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Democrat · U.S. House, New York’s 13th district

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

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Portrait of Adriano Espaillat, rendered as a two-tone print
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56%
of statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

56% of 2,703 statements discuss policy (1,510 statements); the average for House Democrats is 73%. Ranks 212th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Espaillat’s press releases, posts on X, Congressional Record speeches and newsletters and marks whether it discusses a specific policy. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 3.4% of Espaillat’s statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 9.8%). 1.5% of Espaillat’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (median 13%).

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

Policy discussion

56%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 212th of 216

Bipartisanship

3.4%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 202nd of 216

Small donations, 2026

1.5%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 203rd of 214

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

Policy criticism

19%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 168th of 216

CSIP ideology

−1.15

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

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

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What Espaillat says

Espaillat stresses bipartisanship less than 93% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 3.4% of 2,703 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 202nd of 216.

An AI model reads each of Espaillat’s 2,703 statements in the 119th Congress (2,378 posts on X, 151 newsletters, 116 press releases, 58 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 Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Espaillat
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,510 statements
56%
73%
212th of 216
Policy criticism513 statements
19%
28%
168th of 216
Credit claiming505 statements
19%
23%
140th of 216
Personal attacks94 statements
3%
7%
154th of 216
Bipartisanship93 statements
3%
10%
202nd of 216
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Espaillat's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowEspaillatPeers
Policy discussion56%73%
Policy criticism19%28%
Credit claiming19%23%
Personal attacks3%7%
Bipartisanship3%10%
2,703

statements classified

2,378 posts on X, 151 newsletters, 116 press releases, 58 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 2,378 (88.0%)posts on X 2,378newsletters: 151 (5.6%)press releases: 116 (4.3%)Congressional Record speeches: 58 (2.1%)
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Espaillat's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,378
newsletters151
press releases116
Congressional Record speeches58
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Espaillat used extreme labels in 2.1% of statements, close to the peer average. 56 statements, most often aimed at Trump; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”17
  2. “MAGA”5
  3. “radical”4
  4. “fascist”2
  5. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Trump10
  2. Donald Trump6
  3. Republicans6
  4. ICE3
  5. Trump administration3
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: 2232025-02: 1622025-03: 1982025-04: 1712025-05: 1612025-06: 1292025-07: 1262025-08: 732025-09: 1462025-10: 1072025-11: 1082025-12: 942026-01: 1112026-02: 1682026-03: 1832026-04: 1112026-05: 902026-06: 1132026-07: 762026-08: 392026-09: 622026-10: 52peak 223 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 7.1% · Jul ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 1.4% of 223Personal attacks, 2025-02: 3.1% of 162Personal attacks, 2025-03: 5.1% of 198Personal attacks, 2025-04: 5.3% of 171Personal attacks, 2025-05: 3.7% of 161Personal attacks, 2025-06: 5.4% of 129Personal attacks, 2025-07: 7.1% of 126Personal attacks, 2025-08: 2.7% of 73Personal attacks, 2025-09: 1.4% of 146Personal attacks, 2025-10: 6.5% of 107Personal attacks, 2025-11: 5.6% of 108Personal attacks, 2025-12: 2.1% of 94Personal attacks, 2026-01: 2.7% of 111Personal attacks, 2026-02: 1.8% of 168Personal attacks, 2026-03: 3.3% of 183Personal attacks, 2026-04: 6.3% of 111Personal attacks, 2026-05: 4.4% of 90Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 113Personal attacks, 2026-07: 4.0% of 76Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 39Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 62Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 52Policy criticismpeak 29.4% · Jul ’25 · latest 3.9%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 18.8% of 223Policy criticism, 2025-02: 18.5% of 162Policy criticism, 2025-03: 20.2% of 198Policy criticism, 2025-04: 18.1% of 171Policy criticism, 2025-05: 26.1% of 161Policy criticism, 2025-06: 21.7% of 129Policy criticism, 2025-07: 29.4% of 126Policy criticism, 2025-08: 11.0% of 73Policy criticism, 2025-09: 19.2% of 146Policy criticism, 2025-10: 22.4% of 107Policy criticism, 2025-11: 25.0% of 108Policy criticism, 2025-12: 12.8% of 94Policy criticism, 2026-01: 6.3% of 111Policy criticism, 2026-02: 19.6% of 168Policy criticism, 2026-03: 22.9% of 183Policy criticism, 2026-04: 15.3% of 111Policy criticism, 2026-05: 17.8% of 90Policy criticism, 2026-06: 18.6% of 113Policy criticism, 2026-07: 26.3% of 76Policy criticism, 2026-08: 7.7% of 39Policy criticism, 2026-09: 4.8% of 62Policy criticism, 2026-10: 3.9% of 52Policy discussionpeak 73.1% · Oct ’26 · latest 73.1%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 56.0% of 223Policy discussion, 2025-02: 59.3% of 162Policy discussion, 2025-03: 48.5% of 198Policy discussion, 2025-04: 56.7% of 171Policy discussion, 2025-05: 50.9% of 161Policy discussion, 2025-06: 48.1% of 129Policy discussion, 2025-07: 52.4% of 126Policy discussion, 2025-08: 49.3% of 73Policy discussion, 2025-09: 56.9% of 146Policy discussion, 2025-10: 53.3% of 107Policy discussion, 2025-11: 58.3% of 108Policy discussion, 2025-12: 60.6% of 94Policy discussion, 2026-01: 68.5% of 111Policy discussion, 2026-02: 41.1% of 168Policy discussion, 2026-03: 51.9% of 183Policy discussion, 2026-04: 71.2% of 111Policy discussion, 2026-05: 61.1% of 90Policy discussion, 2026-06: 65.5% of 113Policy discussion, 2026-07: 68.4% of 76Policy discussion, 2026-08: 56.4% of 39Policy discussion, 2026-09: 48.4% of 62Policy discussion, 2026-10: 73.1% of 52Bipartisanshippeak 14.0% · Oct ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 4.9% of 223Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 3.1% of 162Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.5% of 198Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 4.1% of 171Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 3.1% of 161Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 1.6% of 129Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 2.4% of 126Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 73Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 5.5% of 146Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 14.0% of 107Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 5.6% of 108Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 1.1% of 94Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.9% of 111Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 2.4% of 168Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.5% of 183Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 4.5% of 111Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 7.8% of 90Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 2.6% of 113Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 76Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 39Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 62Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 52Credit claimingpeak 35.4% · Jun ’26 · latest 15.4%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 33.2% of 223Credit claiming, 2025-02: 28.4% of 162Credit claiming, 2025-03: 13.1% of 198Credit claiming, 2025-04: 17.0% of 171Credit claiming, 2025-05: 10.6% of 161Credit claiming, 2025-06: 13.2% of 129Credit claiming, 2025-07: 11.1% of 126Credit claiming, 2025-08: 16.4% of 73Credit claiming, 2025-09: 22.6% of 146Credit claiming, 2025-10: 9.3% of 107Credit claiming, 2025-11: 24.1% of 108Credit claiming, 2025-12: 25.5% of 94Credit claiming, 2026-01: 10.8% of 111Credit claiming, 2026-02: 13.7% of 168Credit claiming, 2026-03: 24.6% of 183Credit claiming, 2026-04: 11.7% of 111Credit claiming, 2026-05: 30.0% of 90Credit claiming, 2026-06: 35.4% of 113Credit claiming, 2026-07: 2.6% of 76Credit claiming, 2026-08: 2.6% of 39Credit claiming, 2026-09: 9.7% of 62Credit claiming, 2026-10: 15.4% of 52Extreme labelspeak 11.0% · Aug ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 2.2% of 223Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.2% of 162Extreme labels, 2025-03: 1.5% of 198Extreme labels, 2025-04: 2.9% of 171Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.9% of 161Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.8% of 129Extreme labels, 2025-07: 2.4% of 126Extreme labels, 2025-08: 11.0% of 73Extreme labels, 2025-09: 1.4% of 146Extreme labels, 2025-10: 5.6% of 107Extreme labels, 2025-11: 1.8% of 108Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.1% of 94Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 111Extreme labels, 2026-02: 4.8% of 168Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.6% of 183Extreme labels, 2026-04: 1.8% of 111Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 90Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.8% of 113Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 76Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 62Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 52Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Espaillat, 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 ’252231.4%18.8%56.0%4.9%33.2%2.2%
Feb ’251623.1%18.5%59.3%3.1%28.4%1.2%
Mar ’251985.1%20.2%48.5%4.5%13.1%1.5%
Apr ’251715.3%18.1%56.7%4.1%17.0%2.9%
May ’251613.7%26.1%50.9%3.1%10.6%1.9%
Jun ’251295.4%21.7%48.1%1.6%13.2%0.8%
Jul ’251267.1%29.4%52.4%2.4%11.1%2.4%
Aug ’25732.7%11.0%49.3%0.0%16.4%11.0%
Sep ’251461.4%19.2%56.9%5.5%22.6%1.4%
Oct ’251076.5%22.4%53.3%14.0%9.3%5.6%
Nov ’251085.6%25.0%58.3%5.6%24.1%1.8%
Dec ’25942.1%12.8%60.6%1.1%25.5%1.1%
Jan ’261112.7%6.3%68.5%0.9%10.8%0.0%
Feb ’261681.8%19.6%41.1%2.4%13.7%4.8%
Mar ’261833.3%22.9%51.9%0.5%24.6%1.6%
Apr ’261116.3%15.3%71.2%4.5%11.7%1.8%
May ’26904.4%17.8%61.1%7.8%30.0%0.0%
Jun ’261130.0%18.6%65.5%2.6%35.4%1.8%
Jul ’26764.0%26.3%68.4%0.0%2.6%0.0%
Aug ’26390.0%7.7%56.4%0.0%2.6%0.0%
Sep ’26620.0%4.8%48.4%0.0%9.7%0.0%
Oct ’26520.0%3.9%73.1%0.0%15.4%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Espaillat’s words

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

Personal attacks

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

Jul 17, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; target: Donald Trump · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Jun 10, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Science, Technology, Communications; Labor and Employment; Commerce · Source

Extreme label

Statement from Representative Adriano Espaillat on Supreme Court Ruling to Uphold Birthright Citizenship | Statement from Representative Adriano Espaillat on Supreme Court Ruling to Uphold Birthright Citizenship WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Chair of the Congressional H…

Jun 30, 2026 · Newsletters · policy discussion; credit claiming; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Immigration; Law; extreme label “MAGA, extreme” aimed at MAGA

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: Donald TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

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

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

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: agentsSource

  4. Newsletters

    Espaillat Denounces House Republicans' Legislative Branch Funding Bill that Allows Trump Administration Corruption, Forfeits Power of the Purse | | | | PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release May 21, 2026 | | Espaillat Denounces House Republicans' Legislative Branch Funding Bill that Allows Trump Administration Corruption, Forfeits Power of the Purse House Republicans Reject Amendment to Prevent Payouts to Elected Offic…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · Government Operations and Politics · Labor and Employment · Immigration · target: Donald Trump

  5. Newsletters

    Espaillat Leads Congressional Efforts to Close Data Broker Loophole | Espaillat, Lofgren, and Wyden Lead Congressional Efforts to Close Data Broker Loophole WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) applaud the House Appropriations Committee's recent adoption of Congressman Espaillat's amendment to close the data broker loophole. The a…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Government Operations and Politics · Law · target: Donald Trump

All 2,703 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: 2,378 posts on X, 151 newsletters, 116 press releases, 58 Congressional Record speeches.

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Policy

Immigration is what Espaillat talks about most: 24% of policy statements, 2.3 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 79th of 216).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Espaillat talks about. The bills Espaillat sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Espaillat talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Espaillat
Peers
Immigration364 statements
24%
11%
Government Operations and Politics280 statements
19%
20%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues263 statements
17%
13%
Health257 statements
17%
26%
Economics and Public Finance216 statements
14%
20%
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Policy areas Espaillat talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowEspaillatPeers
Immigration24%11%
Government Operations and Politics19%20%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues17%13%
Health17%26%
Economics and Public Finance14%20%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Espaillat’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 11%)24%Immigration, legislates on: 11% (House Democrats 4%)11%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 19% (House Democrats 20%)19%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 11% (House Democrats 11%)11%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 13%)17%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 5%)8%HealthHealth, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 26%)17%Health, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 16%)12%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 14% (House Democrats 20%)14%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%
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Espaillat's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Immigration24%11%11%4%
Government Operations and Politics19%20%11%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues17%13%8%5%
Health17%26%12%16%
Economics and Public Finance14%20%0%1%
0.69

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 79th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Espaillat sits at −1.15 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 72% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.17 to −1.13, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,886 donors and 5,015 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”.

−1.15

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.17 to −1.13. From 2,886 donors and 5,015 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Espaillat, 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 Espaillat’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 Espaillat sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Espaillat −1.1All Housemedian +0.3
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Espaillat's CSIP score of −1.15 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Espaillat
House Democrats217−1.028%
All House439+0.314%
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 Espaillat 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 Espaillat.

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Money

Espaillat raised $2.9M in the 2026 cycle, above the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 1.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 55% of itemized individual money came from New York.

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
$2.9M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 1,235 itemized donors. House Democrats’ median $2.0M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.2M (75.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $33.5K (1.2%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $523.0K (18.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $140.4K (4.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $140.4K (4.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $140.4K (4.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $140.4K (4.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $140.4K (4.9%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)76 squares$2.2M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)1 squares$33.5K
  • PACs and other committees18 squares$523.0K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)5 squares$140.4K
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Sources of Espaillat's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$2.2M75.9%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$33.5K1.2%
PACs and other committees$523.0K18.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$140.4K4.9%
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, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $862.6K$862.6K20202022 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M20222024 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M20242026 cycle: $2.9M$2.9M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Espaillat's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$862.6K
2022 cycle$1.3M
2024 cycle$1.4M
2026 cycle$2.9M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 55% came from New York.

  1. New York$1.2M
  2. California$190.7K
  3. Florida$177.7K
  4. New Jersey$147.5K
  5. Connecticut$58.1K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Espaillat
Median
2026
2%
13%
2024
2%
13%
2022
2%
13%
2020
3%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowEspaillatMedian
2026 cycle2%13%
2024 cycle2%13%
2022 cycle2%13%
2020 cycle3%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: $500VTNew Hampshire: $1,500NHWashington: $3,500WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $3,800MNIllinois: $44.9KILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $12.0KMINew York: $1.2MNYRhode Island: $7,200RIMassachusetts: $53.5KMAOregon: $10.8KORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $1,000INOhio: $13.6KOHPennsylvania: $13.8KPANew Jersey: $147.5KNJConnecticut: $58.1KCTCalifornia: $190.7KCAUtah: $1,000UTColorado: $9,500CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $8,500MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $8,750VAMaryland: $38.0KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $8,629AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: $3,500KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $4,000TNNorth Carolina: $250NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $42.3KDCOklahoma: $7,000OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $16.8KGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $32.1KTXFlorida: $177.7KFL
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Espaillat's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New York$1.2M
California$190.7K
Florida$177.7K
New Jersey$147.5K
Connecticut$58.1K
Massachusetts$53.5K
Illinois$44.9K
District of Columbia$42.3K
Maryland$38.0K
Texas$32.1K
Georgia$16.8K
Pennsylvania$13.8K
Ohio$13.6K
Michigan$12.0K
Oregon$10.8K
Colorado$9,500
Virginia$8,750
Arizona$8,629
Missouri$8,500
Rhode Island$7,200
Oklahoma$7,000
Tennessee$4,000
Minnesota$3,800
Washington$3,500
Kansas$3,500
New Hampshire$1,500
Indiana$1,000
Utah$1,000
Vermont$500
North Carolina$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
ArkansasNo data
South CarolinaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
1,235

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

55%

from New York

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.3%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 38%38%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 24%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 15%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 8.6%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 8.1%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 4.3%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.1%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.4%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Espaillat's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 38% between −1.25 and −1.00, 24% between −1.00 and −0.75, 15% between −0.75 and −0.50, 8.6% between −0.50 and −0.25, 8.1% between −0.25 and 0.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.3%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0038%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7524%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5015%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.258.6%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.008.1%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.254.3%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.1%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.4%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Espaillat’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Espaillat’s own score is −1.15.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$214.1K 109 donors
  2. RETIRED$149.2K 90 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$145.2K 122 donors
  4. CEO$118.6K 62 donors
  5. REAL ESTATE$93.0K 47 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10.0K
  3. IMPACT$10.0K
  4. NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  5. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN$27.3K 5 donors
  2. SESSA CAPITAL$15.5K 4 donors
  3. MONROE COLLEGE$15.3K 6 donors
  4. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$11.8K 10 donors
  5. C-TOWN SUPERMARKET$11.5K 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Espaillat voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.1% of party-line votes and missed 1.2% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Espaillat voted against the majority of House Democrats 17 times.

674 roll calls Espaillat could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Democrats. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Espaillat voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

17

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.1%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 78th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Espaillat
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.8%
96.9%
73rd of 217
Party unity
99.1%
96.4%
78th of 217
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Espaillat's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowEspaillatPeers
Attendance98.8%96.9%
Party unity99.1%96.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Espaillat most often

  1. Sydney Kamlager-DoveD645 shared votes99%
  2. Robert GarciaD627 shared votes99%
  3. Jasmine CrockettD630 shared votes99%
  4. Becca BalintD658 shared votes99%
  5. Yassamin AnsariD655 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Espaillat least often

  1. Chip RoyR627 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR593 shared votes18%
  3. Eric BurlisonR636 shared votes18%
  4. Andy BiggsR602 shared votes18%
  5. Josh BrecheenR636 shared votes19%
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

Espaillat sponsored 47 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 346 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Espaillat 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

Sponsored47 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4747Sponsored, In committee: 4747Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored346 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 346346Cosponsored, In committee: 346346Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1111Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Espaillat sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4747000
Cosponsored3463461100
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

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

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton59
  2. Yvette Clarke38
  3. Rashida Tlaib35
  4. Dan Goldman32
  5. Nydia Velázquez31
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 Espaillat’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. 10779To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1905 Route 112 in Medford, New York, as the "Gunnery Sergeant Ruben Santos Post Office Building".CosponsorOct 9, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Oct 9, 2026
H.Con.Res. 123Recognizing the disparity in wages paid to Latinas and the impact of that disparity on women, families, the economy, and the United States.CosponsorOct 6, 2026In committeeLabor and EmploymentReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Oct 6, 2026
H.R. 10692Restoring Essential Plan Coverage ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeTaxationReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 1, 2026
H.Res. 1594Recognizing the outstanding contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in film, television, and streaming and their enduring impact on the United States.CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 1, 2026
H.Res. 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 1, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 33 times in 90 days. Espaillat’s official site had 30 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Espaillat posted on Oct 26, 2026.

The lab crawls Espaillat’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 Espaillat 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 Espaillat posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A political infographic shows four progressively taller stacks of coins beneath a large red arrow rising across a textured blue background. There is prominent text about inflation and a congressman’s name and district near the bottom.
    A political infographic shows four progressively taller stacks of coins beneath a large red arrow rising across a textured blue background. There is prominent text about inflation and a congressman’s name and district near the bottom.View post
  • A Human Rights Campaign graphic featuring a large score of 100 beside a photograph of the U.S. Capitol building and an American flag. It includes several lines of promotional text and the organization’s logo.
    A Human Rights Campaign graphic featuring a large score of 100 beside a photograph of the U.S. Capitol building and an American flag. It includes several lines of promotional text and the organization’s logo.View post
  • A political poster overlaid on a photograph of a gas pump nozzle and hose. Large white lettering emphasizes an extra cost for gas, with smaller attribution and campaign-style branding near the bottom.
    A political poster overlaid on a photograph of a gas pump nozzle and hose. Large white lettering emphasizes an extra cost for gas, with smaller attribution and campaign-style branding near the bottom.View post
  • A blue political graphic with dramatic lightning and large white lettering about families paying more for electricity. It includes a congressional attribution and a politician's name and district.
    A blue political graphic with dramatic lightning and large white lettering about families paying more for electricity. It includes a congressional attribution and a politician's name and district.View post
  • A blue political statement graphic from Congressman Adriano Espaillat, with a white bordered panel, a Capitol emblem, decorative quotation marks, and a portrait of the congressman in the lower-right corner. The graphic contains several paragraphs of text about a death in ICE custody.
    A blue political statement graphic from Congressman Adriano Espaillat, with a white bordered panel, a Capitol emblem, decorative quotation marks, and a portrait of the congressman in the lower-right corner. The graphic contains several paragraphs of text about a death in ICE custody.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 Espaillat is most unusual among House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
E000297
Bioguide
E000297
FEC candidate ids
H2NY13096

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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