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Democrat · U.S. House, Georgia’s 2nd district

Serving since Jan 5, 1993119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Sanford Bishop Jr., rendered as a two-tone print
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0.6%
of statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

0.6% of 487 statements contain a personal attack (3 statements); the average for House Democrats is 6.6%. Ranks 208th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Bishop’s posts on X, press releases, Congressional Record speeches and newsletters and marks whether it attacks a person’s character, integrity or loyalty. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 22% of Bishop’s statements use bipartisan language, 2.2 times the House Democrat average of 9.8%. Bishop sits at −0.56 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of House Democrats.

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

Personal attacks

0.6%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 208th of 216

Bipartisanship

22%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 10th of 216

CSIP ideology

−0.56

More conservative than 92% of House Democrats · ± 0.02

Credit claiming

34%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 23rd of 216

Out of committee

13%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 23rd of 207

Party unity

93.0%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 183rd of 217 · 35 votes against the majority of House Democrats

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

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What Bishop says

Bishop attacks opponents personally less than 95% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 0.6% of 487 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 208th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Bishop’s 487 statements in the 119th Congress (285 posts on X, 117 Congressional Record speeches, 83 press releases, 2 newsletters) 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 House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Bishop
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion379 statements
78%
73%
64th of 216
Credit claiming165 statements
34%
23%
23rd of 216
Bipartisanship107 statements
22%
10%
10th of 216
Policy criticism83 statements
17%
28%
174th of 216
Personal attacks3 statements
1%
7%
208th of 216
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Bishop's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowBishopPeers
Policy discussion78%73%
Credit claiming34%23%
Bipartisanship22%10%
Policy criticism17%28%
Personal attacks1%7%
487

statements classified

285 posts on X, 117 Congressional Record speeches, 83 press releases, 2 newsletters.

posts on X: 285 (58.5%)posts on X 285Congressional Record speeches: 117 (24.0%)Congressional Record speeches 117press releases: 83 (17.0%)newsletters: 2 (0.4%)
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Bishop's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X285
Congressional Record speeches117
press releases83
newsletters2
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Bishop used extreme labels in 0.4% of statements, 21% of the peer average. 2 statements, most often aimed at Republican critics; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Republican critics1
  2. terrorist threats1
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 119th Congress

Statements2025-01: 92025-02: 362025-03: 152025-04: 152025-05: 212025-06: 272025-07: 282025-08: 72025-09: 282025-10: 102025-11: 152025-12: 292026-01: 252026-02: 352026-03: 322026-04: 352026-05: 202026-06: 332026-07: 82026-08: 42026-09: 322026-10: 23peak 36 · Feb ’25Personal attackspeak 7.1% · Jul ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-02: 2.8% of 36Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 27Personal attacks, 2025-07: 7.1% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 28Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 29Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 35Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 32Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 35Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 20Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 33Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 32Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 23Policy criticismpeak 50.0% · Oct ’25 · latest 4.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-02: 16.7% of 36Policy criticism, 2025-03: 6.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-04: 33.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-05: 4.8% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-06: 22.2% of 27Policy criticism, 2025-07: 28.6% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 17.9% of 28Policy criticism, 2025-10: 50.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-11: 26.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-12: 20.7% of 29Policy criticism, 2026-01: 16.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2026-02: 5.7% of 35Policy criticism, 2026-03: 15.6% of 32Policy criticism, 2026-04: 11.4% of 35Policy criticism, 2026-05: 15.0% of 20Policy criticism, 2026-06: 39.4% of 33Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: 6.3% of 32Policy criticism, 2026-10: 4.3% of 23Policy discussionpeak 100.0% · Jul ’25 · latest 82.6%Policy discussion, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-02: 72.2% of 36Policy discussion, 2025-03: 80.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-04: 73.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-05: 85.7% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-06: 85.2% of 27Policy discussion, 2025-07: 100.0% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 78.6% of 28Policy discussion, 2025-10: 90.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-11: 73.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-12: 89.7% of 29Policy discussion, 2026-01: 88.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2026-02: 65.7% of 35Policy discussion, 2026-03: 75.0% of 32Policy discussion, 2026-04: 65.7% of 35Policy discussion, 2026-05: 55.0% of 20Policy discussion, 2026-06: 69.7% of 33Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: 75.0% of 32Policy discussion, 2026-10: 82.6% of 23Bipartisanshippeak 40.0% · Nov ’25 · latest 8.7%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 27.8% of 36Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 33.3% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 20.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 19.1% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 37.0% of 27Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 3.6% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 17.9% of 28Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 10.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 40.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 37.9% of 29Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 36.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 20.0% of 35Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 18.8% of 32Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 5.7% of 35Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 20.0% of 20Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 27.3% of 33Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 6.3% of 32Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 8.7% of 23Credit claimingpeak 46.9% · Mar ’26 · latest 21.7%Credit claiming, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-02: 38.9% of 36Credit claiming, 2025-03: 40.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-04: 40.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-05: 19.1% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-06: 44.4% of 27Credit claiming, 2025-07: 25.0% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 28.6% of 28Credit claiming, 2025-10: 20.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-11: 33.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-12: 27.6% of 29Credit claiming, 2026-01: 44.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2026-02: 42.9% of 35Credit claiming, 2026-03: 46.9% of 32Credit claiming, 2026-04: 34.3% of 35Credit claiming, 2026-05: 35.0% of 20Credit claiming, 2026-06: 21.2% of 33Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: 18.8% of 32Credit claiming, 2026-10: 21.7% of 23Extreme labelspeak 6.7% · Apr ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 36Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-04: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 27Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 3.6% of 28Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 29Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 35Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 35Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 20Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 33Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 23Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Bishop, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’259— (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 ’25362.8%16.7%72.2%27.8%38.9%0.0%
Mar ’25150.0%6.7%80.0%33.3%40.0%0.0%
Apr ’25150.0%33.3%73.3%20.0%40.0%6.7%
May ’25210.0%4.8%85.7%19.1%19.1%0.0%
Jun ’25270.0%22.2%85.2%37.0%44.4%0.0%
Jul ’25287.1%28.6%100.0%3.6%25.0%0.0%
Aug ’257— (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 ’25280.0%17.9%78.6%17.9%28.6%3.6%
Oct ’25100.0%50.0%90.0%10.0%20.0%0.0%
Nov ’25150.0%26.7%73.3%40.0%33.3%0.0%
Dec ’25290.0%20.7%89.7%37.9%27.6%0.0%
Jan ’26250.0%16.0%88.0%36.0%44.0%0.0%
Feb ’26350.0%5.7%65.7%20.0%42.9%0.0%
Mar ’26320.0%15.6%75.0%18.8%46.9%0.0%
Apr ’26350.0%11.4%65.7%5.7%34.3%0.0%
May ’26200.0%15.0%55.0%20.0%35.0%0.0%
Jun ’26330.0%39.4%69.7%27.3%21.2%0.0%
Jul ’268— (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 ’264— (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 ’26320.0%6.3%75.0%6.3%18.8%0.0%
Oct ’26230.0%4.3%82.6%8.7%21.7%0.0%
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 119th Congress, 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%. 4 months are hatched here.

In Bishop’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.

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Armed Forces and National Security; Labor and Employment · Source

Personal attacks

CONGRESSMAN SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. CALLS ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PUBLICLY RELEASE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced today that he signed on as a co-sponsor of House Resolution 577, which calls on the United States Department of Justice, Fe…

Jul 18, 2025 · Press releases · personal attacks; policy discussion; credit claiming; Crime and Law Enforcement; Government Operations and Politics; Law; target: Jeffrey Epstein · Source

Extreme label

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

Sep 11, 2025 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Crime and Law Enforcement; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “extreme” aimed at terrorist threats · 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. Press releases

    CONGRESSMAN SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. CALLS ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PUBLICLY RELEASE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced today that he signed on as a co-sponsor of House Resolution 577, which calls on the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other relevant agencies to release all unclassified records, flight logs, and investi…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Crime and Law Enforcement · Government Operations and Politics · Law · target: Jeffrey EpsteinSource

  2. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to speak today in tribute to the life and legacy of an iconic American patriot John Robert Lewis, our friend and colleague who transitioned from labor to reward 5 years ago this week. John was and still is the conscience of this Congress. In his posthumously published op-ed, ``Together, you can redeem the soul of our Nation,'' John Lewis wro…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesSource

  3. Press releases

    BISHOP, DELAURO: TRUMP AND MUSK STEAL FUNDING FOR RURAL ENERGY WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop (GA-02), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee sent a letter demanding answers to the halting of all funds for th…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Agriculture and Food · Economics and Public Finance · Energy · target: Trump, MuskSource

All 487 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

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: 285 posts on X, 117 Congressional Record speeches, 83 press releases, 2 newsletters.

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Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Bishop talks about most: 25% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 112th of 216).

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 Bishop talks about. The bills Bishop sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Bishop talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Bishop
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security94 statements
25%
16%
Health92 statements
24%
26%
Education89 statements
23%
10%
Agriculture and Food86 statements
23%
9%
Economics and Public Finance68 statements
18%
20%
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Policy areas Bishop talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowBishopPeers
Armed Forces and National Security25%16%
Health24%26%
Education23%10%
Agriculture and Food23%9%
Economics and Public Finance18%20%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Bishop’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for 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 House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 25% (House Democrats 16%)25%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 11% (House Democrats 7%)11%HealthHealth, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 26%)24%Health, legislates on: 16% (House Democrats 16%)16%EducationEducation, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 10%)23%Education, legislates on: 7% (House Democrats 5%)7%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 9%)23%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 4%)12%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 18% (House Democrats 20%)18%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%
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Bishop's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security25%16%11%7%
Health24%26%16%16%
Education23%10%7%5%
Agriculture and Food23%9%12%4%
Economics and Public Finance18%20%0%1%
0.68

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 112th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Bishop legislates on exactly the areas Bishop 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 Bishop sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Bishop sits at −0.56 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 92% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.58 to −0.55, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,736 donors and 7,372 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”.

−0.56

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.58 to −0.55. From 1,736 donors and 7,372 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Bishop −0.6House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Bishop, 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 Bishop’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 Bishop sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Bishop −0.6All Housemedian +0.3
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Bishop's CSIP score of −0.56 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Bishop
House Democrats217−1.092%
All House439+0.346%
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 Bishop 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 Bishop.

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Money

Bishop raised $1.4M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 5.4% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 69% of itemized individual money came from Georgia.

Campaign money from Federal Election Commission 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.

Election cycle
$1.4M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 224 itemized donors. House Democrats’ median $2.0M.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.

Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $444.9K (32.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $25.2K (1.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $25.2K (1.9%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)PACs and other committees: $878.5K (64.5%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $13.6K (1.0%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)33 squares$444.9K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)2 squares$25.2K
  • PACs and other committees64 squares$878.5K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)1 squares$13.6K
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Sources of Bishop's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$444.9K32.7%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$25.2K1.9%
PACs and other committees$878.5K64.5%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$13.6K1.0%
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. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.

Receipts by cycle

Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $1.6M$1.6M20202022 cycle: $3.0M$3.0M20222024 cycle: $1.9M$1.9M20242026 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Bishop's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.6M
2022 cycle$3.0M
2024 cycle$1.9M
2026 cycle$1.4M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 69% came from Georgia.

  1. Georgia$244.6K
  2. Virginia$21.1K
  3. District of Columbia$18.6K
  4. Texas$12.0K
  5. Alabama$10.7K

Small donations

Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 House Democrats’ median.

0%60%
Bishop
Median
2026
5%
13%
2024
8%
13%
2022
9%
13%
2020
6%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowBishopMedian
2026 cycle5%13%
2024 cycle8%13%
2022 cycle9%13%
2020 cycle6%13%

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: $750NDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $3,000ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $7,000NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $3,500INOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $3,000PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $6,000CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $21.1KVAMaryland: $2,450MDDelaware: $7,750DEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $916NCSouth Carolina: $1,250SCDistrict of Columbia: $18.6KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $1,500LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $10.7KALGeorgia: $244.6KGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $12.0KTXFlorida: $4,525FL
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Bishop's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Georgia$244.6K
Virginia$21.1K
District of Columbia$18.6K
Texas$12.0K
Alabama$10.7K
Delaware$7,750
New York$7,000
California$6,000
Florida$4,525
Indiana$3,500
Illinois$3,000
Pennsylvania$3,000
Maryland$2,450
Louisiana$1,500
South Carolina$1,250
North Carolina$916
North Dakota$750
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
OhioNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
HawaiiNo data
224

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

69%

from Georgia

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 4.1%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 22%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 49%49%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 5.1%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 3.8%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 5.4%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 2.0%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 5.3%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 3.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Bishop's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.25 to +1.00: 22% between −1.00 and −0.75, 49% between −0.75 and −0.50, 5.1% between −0.50 and −0.25, 5.4% between 0.00 and +0.25, 5.3% between +0.50 and +0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.25 to −1.004.1%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7522%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5049%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.255.1%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.003.8%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.255.4%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.502.0%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.755.3%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.003.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Bishop’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Bishop’s own score is −0.56.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. ATTORNEY$52.0K 17 donors
  2. RETIRED$38.4K 44 donors
  3. BUSINESS OWNER$23.3K 12 donors
  4. CONSULTANT$17.8K 10 donors
  5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$17.5K 7 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$10.0K
  2. ALABAMA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, PEANUTPAC OF ALABAMA$10.0K
  3. ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC)$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. AFLAC, INC.$17.3K 12 donors
  2. PHOEBE PUTNEY HOSPITAL$13.9K 13 donors
  3. AFLAC INC.$13.0K 6 donors
  4. ATLANTA RESTAURANT PARTNERS$5,500 3 donors
  5. BUTLER PRATHER, LLP$5,000 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Bishop voted with the majority of House Democrats on 93.0% of party-line votes and missed 1.9% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bishop voted against the majority of House Democrats 35 times.

674 roll calls Bishop could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Democrats. 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 Bishop voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

35

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 93.0%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 183rd of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Bishop
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.0%
96.9%
113th of 217
Party unity
93.0%
96.4%
183rd of 217
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Bishop's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowBishopPeers
Attendance98.0%96.9%
Party unity93.0%96.4%
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 119th Congress

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 16, 2026
S. 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
YeaWith majorityPassedD 209–0 · R 191–14 · I 1–0Democrats 209 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 191 yea, 14 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Sep 16, 2026
H.J.Res. 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
On Passage
NayWith majorityPassedD 3–207 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 207 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayclose vote
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 10326
PROOF Act
On Passage
NayWith majorityPassedD 6–206 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 206 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayclose vote
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
On Passage
YeaWith majorityPassedD 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
YeaAgainst majorityPassedD 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bishop most often

  1. Frederica WilsonD474 shared votes96%
  2. Sheila Cherfilus-MccormickD464 shared votes96%
  3. Joyce BeattyD621 shared votes96%
  4. David ScottD477 shared votes96%
  5. Troy CarterD651 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bishop least often

  1. Chip RoyR621 shared votes19%
  2. Andy BiggsR595 shared votes21%
  3. Eric BurlisonR630 shared votes21%
  4. Keith SelfR646 shared votes21%
  5. Josh BrecheenR629 shared votes22%
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

119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Bishop sponsored 8 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 402 others. 13% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 23rd of 207).

The bills Bishop sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, 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 119th Congress

Sponsored8 billsSponsored, Introduced: 88Sponsored, In committee: 88Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored402 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 402402Cosponsored, In committee: 402402Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Bishop sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored88100
Cosponsored4024021921
How to read the blocks

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

13%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 23rd of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Bishop, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.

  1. Eleanor Norton36
  2. Hank Johnson Jr.24
  3. Brian Fitzpatrick23
  4. Donald Davis20
  5. André Carson18
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 Bishop’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
H.R. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.Res. 1626Supporting the designation of the week of October 18 through 24, 2026, as "National Chemistry Week".CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Oct 15, 2026
H.Res. 1614Expressing support for the designation of October 4 through October 10, 2026, as "National 4-H Week".CosponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeAgriculture and FoodReferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 5, 2026
H.R. 10566Sunlight on SuperPACs Act of 2026CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on House Administration. Sep 24, 2026
H.Con.Res. 119Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Corps, and commending its volunteers and contributions to global peace, friendship, and development.CosponsorSep 21, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sep 21, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 50 times in 90 days. Bishop’s official site had 34 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Bishop posted on Oct 20, 2026.

The lab crawls Bishop’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 Bishop posts with a vision model.

Websites

  • Official site

    bishop.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    34

    pages crawled

    50

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    sanfordbishop.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    16

    pages crawled

    10

    changes 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 Bishop posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A group of nine adults pose indoors, holding an oversized ceremonial grant check in front of a branded backdrop. There is text on the check and backdrop.
    A group of nine adults pose indoors, holding an oversized ceremonial grant check in front of a branded backdrop. There is text on the check and backdrop.View post
  • A group of eight adults pose indoors in front of a branded backdrop while holding an oversized ceremonial check. There is text on the check and backdrop.
    A group of eight adults pose indoors in front of a branded backdrop while holding an oversized ceremonial check. There is text on the check and backdrop.View post
  • A speaker stands at a small lectern in front of a branded backdrop, addressing an audience seated in rows of chairs in a conference room. There is text and repeated logos on the backdrop and banners at the side.
    A speaker stands at a small lectern in front of a branded backdrop, addressing an audience seated in rows of chairs in a conference room. There is text and repeated logos on the backdrop and banners at the side.View post
  • A group of people pose indoors while holding an oversized grant check. A logo backdrop and geometric wall decorations are behind them. Text appears on the backdrop and check.
    A group of people pose indoors while holding an oversized grant check. A logo backdrop and geometric wall decorations are behind them. Text appears on the backdrop and check.View post
  • A group of eight adults pose indoors, holding a large ceremonial grant check in front of a branded backdrop. There is text on the check and backdrop.
    A group of eight adults pose indoors, holding a large ceremonial grant check in front of a branded backdrop. There is text on the check and backdrop.View post
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.

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 Bishop is most unusual among 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
B000490
Bioguide
B000490
FEC candidate ids
H2GA02031

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 (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
  • Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
  • Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; 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.
  • ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.

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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