,918
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Sources of Comey's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$6,918100.0%
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: $5,440$5,44020202022 cycle: $6,685$6,68520222024 cycle: $7,030$7,03020242026 cycle: $6,918$6,9182026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Comey's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$5,440
2022 cycle$6,685
2024 cycle$7,030
2026 cycle$6,918

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Connecticut$6,918

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: $6,918CTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: 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: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Comey's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Connecticut$6,918
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
CaliforniaNo 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
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
175

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

from Connecticut

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$2,390 18 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

No committee contributions this cycle.

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Comey voted with the majority of Connecticut House Democrats on 95.1% of party-line votes and missed 4.4% of 754 roll calls. Connecticut House on average: 95.0% party unity, 96.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Comey voted against the majority of Connecticut House Democrats 18 times.

754 roll calls Comey could vote on in the CT 2025–26 session, compared with Connecticut 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 Comey voted with the majority of Connecticut House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

18

votes against the majority of Connecticut House Democrats

Party unity 95.1%, Connecticut House average 95.0%, ranks 103rd of 151. 754 roll calls in the CT 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Comey
Peers
Rank
Attendance
95.6%
96.7%
116th of 151
Party unity
95.1%
95.0%
103rd of 151
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Comey's attendance and party unity against Connecticut House.
RowComeyPeers
Attendance95.6%96.7%
Party unity95.1%95.0%
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 CT 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 6, 2026
SB 391
AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
House Roll Call Vote
YeaWith majoritypassD 101–0 · R 49–0Democrats 101 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 6, 2026
HB 5563
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED LANDING AREAS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES, POLICE COLLABORATION WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, SURVEILLANCE PRICING, EDUCATION COST SHARING AND WITHHOLDING OF
House Roll Call Vote
YeaWith majoritypassD 101–0 · R 49–0Democrats 101 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 6, 2026
SB 307
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
House Roll Call Vote
YeaWith majoritypassD 100–0 · R 49–0Democrats 100 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 6, 2026
SB 306
AN ACT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY STRATEGY.
House Roll Call Vote
YeaWith majoritypassD 101–0 · R 47–2Democrats 101 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 47 yea, 2 naybecame law
May 6, 2026
SB 220
AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
House Roll Call Vote
YeaWith majoritypassD 100–1 · R 49–0Democrats 100 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 49 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 Comey most often

  1. Moira RaderD688 shared votes98%
  2. Eleni DeGrawD721 shared votes98%
  3. Jill GilchrestD711 shared votes98%
  4. Matt RitterD721 shared votes98%
  5. Amy Morrin BelloD705 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Comey least often

  1. Anne DauphinaisR719 shared votes62%
  2. Gale MastrofrancescoR679 shared votes63%
  3. Craig FishbeinR647 shared votes66%
  4. John PiscopoR721 shared votes68%
  5. Cara Pavalock-D'AmatoR700 shared votes69%
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

CT 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Comey sponsored 46 bills in the CT 2025–26 session; 16 became law. Cosponsored 0 others. 41% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut House average 35%; 49th of 150).

The bills Comey sponsored and cosponsored in the CT 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 CT 2025–26 session

Sponsored46 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4646Sponsored, In committee: 4646Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1717Sponsored, Became law: 1616Cosponsored0 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 00Cosponsored, In committee: 00Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Comey sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4646191716
Cosponsored00000
How to read the blocks

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

41%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Connecticut House average 35%. Ranks 49th of 150.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Nick Gauthier8
  2. Tom Delnicki6
  3. Laurie Sweet6
  4. Saud Anwar6
  5. Jaime Foster5
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 Comey’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
SB 388AN ACT CONCERNING THE MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT AND MOHEGAN FUND.SponsorApr 2, 2026In committeeEconomics and Public Finance(model)FILE NO. 647 Apr 15, 2026
HB 5567AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES.SponsorMar 25, 2026Became lawHealth(model)SIGNED BY GOVERNOR May 26, 2026
HB 5306AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.SponsorMar 25, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)FILE NO. 598 Apr 13, 2026
SB 89AN ACT UPDATING PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION STANDARDS.SponsorMar 24, 2026Became lawCrime and Law Enforcement(model)SIGNED BY GOVERNOR May 7, 2026
SB 295AN ACT CONCERNING STATE LAW PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF A LEGALLY PROTECTED HEALTH CARE ACTIVITY.SponsorMar 24, 2026In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)FILE NO. 560 Apr 9, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 3 times in 90 days. Comey’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Comey’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 Comey 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 Comey posted

No images from Comey’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

187 turns, Feb 20, 2020 to May 6, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Comey 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

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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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