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Democrat · U.S. House, New Jersey’s 5th district

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

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Portrait of Josh Gottheimer, rendered as a two-tone print
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0.8%
of individual money in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

0.8% of individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less; the median for House Democrats is 13%. Ranks 211th of 214, where 1st is the highest share. $5.8M raised in all.

Campaigns report every donor who gives more than $200 by name and smaller gifts only as one total; this is that small-gift total as a share of all money from individuals, from the FEC’s committee summaries, ranked among House Democrats. It understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. Gottheimer voted against the majority of House Democrats 55 times; party unity 87%, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (average 96.4%). Gottheimer sits at −0.45 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of House Democrats.

The measures on which Gottheimer 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.

Small donations, 2026

0.8%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 211th of 214

Party unity

87%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 208th of 217 · 55 votes against the majority of House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.45

More conservative than 97% of House Democrats · ± 0.01

Attendance

88%

House Democrats average 96.9% · ranks 210th of 217 · 674 roll calls

From New Jersey, 2026

19%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 203rd of 214 House Democrats

Bipartisanship

18%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 22nd of 216

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Gottheimer says

Gottheimer attacks opponents personally less than 79% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 2.1% of 2,730 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 173rd of 216.

An AI model reads each of Gottheimer’s 2,730 statements in the 119th Congress (2,548 posts on X, 110 press releases, 53 Congressional Record speeches, 19 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Gottheimer
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,985 statements
73%
73%
129th of 216
Credit claiming828 statements
30%
23%
38th of 216
Policy criticism612 statements
22%
28%
157th of 216
Bipartisanship483 statements
18%
10%
22nd of 216
Personal attacks58 statements
2%
7%
173rd of 216
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Gottheimer's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowGottheimerPeers
Policy discussion73%73%
Credit claiming30%23%
Policy criticism22%28%
Bipartisanship18%10%
Personal attacks2%7%
2,730

statements classified

2,548 posts on X, 110 press releases, 53 Congressional Record speeches, 19 newsletters.

posts on X: 2,548 (93.3%)posts on X 2,548press releases: 110 (4.0%)Congressional Record speeches: 53 (1.9%)newsletters: 19 (0.7%)
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Gottheimer's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,548
press releases110
Congressional Record speeches53
newsletters19
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Gottheimer used extreme labels in 3.9% of statements, 2.1 times the peer average. 107 statements, most often aimed at far-right extremists; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”79
  2. “far right”77
  3. “communist”1
  4. “far left”1
  5. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. far-right extremists7
  2. Congress6
  3. far-right6
  4. Trump4
  5. extremists3
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: 1092025-02: 1302025-03: 1562025-04: 1382025-05: 1452025-06: 1252025-07: 1332025-08: 1192025-09: 1372025-10: 1282025-11: 972025-12: 892026-01: 882026-02: 772026-03: 1232026-04: 1132026-05: 1512026-06: 1532026-07: 1452026-08: 1082026-09: 1402026-10: 126peak 156 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 5.6% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.8%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 3.7% of 109Personal attacks, 2025-02: 2.3% of 130Personal attacks, 2025-03: 4.5% of 156Personal attacks, 2025-04: 2.9% of 138Personal attacks, 2025-05: 1.4% of 145Personal attacks, 2025-06: 5.6% of 125Personal attacks, 2025-07: 2.3% of 133Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.8% of 119Personal attacks, 2025-09: 1.5% of 137Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 128Personal attacks, 2025-11: 1.0% of 97Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 89Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 88Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-03: 3.3% of 123Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.9% of 113Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 151Personal attacks, 2026-06: 3.9% of 153Personal attacks, 2026-07: 2.8% of 145Personal attacks, 2026-08: 4.6% of 108Personal attacks, 2026-09: 2.1% of 140Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.8% of 126Policy criticismpeak 43.6% · Mar ’25 · latest 9.5%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 36.7% of 109Policy criticism, 2025-02: 38.5% of 130Policy criticism, 2025-03: 43.6% of 156Policy criticism, 2025-04: 42.0% of 138Policy criticism, 2025-05: 38.6% of 145Policy criticism, 2025-06: 30.4% of 125Policy criticism, 2025-07: 28.6% of 133Policy criticism, 2025-08: 33.6% of 119Policy criticism, 2025-09: 21.2% of 137Policy criticism, 2025-10: 29.7% of 128Policy criticism, 2025-11: 19.6% of 97Policy criticism, 2025-12: 9.0% of 89Policy criticism, 2026-01: 8.0% of 88Policy criticism, 2026-02: 23.4% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-03: 10.6% of 123Policy criticism, 2026-04: 9.7% of 113Policy criticism, 2026-05: 8.0% of 151Policy criticism, 2026-06: 15.0% of 153Policy criticism, 2026-07: 11.0% of 145Policy criticism, 2026-08: 4.6% of 108Policy criticism, 2026-09: 9.3% of 140Policy criticism, 2026-10: 9.5% of 126Policy discussionpeak 83.9% · Feb ’25 · latest 73.8%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 78.9% of 109Policy discussion, 2025-02: 83.9% of 130Policy discussion, 2025-03: 80.8% of 156Policy discussion, 2025-04: 80.4% of 138Policy discussion, 2025-05: 71.7% of 145Policy discussion, 2025-06: 80.0% of 125Policy discussion, 2025-07: 76.7% of 133Policy discussion, 2025-08: 73.1% of 119Policy discussion, 2025-09: 65.0% of 137Policy discussion, 2025-10: 59.4% of 128Policy discussion, 2025-11: 68.0% of 97Policy discussion, 2025-12: 74.2% of 89Policy discussion, 2026-01: 83.0% of 88Policy discussion, 2026-02: 71.4% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-03: 71.5% of 123Policy discussion, 2026-04: 74.3% of 113Policy discussion, 2026-05: 57.0% of 151Policy discussion, 2026-06: 57.5% of 153Policy discussion, 2026-07: 73.1% of 145Policy discussion, 2026-08: 72.2% of 108Policy discussion, 2026-09: 80.0% of 140Policy discussion, 2026-10: 73.8% of 126Bipartisanshippeak 40.5% · Dec ’25 · latest 23.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 17.4% of 109Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 10.0% of 130Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 15.4% of 156Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 18.1% of 138Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 10.3% of 145Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 16.0% of 125Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 19.6% of 133Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 9.2% of 119Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 21.2% of 137Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 25.0% of 128Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 28.9% of 97Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 40.5% of 89Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 12.5% of 88Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 23.4% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 13.0% of 123Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 10.6% of 113Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 12.6% of 151Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 11.8% of 153Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 21.4% of 145Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 13.9% of 108Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 25.7% of 140Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 23.0% of 126Credit claimingpeak 48.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 34.9%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 48.6% of 109Credit claiming, 2025-02: 43.1% of 130Credit claiming, 2025-03: 33.3% of 156Credit claiming, 2025-04: 44.2% of 138Credit claiming, 2025-05: 32.4% of 145Credit claiming, 2025-06: 32.8% of 125Credit claiming, 2025-07: 30.1% of 133Credit claiming, 2025-08: 32.8% of 119Credit claiming, 2025-09: 35.0% of 137Credit claiming, 2025-10: 21.1% of 128Credit claiming, 2025-11: 34.0% of 97Credit claiming, 2025-12: 28.1% of 89Credit claiming, 2026-01: 15.9% of 88Credit claiming, 2026-02: 16.9% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-03: 22.8% of 123Credit claiming, 2026-04: 22.1% of 113Credit claiming, 2026-05: 21.9% of 151Credit claiming, 2026-06: 24.2% of 153Credit claiming, 2026-07: 30.3% of 145Credit claiming, 2026-08: 14.8% of 108Credit claiming, 2026-09: 37.1% of 140Credit claiming, 2026-10: 34.9% of 126Extreme labelspeak 13.6% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 1.8% of 109Extreme labels, 2025-02: 6.9% of 130Extreme labels, 2025-03: 10.3% of 156Extreme labels, 2025-04: 5.8% of 138Extreme labels, 2025-05: 9.0% of 145Extreme labels, 2025-06: 13.6% of 125Extreme labels, 2025-07: 7.5% of 133Extreme labels, 2025-08: 5.9% of 119Extreme labels, 2025-09: 2.2% of 137Extreme labels, 2025-10: 6.3% of 128Extreme labels, 2025-11: 2.1% of 97Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 89Extreme labels, 2026-01: 1.1% of 88Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.3% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.6% of 123Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 113Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.7% of 151Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.3% of 153Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.7% of 145Extreme labels, 2026-08: 3.7% of 108Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 140Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 126Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Gottheimer, 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 ’251093.7%36.7%78.9%17.4%48.6%1.8%
Feb ’251302.3%38.5%83.9%10.0%43.1%6.9%
Mar ’251564.5%43.6%80.8%15.4%33.3%10.3%
Apr ’251382.9%42.0%80.4%18.1%44.2%5.8%
May ’251451.4%38.6%71.7%10.3%32.4%9.0%
Jun ’251255.6%30.4%80.0%16.0%32.8%13.6%
Jul ’251332.3%28.6%76.7%19.6%30.1%7.5%
Aug ’251190.8%33.6%73.1%9.2%32.8%5.9%
Sep ’251371.5%21.2%65.0%21.2%35.0%2.2%
Oct ’251280.0%29.7%59.4%25.0%21.1%6.3%
Nov ’25971.0%19.6%68.0%28.9%34.0%2.1%
Dec ’25890.0%9.0%74.2%40.5%28.1%0.0%
Jan ’26880.0%8.0%83.0%12.5%15.9%1.1%
Feb ’26770.0%23.4%71.4%23.4%16.9%1.3%
Mar ’261233.3%10.6%71.5%13.0%22.8%1.6%
Apr ’261130.9%9.7%74.3%10.6%22.1%0.0%
May ’261510.0%8.0%57.0%12.6%21.9%0.7%
Jun ’261533.9%15.0%57.5%11.8%24.2%1.3%
Jul ’261452.8%11.0%73.1%21.4%30.3%0.7%
Aug ’261084.6%4.6%72.2%13.9%14.8%3.7%
Sep ’261402.1%9.3%80.0%25.7%37.1%0.0%
Oct ’261260.8%9.5%73.8%23.0%34.9%0.0%
How to read the strips

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

In Gottheimer’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Health · Source

Personal attacks

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

Oct 15, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Crime and Law Enforcement · Source

Extreme label

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

Aug 21, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Health; Economics and Public Finance; extreme label “far right, extreme” aimed at far-right · 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 EnforcementSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: PikerSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: MacklemoreSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Rula JebrealSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · Government Operations and Politics · target: Hasan PikerSource

All 2,730 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: 2,548 posts on X, 110 press releases, 53 Congressional Record speeches, 19 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Health is what Gottheimer talks about most: 22% of policy statements, below the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.71 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 43rd 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 Gottheimer talks about. The bills Gottheimer sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Gottheimer talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Gottheimer
Peers
Health439 statements
22%
26%
Armed Forces and National Security389 statements
20%
16%
Economics and Public Finance258 statements
13%
20%
International Affairs240 statements
12%
8%
Transportation and Public Works210 statements
11%
5%
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Policy areas Gottheimer talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowGottheimerPeers
Health22%26%
Armed Forces and National Security20%16%
Economics and Public Finance13%20%
International Affairs12%8%
Transportation and Public Works11%5%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Gottheimer’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 onHealthHealth, talks about: 22% (House Democrats 26%)22%Health, legislates on: 20% (House Democrats 16%)20%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 20% (House Democrats 16%)20%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 7%)9%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 13% (House Democrats 20%)13%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%International AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 12% (House Democrats 8%)12%International Affairs, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 8%)10%Transportation and PublicWorksTransportation and Public Works, talks about: 11% (House Democrats 5%)11%Transportation and Public Works, legislates on: 5% (House Democrats 3%)5%
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Gottheimer's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Health22%26%20%16%
Armed Forces and National Security20%16%9%7%
Economics and Public Finance13%20%0%1%
International Affairs12%8%10%8%
Transportation and Public Works11%5%5%3%
0.71

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 43rd of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Gottheimer sits at −0.45 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 97% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.46 to −0.44, which understates the uncertainty; from 10,010 donors and 4,866 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”.

−0.45

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.46 to −0.44. From 10,010 donors and 4,866 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Gottheimer −0.4House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Gottheimer, 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 Gottheimer’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 Gottheimer sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Gottheimer −0.4All Housemedian +0.3
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Gottheimer's CSIP score of −0.45 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Gottheimer
House Democrats217−1.096%
All House439+0.348%
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 Gottheimer 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 Gottheimer.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Gottheimer raised $5.8M in the 2026 cycle, 2.9 times the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 0.8% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 19% of itemized individual money came from New Jersey.

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
$5.8M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 1,242 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): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $3.5M (60.2%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $1.2M (21.5%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (17.9%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)60 squares$3.5M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$27.2K
  • PACs and other committees22 squares$1.2M
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)18 squares$1.0M
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Sources of Gottheimer's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$3.5M60.2%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$27.2K0.5%
PACs and other committees$1.2M21.5%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$1.0M17.9%
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: $7.7M$7.7M20202022 cycle: $8.9M$8.9M20222024 cycle: $10.2M$10.2M20242026 cycle: $5.8M$5.8M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Gottheimer's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$7.7M
2022 cycle$8.9M
2024 cycle$10.2M
2026 cycle$5.8M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 19% came from New Jersey.

  1. New York$864.7K
  2. New Jersey$645.8K
  3. California$481.0K
  4. Florida$273.0K
  5. Illinois$148.0K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Gottheimer
Median
2026
1%
13%
2024
1%
13%
2022
2%
13%
2020
3%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowGottheimerMedian
2026 cycle1%13%
2024 cycle1%13%
2022 cycle2%13%
2020 cycle3%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $250AKMaine: no dataMEVermont: $7,000VTNew Hampshire: $500NHWashington: $1,162WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $7,500MNIllinois: $148.0KILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $40.3KMINew York: $864.7KNYRhode Island: $8,350RIMassachusetts: $127.5KMAOregon: $500ORNevada: $36.9KNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $200INOhio: $5,750OHPennsylvania: $68.4KPANew Jersey: $645.8KNJConnecticut: $122.5KCTCalifornia: $481.0KCAUtah: $4,450UTColorado: $47.0KCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $35.5KMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $33.8KVAMaryland: $66.6KMDDelaware: $22.5KDEArizona: $10.8KAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $8,000ARTennessee: $2,000TNNorth Carolina: $7,300NCSouth Carolina: $5,750SCDistrict of Columbia: $65.3KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $1,000LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $8,000ALGeorgia: $56.0KGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $130.6KTXFlorida: $273.0KFL
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Gottheimer's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New York$864.7K
New Jersey$645.8K
California$481.0K
Florida$273.0K
Illinois$148.0K
Texas$130.6K
Massachusetts$127.5K
Connecticut$122.5K
Pennsylvania$68.4K
Maryland$66.6K
District of Columbia$65.3K
Georgia$56.0K
Colorado$47.0K
Michigan$40.3K
Nevada$36.9K
Missouri$35.5K
Virginia$33.8K
Delaware$22.5K
Arizona$10.8K
Rhode Island$8,350
Arkansas$8,000
Alabama$8,000
Minnesota$7,500
North Carolina$7,300
Vermont$7,000
Ohio$5,750
South Carolina$5,750
Utah$4,450
Tennessee$2,000
Washington$1,162
Louisiana$1,000
New Hampshire$500
Oregon$500
Alaska$250
Indiana$200
MaineNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
HawaiiNo data
1,242

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

19%

from New Jersey

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 Jersey. 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: 0.0%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 0.4%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 14%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 20%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 30%30%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 13%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 12%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 6.9%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 3.2%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.3%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Gottheimer's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 14% between −1.00 and −0.75, 20% between −0.75 and −0.50, 30% between −0.50 and −0.25, 13% between −0.25 and 0.00, 12% between 0.00 and +0.25, 6.9% between +0.25 and +0.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.0%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.000.4%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7514%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5020%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.2530%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.0013%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.2512%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.506.9%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.753.2%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.3%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Gottheimer’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Gottheimer’s own score is −0.45.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$457.4K 235 donors
  2. NOT EMPLOYED$273.6K 118 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$268.3K 137 donors
  4. CEO$251.0K 54 donors
  5. EXECUTIVE$229.5K 63 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$70.7K
  2. ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  3. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC)$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. BLACKSTONE$66.5K 11 donors
  2. APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT$29.0K 5 donors
  3. BLACKROCK$24.5K 6 donors
  4. BAIN CAPITAL$21.0K 3 donors
  5. SNOW PARTNERS$21.0K 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Gottheimer voted with the majority of House Democrats on 87% of party-line votes and missed 12% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Gottheimer voted against the majority of House Democrats 55 times.

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

55

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 87%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 208th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Gottheimer
Peers
Rank
Attendance
88%
96.9%
210th of 217
Party unity
87%
96.4%
208th of 217
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Gottheimer's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowGottheimerPeers
Attendance88%96.9%
Party unity87%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
YeaAgainst 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 Gottheimer most often

  1. Greg LandsmanD586 shared votes95%
  2. Chris PappasD586 shared votes95%
  3. Susie LeeD581 shared votes95%
  4. Jared MoskowitzD571 shared votes95%
  5. Jimmy PanettaD590 shared votes95%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Gottheimer least often

  1. Chip RoyR554 shared votes21%
  2. Keith SelfR585 shared votes23%
  3. Eric BurlisonR561 shared votes24%
  4. Josh BrecheenR563 shared votes24%
  5. Andy BiggsR531 shared votes24%
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

Gottheimer sponsored 100 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 963 others. 2.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 126th of 207).

The bills Gottheimer 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

Sponsored100 billsSponsored, Introduced: 100100Sponsored, In committee: 100100Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored963 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 963963Cosponsored, In committee: 963963Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 5959Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 66Cosponsored, Became law: 44IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Gottheimer sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored100100200
Cosponsored9639635964
How to read the blocks

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

2.0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 126th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Michael Lawler176
  2. Brian Fitzpatrick157
  3. Eugene Vindman101
  4. Eleanor Norton97
  5. Don Bacon83
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 Gottheimer’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. 10872Combatting Auto Robbery at the Source Act of 2026SponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10883To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for nonrecognition of gain or loss on like-kind exchanges of certain residential real property, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10884To provide additional options on certain federal application forms to allow an individual to elect to be an organ donor and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Veterans' Affairs, and Foreign Affairs, 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 22, 2026
H.R. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10819To establish a United States-India Interparliamentary Group.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Oct 15, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 14 times in 90 days. Gottheimer’s official site had 5 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Gottheimer posted on Oct 26, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    gottheimer.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    5

    pages crawled

    14

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    josh4jersey.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    14

    pages crawled

    21

    changes in 90 days

How to read the counts

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

Images Gottheimer posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A woman wearing glasses and a blue apron stands beside a smiling man under a canopy at an outdoor festival booth. A brick wall, folding chairs, and signs are behind them. The signs and canopy contain text.
    A woman wearing glasses and a blue apron stands beside a smiling man under a canopy at an outdoor festival booth. A brick wall, folding chairs, and signs are behind them. The signs and canopy contain text.View post
  • Two smiling men pose together inside a large outdoor event tent, with several people working in the background. One man wears a blue shirt and backward cap, and the other wears a light blue button-up shirt. There is a logo on the blue shirt.
    Two smiling men pose together inside a large outdoor event tent, with several people working in the background. One man wears a blue shirt and backward cap, and the other wears a light blue button-up shirt. There is a logo on the blue shirt.View post
  • An outdoor food event with people eating and socializing at tables in front of food stalls beneath tents. There is text on the stall signs and a drinks menu.
    An outdoor food event with people eating and socializing at tables in front of food stalls beneath tents. There is text on the stall signs and a drinks menu.View post
  • Two men talk in front of a large outdoor event tent. One wears a white chef's coat and cap, and the other wears a blue shirt and holds a cup. People and tables are visible under the tent, with trees and traffic cones nearby. There is text on a banner and signs.
    Two men talk in front of a large outdoor event tent. One wears a white chef's coat and cap, and the other wears a blue shirt and holds a cup. People and tables are visible under the tent, with trees and traffic cones nearby. There is text on a banner and signs.View post
  • Four people pose together at an outdoor street fair or community event. Vendor tents, tables, booths, and other visitors are visible along the street. There is text on clothing, signs, and storefronts.
    Four people pose together at an outdoor street fair or community event. Vendor tents, tables, booths, and other visitors are visible along the street. There is text on clothing, signs, and storefronts.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 Gottheimer 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
G000583
Bioguide
G000583
FEC candidate ids
H6NJ05171

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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