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Democrat · U.S. House, California’s 6th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2013119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Ami Bera, rendered as a two-tone print
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1.6×
the House Democrat rate of bipartisan language

16% of 889 statements use bipartisan language (143 statements); the average for House Democrats is 9.8%. Ranks 26th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Bera’s Congressional Record speeches, posts on X, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it stresses working across party lines. 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. 0.6% of Bera’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (average 1.9%). The policy areas Bera talks about and legislates on agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom half of House Democrats.

The measures on which Bera 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.

Bipartisanship

16%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 26th of 216

Extreme labels

0.6%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 172nd of 216

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.66

House Democrats average 0.67 · ranks 161st of 216

Party unity

96.3%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 157th of 217 · 19 votes against the majority of House Democrats

From California, 2026

75%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 57th of 214 House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.84

More conservative than 70% of House Democrats · ± 0.01

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

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What Bera says

Bera stresses bipartisanship more than 87% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 16% of 889 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 26th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Bera’s 889 statements in the 119th Congress (665 posts on X, 173 press releases, 35 Congressional Record speeches, 16 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%
Bera
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion642 statements
72%
73%
134th of 216
Policy criticism258 statements
29%
28%
102nd of 216
Credit claiming202 statements
23%
23%
102nd of 216
Bipartisanship143 statements
16%
10%
26th of 216
Personal attacks38 statements
4%
7%
133rd of 216
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Bera's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowBeraPeers
Policy discussion72%73%
Policy criticism29%28%
Credit claiming23%23%
Bipartisanship16%10%
Personal attacks4%7%
889

statements classified

665 posts on X, 173 press releases, 35 Congressional Record speeches, 16 newsletters.

posts on X: 665 (74.8%)posts on X 665press releases: 173 (19.5%)Congressional Record speeches: 35 (3.9%)newsletters: 16 (1.8%)
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Bera's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X665
press releases173
Congressional Record speeches35
newsletters16
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Bera used extreme labels in 0.6% of statements, 29% of the peer average. 5 statements, most often aimed at attacks; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”3
  2. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. attacks1
  2. far-right movements1
  3. Republican colleagues1
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: 512025-02: 392025-03: 592025-04: 552025-05: 552025-06: 452025-07: 562025-08: 312025-09: 492025-10: 312025-11: 322025-12: 312026-01: 372026-02: 362026-03: 382026-04: 322026-05: 362026-06: 622026-07: 292026-08: 232026-09: 382026-10: 24peak 62 · Jun ’26Personal attackspeak 13.9% · Feb ’26 · latest 4.2%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 51Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 39Personal attacks, 2025-03: 1.7% of 59Personal attacks, 2025-04: 3.6% of 55Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 55Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 45Personal attacks, 2025-07: 10.7% of 56Personal attacks, 2025-08: 6.5% of 31Personal attacks, 2025-09: 12.2% of 49Personal attacks, 2025-10: 6.5% of 31Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-12: 3.2% of 31Personal attacks, 2026-01: 5.4% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-02: 13.9% of 36Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-04: 6.3% of 32Personal attacks, 2026-05: 5.6% of 36Personal attacks, 2026-06: 4.8% of 62Personal attacks, 2026-07: 10.3% of 29Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 23Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-10: 4.2% of 24Policy criticismpeak 45.2% · Aug ’25 · latest 20.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 15.7% of 51Policy criticism, 2025-02: 20.5% of 39Policy criticism, 2025-03: 30.5% of 59Policy criticism, 2025-04: 43.6% of 55Policy criticism, 2025-05: 29.1% of 55Policy criticism, 2025-06: 35.6% of 45Policy criticism, 2025-07: 41.1% of 56Policy criticism, 2025-08: 45.2% of 31Policy criticism, 2025-09: 28.6% of 49Policy criticism, 2025-10: 41.9% of 31Policy criticism, 2025-11: 25.0% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-12: 32.3% of 31Policy criticism, 2026-01: 18.9% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-02: 27.8% of 36Policy criticism, 2026-03: 36.8% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-04: 18.8% of 32Policy criticism, 2026-05: 25.0% of 36Policy criticism, 2026-06: 25.8% of 62Policy criticism, 2026-07: 27.6% of 29Policy criticism, 2026-08: 30.4% of 23Policy criticism, 2026-09: 10.5% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-10: 20.8% of 24Policy discussionpeak 91.3% · Aug ’26 · latest 83.3%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 62.7% of 51Policy discussion, 2025-02: 41.0% of 39Policy discussion, 2025-03: 55.9% of 59Policy discussion, 2025-04: 67.3% of 55Policy discussion, 2025-05: 81.8% of 55Policy discussion, 2025-06: 77.8% of 45Policy discussion, 2025-07: 82.1% of 56Policy discussion, 2025-08: 80.7% of 31Policy discussion, 2025-09: 65.3% of 49Policy discussion, 2025-10: 77.4% of 31Policy discussion, 2025-11: 71.9% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-12: 77.4% of 31Policy discussion, 2026-01: 81.1% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-02: 58.3% of 36Policy discussion, 2026-03: 86.8% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-04: 53.1% of 32Policy discussion, 2026-05: 72.2% of 36Policy discussion, 2026-06: 80.7% of 62Policy discussion, 2026-07: 79.3% of 29Policy discussion, 2026-08: 91.3% of 23Policy discussion, 2026-09: 76.3% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-10: 83.3% of 24Bipartisanshippeak 35.5% · Jun ’26 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 21.6% of 51Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 7.7% of 39Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 8.5% of 59Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 7.3% of 55Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 14.5% of 55Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 11.1% of 45Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 14.3% of 56Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 6.5% of 31Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 22.4% of 49Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 32.3% of 31Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 21.9% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 16.1% of 31Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 24.3% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 13.9% of 36Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 10.5% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 6.3% of 32Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 25.0% of 36Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 35.5% of 62Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 20.7% of 29Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 13.0% of 23Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 10.5% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 24Credit claimingpeak 45.2% · Jun ’26 · latest 8.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 31.4% of 51Credit claiming, 2025-02: 20.5% of 39Credit claiming, 2025-03: 10.2% of 59Credit claiming, 2025-04: 20.0% of 55Credit claiming, 2025-05: 36.4% of 55Credit claiming, 2025-06: 11.1% of 45Credit claiming, 2025-07: 28.6% of 56Credit claiming, 2025-08: 19.4% of 31Credit claiming, 2025-09: 16.3% of 49Credit claiming, 2025-10: 16.1% of 31Credit claiming, 2025-11: 18.8% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-12: 22.6% of 31Credit claiming, 2026-01: 27.0% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-02: 22.2% of 36Credit claiming, 2026-03: 21.1% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-04: 18.8% of 32Credit claiming, 2026-05: 25.0% of 36Credit claiming, 2026-06: 45.2% of 62Credit claiming, 2026-07: 24.1% of 29Credit claiming, 2026-08: 13.0% of 23Credit claiming, 2026-09: 18.4% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-10: 8.3% of 24Extreme labelspeak 3.2% · Aug ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 51Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.6% of 39Extreme labels, 2025-03: 1.7% of 59Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 45Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2025-08: 3.2% of 31Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 49Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 31Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 31Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 36Extreme labels, 2026-03: 2.6% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 36Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.6% of 62Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 29Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 23Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 24Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Bera, 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 ’25510.0%15.7%62.7%21.6%31.4%0.0%
Feb ’25390.0%20.5%41.0%7.7%20.5%2.6%
Mar ’25591.7%30.5%55.9%8.5%10.2%1.7%
Apr ’25553.6%43.6%67.3%7.3%20.0%0.0%
May ’25550.0%29.1%81.8%14.5%36.4%0.0%
Jun ’25450.0%35.6%77.8%11.1%11.1%0.0%
Jul ’255610.7%41.1%82.1%14.3%28.6%0.0%
Aug ’25316.5%45.2%80.7%6.5%19.4%3.2%
Sep ’254912.2%28.6%65.3%22.4%16.3%0.0%
Oct ’25316.5%41.9%77.4%32.3%16.1%0.0%
Nov ’25320.0%25.0%71.9%21.9%18.8%0.0%
Dec ’25313.2%32.3%77.4%16.1%22.6%0.0%
Jan ’26375.4%18.9%81.1%24.3%27.0%0.0%
Feb ’263613.9%27.8%58.3%13.9%22.2%0.0%
Mar ’26380.0%36.8%86.8%10.5%21.1%2.6%
Apr ’26326.3%18.8%53.1%6.3%18.8%0.0%
May ’26365.6%25.0%72.2%25.0%25.0%0.0%
Jun ’26624.8%25.8%80.7%35.5%45.2%1.6%
Jul ’262910.3%27.6%79.3%20.7%24.1%0.0%
Aug ’26230.0%30.4%91.3%13.0%13.0%0.0%
Sep ’26380.0%10.5%76.3%10.5%18.4%0.0%
Oct ’26244.2%20.8%83.3%0.0%8.3%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%.

In Bera’s words

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

Personal attacks

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

Oct 6, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; target: Donald Trump · Source

Bipartisanship

Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit, Bera Urges Trump to Stand Firm on Taiwan and Establish AI Crisis Guardrails WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of President Trump’s meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Forei…

Sep 23, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; Commerce; Science, Technology, Communications; Crime and Law Enforcement; Public Lands and Natural Resources · Source

Extreme label

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the PEACE Act. Acts of anti-Semitism are on the rise globally. This is also true in Europe, where increasingly vocal fringe political movements, particularly far-right movements, are emboldened by increas…

Jun 8, 2026 · Congressional Record · policy discussion; bipartisanship; International Affairs; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “far right” aimed at far-right movements · 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

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · target: Donald TrumpSource

  2. Press releases

    Rep. Bera Slams Trump Administration’s Deferral of More Than $867 Million in Medicaid Payments to California WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would defer more than $867 million in Medicaid payments to California: “Trump and RFK Jr.’s latest politically motivated attack on our state will place further strain…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: Trump, RFK Jr.Source

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: TrumpSource

  4. Press releases

    Bera, House Intelligence Committee Democrats Call on Intelligence Community Leadership to Rebut Trump’s Election Lies Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06) joined House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) and all other Democratic members of the Committee in sending a letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, Central Intelligence Ag…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Armed Forces and National Security · target: TrumpSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Housing and Community Development · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 889 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: 665 posts on X, 173 press releases, 35 Congressional Record speeches, 16 newsletters.

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Policy

Health is what Bera talks about most: 31% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 161st 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 Bera talks about. The bills Bera sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Bera talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Bera
Peers
Health197 statements
31%
26%
International Affairs157 statements
24%
8%
Armed Forces and National Security156 statements
24%
16%
Government Operations and Politics99 statements
15%
20%
Economics and Public Finance85 statements
13%
20%
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Policy areas Bera talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowBeraPeers
Health31%26%
International Affairs24%8%
Armed Forces and National Security24%16%
Government Operations and Politics15%20%
Economics and Public Finance13%20%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Bera’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 onHealthHealth, talks about: 31% (House Democrats 26%)31%Health, legislates on: 18% (House Democrats 16%)18%International AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 8%)24%International Affairs, legislates on: 27% (House Democrats 8%)27%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 16%)24%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 3% (House Democrats 7%)3%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 15% (House Democrats 20%)15%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 11%)9%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 13% (House Democrats 20%)13%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%
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Bera's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Health31%26%18%16%
International Affairs24%8%27%8%
Armed Forces and National Security24%16%3%7%
Government Operations and Politics15%20%9%11%
Economics and Public Finance13%20%0%1%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 161st of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Bera sits at −0.84 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 70% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.86 to −0.83, which understates the uncertainty; from 4,173 donors and 7,503 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”.

−0.84

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.86 to −0.83. From 4,173 donors and 7,503 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Bera −0.8House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Bera, 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 Bera’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 Bera sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Bera −0.8All Housemedian +0.3
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Bera's CSIP score of −0.84 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Bera
House Democrats217−1.070%
All House439+0.334%
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 Bera 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 Bera.

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Money

Bera raised $1.5M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 9.0% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 75% of itemized individual money came from California.

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
$1.5M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 441 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): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $628.3K (42.1%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $62.2K (4.2%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $62.2K (4.2%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $62.2K (4.2%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $62.2K (4.2%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)PACs and other committees: $770.5K (51.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $29.8K (2.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $29.8K (2.0%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)42 squares$628.3K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)4 squares$62.2K
  • PACs and other committees52 squares$770.5K
  • Party committees$2,000
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)2 squares$29.8K
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Sources of Bera's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$628.3K42.1%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$62.2K4.2%
PACs and other committees$770.5K51.6%
Party committees$2,0000.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$29.8K2.0%
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: $1.8M$1.8M20202022 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M20222024 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M20242026 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Bera's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.8M
2022 cycle$1.5M
2024 cycle$1.3M
2026 cycle$1.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 75% came from California.

  1. California$380.8K
  2. District of Columbia$35.0K
  3. Virginia$22.0K
  4. New York$14.6K
  5. Texas$10.0K

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%
Bera
Median
2026
9%
13%
2024
14%
13%
2022
15%
13%
2020
15%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowBeraMedian
2026 cycle9%13%
2024 cycle14%13%
2022 cycle15%13%
2020 cycle15%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $2,500WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $5,750MNIllinois: $875ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $375MINew York: $14.6KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $1,000MAOregon: no dataORNevada: $500NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $1,000INOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $375PANew Jersey: $1,500NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $380.8KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: $3,500NEMissouri: $250MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $22.0KVAMaryland: $7,750MDDelaware: $3,000DEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $2,000TNNorth Carolina: $1,500NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $35.0KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $500GAHawaii: $3,500HITexas: $10.0KTXFlorida: $7,800FL
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Bera's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$380.8K
District of Columbia$35.0K
Virginia$22.0K
New York$14.6K
Texas$10.0K
Florida$7,800
Maryland$7,750
Minnesota$5,750
Nebraska$3,500
Hawaii$3,500
Delaware$3,000
Washington$2,500
Tennessee$2,000
New Jersey$1,500
North Carolina$1,500
Massachusetts$1,000
Indiana$1,000
Illinois$875
Nevada$500
Georgia$500
Michigan$375
Pennsylvania$375
Missouri$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
OhioNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
441

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

75%

from California

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.3%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 22%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 65%65%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 2.7%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 3.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 4.5%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.3%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.9%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.1%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 0.2%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Bera's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.25: 22% between −1.25 and −1.00, 65% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.3%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0022%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7565%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.502.7%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.253.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.004.5%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.3%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.9%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.1%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.250.2%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Bera’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Bera’s own score is −0.84.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$155.7K 134 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$23.0K 11 donors
  3. CONSULTANT$21.8K 20 donors
  4. PHYSICIAN$20.6K 46 donors
  5. CEO$17.0K 13 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION PAC$12.5K
  2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC)$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. WESTERN HEALTH ADVANTAGE$9,750 4 donors
  2. UC DAVIS$7,250 5 donors
  3. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$7,000 8 donors
  4. MINNESOTA UROLOGY$6,500 15 donors
  5. SMUD$2,250 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Bera voted with the majority of House Democrats on 96.3% of party-line votes and missed 1.5% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bera voted against the majority of House Democrats 19 times.

674 roll calls Bera 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 Bera voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

19

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 96.3%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 157th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Bera
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.5%
96.9%
91st of 217
Party unity
96.3%
96.4%
157th of 217
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Bera's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowBeraPeers
Attendance98.5%96.9%
Party unity96.3%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
NayWith 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 Bera most often

  1. Salud CarbajalD656 shared votes98%
  2. Gregory MeeksD635 shared votes98%
  3. Pete AguilarD657 shared votes98%
  4. Suzan DelBeneD651 shared votes98%
  5. Marilyn StricklandD647 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bera least often

  1. Chip RoyR624 shared votes17%
  2. Eric BurlisonR632 shared votes18%
  3. Andy BiggsR600 shared votes19%
  4. Keith SelfR648 shared votes19%
  5. Ralph NormanR588 shared votes20%
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

Bera sponsored 26 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 319 others. 3.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 94th of 207).

The bills Bera 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

Sponsored26 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2626Sponsored, In committee: 2626Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored319 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 319319Cosponsored, In committee: 319319Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Bera sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2626100
Cosponsored3193191911
How to read the blocks

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

3.9%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 94th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Michael Lawler26
  2. Eugene Vindman25
  3. Brad Sherman24
  4. Young Kim23
  5. Brian Fitzpatrick22
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 Bera’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. 10828To impose sanctions with respect to oil and gas extraction and refinement by the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, 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 15, 2026
H.R. 10740To designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued eligibility for temporary protected status, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 5, 2026
H.R. 10686Community Disaster Protection ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeEmergency ManagementReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10597Affordability is Access Act of 2026CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10505Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2026CosponsorSep 17, 2026In committeePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sep 17, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 62 times in 90 days. Bera’s official site had 34 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Bera posted on Oct 22, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    bera.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    34

    pages crawled

    62

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    beraforcongress.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    22

    pages crawled

    19

    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 Bera posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A man in a hat and vest stands beside a chain-link fence, pointing toward a large Habitat for Humanity banner covered with sponsor logos and text.
    A man in a hat and vest stands beside a chain-link fence, pointing toward a large Habitat for Humanity banner covered with sponsor logos and text.View post
  • A campaign graphic showing the curved facade of a grand government building with an American flag on a pole, beside large score-related lettering and a human rights organization logo. The background is blue, and the image contains text.
    A campaign graphic showing the curved facade of a grand government building with an American flag on a pole, beside large score-related lettering and a human rights organization logo. The background is blue, and the image contains text.View post
  • A group of nine men pose together indoors in front of a colorful mural. The man in the center holds a framed certificate, while two others hold drinks. Large decorative lettering is visible on the mural, and the certificate contains text.
    A group of nine men pose together indoors in front of a colorful mural. The man in the center holds a framed certificate, while two others hold drinks. Large decorative lettering is visible on the mural, and the certificate contains text.View post
  • Two people talk in an outdoor garden area. A man wearing a hat and vest gestures while a woman in a hoodie holds a small paper or card. Behind them is a small white shed with a circular sign containing text. Trees, plants, garden beds, and wooden structures surround them.
    Two people talk in an outdoor garden area. A man wearing a hat and vest gestures while a woman in a hoodie holds a small paper or card. Behind them is a small white shed with a circular sign containing text. Trees, plants, garden beds, and wooden structures surround them.View post
  • Two adults pose together outdoors in front of a decorative circular metal sign mounted on a light-colored wall. They hold an open certificate folder. Text appears on the sign and certificate.
    Two adults pose together outdoors in front of a decorative circular metal sign mounted on a light-colored wall. They hold an open certificate folder. Text appears on the sign and certificate.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 Bera 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
B001287
Bioguide
B001287
FEC candidate ids
H0CA03078

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.

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