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Republican · Mississippi House, district 46

Serving since Jan 5, 2016MS 2025–26 session

Portrait of Karl Oliver, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
76%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Mississippi House

76% of 21 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Mississippi House is 29%. Ranks 6th of 99, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Oliver sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Mississippi House. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against the Mississippi House. 100% of Oliver’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Mississippi, in the top quarter of State House Republicans. Oliver reported $7,600 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

Out of committee

76%

Mississippi House average 29% · ranks 6th of 99

From Mississippi, 2026

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 392nd of 2,335 State House Republicans

Party unity

98.7%

Mississippi House average 90.1% · ranks 22nd of 112 · 15 votes against the majority of Mississippi House Republicans

Itemized, 2026

$7,600

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 2032nd of 2,521

Attendance

98.7%

Mississippi House average 95.7% · ranks 41st of 112 · 1,510 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.31

More liberal than 57% of State House Republicans · ± 0.07

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Oliver says

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

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Oliver sits at +0.31 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 57% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.24 to +0.38, which understates the uncertainty; from 11 donors and 1,151 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”.

+0.31

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.24 to +0.38. From 11 donors and 1,151 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Oliver +0.3State House Republicans +0.4Mississippi House +0.2All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Oliver, 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 Oliver’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 Oliver 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 +0.4Oliver +0.3Mississippi Housemedian +0.2All State Housemedian +0.1
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Oliver's CSIP score of +0.31 placed against State House Republicans, Mississippi House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Oliver
State House Republicans2917+0.443%
Mississippi House117+0.262%
All State House5324+0.168%
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 Oliver 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 Oliver.

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Money

Oliver reported $7,600 in the 2026 cycle, 23% of the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% of itemized individual money came from Mississippi.

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
$7,600

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 2 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): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)Individuals (itemized): $750 (9.9%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)PACs and other committees: $6,850 (90.1%)
  • Individuals (itemized)10 squares$750
  • PACs and other committees90 squares$6,850
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Sources of Oliver's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$7509.9%
PACs and other committees$6,85090.1%
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, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $50.5K$50.5K20242026 cycle: $7,600$7,6002026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Oliver's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$50.5K
2026 cycle$7,600

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Mississippi$750

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $750MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Oliver's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Mississippi$750
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
2

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

from Mississippi

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. BUILD MS PAC$1,000
  2. CAPITAL ADVOCACY$1,000
  3. MS HEALTHCARE PAC$1,000
  4. CAPITAL RESOURCES$500
  5. CE AFT PAC$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Oliver voted with the majority of Mississippi House Republicans on 98.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.3% of 1,510 roll calls. Mississippi House on average: 90.1% party unity, 95.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Oliver voted against the majority of Mississippi House Republicans 15 times.

1,510 roll calls Oliver could vote on in the MS 2025–26 session, compared with Mississippi 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 Oliver voted with the majority of Mississippi House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

15

votes against the majority of Mississippi House Republicans

Party unity 98.7%, Mississippi House average 90.1%, ranks 22nd of 112. 1,510 roll calls in the MS 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Oliver
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.7%
95.7%
41st of 112
Party unity
98.7%
90.1%
22nd of 112
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Oliver's attendance and party unity against Mississippi House.
RowOliverPeers
Attendance98.7%95.7%
Party unity98.7%90.1%
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 MS 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jul 16, 2026
SB 2001
The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 3–25 · R 63–6 · I 2–0Democrats 3 yea, 25 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 6 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Apr 15, 2026
HC 65
Suspend deadlines for the further consideration of HB 938; extend repealers on several youth court statutes.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 19–8 · R 75–2 · I 1–0Democrats 19 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 75 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Apr 2, 2026
HB 1761
Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits.
Adopt Conference Report
YeaWith majoritypassD 35–2 · R 75–1 · I 2–0Democrats 35 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 75 yea, 1 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 naybecame law
Apr 2, 2026
HB 1772
Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on.
Adopt Conference Report
YeaWith majoritypassD 39–0 · R 76–0 · I 2–0Democrats 39 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 76 yea, 0 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 naybecame law
Apr 2, 2026
SB 3410
City of Brandon and West Rankin Utility Authority; authorize to enter agreements w/data center for water & wastewater infrastructure.
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 36–0 · R 72–0 · I 2–0Democrats 36 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 72 yea, 0 nay; Independents 2 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 Oliver most often

  1. Beth WaldoR1,373 shared votes99%
  2. Rob RobersonR1,484 shared votes99%
  3. Steve MassengillR1,483 shared votes99%
  4. Perry BaileyR769 shared votes99%
  5. Donnie BellR1,488 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Oliver least often

  1. Omeria ScottD1,345 shared votes80%
  2. Zakiya SummersD1,180 shared votes85%
  3. Solomon OsborneD1,408 shared votes86%
  4. Bob EvansD1,246 shared votes86%
  5. Kabir KarriemD1,318 shared votes88%
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

MS 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Oliver sponsored 21 bills in the MS 2025–26 session; 10 became law. Cosponsored 8 others. 76% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House average 29%; 6th of 99).

The bills Oliver sponsored and cosponsored in the MS 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 MS 2025–26 session

Sponsored21 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2121Sponsored, In committee: 2121Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1616Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1515Sponsored, Became law: 1010Cosponsored8 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 88Cosponsored, In committee: 88Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Oliver sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2121161510
Cosponsored88521
How to read the blocks

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

76%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Mississippi House average 29%. Ranks 6th of 99.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Steve Massengill16
  2. Vince Mangold16
  3. Rob Roberson15
  4. John Hines15
  5. John Read15
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 Oliver’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
HB 1935Appropriation; Education, Department of.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Became lawEducation(model)Approved by Governor Apr 8, 2026
HB 1938Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Approved by Governor Apr 6, 2026
HB 1937Appropriation; Library Commission.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Became lawEducation(model)Approved by Governor Mar 25, 2026
HB 1934Appropriation; Arts Commission.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Became lawEconomics and Public Finance(model)Approved by Governor Apr 6, 2026
HB 1936Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.SponsorFeb 20, 2026Became lawScience, Technology, Communications(model)Approved by Governor Apr 6, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Oliver’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 Oliver 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.

Social accounts

Images Oliver posted

No images from Oliver’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 Oliver is most unusual among Mississippi House, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
761527db-bbe0-43e5-90e0-2a06528ebfa4
Open States
ocd-person/761527db-bbe0-43e5-90e0-2a06528ebfa4

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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