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Democrat · U.S. House, Virginia’s 8th district

Serving since Jan 6, 2015119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Donald Beyer Jr., rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
2.5×
the House Democrat rate of personal attacks

16% of 2,620 statements contain a personal attack (430 statements); the average for House Democrats is 6.6%. Ranks 14th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Beyer’s posts on X, press releases, newsletters and Congressional Record speeches 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. 41% of Beyer’s statements criticize a policy, 1.5 times the House Democrat average of 28%. 13% of Beyer’s statements claim credit, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 23%).

The measures on which Beyer 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

16%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 14th of 216

Policy criticism

41%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 15th of 216

Credit claiming

13%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 195th of 216

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

Small donations, 2026

7.0%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 154th of 214

CSIP ideology

−1.08

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.02

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

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What Beyer says

Beyer attacks opponents personally more than 93% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 16% of 2,620 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 14th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Beyer’s 2,620 statements in the 119th Congress (2,191 posts on X, 316 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches, 25 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%
Beyer
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion2,008 statements
77%
73%
78th of 216
Policy criticism1,082 statements
41%
28%
15th of 216
Personal attacks430 statements
16%
7%
14th of 216
Credit claiming345 statements
13%
23%
195th of 216
Bipartisanship207 statements
8%
10%
123rd of 216
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Beyer's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowBeyerPeers
Policy discussion77%73%
Policy criticism41%28%
Personal attacks16%7%
Credit claiming13%23%
Bipartisanship8%10%
2,620

statements classified

2,191 posts on X, 316 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches, 25 newsletters.

posts on X: 2,191 (83.6%)posts on X 2,191press releases: 316 (12.1%)Congressional Record speeches: 88 (3.4%)newsletters: 25 (1.0%)
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Beyer's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,191
press releases316
Congressional Record speeches88
newsletters25
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Beyer used extreme labels in 1.7% of statements, close to the peer average. 45 statements, most often aimed at Trump; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”16
  2. “MAGA”8
  3. “woke”4
  4. “radical”2
  5. “communist”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Trump6
  2. Trump Administration4
  3. Donald Trump3
  4. AI2
  5. president2
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: 942025-02: 1632025-03: 1862025-04: 1372025-05: 1692025-06: 1272025-07: 1252025-08: 832025-09: 1442025-10: 1462025-11: 792025-12: 1112026-01: 1182026-02: 1192026-03: 1392026-04: 722026-05: 922026-06: 1092026-07: 1012026-08: 892026-09: 1452026-10: 72peak 186 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 25.0% · May ’26 · latest 16.7%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 17.0% of 94Personal attacks, 2025-02: 23.3% of 163Personal attacks, 2025-03: 19.9% of 186Personal attacks, 2025-04: 19.0% of 137Personal attacks, 2025-05: 11.2% of 169Personal attacks, 2025-06: 11.8% of 127Personal attacks, 2025-07: 8.0% of 125Personal attacks, 2025-08: 20.5% of 83Personal attacks, 2025-09: 11.8% of 144Personal attacks, 2025-10: 10.3% of 146Personal attacks, 2025-11: 15.2% of 79Personal attacks, 2025-12: 10.8% of 111Personal attacks, 2026-01: 18.6% of 118Personal attacks, 2026-02: 16.0% of 119Personal attacks, 2026-03: 15.8% of 139Personal attacks, 2026-04: 16.7% of 72Personal attacks, 2026-05: 25.0% of 92Personal attacks, 2026-06: 22.0% of 109Personal attacks, 2026-07: 17.8% of 101Personal attacks, 2026-08: 22.5% of 89Personal attacks, 2026-09: 16.6% of 145Personal attacks, 2026-10: 16.7% of 72Policy criticismpeak 60.8% · Jul ’25 · latest 25.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 31.9% of 94Policy criticism, 2025-02: 42.9% of 163Policy criticism, 2025-03: 37.6% of 186Policy criticism, 2025-04: 43.1% of 137Policy criticism, 2025-05: 51.5% of 169Policy criticism, 2025-06: 52.8% of 127Policy criticism, 2025-07: 60.8% of 125Policy criticism, 2025-08: 59.0% of 83Policy criticism, 2025-09: 51.4% of 144Policy criticism, 2025-10: 47.9% of 146Policy criticism, 2025-11: 53.2% of 79Policy criticism, 2025-12: 38.7% of 111Policy criticism, 2026-01: 12.7% of 118Policy criticism, 2026-02: 42.9% of 119Policy criticism, 2026-03: 51.8% of 139Policy criticism, 2026-04: 50.0% of 72Policy criticism, 2026-05: 25.0% of 92Policy criticism, 2026-06: 41.3% of 109Policy criticism, 2026-07: 35.6% of 101Policy criticism, 2026-08: 18.0% of 89Policy criticism, 2026-09: 22.8% of 145Policy criticism, 2026-10: 25.0% of 72Policy discussionpeak 91.7% · Oct ’26 · latest 91.7%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 67.0% of 94Policy discussion, 2025-02: 66.3% of 163Policy discussion, 2025-03: 71.5% of 186Policy discussion, 2025-04: 75.2% of 137Policy discussion, 2025-05: 82.3% of 169Policy discussion, 2025-06: 77.2% of 127Policy discussion, 2025-07: 82.4% of 125Policy discussion, 2025-08: 81.9% of 83Policy discussion, 2025-09: 70.8% of 144Policy discussion, 2025-10: 70.5% of 146Policy discussion, 2025-11: 73.4% of 79Policy discussion, 2025-12: 84.7% of 111Policy discussion, 2026-01: 83.0% of 118Policy discussion, 2026-02: 74.0% of 119Policy discussion, 2026-03: 74.1% of 139Policy discussion, 2026-04: 79.2% of 72Policy discussion, 2026-05: 67.4% of 92Policy discussion, 2026-06: 69.7% of 109Policy discussion, 2026-07: 88.1% of 101Policy discussion, 2026-08: 85.4% of 89Policy discussion, 2026-09: 83.5% of 145Policy discussion, 2026-10: 91.7% of 72Bipartisanshippeak 15.1% · Feb ’26 · latest 2.8%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 7.4% of 94Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 4.9% of 163Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 6.5% of 186Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 6.6% of 137Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 4.1% of 169Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 3.1% of 127Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 2.4% of 125Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 3.6% of 83Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 12.5% of 144Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 12.3% of 146Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 11.4% of 79Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 14.4% of 111Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 6.8% of 118Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 15.1% of 119Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 6.5% of 139Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 11.1% of 72Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 10.9% of 92Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 11.9% of 109Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 9.9% of 101Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 4.5% of 89Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 7.6% of 145Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 2.8% of 72Credit claimingpeak 26.9% · Feb ’26 · latest 6.9%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 13.8% of 94Credit claiming, 2025-02: 12.9% of 163Credit claiming, 2025-03: 12.4% of 186Credit claiming, 2025-04: 13.9% of 137Credit claiming, 2025-05: 13.6% of 169Credit claiming, 2025-06: 4.7% of 127Credit claiming, 2025-07: 1.6% of 125Credit claiming, 2025-08: 9.6% of 83Credit claiming, 2025-09: 14.6% of 144Credit claiming, 2025-10: 11.0% of 146Credit claiming, 2025-11: 13.9% of 79Credit claiming, 2025-12: 13.5% of 111Credit claiming, 2026-01: 10.2% of 118Credit claiming, 2026-02: 26.9% of 119Credit claiming, 2026-03: 9.3% of 139Credit claiming, 2026-04: 16.7% of 72Credit claiming, 2026-05: 21.7% of 92Credit claiming, 2026-06: 16.5% of 109Credit claiming, 2026-07: 25.7% of 101Credit claiming, 2026-08: 10.1% of 89Credit claiming, 2026-09: 13.8% of 145Credit claiming, 2026-10: 6.9% of 72Extreme labelspeak 4.1% · Oct ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 1.1% of 94Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.5% of 163Extreme labels, 2025-03: 3.8% of 186Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.5% of 137Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.6% of 169Extreme labels, 2025-06: 2.4% of 127Extreme labels, 2025-07: 4.0% of 125Extreme labels, 2025-08: 2.4% of 83Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 144Extreme labels, 2025-10: 4.1% of 146Extreme labels, 2025-11: 2.5% of 79Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.8% of 111Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 118Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.7% of 119Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.4% of 139Extreme labels, 2026-04: 2.8% of 72Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 92Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.9% of 109Extreme labels, 2026-07: 1.0% of 101Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 89Extreme labels, 2026-09: 1.4% of 145Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 72Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Beyer, 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 ’259417.0%31.9%67.0%7.4%13.8%1.1%
Feb ’2516323.3%42.9%66.3%4.9%12.9%2.5%
Mar ’2518619.9%37.6%71.5%6.5%12.4%3.8%
Apr ’2513719.0%43.1%75.2%6.6%13.9%1.5%
May ’2516911.2%51.5%82.3%4.1%13.6%0.6%
Jun ’2512711.8%52.8%77.2%3.1%4.7%2.4%
Jul ’251258.0%60.8%82.4%2.4%1.6%4.0%
Aug ’258320.5%59.0%81.9%3.6%9.6%2.4%
Sep ’2514411.8%51.4%70.8%12.5%14.6%0.0%
Oct ’2514610.3%47.9%70.5%12.3%11.0%4.1%
Nov ’257915.2%53.2%73.4%11.4%13.9%2.5%
Dec ’2511110.8%38.7%84.7%14.4%13.5%1.8%
Jan ’2611818.6%12.7%83.0%6.8%10.2%0.0%
Feb ’2611916.0%42.9%74.0%15.1%26.9%1.7%
Mar ’2613915.8%51.8%74.1%6.5%9.3%1.4%
Apr ’267216.7%50.0%79.2%11.1%16.7%2.8%
May ’269225.0%25.0%67.4%10.9%21.7%0.0%
Jun ’2610922.0%41.3%69.7%11.9%16.5%0.9%
Jul ’2610117.8%35.6%88.1%9.9%25.7%1.0%
Aug ’268922.5%18.0%85.4%4.5%10.1%0.0%
Sep ’2614516.6%22.8%83.5%7.6%13.8%1.4%
Oct ’267216.7%25.0%91.7%2.8%6.9%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 Beyer’s words

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

Credit claiming

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

Oct 20, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; International Affairs · Source

Personal attacks

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

Oct 23, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; target: Donald Trump · Source

Extreme label

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

Sep 28, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Law; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at Trump; target: Blanche, Trump · 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 · Government Operations and Politics · target: Donald TrumpSource

  2. 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 · Taxation · target: Donald TrumpSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Transportation and Public Works · target: Donald TrumpSource

  4. 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 · Law · target: TrumpSource

  5. Press releases

    Opposition To Trump’s Vanity Arch Grows Staunch opposition to Donald Trump’s proposed vanity arch grew sharpy in early October, as veterans, residents, and workers expressed hostility to the project, and the Northern Virginia county that surrounds the site filed suit against it. On October 1st, as NPR reported: “Veterans, retirees and lawmakers spoke out — against its scale, its cost, its lack of Congressional appro…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Transportation and Public Works · Armed Forces and National Security · Law · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 2,620 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: 2,191 posts on X, 316 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches, 25 newsletters.

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Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Beyer talks about most: 24% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.70 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 66th 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 Beyer talks about. The bills Beyer sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Beyer talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Beyer
Peers
Government Operations and Politics472 statements
24%
20%
Economics and Public Finance432 statements
22%
20%
Health390 statements
19%
26%
Armed Forces and National Security256 statements
13%
16%
Foreign Trade and International Finance245 statements
12%
5%
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Policy areas Beyer talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowBeyerPeers
Government Operations and Politics24%20%
Economics and Public Finance22%20%
Health19%26%
Armed Forces and National Security13%16%
Foreign Trade and International Finance12%5%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Beyer’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 onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 20%)24%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 14% (House Democrats 11%)14%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 22% (House Democrats 20%)22%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (House Democrats 1%)1%HealthHealth, talks about: 19% (House Democrats 26%)19%Health, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 16%)9%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 13% (House Democrats 16%)13%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 5% (House Democrats 7%)5%Foreign Trade andInternational FinanceForeign Trade and International Finance, talks about: 12% (House Democrats 5%)12%Foreign Trade and International Finance, legislates on: 5% (House Democrats 1%)5%
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Beyer's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics24%20%14%11%
Economics and Public Finance22%20%1%1%
Health19%26%9%16%
Armed Forces and National Security13%16%5%7%
Foreign Trade and International Finance12%5%5%1%
0.70

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 66th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Beyer sits at −1.08 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 63% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.09 to −1.06, which understates the uncertainty; from 3,012 donors and 6,187 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−1.08

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.09 to −1.06. From 3,012 donors and 6,187 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Beyer −1.1House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Beyer, 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 Beyer’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 Beyer sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Beyer −1.1All Housemedian +0.3
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Beyer's CSIP score of −1.08 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Beyer
House Democrats217−1.036%
All House439+0.318%
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 Beyer 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 Beyer.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Beyer raised $2.5M in the 2026 cycle, above the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 7.0% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 60% of itemized individual money came from Virginia.

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
$2.5M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 754 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): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.6M (63.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $120.4K (4.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $120.4K (4.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $120.4K (4.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $120.4K (4.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $120.4K (4.8%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)PACs and other committees: $791.8K (31.4%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)64 squares$1.6M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)5 squares$120.4K
  • PACs and other committees31 squares$791.8K
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Sources of Beyer's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$1.6M63.8%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$120.4K4.8%
PACs and other committees$791.8K31.4%
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: $1.7M$1.7M20202022 cycle: $2.1M$2.1M20222024 cycle: $1.9M$1.9M20242026 cycle: $2.5M$2.5M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Beyer's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.7M
2022 cycle$2.1M
2024 cycle$1.9M
2026 cycle$2.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 60% came from Virginia.

  1. Virginia$894.6K
  2. District of Columbia$198.0K
  3. California$85.8K
  4. Massachusetts$57.8K
  5. New York$54.0K

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%
Beyer
Median
2026
7%
13%
2024
11%
13%
2022
10%
13%
2020
11%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowBeyerMedian
2026 cycle7%13%
2024 cycle11%13%
2022 cycle10%13%
2020 cycle11%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $16.5KWAIdaho: $7,000IDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $5,000MNIllinois: $14.5KILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $6,000MINew York: $54.0KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $57.8KMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $1,000WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $333IAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $7,500OHPennsylvania: $150PANew Jersey: $1,000NJConnecticut: $2,500CTCalifornia: $85.8KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $12.5KCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $520MOKentucky: $7,000KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $894.6KVAMaryland: $33.1KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: $13.8KNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $5,500ARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $150NCSouth Carolina: $2,000SCDistrict of Columbia: $198.0KDCOklahoma: $500OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $10.5KTXFlorida: $35.8KFL
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Beyer's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Virginia$894.6K
District of Columbia$198.0K
California$85.8K
Massachusetts$57.8K
New York$54.0K
Florida$35.8K
Maryland$33.1K
Washington$16.5K
Illinois$14.5K
New Mexico$13.8K
Colorado$12.5K
Texas$10.5K
Ohio$7,500
Idaho$7,000
Kentucky$7,000
Michigan$6,000
Arkansas$5,500
Minnesota$5,000
Connecticut$2,500
South Carolina$2,000
Wyoming$1,000
New Jersey$1,000
Missouri$520
Oklahoma$500
Iowa$333
Pennsylvania$150
North Carolina$150
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IndianaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
KansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
754

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

60%

from Virginia

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 Virginia. 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: 49%49%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 40%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 3.2%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 2.8%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 2.9%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 1.1%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.0%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.1%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.2%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Beyer's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 49% between −1.25 and −1.00, 40% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.3%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0049%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7540%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.503.2%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.252.8%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.002.9%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.251.1%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.0%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.1%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.2%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Beyer’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Beyer’s own score is −1.08.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$497.7K 292 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$95.8K 42 donors
  3. RETIRED$70.3K 43 donors
  4. CEO$60.5K 24 donors
  5. LAWYER$59.5K 32 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10.0K
  3. DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. PARTNERS PAC (DSI PARTNERS PAC)$10.0K
  5. ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. ANTHROPIC$35.0K 4 donors
  2. ARNOLD & PORTER$12.0K 3 donors
  3. MACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUT$8,500 3 donors
  4. CAPITOL COUNSEL$3,750 3 donors
  5. MEHLMAN CONSULTING$1,705 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Beyer voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.3% of party-line votes and missed 2.2% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Beyer voted against the majority of House Democrats 14 times.

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

14

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.3%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 66th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Beyer
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.7%
96.9%
126th of 217
Party unity
99.3%
96.4%
66th of 217
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Beyer's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowBeyerPeers
Attendance97.7%96.9%
Party unity99.3%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
NayAgainst 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 Beyer most often

  1. Lloyd DoggettD640 shared votes99%
  2. Joaquin CastroD635 shared votes98%
  3. Robert GarciaD617 shared votes98%
  4. Adam SmithD615 shared votes98%
  5. Jill TokudaD655 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Beyer least often

  1. Chip RoyR617 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR583 shared votes18%
  3. Eric BurlisonR626 shared votes18%
  4. Josh BrecheenR624 shared votes18%
  5. Keith SelfR642 shared votes18%
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

Beyer sponsored 63 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 371 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Beyer 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

Sponsored63 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6363Sponsored, In committee: 6363Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored371 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 371371Cosponsored, In committee: 371371Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1111Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Beyer sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored6363000
Cosponsored3713711120
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 171st of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton69
  2. Suhas Subramanyam32
  3. Judy Chu32
  4. Eugene Vindman30
  5. Suzan DelBene30
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 Beyer’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.Res. 1635Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 22, 2026
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. 10642STS ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, 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. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10718Federal Employee Records Relief ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10634To prohibit the demolition of Presidential memorials.CosponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Sep 28, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 82 times in 90 days. Beyer’s official site had 43 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Beyer posted on Oct 23, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    beyer.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    43

    pages crawled

    82

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    friendsofdonbeyer.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    20

    pages crawled

    12

    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.

Images Beyer posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A group of people in business attire mingle at an indoor reception beneath hanging national and state flags. Two men converse in the foreground beside a promotional event banner. There is text on the banner and flags.
    A group of people in business attire mingle at an indoor reception beneath hanging national and state flags. Two men converse in the foreground beside a promotional event banner. There is text on the banner and flags.View post
  • A group of people converse at an indoor event beside a promotional display for a nut industry organization. There is text on the display and on event badges.
    A group of people converse at an indoor event beside a promotional display for a nut industry organization. There is text on the display and on event badges.View post
  • A domestic violence awareness poster with a large white sign in front of a purple awareness ribbon and a row of raised hands in shades of purple and teal. The sign includes a small logo and text.
    A domestic violence awareness poster with a large white sign in front of a purple awareness ribbon and a row of raised hands in shades of purple and teal. The sign includes a small logo and text.View post
  • Several people pose together in a bright indoor craft or weaving studio. A seated woman is at a wooden loom in the foreground, with tables and chairs, craft supplies, large windows, and an exit sign visible. There is text on some objects and clothing.
    Several people pose together in a bright indoor craft or weaving studio. A seated woman is at a wooden loom in the foreground, with tables and chairs, craft supplies, large windows, and an exit sign visible. There is text on some objects and clothing.View post
  • Several people are gathered in an office-like room. A seated woman in a blue shirt demonstrates a wooden spinning wheel to an older seated man, while two people watch. There is some visible text on clothing and bins.
    Several people are gathered in an office-like room. A seated woman in a blue shirt demonstrates a wooden spinning wheel to an older seated man, while two people watch. There is some visible text on clothing and bins.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 Beyer 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
B001292
Bioguide
B001292
FEC candidate ids
H4VA08224

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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