Personal attacks
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Aug 28, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: Democrat socialists · Source

19% of 1,051 statements use an extreme label (202 statements); the average for State House Republicans is 1.4%. Ranks 4th of 791, where 1st is the highest rate. Most often aimed at Democrat Party.
An AI model reads each of Shaheen’s posts on X and marks whether it calls a politician, party or policy far left, far right, MAGA, extreme, radical, woke, fascist or communist. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among State House Republicans and ranked against the same group.
6 measures against State House Republicans. Shaheen reported $244.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). Shaheen sits at +0.64 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State House Republicans.
The measures on which Shaheen sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Extreme labels
State House Republicans average 1.4% · ranks 4th of 791
Itemized, 2026
State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 198th of 2,521
Attendance
Texas House average 93.1% · ranks 16th of 143 · 3,701 roll calls
CSIP ideology
More conservative than 89% of State House Republicans · ± 0.02
Personal attacks
State House Republicans average 2.9% · ranks 129th of 791
Out of committee
Texas House average 49% · ranks 115th of 145
Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Shaheen, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Shaheen is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
Shaheen stresses bipartisanship less than 65% of State House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 0.4% of 1,051 statements, against 1.8% for the average State House Republican; 519th of 791.
An AI model reads each of Shaheen’s 1,051 statements in the TX 2025–26 session (1,051 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 Republicans and ranked among them.
Share of statements carrying each label, the TX 2025–26 session
| Row | Shaheen | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 32% | 32% |
| Credit claiming | 13% | 13% |
| Policy criticism | 7% | 9% |
| Personal attacks | 6% | 3% |
| Bipartisanship | 0% | 2% |
statements classified
1,051 posts on X.
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,051 |
The thick bar is Shaheen; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Shaheen does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Shaheen used extreme labels in 19% of statements, 13.3 times the peer average. 202 statements, most often aimed at Democrat Party; peers 1.4%.
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
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.
Share of statements per month, the TX 2025–26 session
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 46 | 2.2% | 17.4% | 30.4% | 2.2% | 17.4% | 8.7% |
| Feb ’25 | 34 | 14.7% | 17.6% | 47.1% | 0.0% | 23.5% | 23.5% |
| Mar ’25 | 28 | 3.6% | 7.1% | 28.6% | 0.0% | 21.4% | 21.4% |
| Apr ’25 | 28 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 42.9% | 3.6% | 28.6% | 7.1% |
| May ’25 | 35 | 0.0% | 5.7% | 57.1% | 0.0% | 45.7% | 2.9% |
| Jun ’25 | 53 | 9.4% | 5.7% | 39.6% | 0.0% | 24.5% | 28.3% |
| Jul ’25 | 32 | 6.3% | 0.0% | 21.9% | 0.0% | 21.9% | 15.6% |
| Aug ’25 | 53 | 11.3% | 17.0% | 41.5% | 1.9% | 20.8% | 17.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 37 | 10.8% | 5.4% | 13.5% | 0.0% | 16.2% | 27.0% |
| Oct ’25 | 36 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 19.4% | 11.1% |
| Nov ’25 | 42 | 0.0% | 11.9% | 28.6% | 2.4% | 9.5% | 21.4% |
| Dec ’25 | 37 | 5.4% | 8.1% | 24.3% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 10.8% |
| Jan ’26 | 104 | 13.5% | 0.0% | 51.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 28.8% |
| Feb ’26 | 66 | 4.5% | 4.5% | 27.3% | 0.0% | 27.3% | 19.7% |
| Mar ’26 | 61 | 4.9% | 13.1% | 16.4% | 0.0% | 6.6% | 42.6% |
| Apr ’26 | 80 | 13.8% | 2.5% | 35.0% | 0.0% | 6.3% | 15.0% |
| May ’26 | 42 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 21.4% | 0.0% | 4.8% | 16.7% |
| Jun ’26 | 74 | 4.0% | 12.2% | 27.0% | 0.0% | 5.4% | 35.1% |
| Jul ’26 | 35 | 2.9% | 5.7% | 31.4% | 0.0% | 8.6% | 20.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 37 | 5.4% | 0.0% | 24.3% | 0.0% | 8.1% | 8.1% |
| Sep ’26 | 48 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 35.4% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 2.1% |
| Oct ’26 | 43 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.6% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 0.0% |
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the TX 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Personal attacks
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Aug 28, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: Democrat socialists · Source
Bipartisanship
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Nov 21, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Science, Technology, Communications · Source
Extreme label
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Sep 8, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme, woke” aimed at Nike, liberal Democrats · Source
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · target: Democrat socialistsSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · target: Liberal DemocratsSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · extreme label “extreme” aimed at liberalsSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · extreme label “extreme” aimed at Democrat, Chuck Todd · target: Chuck ToddSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
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personal attacks · extreme label “extreme” aimed at Liberal Democrats · target: Liberal DemocratsSource
Newest first, the TX 2025–26 session
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,051 posts on X.
Government Operations and Politics is what Shaheen talks about most: 22% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.62 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 109th of 504).
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 Shaheen talks about. The bills Shaheen sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
Share of policy statements by area, the TX 2025–26 session
| Row | Shaheen | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Government Operations and Politics | 22% | 18% |
| Education | 16% | 15% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 16% | 11% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 16% | 6% |
| Immigration | 13% | 5% |
The thick bar is the share of Shaheen’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. 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.
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.
| Area | Talks about | State House Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | State House Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Operations and Politics | 22% | 18% | 23% | 12% |
| Education | 16% | 15% | 18% | 9% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 16% | 11% | 16% | 11% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 16% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| Immigration | 13% | 5% | 0% | 1% |
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 109th of 504.
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Shaheen legislates on exactly the areas Shaheen 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 Shaheen sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Shaheen sits at +0.64 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 89% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.62 to +0.66, which understates the uncertainty; from 595 donors and 848 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”.
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.62 to +0.66. From 595 donors and 848 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Shaheen, 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 Shaheen’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
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.
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Shaheen |
|---|---|---|---|
| State House Republicans | 2917 | +0.4 | 89% |
| Texas House | 148 | +0.3 | 84% |
| All State House | 5324 | +0.1 | 94% |
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 Shaheen 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 Shaheen.
Shaheen reported $244.8K in the 2026 cycle, 7.3 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 98% of itemized individual money came from Texas.
Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 178 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.
Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (itemized) | $131.2K | 53.6% |
| PACs and other committees | $113.6K | 46.4% |
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.
Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $1.0M |
| 2022 cycle | $592.0K |
| 2024 cycle | $909.4K |
| 2026 cycle | $244.8K |
Itemized contributions by donor state. 98% came from Texas.
State filings report no total for small gifts.
Not reported in state filings.
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Texas | $128.3K |
| North Carolina | $1,000 |
| South Carolina | $1,000 |
| Virginia | $376 |
| Indiana | $200 |
| California | $200 |
| Florida | $200 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| Vermont | No data |
| New Hampshire | No data |
| Washington | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Minnesota | No data |
| Illinois | No data |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| Michigan | No data |
| New York | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Massachusetts | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Ohio | No data |
| Pennsylvania | No data |
| New Jersey | No data |
| Connecticut | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Missouri | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| West Virginia | No data |
| Maryland | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| District of Columbia | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Georgia | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
from Texas
Of itemized individual dollars
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Texas. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
No employers reported.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Shaheen voted with the majority of Texas House Republicans on 89% of party-line votes and missed 1.5% of 3,701 roll calls. Texas House on average: 85% party unity, 93.1% attendance. Across all roll calls, Shaheen voted against the majority of Texas House Republicans 477 times.
3,701 roll calls Shaheen could vote on in the TX 2025–26 session, compared with Texas House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Shaheen voted with the majority of Texas House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
votes against the majority of Texas House Republicans
Party unity 89%, Texas House average 85%, ranks 73rd of 143. 3,701 roll calls in the TX 2025–26 session.
The thick bar is Shaheen, the thin grey bar the Texas House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
| Row | Shaheen | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 98.4% | 93.1% |
| Party unity | 89% | 85% |
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.
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the TX 2025–26 session
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2025 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 44–1 · R 46–37Democrats 44 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 46 yea, 37 nay | became law · party crossover · much discussed | |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 45–0 · R 76–8Democrats 45 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 76 yea, 8 nay | became law · much discussed | |
| Sep 3, 2025 | HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions passage | Yea | With majority | pass | D 1–40 · R 78–7Democrats 1 yea, 40 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 7 nay | became law · much discussed |
| Sep 3, 2025 | SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations. adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. | Yea | With majority | pass | D 43–0 · R 86–0Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 86 yea, 0 nay | became law · much discussed |
| Sep 3, 2025 | HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions passage | Nay | — | pass | D 45–1 · R 41–41Democrats 45 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 41 yea, 41 nay | became law · party crossover · much discussed |
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.
The colleagues who voted the same way as Shaheen most often
The colleagues who voted the same way as Shaheen least often
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.
TX 2025–26 session, loads in batches
Shaheen sponsored 98 bills in the TX 2025–26 session; 18 became law. Cosponsored 92 others. 36% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House average 49%; 115th of 145).
The bills Shaheen sponsored and cosponsored in the TX 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Counts for the TX 2025–26 session
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 98 | 95 | 35 | 20 | 18 |
| Cosponsored | 92 | 87 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
Ink blocks are bills Shaheen sponsored, ochre blocks bills Shaheen cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Texas House average 49%. Ranks 115th of 145.
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Shaheen, by number of shared bills in the TX 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
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 Shaheen’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| HR 128 | Amending the House Rules of Procedure to authorize additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave for purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions. | Cosponsor | Aug 29, 2025 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | Reported enrolled Sep 4, 2025 |
| HB 308 | Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property. | Cosponsor | Aug 28, 2025 | Introduced | Crime and Law Enforcement(model) | Filed Aug 28, 2025 |
| HB 29 | Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices. | Sponsor | Aug 27, 2025 | In committee | Government Operations and Politics(model) | Committee report sent to Calendars Aug 28, 2025 |
| SB 54 | Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices. | Sponsor | Aug 26, 2025 | Became law | Government Operations and Politics(model) | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep 17, 2025 |
| HB 298 | Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence. | Cosponsor | Aug 25, 2025 | In committee | Government Operations and Politics(model) | Referred to State Affairs Aug 26, 2025 |
A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Shaheen’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.
The lab crawls Shaheen’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 Shaheen posts with a vision model.
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changes in 90 days
pages crawled
changes in 90 days
“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.
No images from Shaheen’s posts have been described.
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.
Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.
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 is the measure on which Shaheen is most unusual among State House Republicans, 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 …”).
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
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