Policy criticism
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Oct 13, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Energy; International Affairs; Armed Forces and National Security · Source
0.2%
of statements use an extreme label, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats
0.2% of 2,200 statements use an extreme label (5 statements); the average for House Democrats is 1.9%. Ranks 198th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate. Most often aimed at abortion bans.
An AI model reads each of Elfreth’s Congressional Record speeches, press releases, posts on X and newsletters and marks whether it calls a politician, party or policy far left, far right, MAGA, extreme, radical, woke, fascist or communist. 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. Elfreth sits at −0.63 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 88% of House Democrats. 1.5% of Elfreth’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (average 6.6%).
The measures on which Elfreth 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.
Attendance
100%
House Democrats average 96.9% · ranks 10th of 217 · 674 roll calls
Extreme labels
0.2%
House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 198th of 216
CSIP ideology
−0.63
More conservative than 88% of House Democrats · ± 0.03
Personal attacks
1.5%
House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 182nd of 216
Policy criticism
16%
House Democrats average 28% · ranks 181st of 216
From Maryland, 2026
78%
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 47th of 214 House Democrats
Peer group: House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Elfreth, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Elfreth is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Elfreth says
Elfreth attacks opponents personally less than 83% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 1.5% of 2,200 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 182nd of 216.
An AI model reads each of Elfreth’s 2,200 statements in the 119th Congress (1,953 posts on X, 116 Congressional Record speeches, 84 newsletters, 47 press releases) 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%
Elfreth
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,684 statements
77%
73%
80th of 216
Credit claiming386 statements
18%
23%
149th of 216
Policy criticism341 statements
16%
28%
181st of 216
Bipartisanship209 statements
10%
10%
92nd of 216
Personal attacks32 statements
1%
7%
182nd of 216
Show the data
| Row | Elfreth | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 77% | 73% |
| Credit claiming | 18% | 23% |
| Policy criticism | 16% | 28% |
| Bipartisanship | 10% | 10% |
| Personal attacks | 1% | 7% |
2,200
statements classified
1,953 posts on X, 116 Congressional Record speeches, 84 newsletters, 47 press releases.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,953 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 116 |
| newsletters | 84 |
| press releases | 47 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Elfreth; the thin grey bar is the average House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Elfreth does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Elfreth used extreme labels in 0.2% of statements, 12% of the peer average. 5 statements, most often aimed at abortion bans; peers 1.9%.
- “extreme”5
- “far right”1
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- abortion bans1
- Donald Trump1
- ICE policies1
- Reductions1
- Trump1
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
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 86 | 1.2% | 9.3% | 59.3% | 8.1% | 12.8% | 1.2% |
| Feb ’25 | 131 | 3.0% | 10.7% | 71.8% | 1.5% | 12.2% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’25 | 123 | 1.6% | 14.6% | 70.7% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’25 | 112 | 0.9% | 25.9% | 77.7% | 7.1% | 9.8% | 0.0% |
| May ’25 | 125 | 1.6% | 22.4% | 82.4% | 6.4% | 12.8% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’25 | 102 | 0.0% | 17.6% | 87.3% | 3.9% | 11.8% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’25 | 90 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 76.7% | 10.0% | 17.8% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’25 | 76 | 2.6% | 13.2% | 75.0% | 1.3% | 9.2% | 1.3% |
| Sep ’25 | 113 | 1.8% | 20.3% | 69.9% | 11.5% | 12.4% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’25 | 107 | 0.0% | 15.9% | 90.6% | 8.4% | 11.2% | 0.0% |
| Nov ’25 | 76 | 2.6% | 13.2% | 82.9% | 5.3% | 11.8% | 0.0% |
| Dec ’25 | 81 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 71.6% | 21.0% | 35.8% | 0.0% |
| Jan ’26 | 100 | 1.0% | 12.0% | 78.0% | 15.0% | 28.0% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’26 | 98 | 3.1% | 12.2% | 75.5% | 11.2% | 25.5% | 1.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 138 | 0.0% | 20.3% | 76.8% | 22.5% | 31.9% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’26 | 104 | 4.8% | 19.2% | 79.8% | 7.7% | 20.2% | 1.0% |
| May ’26 | 110 | 0.0% | 10.9% | 75.4% | 9.1% | 19.1% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 101 | 1.0% | 19.8% | 91.1% | 8.9% | 18.8% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’26 | 90 | 3.3% | 12.2% | 70.0% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 1.1% |
| Aug ’26 | 68 | 1.5% | 13.2% | 77.9% | 1.5% | 19.1% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 115 | 1.7% | 12.2% | 67.8% | 12.2% | 21.7% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’26 | 54 | 0.0% | 7.4% | 74.1% | 3.7% | 14.8% | 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 Elfreth’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Personal attacks
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Sep 30, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; target: Donald Trump · Source
Extreme label
Elfreth Statement on Republican Amendment #8 to the FY2027 National Security Appropriations Bill WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) voted present on Representative Massie’s amendment to the FY2027 national security appropriations bill and issued the following statement. “Ame…
Jul 15, 2026 · Press releases · personal attacks; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; Economics and Public Finance; Immigration; extreme label “far right, extreme” aimed at Trump; target: Massie · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · target: Donald TrumpSource
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personal attacksSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Todd BlancheSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Law · target: Donald TrumpSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: TrumpSource
All 2,200 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: 1,953 posts on X, 116 Congressional Record speeches, 84 newsletters, 47 press releases.
Policy
Government Operations and Politics is what Elfreth talks about most: 27% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.70 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 62nd 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 Elfreth talks about. The bills Elfreth sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Elfreth talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
0%35%
Elfreth
Peers
Government Operations and Politics448 statements
27%
20%
Armed Forces and National Security414 statements
25%
16%
Health313 statements
19%
26%
Economics and Public Finance263 statements
16%
20%
Education201 statements
12%
10%
Show the data
| Row | Elfreth | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Government Operations and Politics | 27% | 20% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 25% | 16% |
| Health | 19% | 26% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 16% | 20% |
| Education | 12% | 10% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Elfreth’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.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | House Democrats, talks about | Legislates on | House Democrats, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Operations and Politics | 27% | 20% | 15% | 11% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 25% | 16% | 14% | 7% |
| Health | 19% | 26% | 11% | 16% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 16% | 20% | 0% | 1% |
| Education | 12% | 10% | 5% | 5% |
0.70
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 62nd of 216.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Elfreth legislates on exactly the areas Elfreth 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 Elfreth sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Elfreth sits at −0.63 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 88% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.66 to −0.61, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,446 donors and 1,570 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
−0.63
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range −0.66 to −0.61. From 2,446 donors and 1,570 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Elfreth, 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 Elfreth’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 Elfreth sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
House Democrats217 · median −1.0
All House439 · median +0.3
Show the data
| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Elfreth |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Democrats | 217 | −1.0 | 88% |
| All House | 439 | +0.3 | 44% |
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 Elfreth 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 Elfreth.
Money
Elfreth raised $1.4M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 9.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 78% of itemized individual money came from Maryland.
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.
$1.4M
raised in the 2026 cycle
From 506 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)53 squares$751.4K
- Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)5 squares$78.6K
- PACs and other committees42 squares$593.2K
- The candidate’s own money and loans$649
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $751.4K | 52.8% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $78.6K | 5.5% |
| PACs and other committees | $593.2K | 41.7% |
| The candidate’s own money and loans | $649 | 0.0% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.
Receipts by cycle
Total receipts, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 cycle | $2.3M |
| 2026 cycle | $1.4M |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 78% came from Maryland.
- Maryland$464.7K
- District of Columbia$42.3K
- Virginia$38.2K
- Florida$22.8K
- Georgia$7,000
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%
Elfreth
Median
2026
9%
13%
2024
7%
13%
Show the data
| Row | Elfreth | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 cycle | 9% | 13% |
| 2024 cycle | 7% | 13% |
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
Show the data
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Maryland | $464.7K |
| District of Columbia | $42.3K |
| Virginia | $38.2K |
| Florida | $22.8K |
| Georgia | $7,000 |
| Massachusetts | $4,000 |
| Missouri | $3,250 |
| Texas | $1,750 |
| California | $1,550 |
| Delaware | $1,500 |
| Vermont | $1,000 |
| Minnesota | $1,000 |
| Oregon | $1,000 |
| Nebraska | $750 |
| Illinois | $500 |
| Pennsylvania | $500 |
| North Carolina | $500 |
| Oklahoma | $500 |
| New Jersey | $480 |
| Michigan | $250 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| New Hampshire | No data |
| Washington | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Wisconsin | No data |
| New York | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Indiana | No data |
| Ohio | No data |
| Connecticut | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Colorado | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| West Virginia | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Kansas | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| Tennessee | No data |
| South Carolina | No data |
| Louisiana | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
506
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
78%
from Maryland
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 Maryland. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Donors’ ideology
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
Show the data
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.50 to −1.25 | 0.2% |
| CSIP −1.25 to −1.00 | 9.7% |
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 39% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 39% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 3.0% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 3.2% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 2.9% |
| CSIP +0.25 to +0.50 | 0.9% |
| CSIP +0.50 to +0.75 | 1.9% |
| CSIP +0.75 to +1.00 | 0.2% |
How to read the columns
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Elfreth’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Elfreth’s own score is −0.63.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- NOT EMPLOYED$137.5K 137 donors
- ATTORNEY$44.1K 35 donors
- CEO$43.7K 19 donors
- RETIRED$28.9K 20 donors
- CONSULTANT$22.2K 25 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$10.0K
- LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10.0K
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$8,500
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- ACTUM LLC$7,952 3 donors
- THE ROOSEVELT GROUP$6,750 3 donors
- PERRY JACOBSON$5,750 3 donors
- CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$5,500 6 donors
- STATE OF MARYLAND$3,375 5 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Elfreth voted with the majority of House Democrats on 98.5% of party-line votes and missed none of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Elfreth voted against the majority of House Democrats 12 times.
674 roll calls Elfreth 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 Elfreth voted with the majority of House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
12
votes against the majority of House Democrats
Party unity 98.5%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 105th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Elfreth, the thin grey bar the House Democrats average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Elfreth
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
96.9%
10th of 217
Party unity
98.5%
96.4%
105th of 217
Show the data
| Row | Elfreth | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 100% | 96.9% |
| Party unity | 98.5% | 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
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 209–0 · R 191–14 · I 1–0Democrats 209 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 191 yea, 14 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became 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 | Nay | With majority | Passed | D 3–207 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 207 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Nay | With majority | Passed | D 6–206 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 206 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | party 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 | Yea | Against majority | Passed | D 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became 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 Elfreth most often
- Johnny OlszewskiD669 shared votes99%
- Richard NealD625 shared votes99%
- Debbie DingellD653 shared votes99%
- Alma AdamsD672 shared votes99%
- Kweisi MfumeD628 shared votes98%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Elfreth least often
- Chip RoyR634 shared votes17%
- Keith SelfR659 shared votes18%
- Andy BiggsR608 shared votes18%
- Eric BurlisonR642 shared votes19%
- Ralph NormanR597 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
Legislation
Elfreth sponsored 17 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 363 others. 5.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 65th of 207).
The bills Elfreth 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
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 363 | 363 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Elfreth sponsored, ochre blocks bills Elfreth cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
5.9%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 65th of 207.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Elfreth, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
- Eleanor Norton38
- April McClain Delaney22
- Brian Fitzpatrick17
- Johnny Olszewski17
- Shri Thanedar17
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 Elfreth’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| H.Res. 1635 | Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day". | Cosponsor | Oct 22, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 22, 2026 |
| H.R. 10646 | To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into intergovernmental support agreements on behalf of Defense Agencies, and for other purposes. | Cosponsor | Oct 1, 2026 | In committee | Armed Forces and National Security | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Oct 1, 2026 |
| H.Res. 1603 | Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States. | Cosponsor | Oct 1, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred 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 |
| H.R. 10582 | Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act | Cosponsor | Sep 24, 2026 | In committee | Taxation | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Sep 24, 2026 |
| H.Res. 1542 | Designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month". | Cosponsor | Sep 15, 2026 | In committee | Government Operations and Politics | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and 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. Sep 15, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 79 times in 90 days. Elfreth’s official site had 26 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Elfreth posted on Oct 26, 2026.
The lab crawls Elfreth’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 Elfreth posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 26
pages crawled
79changes in 90 days
- 6
pages crawled
6changes 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
- XRepSarahElfreth
- FacebookRepSarahElfreth
- InstagramRepSarahElfreth
- Emailmd03se.outreach@mail.house.gov
Images Elfreth posted
The latest 24, with model-written descriptions
A political campaign poster for Sarah Elfreth encourages voters to request a mail-in ballot by a specified date. A hand places an envelope into a blue mailbox, and a ballot checklist is visible in the foreground.View post 
A political campaign-style graphic announces a congressional app challenge deadline. A hand holds a smartphone surrounded by floating app and social media icons. Text appears prominently across the top and center.View post 
A hand holds up a colorful handwritten sign in a hallway with framed posters and pictures on the wall. The sign contains text.View post 
A hand holds a handwritten sign in front of a wall with several framed photographs, artwork, and a memorial display. The sign says that a large amount of money was returned directly to constituents.View post 
A hand holds up a white sheet of paper with large colorful lettering and envelope doodles. Framed maps hang on a light-colored wall behind it.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.
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 Elfreth 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
- E000301
- Bioguide
- E000301
- FEC candidate ids
- H4MD03156
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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