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Democrat · California House, district 51

Serving since Dec 5, 2022CA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Rick Zbur, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$1.1M
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats

The median for State House Democrats is $40.4K. Ranks 36th of 2,082, where 1st raised the most. 467 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State House Democrats. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. Zbur sits at −1.22 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 97% of State House Democrats. The policy areas Zbur talks about and legislates on agree at 0.36 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

The measures on which Zbur 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.

Itemized, 2026

$1.1M

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 36th of 2,082

CSIP ideology

−1.22

More liberal than 97% of State House Democrats · ± 0.05

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.36

State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 465th of 503

Out of committee

73%

California House average 81% · ranks 63rd of 79

Attendance

96.5%

California House average 92.3% · ranks 18th of 79 · 4,001 roll calls

From California, 2026

98%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 547th of 1,983 State House Democrats

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Zbur says

Zbur claims credit more than 87% of State House Democrats. Credit claiming in 29% of 72 statements, against 14% for the average State House Democrat; 96th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Zbur’s 72 statements in the CA 2025–26 session (72 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%
Zbur
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion51 statements
71%
39%
38th of 764
Credit claiming21 statements
29%
14%
96th of 764
Policy criticism5 statements
7%
10%
416th of 764
Personal attacks2 statements
3%
3%
217th of 764
Bipartisanship2 statements
3%
3%
278th of 764
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Zbur's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowZburPeers
Policy discussion71%39%
Credit claiming29%14%
Policy criticism7%10%
Personal attacks3%3%
Bipartisanship3%3%
72

statements classified

72 posts on X.

posts on X: 72 (100.0%)posts on X 72
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Zbur's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X72
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Zbur used no extreme labels in 72 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 CA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 482025-02: 152025-03: 72025-04: 02025-05: 02025-06: 22025-07: 02025-08: 02025-09: 02025-10: 02025-11: 02025-12: 02026-01: 02026-02: 02026-03: 02026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 02026-08: 02026-09: 02026-10: 0peak 48 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 6.7% · Feb ’25 · latest 6.7%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 48Personal attacks, 2025-02: 6.7% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 13.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 13.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 4.2% of 48Policy criticism, 2025-02: 13.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 73.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 73.3%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 72.9% of 48Policy discussion, 2025-02: 73.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 4.2% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 4.2% of 48Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 33.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 33.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 29.2% of 48Credit claiming, 2025-02: 33.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 48Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 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Monthly rates for Zbur, 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 ’25480.0%4.2%72.9%4.2%29.2%0.0%
Feb ’25156.7%13.3%73.3%0.0%33.3%0.0%
Mar ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
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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%. 20 months are hatched here; 18 of them have no statements.

In Zbur’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.

Feb 25, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy criticism; policy discussion; Crime and Law Enforcement; target: Kyle Rittenhouse · Source

Policy discussion

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

Jun 8, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Armed Forces and National Security · Source

Credit claiming

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

Mar 19, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Housing and Community Development · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: lawless presidentSource

  2. 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 · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Kyle RittenhouseSource

All 72 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: 72 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Emergency Management is what Zbur talks about most: 47% of policy statements, 13.1 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.36 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 465th 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 Zbur talks about. The bills Zbur sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Zbur talks about

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

0%52%
Zbur
Peers
Emergency Management24 statements
47%
4%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7 statements
14%
10%
Crime and Law Enforcement6 statements
12%
8%
Health6 statements
12%
15%
Housing and Community Development3 statements
6%
6%
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Policy areas Zbur talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowZburPeers
Emergency Management47%4%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%10%
Crime and Law Enforcement12%8%
Health12%15%
Housing and Community Development6%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Zbur’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 52%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEmergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 47% (State House Democrats 4%)47%Emergency Management, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 1%)2%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 14% (State House Democrats 10%)14%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 15% (State House Democrats 4%)15%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 12% (State House Democrats 8%)12%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 4% (State House Democrats 9%)4%HealthHealth, talks about: 12% (State House Democrats 15%)12%Health, legislates on: 8% (State House Democrats 15%)8%Housing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 6% (State House Democrats 6%)6%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 5%)5%
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Zbur's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Emergency Management47%4%2%1%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%10%15%4%
Crime and Law Enforcement12%8%4%9%
Health12%15%8%15%
Housing and Community Development6%6%5%5%
0.36

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 465th of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Zbur sits at −1.22 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 97% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −1.28 to −1.17, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,104 donors and 577 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”.

−1.22

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.28 to −1.17. From 1,104 donors and 577 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Zbur, 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 Zbur’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 Zbur 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 −0.6Zbur −1.2California Housemedian −0.7All State Housemedian +0.1
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Zbur's CSIP score of −1.22 placed against State House Democrats, California House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Zbur
State House Democrats2392−0.63%
California House79−0.79%
All State House5324+0.11%
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 Zbur 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 Zbur.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Zbur reported $1.1M in the 2026 cycle, 27.3 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
$1.1M

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 467 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): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)Individuals (itemized): $546.8K (49.6%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)PACs and other committees: $554.7K (50.4%)
  • Individuals (itemized)50 squares$546.8K
  • PACs and other committees50 squares$554.7K
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Sources of Zbur's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$546.8K49.6%
PACs and other committees$554.7K50.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M20222024 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M20242026 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Zbur's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$1.7M
2024 cycle$1.1M
2026 cycle$1.1M

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. California$537.0K
  2. Kansas$3,000
  3. Colorado$2,920
  4. New York$1,200
  5. District of Columbia$1,100

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: $1,200NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $480MAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $500WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $537.0KCAUtah: $180UTColorado: $2,920CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: $430MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: $3,000KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $1,100DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Zbur's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$537.0K
Kansas$3,000
Colorado$2,920
New York$1,200
District of Columbia$1,100
Wyoming$500
Massachusetts$480
Maryland$430
Utah$180
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
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo 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
467

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. NOT EMPLOYED$173.1K 133 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$97.6K 76 donors
  3. RETIRED$31.6K 29 donors
  4. INVESTOR$23.0K 8 donors
  5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$20.4K 12 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE PAC (CREPAC) - CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$16.8K
  2. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE WAREHOUSE UNION (ILWU) LOCAL 13 PAC SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$16.8K
  3. SEIU CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$12.7K
  4. ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PAC SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE$11.8K
  5. CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION PAC$11.8K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. SANTA MONICA COLLEGE$8,760 5 donors
  2. MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP$6,900 3 donors
  3. LOS ANGELES COUNTY$1,800 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Zbur voted with the majority of California House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 3.5% of 4,001 roll calls. California House on average: 97.7% party unity, 92.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Zbur voted against the majority of California House Democrats 7 times.

4,001 roll calls Zbur 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 Zbur 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.

7

votes against the majority of California House Democrats

Party unity 99.5%, California House average 97.7%, ranks 45th of 79. 4,001 roll calls in the CA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Zbur
Peers
Rank
Attendance
96.5%
92.3%
18th of 79
Party unity
99.5%
97.7%
45th of 79
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Zbur's attendance and party unity against California House.
RowZburPeers
Attendance96.5%92.3%
Party unity99.5%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
Did not vote—passD 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 Zbur most often

  1. Dawn AddisD3,723 shared votes100%
  2. Jesse GabrielD3,691 shared votes100%
  3. Gail PellerinD3,754 shared votes100%
  4. Damon ConnollyD3,818 shared votes100%
  5. José SolacheD3,734 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Zbur least often

  1. Carl DeMaioR3,743 shared votes67%
  2. Stan EllisR3,414 shared votes74%
  3. Kate SanchezR3,383 shared votes74%
  4. David TangipaR3,372 shared votes74%
  5. Natasha JohnsonR2,301 shared votes74%
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

Zbur sponsored 40 bills in the CA 2025–26 session; 17 became law. Cosponsored 405 others. 73% of sponsored bills got out of committee (California House average 81%; 63rd of 79).

The bills Zbur 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

Sponsored40 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4040Sponsored, In committee: 3333Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2525Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1818Sponsored, Became law: 1717Cosponsored405 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 405405Cosponsored, In committee: 402402Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 395395Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 279279Cosponsored, Became law: 257257IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Zbur sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4033251817
Cosponsored405402395279257
How to read the blocks

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

73%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

California House average 81%. Ranks 63rd of 79.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Ash Kalra30
  2. John Harabedian30
  3. Mark González23
  4. Dawn Addis22
  5. Corey Jackson19
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 Zbur’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HR 140Relative to Children's Get Offline and Get Outdoors Month.CosponsorAug 19, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Page 6424.). Aug 24, 2026
HR 138Relative to National 4-H Week.CosponsorAug 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6275.). Aug 19, 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 135Relative to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Awareness Month.CosponsorAug 6, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedRead. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6275.). Aug 19, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 70 times in 90 days. Zbur’s official site had 49 pages when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    a51.asmdc.org

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    49

    pages crawled

    70

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    www.rickchavezzbur.com

    Last crawled Oct 1, 2026

    10

    pages crawled

    4

    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 Zbur posted

No images from Zbur’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

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

Floor speeches

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

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

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

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Zbur 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
6b7e3458-361f-4fce-8a8c-069282db2af7
Open States
ocd-person/6b7e3458-361f-4fce-8a8c-069282db2af7

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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