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Republican · U.S. House, Georgia’s 10th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2023119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Mike Collins Jr., rendered as a two-tone print
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33%
of statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans

33% of 2,628 statements discuss policy (869 statements); the average for House Republicans is 68%. Ranks 219th of 221, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Collins’s posts on X, press releases and Congressional Record speeches and marks whether it discusses a specific policy. 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. 15% of Collins’s statements claim credit, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans (average 37%). Collins raised $9.9M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of House Republicans (median $2.2M).

The measures on which Collins 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.

Policy discussion

33%

House Republicans average 68% · ranks 219th of 221

Credit claiming

15%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 217th of 221

Raised, 2026

$9.9M

House Republicans’ median $2.2M · ranks 10th of 220

Bipartisanship

1.5%

House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 209th of 221

Small donations, 2026

43%

House Republicans’ median 9.4% · ranks 20th of 220

CSIP ideology

+1.33

More conservative than 88% of House Republicans · ± 0.02

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

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What Collins says

Collins stresses bipartisanship less than 94% of House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 1.5% of 2,628 statements, against 8.9% for the average House Republican; 209th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Collins’s 2,628 statements in the 119th Congress (2,601 posts on X, 21 press releases, 6 Congressional Record speeches) 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%
Collins
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion869 statements
33%
68%
219th of 221
Credit claiming383 statements
15%
37%
217th of 221
Policy criticism220 statements
8%
15%
190th of 221
Personal attacks49 statements
2%
2%
78th of 221
Bipartisanship39 statements
1%
9%
209th of 221
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Collins's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowCollinsPeers
Policy discussion33%68%
Credit claiming15%37%
Policy criticism8%15%
Personal attacks2%2%
Bipartisanship1%9%
2,628

statements classified

2,601 posts on X, 21 press releases, 6 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 2,601 (99.0%)posts on X 2,601press releases: 21 (0.8%)Congressional Record speeches: 6 (0.2%)
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Collins's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,601
press releases21
Congressional Record speeches6
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Collins used extreme labels in 2.5% of statements, below the peer average. 66 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 3.0%.

  1. “radical”19
  2. “woke”9
  3. “communist”4
  4. “extreme”1
  5. “far left”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrats10
  2. Left2
  3. diesel regulations1
  4. Eastern Germany1
  5. emissions mandates1
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: 2982025-02: 1922025-03: 2332025-04: 2122025-05: 1652025-06: 2092025-07: 1772025-08: 832025-09: 882025-10: 932025-11: 1012025-12: 1222026-01: 922026-02: 1022026-03: 1202026-04: 722026-05: 1002026-06: 792026-07: 602026-08: 202026-09: 82026-10: 2peak 298 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 5.1% · Jul ’25 · latest 5.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.7% of 298Personal attacks, 2025-02: 2.1% of 192Personal attacks, 2025-03: 2.6% of 233Personal attacks, 2025-04: 1.4% of 212Personal attacks, 2025-05: 3.0% of 165Personal attacks, 2025-06: 1.9% of 209Personal attacks, 2025-07: 5.1% of 177Personal attacks, 2025-08: 2.4% of 83Personal attacks, 2025-09: 3.4% of 88Personal attacks, 2025-10: 1.1% of 93Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 101Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.8% of 122Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 92Personal attacks, 2026-02: 1.0% of 102Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 120Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 72Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2026-06: 1.3% of 79Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 60Personal attacks, 2026-08: 5.0% of 20Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 22.5% · Mar ’26 · latest 5.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 11.4% of 298Policy criticism, 2025-02: 12.0% of 192Policy criticism, 2025-03: 7.7% of 233Policy criticism, 2025-04: 1.9% of 212Policy criticism, 2025-05: 8.5% of 165Policy criticism, 2025-06: 3.8% of 209Policy criticism, 2025-07: 4.5% of 177Policy criticism, 2025-08: 10.8% of 83Policy criticism, 2025-09: 12.5% of 88Policy criticism, 2025-10: 18.3% of 93Policy criticism, 2025-11: 5.9% of 101Policy criticism, 2025-12: 5.7% of 122Policy criticism, 2026-01: 0.0% of 92Policy criticism, 2026-02: 9.8% of 102Policy criticism, 2026-03: 22.5% of 120Policy criticism, 2026-04: 2.8% of 72Policy criticism, 2026-05: 12.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2026-06: 8.9% of 79Policy criticism, 2026-07: 3.3% of 60Policy criticism, 2026-08: 5.0% of 20Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 50.0% · Jan ’26 · latest 45.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 28.2% of 298Policy discussion, 2025-02: 30.2% of 192Policy discussion, 2025-03: 28.8% of 233Policy discussion, 2025-04: 29.7% of 212Policy discussion, 2025-05: 32.7% of 165Policy discussion, 2025-06: 30.1% of 209Policy discussion, 2025-07: 29.9% of 177Policy discussion, 2025-08: 34.9% of 83Policy discussion, 2025-09: 22.7% of 88Policy discussion, 2025-10: 29.0% of 93Policy discussion, 2025-11: 24.8% of 101Policy discussion, 2025-12: 44.3% of 122Policy discussion, 2026-01: 50.0% of 92Policy discussion, 2026-02: 40.2% of 102Policy discussion, 2026-03: 45.8% of 120Policy discussion, 2026-04: 15.3% of 72Policy discussion, 2026-05: 45.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2026-06: 36.7% of 79Policy discussion, 2026-07: 48.3% of 60Policy discussion, 2026-08: 45.0% of 20Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 5.0% · Aug ’26 · latest 5.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 3.4% of 298Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 1.0% of 192Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 1.3% of 233Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 1.9% of 212Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 165Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 209Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 177Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 83Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 2.3% of 88Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 1.1% of 93Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 2.0% of 101Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 1.6% of 122Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 92Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 2.9% of 102Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.8% of 120Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 2.8% of 72Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 2.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 3.8% of 79Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 1.7% of 60Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 5.0% of 20Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 21.5% · Jun ’26 · latest 10.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 19.8% of 298Credit claiming, 2025-02: 13.5% of 192Credit claiming, 2025-03: 9.9% of 233Credit claiming, 2025-04: 15.6% of 212Credit claiming, 2025-05: 14.5% of 165Credit claiming, 2025-06: 10.5% of 209Credit claiming, 2025-07: 14.7% of 177Credit claiming, 2025-08: 12.0% of 83Credit claiming, 2025-09: 9.1% of 88Credit claiming, 2025-10: 8.6% of 93Credit claiming, 2025-11: 13.9% of 101Credit claiming, 2025-12: 14.8% of 122Credit claiming, 2026-01: 12.0% of 92Credit claiming, 2026-02: 20.6% of 102Credit claiming, 2026-03: 16.7% of 120Credit claiming, 2026-04: 9.7% of 72Credit claiming, 2026-05: 18.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2026-06: 21.5% of 79Credit claiming, 2026-07: 18.3% of 60Credit claiming, 2026-08: 10.0% of 20Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 5.8% · Mar ’26 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.7% of 298Extreme labels, 2025-02: 3.1% of 192Extreme labels, 2025-03: 5.1% of 233Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.9% of 212Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.8% of 165Extreme labels, 2025-06: 2.9% of 209Extreme labels, 2025-07: 2.3% of 177Extreme labels, 2025-08: 2.4% of 83Extreme labels, 2025-09: 4.5% of 88Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.1% of 93Extreme labels, 2025-11: 4.0% of 101Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 122Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 92Extreme labels, 2026-02: 3.9% of 102Extreme labels, 2026-03: 5.8% of 120Extreme labels, 2026-04: 2.8% of 72Extreme labels, 2026-05: 3.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2026-06: 2.5% of 79Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 60Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 20Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Collins, 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 ’252982.7%11.4%28.2%3.4%19.8%0.7%
Feb ’251922.1%12.0%30.2%1.0%13.5%3.1%
Mar ’252332.6%7.7%28.8%1.3%9.9%5.1%
Apr ’252121.4%1.9%29.7%1.9%15.6%1.9%
May ’251653.0%8.5%32.7%0.0%14.5%1.8%
Jun ’252091.9%3.8%30.1%0.0%10.5%2.9%
Jul ’251775.1%4.5%29.9%0.0%14.7%2.3%
Aug ’25832.4%10.8%34.9%0.0%12.0%2.4%
Sep ’25883.4%12.5%22.7%2.3%9.1%4.5%
Oct ’25931.1%18.3%29.0%1.1%8.6%1.1%
Nov ’251010.0%5.9%24.8%2.0%13.9%4.0%
Dec ’251220.8%5.7%44.3%1.6%14.8%0.0%
Jan ’26920.0%0.0%50.0%0.0%12.0%0.0%
Feb ’261021.0%9.8%40.2%2.9%20.6%3.9%
Mar ’261200.0%22.5%45.8%0.8%16.7%5.8%
Apr ’26720.0%2.8%15.3%2.8%9.7%2.8%
May ’261000.0%12.0%45.0%2.0%18.0%3.0%
Jun ’26791.3%8.9%36.7%3.8%21.5%2.5%
Jul ’26600.0%3.3%48.3%1.7%18.3%0.0%
Aug ’26205.0%5.0%45.0%5.0%10.0%0.0%
Sep ’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)
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%. 2 months are hatched here.

In Collins’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.

Sep 16, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Water Resources Development; Emergency Management; Housing and Community Development · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Aug 5, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Education; Labor and Employment; Transportation and Public Works · Source

Extreme label

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

Jun 12, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; International Affairs; extreme label “communist” aimed at Eastern Germany · 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 · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Al Capone, George Kelly, Robert StroudSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: fraudstersSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Bill De BlasioSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Immigration · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: illegal immigrantSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: individualSource

All 2,628 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: 2,601 posts on X, 21 press releases, 6 Congressional Record speeches.

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Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Collins talks about most: 18% of policy statements, below the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 42nd 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 Collins talks about. The bills Collins sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Collins talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Collins
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security159 statements
18%
24%
Immigration156 statements
18%
13%
Government Operations and Politics110 statements
13%
19%
Crime and Law Enforcement103 statements
12%
12%
Transportation and Public Works101 statements
12%
7%
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Policy areas Collins talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowCollinsPeers
Armed Forces and National Security18%24%
Immigration18%13%
Government Operations and Politics13%19%
Crime and Law Enforcement12%12%
Transportation and Public Works12%7%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Collins’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 35%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 18% (House Republicans 24%)18%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 9% (House Republicans 8%)9%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 18% (House Republicans 13%)18%Immigration, legislates on: 10% (House Republicans 5%)10%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 13% (House Republicans 19%)13%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 15% (House Republicans 12%)15%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 12% (House Republicans 12%)12%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 13% (House Republicans 9%)13%Transportation and PublicWorksTransportation and Public Works, talks about: 12% (House Republicans 7%)12%Transportation and Public Works, legislates on: 4% (House Republicans 4%)4%
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Collins'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 Security18%24%9%8%
Immigration18%13%10%5%
Government Operations and Politics13%19%15%12%
Crime and Law Enforcement12%12%13%9%
Transportation and Public Works12%7%4%4%
0.69

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 42nd of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Collins sits at +1.33 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 88% of House Republicans. Approximate range +1.30 to +1.35, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,403 donors and 1,886 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”.

+1.33

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +1.30 to +1.35. From 1,403 donors and 1,886 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Collins +1.3House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Collins, 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 Collins’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 Collins sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Collins +1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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Collins's CSIP score of +1.33 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Collins
House Republicans221+1.088%
All House439+0.394%
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 Collins 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 Collins.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Collins raised $9.9M in the 2026 cycle, 4.6 times the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 43% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 53% of itemized individual money came from Georgia.

Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.

Election cycle
$9.9M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 3,408 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): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.0M (40.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $3.0M (30.9%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)PACs and other committees: $675.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.1M (20.9%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)41 squares$4.0M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)31 squares$3.0M
  • PACs and other committees7 squares$675.6K
  • The candidate’s own money and loans$65.0K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)21 squares$2.1M
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Sources of Collins's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$4.0M40.7%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$3.0M30.9%
PACs and other committees$675.6K6.8%
The candidate’s own money and loans$65.0K0.7%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$2.1M20.9%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.

Receipts by cycle

Total receipts, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M20222024 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M20242026 cycle: $9.9M$9.9M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Collins's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$1.5M
2024 cycle$1.7M
2026 cycle$9.9M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 53% came from Georgia.

  1. Georgia$1.5M
  2. Texas$202.4K
  3. Florida$201.0K
  4. California$144.3K
  5. Illinois$68.9K

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%
Collins
Median
2026
43%
9%
2024
56%
9%
2022
4%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowCollinsMedian
2026 cycle43%9%
2024 cycle56%9%
2022 cycle4%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $1,910AKMaine: $3,911MEVermont: $299VTNew Hampshire: $3,748NHWashington: $27.2KWAIdaho: $5,758IDMontana: $5,793MTNorth Dakota: $1,527NDMinnesota: $12.8KMNIllinois: $68.9KILWisconsin: $8,395WIMichigan: $23.3KMINew York: $62.8KNYRhode Island: $1,085RIMassachusetts: $16.2KMAOregon: $7,745ORNevada: $8,525NVWyoming: $4,450WYSouth Dakota: $771SDIowa: $5,397IAIndiana: $12.5KINOhio: $36.4KOHPennsylvania: $29.2KPANew Jersey: $25.9KNJConnecticut: $7,007CTCalifornia: $144.3KCAUtah: $7,267UTColorado: $16.3KCONebraska: $2,927NEMissouri: $8,182MOKentucky: $10.3KKYWest Virginia: $2,993WVVirginia: $39.5KVAMaryland: $17.9KMDDelaware: $1,118DEArizona: $20.7KAZNew Mexico: $9,682NMKansas: $22.6KKSArkansas: $8,840ARTennessee: $33.5KTNNorth Carolina: $23.9KNCSouth Carolina: $35.2KSCDistrict of Columbia: $21.8KDCOklahoma: $9,225OKLouisiana: $24.8KLAMississippi: $9,793MSAlabama: $28.7KALGeorgia: $1.5MGAHawaii: $2,148HITexas: $202.4KTXFlorida: $201.0KFL
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Collins's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Georgia$1.5M
Texas$202.4K
Florida$201.0K
California$144.3K
Illinois$68.9K
New York$62.8K
Virginia$39.5K
Ohio$36.4K
South Carolina$35.2K
Tennessee$33.5K
Pennsylvania$29.2K
Alabama$28.7K
Washington$27.2K
New Jersey$25.9K
Louisiana$24.8K
North Carolina$23.9K
Michigan$23.3K
Kansas$22.6K
District of Columbia$21.8K
Arizona$20.7K
Maryland$17.9K
Colorado$16.3K
Massachusetts$16.2K
Minnesota$12.8K
Indiana$12.5K
Kentucky$10.3K
Mississippi$9,793
New Mexico$9,682
Oklahoma$9,225
Arkansas$8,840
Nevada$8,525
Wisconsin$8,395
Missouri$8,182
Oregon$7,745
Utah$7,267
Connecticut$7,007
Montana$5,793
Idaho$5,758
Iowa$5,397
Wyoming$4,450
Maine$3,911
New Hampshire$3,748
West Virginia$2,993
Nebraska$2,927
Hawaii$2,148
Alaska$1,910
North Dakota$1,527
Delaware$1,118
Rhode Island$1,085
South Dakota$771
Vermont$299
3,408

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

53%

from Georgia

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.2%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.1%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.2%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 1.4%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.3%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.9%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 16%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 49%49%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 31%CSIP +1.50 to +1.75: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Collins's itemized donors in 2026, from −0.75 to +1.75: 16% between +0.75 and +1.00, 49% between +1.00 and +1.25, 31% between +1.25 and +1.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.2%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.1%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.2%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.251.4%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.3%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.9%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0016%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2549%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.5031%
CSIP +1.50 to +1.750.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Collins’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Collins’s own score is +1.33.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$1.1M 2,578 donors
  2. OWNER$144.8K 41 donors
  3. PRESIDENT$100.1K 25 donors
  4. CEO$99.6K 29 donors
  5. REAL ESTATE$50.7K 9 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. NRSC$62.0K
  2. GROWING GEORGIA$35.0K
  3. NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC)$15.0K
  4. SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND$15.0K
  5. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. POETTKER CONSTRUCTION$35.0K 3 donors
  2. NU CYBERTEK, INC.$31.2K 3 donors
  3. JACKSON EMC$1,200 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Collins voted with the majority of House Republicans on 99.3% of party-line votes and missed 2.1% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Collins voted against the majority of House Republicans 43 times.

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

43

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 99.3%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 26th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Collins
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.9%
96.3%
118th of 221
Party unity
99.3%
97.1%
26th of 221
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Collins's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowCollinsPeers
Attendance97.9%96.3%
Party unity99.3%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 Collins most often

  1. Wesley HuntR503 shared votes98%
  2. Ben ClineR653 shared votes98%
  3. Clay FullerR201 shared votes98%
  4. Mike JohnsonR511 shared votes97%
  5. Russell FryR655 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Collins least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD378 shared votes18%
  2. Rashida TlaibD646 shared votes19%
  3. Gregorio CasarD567 shared votes19%
  4. Delia RamirezD629 shared votes20%
  5. Brittany PettersenD563 shared votes20%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

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

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Collins sponsored 16 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 234 others. 19% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 68th of 216).

The bills Collins 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

Sponsored16 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1616Sponsored, In committee: 1616Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 33Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored234 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 234234Cosponsored, In committee: 234234Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 2323Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Collins sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1616300
Cosponsored2342342311
How to read the blocks

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

19%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 68th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Brandon Gill28
  2. Barry Moore28
  3. Buddy Carter27
  4. Anna Luna24
  5. Randy Weber Sr.24
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 Collins’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H.R. 10377MAGA ActCosponsorSep 15, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Sep 15, 2026
H.R. 10327Cost Estimates Improvement ActCosponsorSep 10, 2026In committeeEconomics and Public FinanceReferred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Sep 10, 2026
H.R. 9559IBOGAINE ActCosponsorJun 30, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the Subcommittee on Health. Jul 17, 2026
H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act of 2026CosponsorJun 29, 2026Passed one chamberWater Resources DevelopmentReceived in the Senate. Sep 17, 2026
H.R. 9453End EPA Abuse Act of 2026CosponsorJun 25, 2026In committeeEnvironmental ProtectionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Jun 25, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 38 times in 90 days. Collins’s official site had 31 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Collins posted on Sep 16, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    collins.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    31

    pages crawled

    38

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    mikecollinsga.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    35

    pages crawled

    41

    changes in 90 days

How to read the counts

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

Social accounts

Images Collins posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Three adults pose for a photograph in a formal office, with flags behind them and desks, curtains, and a patterned rug in the room. The people wear formal clothing and veterans’ organization caps and badges. Text appears on their caps and badges.
    Three adults pose for a photograph in a formal office, with flags behind them and desks, curtains, and a patterned rug in the room. The people wear formal clothing and veterans’ organization caps and badges. Text appears on their caps and badges.View post
  • A group of people in a clinical training room watch a healthcare worker demonstrate an eye examination on a seated woman. Several visitors in suits observe nearby. There is small text on clothing.
    A group of people in a clinical training room watch a healthcare worker demonstrate an eye examination on a seated woman. Several visitors in suits observe nearby. There is small text on clothing.View post
  • A group of people in business attire sit around tables in a university conference room during a meeting. Papers, name placards, water bottles, and drinks are on the tables. A university banner hangs from one table, and there is visible text.
    A group of people in business attire sit around tables in a university conference room during a meeting. Papers, name placards, water bottles, and drinks are on the tables. A university banner hangs from one table, and there is visible text.View post
  • A group of university students and staff pose for a photo in front of a branded backdrop, with two men in suits near the center. Several people wear medical uniforms or white coats, and flags stand on either side. Text is visible on the backdrop and clothing.
    A group of university students and staff pose for a photo in front of a branded backdrop, with two men in suits near the center. Several people wear medical uniforms or white coats, and flags stand on either side. Text is visible on the backdrop and clothing.View post
  • A press conference is taking place in a room at a university. Two men in suits stand at a microphone in front of a branded backdrop, while reporters and camera operators film and photograph them. Flags are displayed nearby, and there is text on the backdrop.
    A press conference is taking place in a room at a university. Two men in suits stand at a microphone in front of a branded backdrop, while reporters and camera operators film and photograph them. Flags are displayed nearby, and there is text on the backdrop.View post
About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Collins 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
C001129
Bioguide
C001129
FEC candidate ids
H4GA10071, S6GA00390

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
  • Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
  • Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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