Policy criticism
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100%
of State House Democrats score to the right of Fitzgerald on the CSIP scale
CSIP score −1.83 (approximate range −1.87 to −1.80, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 7,246 donors and 600 roll calls.
CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Fitzgerald sits among State House Democrats, not how far from the centre.
At a glance
6 measures against State House Democrats. Fitzgerald voted against the majority of Michigan House Democrats 43 times; party unity 84%, in the bottom quarter of the Michigan House (average 93.2%). Fitzgerald reported $102.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).
The measures on which Fitzgerald 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.
CSIP ideology
−1.83
More liberal than 100% of State House Democrats · ± 0.03
Party unity
84%
Michigan House average 93.2% · ranks 96th of 110 · 43 votes against the majority of Michigan House Democrats
Itemized, 2026
$102.9K
State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 515th of 2,082
Out of committee
25%
Michigan House average 32% · ranks 60th of 107
From Michigan, 2026
92%
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1044th of 1,983 State House Democrats
Attendance
100%
Michigan House average 99.9% · ranks 55th of 110 · 752 roll calls
Peer group: State House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Fitzgerald, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Fitzgerald is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Fitzgerald says
Fitzgerald attacks opponents personally less than 76% of State House Democrats. Personal attacks in 0% of 40 statements, against 2.5% for the average State House Democrat; 584th of 764.
An AI model reads each of Fitzgerald’s 40 statements in the MI 2025–26 session (40 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 MI 2025–26 session
0%80%
Fitzgerald
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion18 statements
45%
39%
301st of 764
Policy criticism8 statements
20%
10%
124th of 764
Credit claiming8 statements
20%
14%
236th of 764
Bipartisanship3 statements
8%
3%
64th of 764
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
584th of 764
Show the data
| Row | Fitzgerald | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 45% | 39% |
| Policy criticism | 20% | 10% |
| Credit claiming | 20% | 14% |
| Bipartisanship | 8% | 3% |
| Personal attacks | 0% | 3% |
40
statements classified
40 posts on X.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 40 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Fitzgerald; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Fitzgerald does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Fitzgerald used extreme labels in 2.5% of statements, 2.6 times the peer average. 1 statement; peers 1.0%.
- “extreme”1
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 MI 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 7 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Feb ’25 | 12 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 66.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 8.3% |
| Mar ’25 | 3 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Apr ’25 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| May ’25 | 2 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jun ’25 | 6 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jul ’25 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Aug ’25 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Sep ’25 | 2 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Oct ’25 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Nov ’25 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Dec ’25 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jan ’26 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Feb ’26 | 2 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Mar ’26 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Apr ’26 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| May ’26 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jun ’26 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Jul ’26 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Aug ’26 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Sep ’26 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Oct ’26 | 0 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
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 MI 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%. 21 months are hatched here; 9 of them have no statements.
In Fitzgerald’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Bipartisanship
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Feb 19, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Education; Government Operations and Politics · Source
Extreme label
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Feb 25, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Families; extreme label “extreme” · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
No statements in this category in this window.
All 40 statements
Newest first, the MI 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: 40 posts on X.
Policy
Education is what Fitzgerald talks about most: 39% of policy statements, 2.5 times the peer share. Peers give it 15%. 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 Fitzgerald talks about. The bills Fitzgerald sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Fitzgerald talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the MI 2025–26 session
0%43%
Fitzgerald
Peers
Education7 statements
39%
15%
Health5 statements
28%
15%
Economics and Public Finance4 statements
22%
11%
Government Operations and Politics4 statements
22%
15%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2 statements
11%
10%
Show the data
| Row | Fitzgerald | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 39% | 15% |
| Health | 28% | 15% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 22% | 11% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 22% | 15% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 11% | 10% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Fitzgerald’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 43%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | State House Democrats, talks about | Legislates on | State House Democrats, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 39% | 15% | 10% | 10% |
| Health | 28% | 15% | 17% | 15% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 22% | 11% | 1% | 2% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 22% | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 11% | 10% | 4% | 4% |
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 Fitzgerald legislates on exactly the areas Fitzgerald 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 Fitzgerald sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Fitzgerald sits at −1.83 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 100% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −1.87 to −1.80, which understates the uncertainty; from 7,246 donors and 600 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”.
−1.83
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range −1.87 to −1.80. From 7,246 donors and 600 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Fitzgerald, 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 Fitzgerald’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 Fitzgerald sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
State House Democrats2,392 · median −0.6
Michigan House110 · median +0.4
All State House5,324 · median +0.1
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Fitzgerald |
|---|---|---|---|
| State House Democrats | 2392 | −0.6 | 0% |
| Michigan House | 110 | +0.4 | 0% |
| All State House | 5324 | +0.1 | 0% |
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 Fitzgerald 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 Fitzgerald.
Money
Fitzgerald reported $102.9K in the 2026 cycle, 2.5 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 92% of itemized individual money came from Michigan.
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.
$102.9K
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 31 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)8 squares$8,043
- PACs and other committees90 squares$92.8K
- Party committees2 squares$2,000
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| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (itemized) | $8,043 | 7.8% |
| PACs and other committees | $92.8K | 90.2% |
| Party committees | $2,000 | 1.9% |
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.
Show the data
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 cycle | $523.8K |
| 2024 cycle | $852.3K |
| 2026 cycle | $102.9K |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 92% came from Michigan.
- Michigan$7,430
- Kansas$500
- New Jersey$100
- Virginia$13
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
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| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Michigan | $7,430 |
| Kansas | $500 |
| New Jersey | $100 |
| Virginia | $13 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| Vermont | No data |
| New Hampshire | No data |
| Washington | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Minnesota | No data |
| Illinois | No data |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| New York | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Massachusetts | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Indiana | No data |
| Ohio | No data |
| Pennsylvania | No data |
| Connecticut | No data |
| California | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Missouri | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| West Virginia | No data |
| Maryland | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| North Carolina | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| District of Columbia | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Georgia | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
| Texas | No data |
| Florida | No data |
31
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
92%
from Michigan
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 Michigan. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- RETIRED$1,950 4 donors
- UNEMPLOYED$1,200 6 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PEOPLE$7,000
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES OF MI$5,000
- COMCAST CORPORATION AND NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE USA$4,000
- MICHIGAN BEER AND WINE WHOLESALERS STATE PAC$4,000
- WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES BETTER GOVERNMENT FUND OF MICHIGAN$4,000
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
No employers reported.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Fitzgerald voted with the majority of Michigan House Democrats on 84% of party-line votes and missed none of 752 roll calls. Michigan House on average: 93.2% party unity, 99.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Fitzgerald voted against the majority of Michigan House Democrats 43 times.
752 roll calls Fitzgerald could vote on in the MI 2025–26 session, compared with Michigan 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 Fitzgerald voted with the majority of Michigan House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
43
votes against the majority of Michigan House Democrats
Party unity 84%, Michigan House average 93.2%, ranks 96th of 110. 752 roll calls in the MI 2025–26 session.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Fitzgerald, the thin grey bar the Michigan House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Fitzgerald
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
99.9%
55th of 110
Party unity
84%
93.2%
96th of 110
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| Row | Fitzgerald | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 100% | 99.9% |
| Party unity | 84% | 93.2% |
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 MI 2025–26 session
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | HB 6302 Education: school districts; requirement to display an American flag in classrooms; provide for. Amends sec. 1347 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1347). passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #374 Yeas 76 Nays 27 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 | Yea | Against majority | pass | D 20–26 · R 56–1Democrats 20 yea, 26 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 23, 2026 | HB 6259 Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for criminal sexual conduct; modify. Amends sec. 16y, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16y). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6261'26, HB 6262'26 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #375 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 | Yea | Against majority | pass | D 21–25 · R 56–1Democrats 21 yea, 25 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 23, 2026 | HB 6260 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree; modify. Amends sec. 520b of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520b). passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #376 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 | Yea | — | pass | D 23–23 · R 56–1Democrats 23 yea, 23 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 23, 2026 | HB 6282 Public employees and officers: ethics; moratorium on former legislators accepting employment with an entity that receives a grant from the utility consumer participation board; provide for. Creates new act. passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #373 Yeas 88 Nays 15 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 | Yea | With majority | pass | D 32–14 · R 56–1Democrats 32 yea, 14 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 23, 2026 | HB 6262 Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify. Amends sec. 520d of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520d). passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #378 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7 | Yea | Against majority | pass | D 21–25 · R 56–1Democrats 21 yea, 25 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nay | 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 Fitzgerald most often
- Stephen WoodenD668 shared votes96%
- Matt KoleszarD749 shared votes95%
- Jaz MartusD752 shared votes95%
- Jennifer ConlinD725 shared votes94%
- Cynthia NeeleyD592 shared votes94%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Fitzgerald least often
- Steve CarraR752 shared votes42%
- Jim DeSanaR719 shared votes58%
- Jaime GreeneR649 shared votes60%
- Joseph FoxR730 shared votes64%
- Matt MaddockR741 shared votes64%
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
MI 2025–26 session, loads in batches
Legislation
Fitzgerald sponsored 12 bills in the MI 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 253 others. 25% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House average 32%; 60th of 107).
The bills Fitzgerald sponsored and cosponsored in the MI 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 MI 2025–26 session
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 253 | 253 | 114 | 11 | 11 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Fitzgerald sponsored, ochre blocks bills Fitzgerald cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
25%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Michigan House average 32%. Ranks 60th of 107.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Fitzgerald, by number of shared bills in the MI 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
- Carrie Rheingans94
- Kelly Breen88
- Angela Witwer85
- Sharon MacDonell84
- Regina Weiss78
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 Fitzgerald’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| HB 6346 | Law enforcement: other; sharing of information obtained from captured plate data; prohibit. Amends title & secs. 1a & 4 of 1974 PA 163 (MCL 28.211a & 28.214). | Cosponsor | Sep 24, 2026 | In committee | Crime and Law Enforcement(model) | bill electronically reproduced 09/24/2026 Sep 29, 2026 |
| HB 6342 | Health occupations: athletic trainers; athletic trainer compact; enact. Amends secs. 16336 & 17901 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16336 & 333.17901) & adds secs. 16187j & 17902a. | Cosponsor | Sep 23, 2026 | In committee | Health(model) | bill electronically reproduced 09/23/2026 Sep 24, 2026 |
| HR 353 | A resolution to declare September 2026 as Deaf Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. | Cosponsor | Sep 22, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | adopted Sep 22, 2026 |
| HR 357 | A resolution to declare September 15-October 15, 2026, as Hispanic Heritage Month in the state of Michigan. | Cosponsor | Sep 22, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | adopted Sep 22, 2026 |
| HR 352 | A resolution to declare September 21-27, 2026, as National Health Center Week in the state of Michigan. | Cosponsor | Sep 22, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Unassigned | adopted Sep 22, 2026 |
Online
A site that has not changed in 90 days. Fitzgerald’s official site had 0 pages when last crawled.
The lab crawls Fitzgerald’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 Fitzgerald posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 0
pages crawled
0changes in 90 days
- 1
pages crawled
1changes in 90 days
How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
Images Fitzgerald posted
No images from Fitzgerald’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.
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 Fitzgerald 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 …”).
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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