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Serving since Jan 3, 2017119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Jack Bergman, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
3.7×
the House Republican rate of bipartisan language

33% of 349 statements use bipartisan language (115 statements); the average for House Republicans is 8.9%. Ranks 1st of 221, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Bergman’s press releases, posts on X, Congressional Record speeches 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 Republicans and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 35% of Bergman’s statements criticize a policy, 2.3 times the House Republican average of 15%. 54% of Bergman’s statements claim credit, in the top tenth of House Republicans (average 37%).

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

Bipartisanship

33%

House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 1st of 221

Policy criticism

35%

House Republicans average 15% · ranks 4th of 221

Credit claiming

54%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 14th of 221

Policy discussion

80%

House Republicans average 68% · ranks 17th of 221

Small donations, 2026

27%

House Republicans’ median 9.4% · ranks 57th of 220

CSIP ideology

+0.92

More liberal than 63% of House Republicans · ± 0.01

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Bergman says

Bergman stresses bipartisanship more than any other House Republican. Bipartisanship in 33% of 349 statements, against 8.9% for the average House Republican; 1st of 221.

An AI model reads each of Bergman’s 349 statements in the 119th Congress (121 newsletters, 96 Congressional Record speeches, 80 press releases, 52 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Bergman
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion280 statements
80%
68%
17th of 221
Credit claiming189 statements
54%
37%
14th of 221
Policy criticism121 statements
35%
15%
4th of 221
Bipartisanship115 statements
33%
9%
1st of 221
Personal attacks4 statements
1%
2%
113th of 221
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Bergman's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowBergmanPeers
Policy discussion80%68%
Credit claiming54%37%
Policy criticism35%15%
Bipartisanship33%9%
Personal attacks1%2%
349

statements classified

121 newsletters, 96 Congressional Record speeches, 80 press releases, 52 posts on X.

newsletters: 121 (34.7%)newsletters 121Congressional Record speeches: 96 (27.5%)Congressional Record speeches 96press releases: 80 (22.9%)press releases 80posts on X: 52 (14.9%)
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Bergman's statements by source
PartValue
newsletters121
Congressional Record speeches96
press releases80
posts on X52
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Bergman used extreme labels in 3.1% of statements, close to the peer average. 11 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 3.0%.

  1. “radical”5
  2. “woke”4
  3. “extreme”1
  4. “far left”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrats2
  2. radical Left1
  3. water heater ban1
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: 222025-02: 262025-03: 172025-04: 222025-05: 392025-06: 212025-07: 152025-08: 82025-09: 292025-10: 92025-11: 172025-12: 152026-01: 182026-02: 72026-03: 162026-04: 82026-05: 152026-06: 152026-07: 82026-08: 82026-09: 122026-10: 2peak 39 · May ’25Personal attackspeak 7.7% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2025-02: 7.7% of 26Personal attacks, 2025-03: 5.9% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-04: 4.5% of 22Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 39Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 18Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 68.2% · Jan ’25 · latest 25.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 68.2% of 22Policy criticism, 2025-02: 53.8% of 26Policy criticism, 2025-03: 58.8% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-04: 4.5% of 22Policy criticism, 2025-05: 28.2% of 39Policy criticism, 2025-06: 19.1% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-07: 20.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 27.6% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: 29.4% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-12: 46.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-01: 50.0% of 18Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: 31.3% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: 20.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-06: 33.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: 25.0% of 12Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 94.4% · Jan ’26 · latest 91.7%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 81.8% of 22Policy discussion, 2025-02: 84.6% of 26Policy discussion, 2025-03: 82.3% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-04: 86.4% of 22Policy discussion, 2025-05: 71.8% of 39Policy discussion, 2025-06: 81.0% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-07: 93.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 62.1% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: 82.3% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-12: 86.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-01: 94.4% of 18Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: 62.5% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: 66.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-06: 66.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: 91.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 47.1% · Mar ’25 · latest 25.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 36.4% of 22Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 30.8% of 26Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 47.1% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 40.9% of 22Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 25.6% of 39Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 38.1% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 40.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 31.0% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 11.8% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 46.7% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 38.9% of 18Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 43.8% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 26.7% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 33.3% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 25.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 80.0% · Dec ’25 · latest 41.7%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 63.6% of 22Credit claiming, 2025-02: 73.1% of 26Credit claiming, 2025-03: 64.7% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-04: 31.8% of 22Credit claiming, 2025-05: 51.3% of 39Credit claiming, 2025-06: 23.8% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-07: 73.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 41.4% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: 41.2% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-12: 80.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-01: 72.2% of 18Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: 75.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: 66.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-06: 73.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: 41.7% of 12Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 19.2% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 9.1% of 22Extreme labels, 2025-02: 19.2% of 26Extreme labels, 2025-03: 5.9% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 6.9% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 18Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Bergman, 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 ’25220.0%68.2%81.8%36.4%63.6%9.1%
Feb ’25267.7%53.8%84.6%30.8%73.1%19.2%
Mar ’25175.9%58.8%82.3%47.1%64.7%5.9%
Apr ’25224.5%4.5%86.4%40.9%31.8%0.0%
May ’25390.0%28.2%71.8%25.6%51.3%0.0%
Jun ’25210.0%19.1%81.0%38.1%23.8%0.0%
Jul ’25150.0%20.0%93.3%40.0%73.3%0.0%
Aug ’258— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’25290.0%27.6%62.1%31.0%41.4%6.9%
Oct ’259— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’25170.0%29.4%82.3%11.8%41.2%0.0%
Dec ’25150.0%46.7%86.7%46.7%80.0%0.0%
Jan ’26180.0%50.0%94.4%38.9%72.2%0.0%
Feb ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’26160.0%31.3%62.5%43.8%75.0%0.0%
Apr ’268— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’26150.0%20.0%66.7%26.7%66.7%6.7%
Jun ’26150.0%33.3%66.7%33.3%73.3%0.0%
Jul ’268— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’268— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’26120.0%25.0%91.7%25.0%41.7%0.0%
Oct ’262— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 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%. 7 months are hatched here.

In Bergman’s words

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

Policy criticism

Bergman, Van Drew, Davis, Golden introduce SMILE for Veterans Act Last week, Reps. Jack Bergman, Jeff Van Drew, Don Davis, and Jared Golden introduced the SMILE for Veterans Act, bipartisan legislation establishing a Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program to reimburse community-based dental p…

Sep 25, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Health; Armed Forces and National Security · Source

Bipartisanship

The Bergman Brief Table of Contents:Around The DistrictBergman in the NewsLegislative Corner Around The District View this email in your browser<https://bergman.house.gov/news/email/show.aspx?ID=ABM4QUPJZRPALSONZYTY22XWTU> [Your First District Update from the Office of Congressman Jack Bergman]<htt…

Oct 20, 2026 · Newsletters · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Agriculture and Food; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Armed Forces and National Security; Commerce; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Environmental Protection; Finance and Financial Sector; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Government Operations and Politics; Health; Science, Technology, Communications

Extreme label

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

May 15, 2026 · Posts on X · extreme label “extreme, radical” aimed at radical Left · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Press releases

    Bergman, GOP Colleagues, to Pritzker: Stop the Partisan Games - Protect our Great Lakes from Asian Carp Rep. Jack Bergman, joined by Michigan GOP colleagues Rep. John Moolenaar, Rep. Tim Walberg, and Rep. John James sent a letter to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker calling for him to reverse course on a recent politically charged decision that would jeopardize efforts to keep invasive Asian Carp out of the Great Lake…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Environmental Protection · Water Resources Development · Agriculture and Food · target: J.B. PritzkerSource

  2. Newsletters

    The Bergman Brief Table of Contents:Week in ReviewBergman in the NewsLegislative Corner Week in Review From DC to Traverse City, to Bellaire and Escanaba, and then Watersmeet back to DC - it's been a busy few weeks! I enjoyed seeing firsthand the ingenuity of our First District students as I attended a robotics competition while back in the District. It was also great to visit Elmaple Farm in Kalkaska, meet with the…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · Economics and Public Finance · Government Operations and Politics · Labor and Employment · Housing and Community Development · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Law · Immigration · Education · Health · Taxation · Families

  3. Newsletters

    The Bergman Brief Table of Contents:Week in ReviewBergman in the NewsLegislative CornerCommittee Update Week in Review View this email in your browser Table of Contents: Week in Review Bergman in the News Legislative Corner Committee Update Week in Review Happy Friday, Michiganders! What a whirlwind few weeks it's been since I last updated you. It's been a joy to see many of you here in Washington and across the Dist…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Crime and Law Enforcement · Economics and Public Finance · Transportation and Public Works · Immigration · Taxation · Labor and Employment · Commerce · Government Operations and Politics · Energy · Education · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Agriculture and Food · Armed Forces and National Security · Environmental Protection · International Affairs · Science, Technology, Communications · Health · extreme label “radical, woke”

  4. Newsletters

    ICYMI: Bergman Declares DEI is DOA ICYMI: Bergman Declares DEI is DOA Washington - Read Rep. Bergman's latest opinion piece in the Washington Examiner here or below:For the last several years, I have been sounding the alarm on the most dangerous recession in our country: the recession of recruitment in our significant failure of every branch to fully meet its objectives has been a terrifying and unsustainable trend.…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · extreme label “woke”

All 349 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: 121 newsletters, 96 Congressional Record speeches, 80 press releases, 52 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Bergman talks about most: 47% of policy statements, 1.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 92nd of 221).

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

What Bergman talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%51%
Bergman
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security131 statements
47%
24%
Health81 statements
29%
15%
Government Operations and Politics75 statements
27%
19%
Economics and Public Finance63 statements
23%
19%
Emergency Management52 statements
19%
6%
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Policy areas Bergman talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowBergmanPeers
Armed Forces and National Security47%24%
Health29%15%
Government Operations and Politics27%19%
Economics and Public Finance23%19%
Emergency Management19%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Bergman’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Republicans. 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 51%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 47% (House Republicans 24%)47%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 26% (House Republicans 8%)26%HealthHealth, talks about: 29% (House Republicans 15%)29%Health, legislates on: 16% (House Republicans 11%)16%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 27% (House Republicans 19%)27%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 8% (House Republicans 12%)8%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (House Republicans 2%)1%Emergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 19% (House Republicans 6%)19%Emergency Management, legislates on: 1% (House Republicans 1%)1%
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Bergman's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security47%24%26%8%
Health29%15%16%11%
Government Operations and Politics27%19%8%12%
Economics and Public Finance23%19%1%2%
Emergency Management19%6%1%1%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 92nd of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Bergman sits at +0.92 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 63% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.91 to +0.94, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,041 donors and 4,993 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”.

+0.92

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.91 to +0.94. From 2,041 donors and 4,993 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Bergman +0.9House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Bergman, 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 Bergman’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 Bergman sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Bergman +0.9All Housemedian +0.3
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Bergman's CSIP score of +0.92 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Bergman
House Republicans221+1.037%
All House439+0.368%
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 Bergman 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 Bergman.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Bergman raised $2.4M in the 2026 cycle, close to the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 27% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 48% of itemized individual money came from Michigan.

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
$2.4M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 403 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $468.8K (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $176.8K (7.4%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)PACs and other committees: $965.9K (40.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $782.7K (32.7%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)20 squares$468.8K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)7 squares$176.8K
  • PACs and other committees40 squares$965.9K
  • Party committees$200
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)33 squares$782.7K
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Sources of Bergman's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$468.8K19.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$176.8K7.4%
PACs and other committees$965.9K40.3%
Party committees$2000.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$782.7K32.7%
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 Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $2.0M$2.0M20202022 cycle: $1.8M$1.8M20222024 cycle: $2.0M$2.0M20242026 cycle: $2.4M$2.4M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Bergman's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$2.0M
2022 cycle$1.8M
2024 cycle$2.0M
2026 cycle$2.4M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 48% came from Michigan.

  1. Michigan$174.1K
  2. Virginia$32.8K
  3. Florida$24.8K
  4. Texas$19.7K
  5. California$16.3K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Bergman
Median
2026
27%
9%
2024
33%
9%
2022
38%
9%
2020
23%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowBergmanMedian
2026 cycle27%9%
2024 cycle33%9%
2022 cycle38%9%
2020 cycle23%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $750AKMaine: $300MEVermont: $1,250VTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $780WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $330MNIllinois: $4,212ILWisconsin: $6,095WIMichigan: $174.1KMINew York: $7,917NYRhode Island: $200RIMassachusetts: $2,915MAOregon: $644ORNevada: $3,440NVWyoming: $600WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $3,622IAIndiana: $370INOhio: $8,501OHPennsylvania: $7,860PANew Jersey: $759NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $16.3KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $1,300CONebraska: $500NEMissouri: $430MOKentucky: $500KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $32.8KVAMaryland: $13.5KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $2,800AZNew Mexico: $200NMKansas: $554KSArkansas: $5,100ARTennessee: $1,100TNNorth Carolina: $292NCSouth Carolina: $2,000SCDistrict of Columbia: $9,500DCOklahoma: $375OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $500MSAlabama: $3,700ALGeorgia: $1,668GAHawaii: $190HITexas: $19.7KTXFlorida: $24.8KFL
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Bergman's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Michigan$174.1K
Virginia$32.8K
Florida$24.8K
Texas$19.7K
California$16.3K
Maryland$13.5K
District of Columbia$9,500
Ohio$8,501
New York$7,917
Pennsylvania$7,860
Wisconsin$6,095
Arkansas$5,100
Illinois$4,212
Alabama$3,700
Iowa$3,622
Nevada$3,440
Massachusetts$2,915
Arizona$2,800
South Carolina$2,000
Georgia$1,668
Colorado$1,300
Vermont$1,250
Tennessee$1,100
Washington$780
New Jersey$759
Alaska$750
Oregon$644
Wyoming$600
Kansas$554
Nebraska$500
Kentucky$500
Mississippi$500
Missouri$430
Oklahoma$375
Indiana$370
Minnesota$330
Maine$300
North Carolina$292
Rhode Island$200
New Mexico$200
Hawaii$190
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
South DakotaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
LouisianaNo data
403

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

48%

from Michigan

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Michigan. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.3%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 1.7%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 2.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.9%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 4.2%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 4.8%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 13%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 56%56%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 15%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Bergman's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.00 to +1.50: 13% between +0.50 and +0.75, 56% between +0.75 and +1.00, 15% between +1.00 and +1.25.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.3%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.501.7%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.252.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.9%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.254.2%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.504.8%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.7513%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0056%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2515%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.500.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Bergman’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Bergman’s own score is +0.92.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$117.3K 187 donors
  2. CEO$8,041 5 donors
  3. CONSULTANT$8,000 3 donors
  4. PHYSICIAN$7,941 7 donors
  5. FOUNDER$7,718 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION PAC$15.0K
  2. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  3. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Bergman voted with the majority of House Republicans on 98.7% of party-line votes and missed 2.4% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bergman voted against the majority of House Republicans 8 times.

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

8

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 98.7%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 82nd of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Bergman
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.6%
96.3%
134th of 221
Party unity
98.7%
97.1%
82nd of 221
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Bergman's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowBergmanPeers
Attendance97.6%96.3%
Party unity98.7%97.1%
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
YeaWith 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
YeaWith 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
YeaWith 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 Bergman most often

  1. Mike JohnsonR516 shared votes99%
  2. Guy ReschenthalerR639 shared votes99%
  3. Matt Van EppsR358 shared votes99%
  4. Ashley HinsonR648 shared votes99%
  5. Mike KellyR647 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bergman least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD385 shared votes24%
  2. Rashida TlaibD642 shared votes24%
  3. Delia RamirezD629 shared votes25%
  4. Frederica WilsonD469 shared votes25%
  5. Gregorio CasarD559 shared votes25%
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

Bergman sponsored 30 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 became law. Cosponsored 288 others. 10% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 139th of 216).

The bills Bergman 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

Sponsored30 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3030Sponsored, In committee: 3030Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored288 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 288288Cosponsored, In committee: 288288Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 2525Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 44Cosponsored, Became law: 44IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Bergman sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3030111
Cosponsored2882882544
How to read the blocks

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

10%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 139th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Donald Davis26
  2. John Moolenaar26
  3. Bill Huizenga25
  4. Kristen McDonald Rivet24
  5. Brian Fitzpatrick23
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 Bergman’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".SponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10751Tribal Oral Health Sovereignty ActSponsorOct 6, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 6, 2026
H.R. 10655VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2026CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10556VA Hiring Integrity Act of 2026CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10510CERI Act of 2026SponsorSep 21, 2026In committeeTaxationReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Sep 21, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 37 times in 90 days. Bergman’s official site had 44 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Bergman posted on Nov 10, 2025.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Bergman posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • The image shows a group of uniformed Marines carrying rifles. There is text above and below the image of the Marines.
    The image shows a group of uniformed Marines carrying rifles. There is text above and below the image of the Marines.View post
  • The image shows two older men in suits standing at a podium in a room with dark blue walls and a large window with golden curtains. One man is speaking and gesturing with his hand.
    The image shows two older men in suits standing at a podium in a room with dark blue walls and a large window with golden curtains. One man is speaking and gesturing with his hand.View post
  • The image features a mugshot with a red stamp over it, set against a red background. There is considerable text above and below the image.
    The image features a mugshot with a red stamp over it, set against a red background. There is considerable text above and below the image.View post
  • The image has a red background with white text. Quotation marks are present.
    The image has a red background with white text. Quotation marks are present.View post
  • A person in a suit with a red tie is raising a fist. There is text at the top of the image.
    A person in a suit with a red tie is raising a fist. There is text at the top of the image.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 Bergman is most unusual among House Republicans, 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
B001301
Bioguide
B001301
FEC candidate ids
H6MI01226

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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