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Republican · Indiana Senate, district 37

Serving since Nov 7, 2012IN 2025–26 session

Portrait of Rod Bray, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
35%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Indiana Senate

35% of 94 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Indiana Senate is 67%. Ranks 46th of 49, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Bray sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Indiana Senate. 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 Indiana Senate. Bray reported $228.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). 90% of Bray’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the bottom half of State Senate Republicans.

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

Party unity

100%

Indiana Senate average 91.0% · ranks 1st of 50 · 1 votes against the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans

Out of committee

35%

Indiana Senate average 67% · ranks 46th of 49

Attendance

99.7%

Indiana Senate average 94.7% · ranks 9th of 50 · 790 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$228.9K

State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K · ranks 147th of 936

From Indiana, 2026

90%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 564th of 860 State Senate Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.39

More conservative than 55% of State Senate Republicans · ± 0.05

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Bray says

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

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Ideology

Bray sits at +0.39 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 55% of State Senate Republicans. Approximate range +0.34 to +0.44, which understates the uncertainty; from 275 donors and 747 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”.

+0.39

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.34 to +0.44. From 275 donors and 747 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Bray +0.4State Senate Republicans +0.4Indiana Senate +0.3All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Bray, 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 Bray’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 Bray sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Republicansmedian +0.4Bray +0.4Indiana Senatemedian +0.3All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Bray's CSIP score of +0.39 placed against State Senate Republicans, Indiana Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Bray
State Senate Republicans1083+0.455%
Indiana Senate50+0.364%
All State Senate1909+0.174%
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 Bray 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 Bray.

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Money

Bray reported $228.9K in the 2026 cycle, 5.0 times the State Senate Republicans’ median of $46.2K. State filings report no small-donation total. 90% of itemized individual money came from Indiana.

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
$228.9K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 22 itemized donors. State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $12.8K (5.6%)Individuals (itemized): $12.8K (5.6%)Individuals (itemized): $12.8K (5.6%)Individuals (itemized): $12.8K (5.6%)Individuals (itemized): $12.8K (5.6%)Individuals (itemized): $12.8K (5.6%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)PACs and other committees: $216.1K (94.4%)
  • Individuals (itemized)6 squares$12.8K
  • PACs and other committees94 squares$216.1K
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Sources of Bray's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$12.8K5.6%
PACs and other committees$216.1K94.4%
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 Senate Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $467.3K$467.3K20202022 cycle: $537.8K$537.8K20222024 cycle: $722.9K$722.9K20242026 cycle: $228.9K$228.9K2026State Senate Republicans median $46.2K
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Bray's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$467.3K
2022 cycle$537.8K
2024 cycle$722.9K
2026 cycle$228.9K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 90% came from Indiana.

  1. Indiana$11.6K
  2. Illinois$500
  3. California$225
  4. Wyoming$200
  5. New Jersey$100

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $500ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $200WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $11.6KINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: $100NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $225CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $100VAMaryland: 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: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $100TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Bray's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Indiana$11.6K
Illinois$500
California$225
Wyoming$200
New Jersey$100
Virginia$100
Texas$100
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo 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
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
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itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

90%

from Indiana

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL$5,600 3 donors
  2. UNKNOWN$2,125 12 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. INDIANA MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PAC$20.0K
  2. INDIANA BANKPAC$15.0K
  3. BUSINESS ADVOCACY COMMITTEE BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS$10.0K
  4. INDIANA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES STATE PAC$10.0K
  5. INDIANA REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Bray voted with the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans on 100% of party-line votes and missed 0.2% of 790 roll calls. Indiana Senate on average: 91.0% party unity, 94.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bray voted against the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans 1 time.

790 roll calls Bray could vote on in the IN 2025–26 session, compared with Indiana Senate. 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 Bray voted with the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

1

votes against the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans

Party unity 100%, Indiana Senate average 91.0%, ranks 1st of 50. 790 roll calls in the IN 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Bray, the thin grey bar the Indiana Senate average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Bray
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.7%
94.7%
9th of 50
Party unity
100%
91.0%
1st of 50
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Bray's attendance and party unity against Indiana Senate.
RowBrayPeers
Attendance99.7%94.7%
Party unity100%91.0%
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 IN 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Feb 27, 2026
SB 140
Public safety.
SB 140 - Becker
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–0 · R 37–0Democrats 10 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 37 yea, 0 naybecame law
Feb 27, 2026
HB 1115
Homeowners association governance.
HB 1115 - Deery
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–5 · R 32–5Democrats 5 yea, 5 nay; Republicans 32 yea, 5 naybecame law · party crossover
Feb 27, 2026
SB 14
Pension matters.
SB 14 - Rogers
YeaWith majoritypassD 9–0 · R 40–0Democrats 9 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 40 yea, 0 naybecame law
Feb 27, 2026
HB 1200
Bureau of motor vehicles.
HB 1200 - Crider
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–0 · R 39–1Democrats 10 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 39 yea, 1 naybecame law
Feb 27, 2026
SB 179
Indiana department of transportation.
SB 179 - Crider
YeaWith majoritypassD 10–0 · R 35–5Democrats 10 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 35 yea, 5 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bray most often

  1. Ed CharbonneauR778 shared votes99%
  2. Brett ClarkR788 shared votes99%
  3. Blake DoriotR687 shared votes99%
  4. Linda RogersR788 shared votes99%
  5. Ryan MishlerR695 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bray least often

  1. Lonnie RandolphD674 shared votes66%
  2. Fady QaddouraD763 shared votes67%
  3. Andrea HunleyD758 shared votes68%
  4. Shelli YoderD778 shared votes68%
  5. Greg TaylorD753 shared votes69%
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

IN 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Bray sponsored 94 bills in the IN 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 52 others. 35% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate average 67%; 46th of 49).

The bills Bray sponsored and cosponsored in the IN 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 IN 2025–26 session

Sponsored94 billsSponsored, Introduced: 9494Sponsored, In committee: 9494Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 3333Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1313Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored52 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 5252Cosponsored, In committee: 5252Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 5252Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 2020Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Bray sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored949433131
Cosponsored525252201
How to read the blocks

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

35%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Indiana Senate average 67%. Ranks 46th of 49.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Shelli Yoder8
  2. Todd Huston8
  3. Phil GiaQuinta6
  4. Mike Young1
  5. Jack Jordan1
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 Bray’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
SR 70Expressing appreciation to the Indiana State Medical Association and the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians for the "Doctor of the Day" program.SponsorFeb 26, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFirst reading: adopted voice vote Feb 26, 2026
SR 68Memorializing Reverend Jesse Jackson.CosponsorFeb 26, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedSenators Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Bray, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Carrasco, Charbonneau, Clark, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Doriot, Freeman, Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Goode, Holdman, Johnson T, Koch, Leising, Maxwell, McKinley, Mishler, Niemeyer, Raatz, Rogers, Schmitt, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Young M added as coauthors Feb 26, 2026
SR 65Expressing appreciation to the Indiana State Chiropractic Association for the "Chiropractor of the Day" program.SponsorFeb 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFirst reading: adopted voice vote Feb 25, 2026
SR 27Recognizing the Indiana Senate employees.SponsorFeb 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFirst reading: adopted voice vote Feb 25, 2026
SR 28Expressing gratitude to Verizon Communications for supporting the Indiana General Assembly's legislative internship program.SponsorFeb 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFirst reading: adopted voice vote Feb 25, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Bray’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 Bray 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 Bray posted

No images from Bray’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

298 turns, Jan 6, 2020 to Feb 27, 2026

Floor speeches

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

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Methods and sources

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

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Bray is most unusual among Indiana Senate, 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
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Open States
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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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