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Republican · Utah House, district 36

Serving since Jan 1, 2023UT 2025–26 session

Portrait of Jim Dunnigan, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
64
votes against the majority of Utah House Republicans

Party unity 64%, in the bottom 5% of the Utah House (average 89%). 832 roll calls in the UT 2025–26 session.

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 Dunnigan voted with the majority of Utah House Republicans; it is ranked within the Utah House. The count covers every roll call where Dunnigan voted opposite that majority.

At a glance

6 measures against the Utah House. Dunnigan sits at +0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 92% of State House Republicans. 89% of the 19 bills Dunnigan sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Utah House.

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

Party unity

64%

Utah House average 89% · ranks 70th of 71 · 64 votes against the majority of Utah House Republicans

Attendance

98.4%

Utah House average 90.7% · ranks 5th of 71 · 832 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.06

More liberal than 92% of State House Republicans · ± 0.03

Out of committee

89%

Utah House average 70% · ranks 10th of 67

Itemized, 2026

$89.1K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 592nd of 2,521

From Utah, 2026

97%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1117th of 2,335 State House Republicans

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

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What Dunnigan says

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

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Ideology

Dunnigan sits at +0.06 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 92% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.03 to +0.09, which understates the uncertainty; from 144 donors and 1,132 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”.

+0.06

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.03 to +0.09. From 144 donors and 1,132 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Dunnigan +0.1State House Republicans +0.4Utah House +0.3All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Dunnigan, 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 Dunnigan’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 Dunnigan 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 +0.4Dunnigan +0.1Utah Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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Dunnigan's CSIP score of +0.06 placed against State House Republicans, Utah House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Dunnigan
State House Republicans2917+0.48%
Utah House72+0.322%
All State House5324+0.149%
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 Dunnigan 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 Dunnigan.

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Money

Dunnigan reported $89.1K in the 2026 cycle, 2.6 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 97% of itemized individual money came from Utah.

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
$89.1K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 29 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): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)Individuals (itemized): $27.8K (31.2%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)PACs and other committees: $61.3K (68.8%)
  • Individuals (itemized)31 squares$27.8K
  • PACs and other committees69 squares$61.3K
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Sources of Dunnigan's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$27.8K31.2%
PACs and other committees$61.3K68.8%
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: $59.9K$59.9K20202022 cycle: $76.1K$76.1K20222024 cycle: $24.7K$24.7K20242026 cycle: $89.1K$89.1K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Dunnigan's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$59.9K
2022 cycle$76.1K
2024 cycle$24.7K
2026 cycle$89.1K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 97% came from Utah.

  1. Utah$27.0K
  2. Pennsylvania$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: $750PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: $27.0KUTColorado: 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: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Dunnigan's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Utah$27.0K
Pennsylvania$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
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo 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
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
29

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

97%

from Utah

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 Utah. 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. LINCOLN HILL PARTNERS PAC$7,500
  2. UTAH ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$7,000
  3. CMV PAC$5,625
  4. UTAH HOUSE REPUBLICAN ELECTION COMMITTEE PAC$5,000
  5. FRESH AIR PAC$3,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Dunnigan voted with the majority of Utah House Republicans on 64% of party-line votes and missed 1.6% of 832 roll calls. Utah House on average: 89% party unity, 90.7% attendance. Across all roll calls, Dunnigan voted against the majority of Utah House Republicans 64 times.

832 roll calls Dunnigan could vote on in the UT 2025–26 session, compared with Utah 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 Dunnigan voted with the majority of Utah House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

64

votes against the majority of Utah House Republicans

Party unity 64%, Utah House average 89%, ranks 70th of 71. 832 roll calls in the UT 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Dunnigan, the thin grey bar the Utah House average. The scale runs from 60% to 100% to show the gap.

60%100%
Dunnigan
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.4%
90.7%
5th of 71
Party unity
64%
89%
70th of 71
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Dunnigan's attendance and party unity against Utah House.
RowDunniganPeers
Attendance98.4%90.7%
Party unity64%89%
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 UT 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Mar 7, 2026
HB 306
Reinvestment Fee Amendments
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 13–0 · R 44–1Democrats 13 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 44 yea, 1 naybecame law · much discussed
Mar 7, 2026
HCR 2
Concurrent Resolution Authorizing Adult Sentencing and Supervision Length Guidelines and Juvenile Disposition Guidelines
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 12–0 · R 52–0Democrats 12 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 52 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
HB 377
Real Estate Amendments
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 3–11 · R 50–2Democrats 3 yea, 11 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 2 naybecame law · party crossover
Mar 7, 2026
HB 260
Unauthorized Practice of Law Amendments
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 14–0 · R 57–1Democrats 14 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 57 yea, 1 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
SB 184
Justice System Amendments
House/ passed 3rd reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 13–0 · R 50–1Democrats 13 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 1 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 Dunnigan most often

  1. Clint OkerlundR784 shared votes96%
  2. Anthony LoubetR735 shared votes95%
  3. Tracy MillerR803 shared votes95%
  4. Ray WardR765 shared votes95%
  5. Ariel DefayR759 shared votes94%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Dunnigan least often

  1. Leah HansenR782 shared votes47%
  2. Kristen ChevrierR723 shared votes83%
  3. Tiara AuxierR696 shared votes83%
  4. Nicholeen PeckR758 shared votes84%
  5. Trevor LeeR693 shared votes86%
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

UT 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Dunnigan sponsored 19 bills in the UT 2025–26 session; 9 became law. Cosponsored 11 others. 89% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House average 70%; 10th of 67).

The bills Dunnigan sponsored and cosponsored in the UT 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 UT 2025–26 session

Sponsored19 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1919Sponsored, In committee: 1818Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1717Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1212Sponsored, Became law: 99Cosponsored11 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 1111Cosponsored, In committee: 1111Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1010Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1010Cosponsored, Became law: 99IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Dunnigan sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored191817129
Cosponsored111110109
How to read the blocks

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

89%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Utah House average 70%. Ranks 10th of 67.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Don Ipson6
  2. Evan Vickers4
  3. Todd Weiler3
  4. Lincoln Fillmore3
  5. Wayne Harper2
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 Dunnigan’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 560Ambulance AmendmentsSponsorMar 7, 2026IntroducedHealth(model)House/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 221Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone AmendmentsCosponsorMar 7, 2026Passed both chambersHousing and Community Development(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SCR 8Resolution Honoring the Utah Parent Teacher AssociationCosponsorMar 7, 2026In committeeUnassignedSenate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
HR 7House Rules ModificationsSponsorFeb 23, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedHouse/ to Lieutenant Governor Mar 17, 2026
HB 498Utah App Store Accountability Act AmendmentsSponsorFeb 5, 2026Became lawCommerce(model)Governor Signed Mar 18, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Dunnigan’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 Dunnigan 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 Dunnigan posted

No images from Dunnigan’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

33 turns, Jan 20, 2026 to Mar 6, 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 Dunnigan is most unusual among Utah 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
89b3cebe-884b-4798-b063-794d359ea891
Open States
ocd-person/89b3cebe-884b-4798-b063-794d359ea891

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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