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Republican · Mississippi House, district 87

Serving since Dec 7, 2020MS 2025–26 session

Portrait of Bubba Tubb, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$3,200
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans

The median for State House Republicans is $33.7K. Ranks 2264th of 2,521, where 1st raised the most. 1 itemized donors.

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

At a glance

5 measures against State House Republicans. 100% of Tubb’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Mississippi, in the top quarter of State House Republicans. Tubb sits at +0.47 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 70% of State House Republicans.

The measures on which Tubb 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.

Party unity

100%

Mississippi House average 90.1% · ranks 5th of 112 · 13 votes against the majority of Mississippi House Republicans

Itemized, 2026

$3,200

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 2264th of 2,521

From Mississippi, 2026

100%

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

CSIP ideology

+0.47

More conservative than 70% of State House Republicans · ± 0.12

Attendance

98.8%

Mississippi House average 95.7% · ranks 35th of 112 · 1,511 roll calls

Statements

No statements in this window

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

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What Tubb 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

Tubb sits at +0.47 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 70% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.35 to +0.59, which understates the uncertainty; from 10 donors and 891 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”.

+0.47

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.35 to +0.59. From 10 donors and 891 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Tubb +0.5State House Republicans +0.4Mississippi House +0.2All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Tubb, 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 Tubb’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 Tubb 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 +0.4Tubb +0.5Mississippi Housemedian +0.2All State Housemedian +0.1
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Tubb's CSIP score of +0.47 placed against State House Republicans, Mississippi House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Tubb
State House Republicans2917+0.470%
Mississippi House117+0.296%
All State House5324+0.183%
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 Tubb 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 Tubb.

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Money

Tubb reported $3,200 in the 2026 cycle, 9.5% 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
$3,200

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 1 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): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (7.8%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)PACs and other committees: $2,950 (92.2%)
  • Individuals (itemized)8 squares$250
  • PACs and other committees92 squares$2,950
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Sources of Tubb's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$2507.8%
PACs and other committees$2,95092.2%
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: $8,300$8,30020202022 cycle: $1,250$1,25020222024 cycle: $14.9K$14.9K20242026 cycle: $3,200$3,2002026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Tubb's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$8,300
2022 cycle$1,250
2024 cycle$14.9K
2026 cycle$3,200

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Mississippi$250

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: $250MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Tubb's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Mississippi$250
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
1

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. CAPITOL ADVOCACY GROUP$500
  2. HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF MS$500
  3. MS ROAD BUILDERS$500
  4. TRUCK PAC$500
  5. MS ASPHALT CONTRACTORS$250

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Tubb voted with the majority of Mississippi House Republicans on 100% of party-line votes and missed 1.1% of 1,511 roll calls. Mississippi House on average: 90.1% party unity, 95.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Tubb voted against the majority of Mississippi House Republicans 13 times.

1,511 roll calls Tubb 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 Tubb 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.

13

votes against the majority of Mississippi House Republicans

Party unity 100%, Mississippi House average 90.1%, ranks 5th of 112. 1,511 roll calls in the MS 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Tubb
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.8%
95.7%
35th of 112
Party unity
100%
90.1%
5th of 112
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Tubb's attendance and party unity against Mississippi House.
RowTubbPeers
Attendance98.8%95.7%
Party unity100%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 Tubb most often

  1. Bill PigottR1,485 shared votes99%
  2. Bubba CarpenterR1,478 shared votes99%
  3. Mark TullosR1,448 shared votes99%
  4. Trey LamarR1,375 shared votes99%
  5. Kevin FordR1,468 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Tubb least often

  1. Omeria ScottD1,344 shared votes80%
  2. Zakiya SummersD1,181 shared votes86%
  3. Solomon OsborneD1,410 shared votes86%
  4. Bob EvansD1,251 shared votes87%
  5. Kabir KarriemD1,321 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

Tubb sponsored 4 bills in the MS 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 20 others.

The bills Tubb 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

Sponsored4 billsSponsored, Introduced: 44Sponsored, In committee: 44Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored20 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 2020Cosponsored, In committee: 2020Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 99Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 55Cosponsored, Became law: 33IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Tubb sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored44000
Cosponsored2020953
How to read the blocks

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

No effectiveness score.Too few sponsored bills to score (at least 5 are needed).

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Bill Pigott9
  2. Ken Morgan9
  3. Bubba Carpenter8
  4. Chuck Blackwell7
  5. Larry Byrd7
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 Tubb’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
HC 51United States Constitutional Convention under Article V; apply for congressional term limits.CosponsorMar 3, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Died On Calendar Apr 15, 2026
HB 4009Sales tax; exempt admissions charged at athletic games or contests between universities or colleges.CosponsorFeb 18, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)Died In Committee Feb 25, 2026
HC 48Columbia High School Wildcats Football Team; commend and congratulate on winning 2025 MHSAA Class 4A State Championship.CosponsorFeb 18, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedEnrolled Bill Signed Mar 17, 2026
HB 1402Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry.CosponsorFeb 13, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Approved by Governor Mar 13, 2026
HB 1126Teacher pay; increase for teachers and assistant teachers.CosponsorFeb 6, 2026Passed one chamberEducation(model)Died In Committee Mar 3, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Tubb’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 Tubb 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 Tubb posted

No images from Tubb’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.

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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 Tubb 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
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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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