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Democrat · Colorado House, district 40

Serving since Jan 13, 2021CO 2025–26 session

Portrait of Naquetta Ricks, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
12%
of roll calls missed, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Colorado House

Attendance 88%; the average within the Colorado House is 96.6%. Ranks 62nd of 64, where 1st has the highest attendance. 2,020 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance is the share of the roll calls Ricks could vote on where a yea, nay or present was recorded, ranked within the Colorado House. A missed vote has many causes, from illness to campaigning; the number says how often, not why.

At a glance

6 measures against the Colorado House. Ricks reported $40.6K in the 2024 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $5,075). 97% of the 38 bills Ricks sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Colorado House.

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

Attendance

88%

Colorado House average 96.6% · ranks 62nd of 64 · 2,020 roll calls

Itemized, 2024

$40.6K

State House Democrats’ median $5,075 · ranks 20th of 163

Out of committee

97%

Colorado House average 93% · ranks 17th of 64

Party unity

95.4%

Colorado House average 94.7% · ranks 42nd of 64 · 61 votes against the majority of Colorado House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.68

More liberal than 59% of State House Democrats · ± 0.05

From Colorado, 2024

92%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 78th of 149 State House Democrats

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Ricks says

Ricks claims credit less than 95% of State House Democrats. Credit claiming in 0% of 6 statements, against 14% for the average State House Democrat; 729th of 765.

An AI model reads each of Ricks’s 6 statements in the CO 2025–26 session (6 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 CO 2025–26 session

0%80%
Ricks
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion2 statements
33%
39%
481st of 765
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
584th of 765
Policy criticism0 statements
0%
10%
717th of 765
Bipartisanship0 statements
0%
3%
676th of 765
Credit claiming0 statements
0%
14%
729th of 765
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Ricks's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowRicksPeers
Policy discussion33%39%
Personal attacks0%3%
Policy criticism0%10%
Bipartisanship0%3%
Credit claiming0%14%
6

statements classified

6 posts on X.

posts on X: 6 (100.0%)posts on X 6
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Ricks's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X6
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Ricks used no extreme labels in 6 statements. The peer average is 1.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the CO 2025–26 session

No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the CO 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 22 months are hatched here; 18 of them have no statements.

In Ricks’s words

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

Policy discussion

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

Jun 20, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Immigration · 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.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 6 statements

Newest first, the CO 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 6 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Immigration is what Ricks talks about most: 100% of policy statements, 23.4 times the peer share. Peers give it 4.3%. Agreement with legislation needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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

What Ricks talks about

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

0%100%
Ricks
Peers
Immigration2 statements
100%
4%
Agriculture and Food0 statements
0%
5%
Armed Forces and National Security0 statements
0%
3%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0 statements
0%
10%
Commerce0 statements
0%
3%
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Policy areas Ricks talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowRicksPeers
Immigration100%4%
Agriculture and Food0%5%
Armed Forces and National Security0%3%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0%10%
Commerce0%3%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Ricks’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 100%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 100% (State House Democrats 4%)100%Immigration, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 1%)2%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 0% (State House Democrats 5%)0%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 3%)2%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 0% (State House Democrats 10%)0%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 4%)2%CommerceCommerce, talks about: 0% (State House Democrats 3%)0%Commerce, legislates on: 10% (State House Democrats 4%)10%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 0% (State House Democrats 8%)0%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 8% (State House Democrats 9%)8%
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Ricks's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Immigration100%4%2%1%
Agriculture and Food0%5%2%3%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0%10%2%4%
Commerce0%3%10%4%
Crime and Law Enforcement0%8%8%9%

No agreement score.Needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills in the window.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Ricks sits at −0.68 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 59% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.73 to −0.63, which understates the uncertainty; from 567 donors and 835 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”.

−0.68

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.73 to −0.63. From 567 donors and 835 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Ricks −0.7State House Democrats −0.6Colorado House −0.6All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Ricks, 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 Ricks’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 Ricks 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 −0.6Ricks −0.7Colorado Housemedian −0.6All State Housemedian +0.1
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Ricks's CSIP score of −0.68 placed against State House Democrats, Colorado House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Ricks
State House Democrats2392−0.641%
Colorado House64−0.638%
All State House5324+0.119%
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 Ricks 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 Ricks.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Ricks reported $40.6K in the 2024 cycle, 8.0 times the State House Democrats’ median of $5,075. State filings report no small-donation total. 92% of itemized individual money came from Colorado.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$40.6K

itemized in the 2024 cycle

From 120 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $5,075.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2024 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)Individuals (itemized): $25.3K (62.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)PACs and other committees: $15.2K (37.5%)
  • Individuals (itemized)62 squares$25.3K
  • PACs and other committees38 squares$15.2K
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Sources of Ricks's money, 2024 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$25.3K62.5%
PACs and other committees$15.2K37.5%
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 2024. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2024.

2020 cycle: $110.8K$110.8K20202022 cycle: $45.3K$45.3K20222024 cycle: $40.6K$40.6K2024State House Democrats median $5,075
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Ricks's receipts by cycle against the 2024 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$110.8K
2022 cycle$45.3K
2024 cycle$40.6K

Top donor states, 2024

Itemized contributions by donor state. 92% came from Colorado.

  1. Colorado$23.4K
  2. Texas$475
  3. Maryland$450
  4. Florida$240
  5. New Jersey$240

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: $100ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: $40NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $40OHPennsylvania: $100PANew Jersey: $240NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $100CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $23.4KCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: $450MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: $25SCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $100GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $475TXFlorida: $240FL
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Ricks's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2024 cycle
StateValue
Colorado$23.4K
Texas$475
Maryland$450
New Jersey$240
Florida$240
Illinois$100
Pennsylvania$100
California$100
Georgia$100
Nevada$40
Ohio$40
South Carolina$25
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
120

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

92%

from Colorado

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Colorado. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

  1. GENERAL BUSINESS$5,685 20 donors
  2. FOOD SERVICES$3,700 9 donors
  3. LOBBYIST$3,690 10 donors
  4. NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED$2,475 18 donors
  5. OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS$1,770 9 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2024 cycle.

  1. COLORADO STATE CONFERENCE OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (CSCEW)$4,000
  2. COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE$2,000
  3. COLORADO PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SMALL DONOR FUND$2,000
  4. COLORADO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS NONPARTISAN SMALL DONOR$1,000
  5. COLORADO WINS SDC$725

Top employers

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Ricks voted with the majority of Colorado House Democrats on 95.4% of party-line votes and missed 12% of 2,020 roll calls. Colorado House on average: 94.7% party unity, 96.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Ricks voted against the majority of Colorado House Democrats 61 times.

2,020 roll calls Ricks could vote on in the CO 2025–26 session, compared with Colorado 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 Ricks voted with the majority of Colorado House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

61

votes against the majority of Colorado House Democrats

Party unity 95.4%, Colorado House average 94.7%, ranks 42nd of 64. 2,020 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Ricks
Peers
Rank
Attendance
88%
96.6%
62nd of 64
Party unity
95.4%
94.7%
42nd of 64
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Ricks's attendance and party unity against Colorado House.
RowRicksPeers
Attendance88%96.6%
Party unity95.4%94.7%
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 CO 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 13, 2026
HB 1306
Wild Horse License Plate
REPASS
YeaWith majoritypassD 41–2 · R 14–8Democrats 41 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 14 yea, 8 naybecame law · party crossover
May 13, 2026
HB 1363
Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve
REPASS
YeaWith majoritypassD 42–0 · R 1–21Democrats 42 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 1 yea, 21 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
SB 169
Revisor's Bill
BILL
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 22–0Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 22 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1102
Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 21–1Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 21 yea, 1 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1223
Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 38–5 · R 1–21Democrats 38 yea, 5 nay; Republicans 1 yea, 21 naybecame law · party crossover
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 Ricks most often

  1. Michael CarterD1,721 shared votes97%
  2. Sean CamachoD1,763 shared votes96%
  3. Jamie JacksonD1,698 shared votes96%
  4. Rebekah StewartD1,728 shared votes96%
  5. Andy BoeseneckerD1,764 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Ricks least often

  1. Ken DeGraafR1,608 shared votes32%
  2. Scott BottomsR1,574 shared votes32%
  3. Stephanie LuckR1,737 shared votes33%
  4. Ron WeinbergR1,731 shared votes33%
  5. Max BrooksR1,774 shared votes38%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

CO 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Ricks sponsored 38 bills in the CO 2025–26 session; 20 became law. Cosponsored 274 others. 97% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House average 93%; 17th of 64).

The bills Ricks sponsored and cosponsored in the CO 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the CO 2025–26 session

Sponsored38 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3838Sponsored, In committee: 3737Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2929Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 2626Sponsored, Became law: 2020Cosponsored274 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 274274Cosponsored, In committee: 274274Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 274274Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 261261Cosponsored, Became law: 199199IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Ricks sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3837292620
Cosponsored274274274261199
How to read the blocks

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

97%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Colorado House average 93%. Ranks 17th of 64.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Cathy Kipp49
  2. Jennifer Bacon45
  3. Mandy Lindsay45
  4. Monica Duran41
  5. Lisa Cutter41
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 Ricks’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
HJR 1032Notify Governor of AdjournmentCosponsorMay 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedSenate Third Reading Lay on the Table-Deemed Lost - No Amendments May 22, 2026
HB 1431Competency for Occupational Licensure PortabilityCosponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawLabor and Employment(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026
HB 1433Funding to Sustain Fire-Related ServicesCosponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Governor Signed Jun 1, 2026
SB 191Gifts Grants & Donations for Nursing FacilitiesCosponsorMay 4, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Governor Signed May 29, 2026
HB 1430Transportation Funding AdjustmentsCosponsorMay 1, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Ricks’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 Ricks 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 Ricks posted

No images from Ricks’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

58 turns, Jan 13, 2023 to Apr 21, 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 Ricks is most unusual among Colorado House, 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
64f01ef4-238f-4e48-9657-e221e0d030c0
Open States
ocd-person/64f01ef4-238f-4e48-9657-e221e0d030c0

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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