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Democrat · Missouri House, district 132

Serving since Jan 8, 2025MO 2025–26 session

Portrait of Jeremy Dean, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
0%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Missouri House

0% of 13 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Missouri House is 32%. Ranks 140th of 150, where 1st is the highest share.

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

At a glance

4 measures against State House Democrats. Dean sits at −0.99 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State House Democrats. 98% of Dean’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top half of State House Democrats.

The measures on which Dean sits furthest from the middle of State House Democrats, 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

0%

Missouri House average 32% · ranks 140th of 150

CSIP ideology

−0.99

More liberal than 90% of State House Democrats · ± 0.11

From Missouri, 2026

98%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 579th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$40.2K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 1043rd of 2,082

Statements

25

25 posts on X

Bills sponsored

13

and 33 cosponsored

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Dean says

Dean claims credit less than 95% of State House Democrats. Credit claiming in 0% of 25 statements, against 14% for the average State House Democrat; 729th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Dean’s 25 statements in the MO 2025–26 session (25 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Dean
Peers
Rank
Policy criticism8 statements
32%
10%
29th of 764
Policy discussion8 statements
32%
39%
503rd of 764
Personal attacks2 statements
8%
3%
70th of 764
Bipartisanship2 statements
8%
3%
57th of 764
Credit claiming0 statements
0%
14%
729th of 764
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Dean's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowDeanPeers
Policy criticism32%10%
Policy discussion32%39%
Personal attacks8%3%
Bipartisanship8%3%
Credit claiming0%14%
25

statements classified

25 posts on X.

posts on X: 25 (100.0%)posts on X 25
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Dean's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X25
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Dean; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Dean does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Dean used no extreme labels in 25 statements. The peer average is 1.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the MO 2025–26 session

No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the MO 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 22 months are hatched here; 14 of them have no statements.

In Dean’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Jun 22, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

Policy criticism

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

Jul 28, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Labor and Employment · Source

Personal attacks

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

Jan 26, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: Alex Jones · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: Alex JonesSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: PhelpsSource

All 25 statements

Newest first, the MO 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 25 posts on X.

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Policy

Economics and Public Finance is what Dean talks about most: 25% of policy statements, 2.3 times the peer share. Peers give it 11%. Agreement with legislation needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Dean talks about. The bills Dean sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Dean talks about

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

0%35%
Dean
Peers
Economics and Public Finance2 statements
25%
11%
Commerce1 statements
13%
3%
Crime and Law Enforcement1 statements
13%
8%
Education1 statements
13%
15%
Emergency Management1 statements
13%
4%
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Policy areas Dean talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowDeanPeers
Economics and Public Finance25%11%
Commerce13%3%
Crime and Law Enforcement13%8%
Education13%15%
Emergency Management13%4%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Dean’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onEconomics and PublicFinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 25% (State House Democrats 11%)25%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (State House Democrats 2%)1%CommerceCommerce, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 3%)13%Commerce, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 4%)5%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 8%)13%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 9% (State House Democrats 9%)9%EducationEducation, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 15%)13%Education, legislates on: 1% (State House Democrats 10%)1%Emergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 4%)13%Emergency Management, legislates on: 0% (State House Democrats 1%)0%
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Dean's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Economics and Public Finance25%11%1%2%
Commerce13%3%5%4%
Crime and Law Enforcement13%8%9%9%
Education13%15%1%10%
Emergency Management13%4%0%1%

No agreement score.Needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills in the window.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Dean legislates on exactly the areas Dean talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Dean sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Dean sits at −0.99 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 90% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −1.09 to −0.88, which understates the uncertainty; from 277 donors and no 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”.

−0.99

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.09 to −0.88. From 277 donors and no roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Dean −1.0State House Democrats −0.6Missouri House +0.4All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Dean, 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 Dean’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 Dean sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Dean −1.0Missouri Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Dean's CSIP score of −0.99 placed against State House Democrats, Missouri House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Dean
State House Democrats2392−0.610%
Missouri House149+0.43%
All State House5324+0.15%
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 Dean 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 Dean.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Dean reported $40.2K in the 2026 cycle, close to the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 98% of itemized individual money came from Missouri.

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
$40.2K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 123 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)Individuals (itemized): $18.1K (45.1%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)PACs and other committees: $19.5K (48.6%)Party committees: $2,530 (6.3%)Party committees: $2,530 (6.3%)Party committees: $2,530 (6.3%)Party committees: $2,530 (6.3%)Party committees: $2,530 (6.3%)Party committees: $2,530 (6.3%)
  • Individuals (itemized)45 squares$18.1K
  • PACs and other committees49 squares$19.5K
  • Party committees6 squares$2,530
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Sources of Dean's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$18.1K45.1%
PACs and other committees$19.5K48.6%
Party committees$2,5306.3%
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 Democrats’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $32.8K$32.8K20242026 cycle: $40.2K$40.2K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Dean's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$32.8K
2026 cycle$40.2K

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Missouri$17.8K
  2. Georgia$250
  3. Oregon$100
  4. Virginia$16
  5. California$9

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: $1WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $1MAOregon: $100ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: $2NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $9CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $17.8KMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $16VAMaryland: 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: $250GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Dean's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Missouri$17.8K
Georgia$250
Oregon$100
Virginia$16
California$9
New Jersey$2
Washington$1
Massachusetts$1
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo 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
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
123

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

98%

from Missouri

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$5,817 36 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$5,100 13 donors
  3. NOT EMPLOYED$1,552 20 donors
  4. STATE REPRESENTATIVE$418 4 donors
  5. OWNER$193 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ASHPAC$2,250
  2. MID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL - MISSOURI-KANSAS AREA PAC$2,000
  3. MISSOURI AND KANSAS LABORERS' PAC$2,000
  4. PALADIN PAC$2,000
  5. PROMO PAC$2,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES$418 4 donors
  2. MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY$255 3 donors
  3. EXPEDIA$85 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

No roll-call votes for the MO 2025–26 session.No roll-call votes are recorded for this official in this time window.

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Dean sponsored 13 bills in the MO 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 33 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House average 32%; 140th of 150).

The bills Dean sponsored and cosponsored in the MO 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 MO 2025–26 session

Sponsored13 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1313Sponsored, In committee: 1313Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored33 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 3333Cosponsored, In committee: 3333Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 88Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Dean sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1313000
Cosponsored3333810
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Missouri House average 32%. Ranks 140th of 150.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Ray Reed7
  2. Jeff Hales6
  3. Lilly Fuchs6
  4. Wick Thomas6
  5. Michael Burton5
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 Dean’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
HJR 115Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a disabled veteran homestead exemptionCosponsorApr 20, 2026Passed one chamberTaxation(model)Second read and referred: Select Committee on Property Taxes and the State Tax Commission(S) Apr 21, 2026
HB 2592Restores voting rights to individuals on probation and paroleCosponsorMar 9, 2026Passed one chamberCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)Placed on Informal Calendar May 7, 2026
HB 2097Changes a pilot agricultural education program in elementary schools to a statewide programCosponsorMar 2, 2026Passed both chambersAgriculture and Food(model)Referred: Fiscal Review(H) May 14, 2026
HB 3419Creates new provisions relating to employee compensation, reinstating certain minimum wage adjustments, implementing earned paid sick leave, and bereavement leaveCosponsorFeb 25, 2026In committeeLabor and Employment(model)Referred: Emerging Issues(H) May 15, 2026
HB 3357Prohibits the sale of intravenous solution containers and intravenous tubing products intentionally made with DEHPSponsorFeb 19, 2026In committeeHealth(model)Referred: Emerging Issues(H) May 15, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Dean’s official site had 0 pages when last crawled.

The lab crawls Dean’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 Dean 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 Dean posted

No images from Dean’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 Dean is most unusual among State House Democrats, 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 …”).

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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.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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