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Republican · Texas House, district 66

Serving since Jan 13, 2015TX 2025–26 session

Portrait of Matt Shaheen, rendered as a two-tone print
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13.3×
the State House Republican rate of extreme labels

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.

At a glance

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

19%

State House Republicans average 1.4% · ranks 4th of 791

Itemized, 2026

$244.8K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 198th of 2,521

Attendance

98.4%

Texas House average 93.1% · ranks 16th of 143 · 3,701 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.64

More conservative than 89% of State House Republicans · ± 0.02

Personal attacks

6.0%

State House Republicans average 2.9% · ranks 129th of 791

Out of committee

36%

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).

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What Shaheen says

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.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the TX 2025–26 session

0%80%
Shaheen
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion335 statements
32%
32%
374th of 791
Credit claiming138 statements
13%
13%
324th of 791
Policy criticism75 statements
7%
9%
375th of 791
Personal attacks63 statements
6%
3%
129th of 791
Bipartisanship4 statements
0%
2%
519th of 791
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Shaheen's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowShaheenPeers
Policy discussion32%32%
Credit claiming13%13%
Policy criticism7%9%
Personal attacks6%3%
Bipartisanship0%2%
1,051

statements classified

1,051 posts on X.

posts on X: 1,051 (100.0%)posts on X 1,051
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Shaheen's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,051
How to read the bars

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.

Extreme labels

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%.

  1. “extreme”152
  2. “communist”7
  3. “woke”5
  4. “radical”4

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrat Party31
  2. Democrats31
  3. liberal Democrat28
  4. Liberal Democrats17
  5. Democrat11
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 TX 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 462025-02: 342025-03: 282025-04: 282025-05: 352025-06: 532025-07: 322025-08: 532025-09: 372025-10: 362025-11: 422025-12: 372026-01: 1042026-02: 662026-03: 612026-04: 802026-05: 422026-06: 742026-07: 352026-08: 372026-09: 482026-10: 43peak 104 · Jan ’26Personal attackspeak 14.7% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.2% of 46Personal attacks, 2025-02: 14.7% of 34Personal attacks, 2025-03: 3.6% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 35Personal attacks, 2025-06: 9.4% of 53Personal attacks, 2025-07: 6.3% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-08: 11.3% of 53Personal attacks, 2025-09: 10.8% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 36Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 42Personal attacks, 2025-12: 5.4% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-01: 13.5% of 104Personal attacks, 2026-02: 4.5% of 66Personal attacks, 2026-03: 4.9% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-04: 13.8% of 80Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 42Personal attacks, 2026-06: 4.0% of 74Personal attacks, 2026-07: 2.9% of 35Personal attacks, 2026-08: 5.4% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 48Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 43Policy criticismpeak 17.6% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 17.4% of 46Policy criticism, 2025-02: 17.6% of 34Policy criticism, 2025-03: 7.1% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-04: 14.3% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-05: 5.7% of 35Policy criticism, 2025-06: 5.7% of 53Policy criticism, 2025-07: 0.0% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-08: 17.0% of 53Policy criticism, 2025-09: 5.4% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-10: 11.1% of 36Policy criticism, 2025-11: 11.9% of 42Policy criticism, 2025-12: 8.1% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-01: 0.0% of 104Policy criticism, 2026-02: 4.5% of 66Policy criticism, 2026-03: 13.1% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-04: 2.5% of 80Policy criticism, 2026-05: 7.1% of 42Policy criticism, 2026-06: 12.2% of 74Policy criticism, 2026-07: 5.7% of 35Policy criticism, 2026-08: 0.0% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-09: 0.0% of 48Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 43Policy discussionpeak 57.1% · May ’25 · latest 11.6%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 30.4% of 46Policy discussion, 2025-02: 47.1% of 34Policy discussion, 2025-03: 28.6% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-04: 42.9% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-05: 57.1% of 35Policy discussion, 2025-06: 39.6% of 53Policy discussion, 2025-07: 21.9% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-08: 41.5% of 53Policy discussion, 2025-09: 13.5% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-10: 25.0% of 36Policy discussion, 2025-11: 28.6% of 42Policy discussion, 2025-12: 24.3% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-01: 51.0% of 104Policy discussion, 2026-02: 27.3% of 66Policy discussion, 2026-03: 16.4% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-04: 35.0% of 80Policy discussion, 2026-05: 21.4% of 42Policy discussion, 2026-06: 27.0% of 74Policy discussion, 2026-07: 31.4% of 35Policy discussion, 2026-08: 24.3% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-09: 35.4% of 48Policy discussion, 2026-10: 11.6% of 43Bipartisanshippeak 3.6% · Apr ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 2.2% of 46Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 34Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 3.6% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 35Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 53Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 1.9% of 53Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.0% of 36Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 2.4% of 42Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 104Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 66Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 80Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 42Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 74Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 35Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 48Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 43Credit claimingpeak 45.7% · May ’25 · latest 2.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 17.4% of 46Credit claiming, 2025-02: 23.5% of 34Credit claiming, 2025-03: 21.4% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-04: 28.6% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-05: 45.7% of 35Credit claiming, 2025-06: 24.5% of 53Credit claiming, 2025-07: 21.9% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-08: 20.8% of 53Credit claiming, 2025-09: 16.2% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-10: 19.4% of 36Credit claiming, 2025-11: 9.5% of 42Credit claiming, 2025-12: 2.7% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-01: 1.0% of 104Credit claiming, 2026-02: 27.3% of 66Credit claiming, 2026-03: 6.6% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-04: 6.3% of 80Credit claiming, 2026-05: 4.8% of 42Credit claiming, 2026-06: 5.4% of 74Credit claiming, 2026-07: 8.6% of 35Credit claiming, 2026-08: 8.1% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-09: 4.2% of 48Credit claiming, 2026-10: 2.3% of 43Extreme labelspeak 42.6% · Mar ’26 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 8.7% of 46Extreme labels, 2025-02: 23.5% of 34Extreme labels, 2025-03: 21.4% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-04: 7.1% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-05: 2.9% of 35Extreme labels, 2025-06: 28.3% of 53Extreme labels, 2025-07: 15.6% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-08: 17.0% of 53Extreme labels, 2025-09: 27.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-10: 11.1% of 36Extreme labels, 2025-11: 21.4% of 42Extreme labels, 2025-12: 10.8% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-01: 28.8% of 104Extreme labels, 2026-02: 19.7% of 66Extreme labels, 2026-03: 42.6% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-04: 15.0% of 80Extreme labels, 2026-05: 16.7% of 42Extreme labels, 2026-06: 35.1% of 74Extreme labels, 2026-07: 20.0% of 35Extreme labels, 2026-08: 8.1% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-09: 2.1% of 48Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 43Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Shaheen, 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 ’25462.2%17.4%30.4%2.2%17.4%8.7%
Feb ’253414.7%17.6%47.1%0.0%23.5%23.5%
Mar ’25283.6%7.1%28.6%0.0%21.4%21.4%
Apr ’25280.0%14.3%42.9%3.6%28.6%7.1%
May ’25350.0%5.7%57.1%0.0%45.7%2.9%
Jun ’25539.4%5.7%39.6%0.0%24.5%28.3%
Jul ’25326.3%0.0%21.9%0.0%21.9%15.6%
Aug ’255311.3%17.0%41.5%1.9%20.8%17.0%
Sep ’253710.8%5.4%13.5%0.0%16.2%27.0%
Oct ’25360.0%11.1%25.0%0.0%19.4%11.1%
Nov ’25420.0%11.9%28.6%2.4%9.5%21.4%
Dec ’25375.4%8.1%24.3%0.0%2.7%10.8%
Jan ’2610413.5%0.0%51.0%0.0%1.0%28.8%
Feb ’26664.5%4.5%27.3%0.0%27.3%19.7%
Mar ’26614.9%13.1%16.4%0.0%6.6%42.6%
Apr ’268013.8%2.5%35.0%0.0%6.3%15.0%
May ’26420.0%7.1%21.4%0.0%4.8%16.7%
Jun ’26744.0%12.2%27.0%0.0%5.4%35.1%
Jul ’26352.9%5.7%31.4%0.0%8.6%20.0%
Aug ’26375.4%0.0%24.3%0.0%8.1%8.1%
Sep ’26480.0%0.0%35.4%0.0%4.2%2.1%
Oct ’26430.0%0.0%11.6%0.0%2.3%0.0%
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 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%.

In Shaheen’s words

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

Personal attacks

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

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

Bipartisanship

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

Nov 21, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Science, Technology, Communications · Source

Extreme label

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

Sep 8, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme, woke” aimed at Nike, liberal Democrats · 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: Democrat socialistsSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: Liberal DemocratsSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · extreme label “extreme” aimed at liberalsSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · extreme label “extreme” aimed at Democrat, Chuck Todd · target: Chuck ToddSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · extreme label “extreme” aimed at Liberal Democrats · target: Liberal DemocratsSource

All 1,051 statements

Newest first, the TX 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: 1,051 posts on X.

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Policy

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.

What Shaheen talks about

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

0%35%
Shaheen
Peers
Government Operations and Politics74 statements
22%
18%
Education55 statements
16%
15%
Crime and Law Enforcement54 statements
16%
11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues52 statements
16%
6%
Immigration45 statements
13%
5%
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Policy areas Shaheen talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowShaheenPeers
Government Operations and Politics22%18%
Education16%15%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues16%6%
Immigration13%5%
How to read the bars

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.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 22% (State House Republicans 18%)22%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 23% (State House Republicans 12%)23%EducationEducation, talks about: 16% (State House Republicans 15%)16%Education, legislates on: 18% (State House Republicans 9%)18%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 16% (State House Republicans 11%)16%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 16% (State House Republicans 11%)16%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 16% (State House Republicans 6%)16%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 6% (State House Republicans 4%)6%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 13% (State House Republicans 5%)13%Immigration, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 1%)0%
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Shaheen's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics22%18%23%12%
Education16%15%18%9%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%11%16%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues16%6%6%4%
Immigration13%5%0%1%
0.62

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 109th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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.

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Ideology

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”.

+0.64

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.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Shaheen +0.6State House Republicans +0.4Texas House +0.3All State House +0.1

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.

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 Shaheen sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Shaheen +0.6Texas Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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Shaheen's CSIP score of +0.64 placed against State House Republicans, Texas House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Shaheen
State House Republicans2917+0.489%
Texas House148+0.384%
All State House5324+0.194%
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 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.

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Money

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.

Election cycle
$244.8K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 178 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)Individuals (itemized): $131.2K (53.6%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)PACs and other committees: $113.6K (46.4%)
  • Individuals (itemized)54 squares$131.2K
  • PACs and other committees46 squares$113.6K
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Sources of Shaheen's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$131.2K53.6%
PACs and other committees$113.6K46.4%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $1.0M$1.0M20202022 cycle: $592.0K$592.0K20222024 cycle: $909.4K$909.4K20242026 cycle: $244.8K$244.8K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Shaheen's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.0M
2022 cycle$592.0K
2024 cycle$909.4K
2026 cycle$244.8K

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Texas$128.3K
  2. South Carolina$1,000
  3. North Carolina$1,000
  4. Virginia$376
  5. Indiana$200

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $200INOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $200CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $376VAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $1,000NCSouth Carolina: $1,000SCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $128.3KTXFlorida: $200FL
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Shaheen's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Texas$128.3K
North Carolina$1,000
South Carolina$1,000
Virginia$376
Indiana$200
California$200
Florida$200
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
178

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

98%

from Texas

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CONSULTANT$7,500 4 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM PAC$45.0K
  2. BNSF RAILPAC$5,000
  3. TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC (TREPAC)$5,000
  4. TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION PAC$3,000
  5. WHOLESALE BEER DISTRIBUTORS OF TEXAS PAC$3,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

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.

477

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.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Shaheen
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.4%
93.1%
16th of 143
Party unity
89%
85%
73rd of 143
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Shaheen's attendance and party unity against Texas House.
RowShaheenPeers
Attendance98.4%93.1%
Party unity89%85%
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 TX 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 3, 2025
HB 1
Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 44–1 · R 46–37Democrats 44 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 46 yea, 37 naybecame law · party crossover · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
SB 1
Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 45–0 · R 76–8Democrats 45 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 76 yea, 8 naybecame 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
YeaWith majoritypassD 1–40 · R 78–7Democrats 1 yea, 40 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 7 naybecame 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.
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 86–0Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 86 yea, 0 naybecame 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—passD 45–1 · R 41–41Democrats 45 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 41 yea, 41 naybecame law · party crossover · much discussed
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 Shaheen most often

  1. Jared PattersonR3,592 shared votes89%
  2. Lacey HullR3,370 shared votes89%
  3. John McQueeneyR3,480 shared votes87%
  4. Will MetcalfR3,523 shared votes87%
  5. Mike SchofieldR2,985 shared votes86%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Shaheen least often

  1. Ana-Maria Rodriguez RamosD3,421 shared votes65%
  2. Terry MezaD3,286 shared votes65%
  3. Ron ReynoldsD3,290 shared votes66%
  4. Jessica GonzálezD3,445 shared votes66%
  5. Vikki GoodwinD3,479 shared votes66%
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

TX 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

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.

Bills by stage

Counts for the TX 2025–26 session

Sponsored98 billsSponsored, Introduced: 9898Sponsored, In committee: 9595Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 3535Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 2020Sponsored, Became law: 1818Cosponsored92 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 9292Cosponsored, In committee: 8787Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 5353Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 4444Cosponsored, Became law: 3636IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Shaheen sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored9895352018
Cosponsored9287534436
How to read the blocks

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.

36%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Texas House average 49%. Ranks 115th of 145.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Terri Leo-Wilson13
  2. Tan Parker9
  3. Will Metcalf8
  4. Bryan Hughes8
  5. Richard Hayes7
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 Shaheen’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 128Amending 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.CosponsorAug 29, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Sep 4, 2025
HB 308Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.CosponsorAug 28, 2025IntroducedCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Filed Aug 28, 2025
HB 29Relating 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.SponsorAug 27, 2025In committeeGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Committee report sent to Calendars Aug 28, 2025
SB 54Relating 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.SponsorAug 26, 2025Became lawGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sep 17, 2025
HB 298Relating to a vacancy in the office of senator or representative due to excessive absence.CosponsorAug 25, 2025In committeeGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Referred to State Affairs Aug 26, 2025

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Online

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.

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 Shaheen posted

No images from Shaheen’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 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 …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
71555c46-28b0-4887-98a1-997dc7482e75
Open States
ocd-person/71555c46-28b0-4887-98a1-997dc7482e75

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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