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Democrat · U.S. House, Illinois’s 4th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2019119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Chuy García, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$376.0K
raised in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

The median for House Democrats is $2.0M. Ranks 208th of 214, where 1st raised the most. 169 itemized donors.

Total receipts of García’s campaign committees in the 2026 cycle, from the FEC’s financial summaries, ranked among House Democrats. Totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle and on how costly the race is, so they describe the campaign, not the official’s record.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 3.4% of García’s statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 9.8%). 89% of García’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top tenth of House Democrats.

The measures on which García 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.

Raised, 2026

$376.0K

House Democrats’ median $2.0M · ranks 208th of 214

Bipartisanship

3.4%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 203rd of 216

From Illinois, 2026

89%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 12th of 214 House Democrats

Extreme labels

3.8%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 21st of 216

CSIP ideology

−1.30

More liberal than 88% of House Democrats · ± 0.02

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

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

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What García says

García stresses bipartisanship less than 93% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 3.4% of 1,208 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 203rd of 216.

An AI model reads each of García’s 1,208 statements in the 119th Congress (904 posts on X, 214 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches, 2 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%
García
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion879 statements
73%
73%
127th of 216
Policy criticism355 statements
29%
28%
98th of 216
Credit claiming187 statements
15%
23%
172nd of 216
Personal attacks121 statements
10%
7%
44th of 216
Bipartisanship41 statements
3%
10%
203rd of 216
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García's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowGarcíaPeers
Policy discussion73%73%
Policy criticism29%28%
Credit claiming15%23%
Personal attacks10%7%
Bipartisanship3%10%
1,208

statements classified

904 posts on X, 214 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches, 2 newsletters.

posts on X: 904 (74.8%)posts on X 904press releases: 214 (17.7%)Congressional Record speeches: 88 (7.3%)newsletters: 2 (0.2%)
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García's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X904
press releases214
Congressional Record speeches88
newsletters2
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

García used extreme labels in 3.8% of statements, 2.0 times the peer average. 46 statements, most often aimed at Supreme Court; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”12
  2. “MAGA”10
  3. “fascist”4
  4. “radical”2
  5. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Supreme Court3
  2. Trump3
  3. DHS officials2
  4. H.R. 352
  5. MAGA2
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: 1002025-02: 582025-03: 852025-04: 702025-05: 712025-06: 672025-07: 662025-08: 292025-09: 552025-10: 662025-11: 402025-12: 362026-01: 582026-02: 572026-03: 432026-04: 582026-05: 372026-06: 622026-07: 552026-08: 232026-09: 482026-10: 24peak 100 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 23.3% · Mar ’26 · latest 8.3%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 7.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2025-02: 10.3% of 58Personal attacks, 2025-03: 9.4% of 85Personal attacks, 2025-04: 11.4% of 70Personal attacks, 2025-05: 4.2% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-06: 1.5% of 67Personal attacks, 2025-07: 4.5% of 66Personal attacks, 2025-08: 13.8% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-09: 18.2% of 55Personal attacks, 2025-10: 9.1% of 66Personal attacks, 2025-11: 7.5% of 40Personal attacks, 2025-12: 16.7% of 36Personal attacks, 2026-01: 12.1% of 58Personal attacks, 2026-02: 14.0% of 57Personal attacks, 2026-03: 23.3% of 43Personal attacks, 2026-04: 10.3% of 58Personal attacks, 2026-05: 13.5% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-06: 8.1% of 62Personal attacks, 2026-07: 12.7% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-08: 8.7% of 23Personal attacks, 2026-09: 8.3% of 48Personal attacks, 2026-10: 8.3% of 24Policy criticismpeak 43.5% · Jun ’26 · latest 4.2%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 24.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2025-02: 24.1% of 58Policy criticism, 2025-03: 29.4% of 85Policy criticism, 2025-04: 21.4% of 70Policy criticism, 2025-05: 18.3% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-06: 43.3% of 67Policy criticism, 2025-07: 42.4% of 66Policy criticism, 2025-08: 41.4% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-09: 36.4% of 55Policy criticism, 2025-10: 33.3% of 66Policy criticism, 2025-11: 35.0% of 40Policy criticism, 2025-12: 38.9% of 36Policy criticism, 2026-01: 10.3% of 58Policy criticism, 2026-02: 38.6% of 57Policy criticism, 2026-03: 25.6% of 43Policy criticism, 2026-04: 32.8% of 58Policy criticism, 2026-05: 35.1% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-06: 43.5% of 62Policy criticism, 2026-07: 18.2% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-08: 13.0% of 23Policy criticism, 2026-09: 27.1% of 48Policy criticism, 2026-10: 4.2% of 24Policy discussionpeak 91.7% · Dec ’25 · latest 87.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 71.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2025-02: 70.7% of 58Policy discussion, 2025-03: 68.2% of 85Policy discussion, 2025-04: 64.3% of 70Policy discussion, 2025-05: 66.2% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-06: 82.1% of 67Policy discussion, 2025-07: 69.7% of 66Policy discussion, 2025-08: 72.4% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-09: 69.1% of 55Policy discussion, 2025-10: 66.7% of 66Policy discussion, 2025-11: 55.0% of 40Policy discussion, 2025-12: 91.7% of 36Policy discussion, 2026-01: 87.9% of 58Policy discussion, 2026-02: 63.2% of 57Policy discussion, 2026-03: 58.1% of 43Policy discussion, 2026-04: 72.4% of 58Policy discussion, 2026-05: 70.3% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-06: 82.3% of 62Policy discussion, 2026-07: 87.3% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-08: 82.6% of 23Policy discussion, 2026-09: 81.3% of 48Policy discussion, 2026-10: 87.5% of 24Bipartisanshippeak 9.1% · Oct ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 5.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 5.2% of 58Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.7% of 85Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 1.4% of 70Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 4.2% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 1.5% of 67Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 1.5% of 66Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 3.5% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.0% of 55Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 9.1% of 66Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 2.5% of 40Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 5.6% of 36Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 3.5% of 58Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 3.5% of 57Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 43Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 1.7% of 58Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 2.7% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 4.8% of 62Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 7.3% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 23Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 48Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 24Credit claimingpeak 35.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 4.2%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 35.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2025-02: 31.0% of 58Credit claiming, 2025-03: 14.1% of 85Credit claiming, 2025-04: 18.6% of 70Credit claiming, 2025-05: 14.1% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-06: 10.4% of 67Credit claiming, 2025-07: 7.6% of 66Credit claiming, 2025-08: 24.1% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-09: 10.9% of 55Credit claiming, 2025-10: 3.0% of 66Credit claiming, 2025-11: 7.5% of 40Credit claiming, 2025-12: 19.4% of 36Credit claiming, 2026-01: 8.6% of 58Credit claiming, 2026-02: 7.0% of 57Credit claiming, 2026-03: 7.0% of 43Credit claiming, 2026-04: 25.9% of 58Credit claiming, 2026-05: 8.1% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-06: 17.7% of 62Credit claiming, 2026-07: 18.2% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-08: 8.7% of 23Credit claiming, 2026-09: 16.7% of 48Credit claiming, 2026-10: 4.2% of 24Extreme labelspeak 8.6% · Feb ’25 · latest 8.3%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 4.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2025-02: 8.6% of 58Extreme labels, 2025-03: 2.4% of 85Extreme labels, 2025-04: 4.3% of 70Extreme labels, 2025-05: 4.2% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-06: 1.5% of 67Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 66Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-09: 5.5% of 55Extreme labels, 2025-10: 7.6% of 66Extreme labels, 2025-11: 5.0% of 40Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.8% of 36Extreme labels, 2026-01: 3.5% of 58Extreme labels, 2026-02: 3.5% of 57Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 43Extreme labels, 2026-04: 3.5% of 58Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-06: 4.8% of 62Extreme labels, 2026-07: 1.8% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-08: 4.3% of 23Extreme labels, 2026-09: 8.3% of 48Extreme labels, 2026-10: 8.3% of 24Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for García, 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 ’251007.0%24.0%71.0%5.0%35.0%4.0%
Feb ’255810.3%24.1%70.7%5.2%31.0%8.6%
Mar ’25859.4%29.4%68.2%4.7%14.1%2.4%
Apr ’257011.4%21.4%64.3%1.4%18.6%4.3%
May ’25714.2%18.3%66.2%4.2%14.1%4.2%
Jun ’25671.5%43.3%82.1%1.5%10.4%1.5%
Jul ’25664.5%42.4%69.7%1.5%7.6%0.0%
Aug ’252913.8%41.4%72.4%3.5%24.1%0.0%
Sep ’255518.2%36.4%69.1%0.0%10.9%5.5%
Oct ’25669.1%33.3%66.7%9.1%3.0%7.6%
Nov ’25407.5%35.0%55.0%2.5%7.5%5.0%
Dec ’253616.7%38.9%91.7%5.6%19.4%2.8%
Jan ’265812.1%10.3%87.9%3.5%8.6%3.5%
Feb ’265714.0%38.6%63.2%3.5%7.0%3.5%
Mar ’264323.3%25.6%58.1%0.0%7.0%0.0%
Apr ’265810.3%32.8%72.4%1.7%25.9%3.5%
May ’263713.5%35.1%70.3%2.7%8.1%0.0%
Jun ’26628.1%43.5%82.3%4.8%17.7%4.8%
Jul ’265512.7%18.2%87.3%7.3%18.2%1.8%
Aug ’26238.7%13.0%82.6%0.0%8.7%4.3%
Sep ’26488.3%27.1%81.3%0.0%16.7%8.3%
Oct ’26248.3%4.2%87.5%0.0%4.2%8.3%
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 García’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.

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; Energy; target: Trump · Source

Bipartisanship

Reps. García and Fitzpatrick, Sen. Markey, Reintroduce Legislation to Strengthen Supports for Airport Service Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Chuy García (IL-04) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), reintroduced the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, legisl…

Jul 15, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Labor and Employment; Transportation and Public Works; Health · Source

Extreme label

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

Oct 12, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “extreme” aimed at raid · 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 · Armed Forces and National Security · Energy · target: TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Foreign Trade and International Finance · International Affairs · target: Donald TrumpSource

  3. 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: TrumpSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Energy · Environmental Protection · target: TrumpSource

  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: TrumpSource

All 1,208 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: 904 posts on X, 214 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches, 2 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Immigration is what García talks about most: 41% of policy statements, 3.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.70 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 70th 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 García talks about. The bills García sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What García talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%45%
García
Peers
Immigration363 statements
41%
11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues187 statements
21%
13%
Government Operations and Politics146 statements
17%
20%
Health134 statements
15%
26%
Crime and Law Enforcement122 statements
14%
9%
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Policy areas García talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowGarcíaPeers
Immigration41%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues21%13%
Government Operations and Politics17%20%
Health15%26%
Crime and Law Enforcement14%9%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of García’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 45%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 41% (House Democrats 11%)41%Immigration, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 4%)8%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 13%)21%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 5%)6%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 20%)17%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 11%)9%HealthHealth, talks about: 15% (House Democrats 26%)15%Health, legislates on: 15% (House Democrats 16%)15%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 14% (House Democrats 9%)14%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 7%)8%
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García's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Immigration41%11%8%4%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues21%13%6%5%
Government Operations and Politics17%20%9%11%
Health15%26%15%16%
Crime and Law Enforcement14%9%8%7%
0.70

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 70th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

García sits at −1.30 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 88% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.32 to −1.28, which understates the uncertainty; from 996 donors and 3,712 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”.

−1.30

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.32 to −1.28. From 996 donors and 3,712 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0García −1.3House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is García, 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 García’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 García sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0García −1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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García's CSIP score of −1.30 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of García
House Democrats217−1.012%
All House439+0.36%
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 García 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 García.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

García raised $376.0K in the 2026 cycle, 19% of the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 7.7% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 89% of itemized individual money came from Illinois.

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
$376.0K

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 169 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): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $178.8K (47.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $15.0K (4.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $15.0K (4.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $15.0K (4.0%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $15.0K (4.0%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $155.8K (41.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $25.6K (6.8%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)48 squares$178.8K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)4 squares$15.0K
  • PACs and other committees41 squares$155.8K
  • Party committees$779
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)7 squares$25.6K
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Sources of García's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$178.8K47.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$15.0K4.0%
PACs and other committees$155.8K41.4%
Party committees$7790.2%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$25.6K6.8%
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: $838.1K$838.1K20202022 cycle: $939.0K$939.0K20222024 cycle: $863.0K$863.0K20242026 cycle: $376.0K$376.0K2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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García's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$838.1K
2022 cycle$939.0K
2024 cycle$863.0K
2026 cycle$376.0K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 89% came from Illinois.

  1. Illinois$134.2K
  2. District of Columbia$5,785
  3. New York$3,500
  4. California$2,550
  5. Missouri$2,000

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%
García
Median
2026
8%
13%
2024
8%
13%
2022
8%
13%
2020
11%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowGarcíaMedian
2026 cycle8%13%
2024 cycle8%13%
2022 cycle8%13%
2020 cycle11%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $134.2KILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $3,500NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $250INOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $2,550CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $2,000MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $1,500VAMaryland: $150MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $5,785DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $500TXFlorida: $950FL
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García's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Illinois$134.2K
District of Columbia$5,785
New York$3,500
California$2,550
Missouri$2,000
Virginia$1,500
Florida$950
Texas$500
Indiana$250
Maryland$150
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
169

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

89%

from Illinois

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 Illinois. 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: 30%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 53%53%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 13%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 3.0%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.3%← More liberalMore conservative →
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Ideology of García's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to 0.00: 30% between −1.50 and −1.25, 53% between −1.25 and −1.00, 13% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.2530%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0053%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7513%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.503.0%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.3%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of García’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; García’s own score is −1.30.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$23.8K 32 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$13.1K 13 donors
  3. CONSULTANT$10.8K 14 donors
  4. PRESIDENT$9,450 6 donors
  5. LAWYER$6,885 9 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$5,000
  2. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
  3. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$5,000
  4. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
  5. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$5,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. COOK COUNTY$1,825 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

García voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 2.1% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, García voted against the majority of House Democrats 23 times.

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

23

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.5%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 42nd of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
García
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.9%
96.9%
120th of 217
Party unity
99.5%
96.4%
42nd of 217
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García's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowGarcíaPeers
Attendance97.9%96.9%
Party unity99.5%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

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
NayAgainst 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 García most often

  1. Gregorio CasarD564 shared votes99%
  2. Maxwell FrostD657 shared votes99%
  3. Pramila JayapalD615 shared votes99%
  4. Adelita GrijalvaD383 shared votes98%
  5. Suzanne BonamiciD655 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as García least often

  1. Chip RoyR626 shared votes15%
  2. Ralph NormanR589 shared votes16%
  3. Eric BurlisonR633 shared votes16%
  4. Josh BrecheenR632 shared votes17%
  5. Andy BiggsR596 shared votes17%
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

García sponsored 9 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 591 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills García 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

Sponsored9 billsSponsored, Introduced: 99Sponsored, In committee: 99Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored591 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 591591Cosponsored, In committee: 591591Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1111Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills García sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored99000
Cosponsored5915911122
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills García sponsored, ochre blocks bills García 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 García, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.

  1. Eleanor Norton125
  2. Rashida Tlaib122
  3. Delia Ramirez77
  4. Hank Johnson Jr.65
  5. Summer Lee57
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 García’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. 10875To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 50, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 10853Yemen TPS ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10815Bright Beginnings ActCosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Oct 15, 2026
H.Res. 1627Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to preserve and expand pathways to citizenship.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10803To abolish the Department of Homeland Security and establish a Department of Community Safety, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 13, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and Workforce, Appropriations, Ways and Means, and 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 13, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 71 times in 90 days. García’s official site had 39 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images García posted on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls García’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 García 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.

Social accounts

Images García posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A page from a formal congressional letter dated October 1, 2026, addressed to the U.S. ambassador to Israel. It contains several paragraphs discussing violence in a West Bank village, followed by footnotes with citations and a page number.
    A page from a formal congressional letter dated October 1, 2026, addressed to the U.S. ambassador to Israel. It contains several paragraphs discussing violence in a West Bank village, followed by footnotes with citations and a page number.View post
  • A political graphic shows a man in profile in front of a hillside village. Large white headline text and a yellow quotation appear over a black background beneath the photo, with a congressional seal and name near the bottom and a yellow arrow.
    A political graphic shows a man in profile in front of a hillside village. Large white headline text and a yellow quotation appear over a black background beneath the photo, with a congressional seal and name near the bottom and a yellow arrow.View post
  • A page from a formal letter, with several paragraphs of printed text, a closing, four handwritten signatures above printed names and titles, footnotes with citations, and a page number.
    A page from a formal letter, with several paragraphs of printed text, a closing, four handwritten signatures above printed names and titles, footnotes with citations, and a page number.View post
  • A political news graphic featuring a man wearing glasses and a dark polo shirt, leaning over a table. Large headline and a highlighted quote are overlaid on the photo, with a congressional seal and branding at the bottom.
    A political news graphic featuring a man wearing glasses and a dark polo shirt, leaning over a table. Large headline and a highlighted quote are overlaid on the photo, with a congressional seal and branding at the bottom.View post
  • An informational graphic over a photograph of a low, white-roofed building beneath a blue sky. Yellow boxes label two sections, with large outlined text describing a congressional effort to stop the relocation of historical records from a Chicago facility and explaining the reasons for doing so.
    An informational graphic over a photograph of a low, white-roofed building beneath a blue sky. Yellow boxes label two sections, with large outlined text describing a congressional effort to stop the relocation of historical records from a Chicago facility and explaining the reasons for doing so.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 García 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
G000586
Bioguide
G000586
FEC candidate ids
H8IL04134

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

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

How the measures work

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

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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