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Republican · U.S. House, Texas’s 5th district

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

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Portrait of Lance Gooden, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
4.6×
the House Republican rate of personal attacks

9.8% of 2,090 statements contain a personal attack (204 statements); the average for House Republicans is 2.1%. Ranks 7th of 221, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Gooden’s posts on X, newsletters, Congressional Record speeches and press releases and marks whether it attacks a person’s character, integrity or loyalty. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Republicans and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 1.2% of Gooden’s statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans (average 8.9%). 9.4% of Gooden’s statements use an extreme label, 3.1 times the House Republican average of 3.0%.

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

Personal attacks

9.8%

House Republicans average 2.1% · ranks 7th of 221

Bipartisanship

1.2%

House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 214th of 221

Extreme labels

9.4%

House Republicans average 3.0% · ranks 8th of 221

Policy criticism

26%

House Republicans average 15% · ranks 15th of 221

CSIP ideology

+1.30

More conservative than 87% of House Republicans · ± 0.02

Credit claiming

25%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 187th of 221

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Gooden says

Gooden stresses bipartisanship less than 96% of House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 1.2% of 2,090 statements, against 8.9% for the average House Republican; 214th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Gooden’s 2,090 statements in the 119th Congress (2,004 posts on X, 45 newsletters, 23 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Gooden
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,467 statements
70%
68%
100th of 221
Policy criticism533 statements
26%
15%
15th of 221
Credit claiming521 statements
25%
37%
187th of 221
Personal attacks204 statements
10%
2%
7th of 221
Bipartisanship25 statements
1%
9%
214th of 221
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Gooden's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowGoodenPeers
Policy discussion70%68%
Policy criticism26%15%
Credit claiming25%37%
Personal attacks10%2%
Bipartisanship1%9%
2,090

statements classified

2,004 posts on X, 45 newsletters, 23 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 2,004 (95.9%)posts on X 2,004newsletters: 45 (2.2%)press releases: 23 (1.1%)Congressional Record speeches: 18 (0.9%)
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Gooden's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,004
newsletters45
press releases23
Congressional Record speeches18
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Gooden used extreme labels in 9.4% of statements, 3.1 times the peer average. 197 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 3.0%.

  1. “radical”46
  2. “woke”17
  3. “communist”16
  4. “extreme”10
  5. “far left”10

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrats43
  2. Democrat Party13
  3. Donald Trump4
  4. Left4
  5. Antifa3
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: 1082025-02: 1072025-03: 1022025-04: 952025-05: 862025-06: 1002025-07: 912025-08: 842025-09: 922025-10: 852025-11: 812025-12: 952026-01: 1122026-02: 982026-03: 1002026-04: 882026-05: 892026-06: 992026-07: 982026-08: 942026-09: 952026-10: 91peak 112 · Jan ’26Personal attackspeak 15.7% · Jan ’25 · latest 4.4%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 15.7% of 108Personal attacks, 2025-02: 14.0% of 107Personal attacks, 2025-03: 9.8% of 102Personal attacks, 2025-04: 9.5% of 95Personal attacks, 2025-05: 10.5% of 86Personal attacks, 2025-06: 8.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2025-07: 8.8% of 91Personal attacks, 2025-08: 11.9% of 84Personal attacks, 2025-09: 12.0% of 92Personal attacks, 2025-10: 9.4% of 85Personal attacks, 2025-11: 6.2% of 81Personal attacks, 2025-12: 12.6% of 95Personal attacks, 2026-01: 8.9% of 112Personal attacks, 2026-02: 3.1% of 98Personal attacks, 2026-03: 5.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2026-04: 13.6% of 88Personal attacks, 2026-05: 14.6% of 89Personal attacks, 2026-06: 9.1% of 99Personal attacks, 2026-07: 11.2% of 98Personal attacks, 2026-08: 9.6% of 94Personal attacks, 2026-09: 6.3% of 95Personal attacks, 2026-10: 4.4% of 91Policy criticismpeak 49.1% · Jan ’25 · latest 9.9%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 49.1% of 108Policy criticism, 2025-02: 45.8% of 107Policy criticism, 2025-03: 31.4% of 102Policy criticism, 2025-04: 25.3% of 95Policy criticism, 2025-05: 17.4% of 86Policy criticism, 2025-06: 15.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2025-07: 28.6% of 91Policy criticism, 2025-08: 23.8% of 84Policy criticism, 2025-09: 26.1% of 92Policy criticism, 2025-10: 42.4% of 85Policy criticism, 2025-11: 45.7% of 81Policy criticism, 2025-12: 12.6% of 95Policy criticism, 2026-01: 4.5% of 112Policy criticism, 2026-02: 33.7% of 98Policy criticism, 2026-03: 46.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2026-04: 17.1% of 88Policy criticism, 2026-05: 21.3% of 89Policy criticism, 2026-06: 28.3% of 99Policy criticism, 2026-07: 16.3% of 98Policy criticism, 2026-08: 6.4% of 94Policy criticism, 2026-09: 13.7% of 95Policy criticism, 2026-10: 9.9% of 91Policy discussionpeak 93.4% · Oct ’26 · latest 93.4%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 75.9% of 108Policy discussion, 2025-02: 75.7% of 107Policy discussion, 2025-03: 63.7% of 102Policy discussion, 2025-04: 61.1% of 95Policy discussion, 2025-05: 55.8% of 86Policy discussion, 2025-06: 59.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2025-07: 68.1% of 91Policy discussion, 2025-08: 63.1% of 84Policy discussion, 2025-09: 51.1% of 92Policy discussion, 2025-10: 62.4% of 85Policy discussion, 2025-11: 69.1% of 81Policy discussion, 2025-12: 75.8% of 95Policy discussion, 2026-01: 89.3% of 112Policy discussion, 2026-02: 57.1% of 98Policy discussion, 2026-03: 65.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2026-04: 75.0% of 88Policy discussion, 2026-05: 65.2% of 89Policy discussion, 2026-06: 53.5% of 99Policy discussion, 2026-07: 81.6% of 98Policy discussion, 2026-08: 86.2% of 94Policy discussion, 2026-09: 91.6% of 95Policy discussion, 2026-10: 93.4% of 91Bipartisanshippeak 5.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 5.6% of 108Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 2.8% of 107Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 1.0% of 102Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 3.2% of 95Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 86Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 1.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 91Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 84Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 4.3% of 92Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 1.2% of 85Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 1.2% of 81Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 95Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 1.8% of 112Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 98Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 1.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 88Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 89Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 1.0% of 99Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 1.0% of 98Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 94Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 95Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 91Credit claimingpeak 39.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 15.4%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 29.6% of 108Credit claiming, 2025-02: 39.3% of 107Credit claiming, 2025-03: 17.6% of 102Credit claiming, 2025-04: 23.2% of 95Credit claiming, 2025-05: 34.9% of 86Credit claiming, 2025-06: 18.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2025-07: 28.6% of 91Credit claiming, 2025-08: 29.8% of 84Credit claiming, 2025-09: 21.7% of 92Credit claiming, 2025-10: 23.5% of 85Credit claiming, 2025-11: 22.2% of 81Credit claiming, 2025-12: 36.8% of 95Credit claiming, 2026-01: 28.6% of 112Credit claiming, 2026-02: 25.5% of 98Credit claiming, 2026-03: 14.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2026-04: 23.9% of 88Credit claiming, 2026-05: 24.7% of 89Credit claiming, 2026-06: 18.2% of 99Credit claiming, 2026-07: 19.4% of 98Credit claiming, 2026-08: 26.6% of 94Credit claiming, 2026-09: 26.3% of 95Credit claiming, 2026-10: 15.4% of 91Extreme labelspeak 20.2% · Jun ’26 · latest 4.4%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 10.2% of 108Extreme labels, 2025-02: 4.7% of 107Extreme labels, 2025-03: 8.8% of 102Extreme labels, 2025-04: 9.5% of 95Extreme labels, 2025-05: 4.7% of 86Extreme labels, 2025-06: 11.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2025-07: 8.8% of 91Extreme labels, 2025-08: 9.5% of 84Extreme labels, 2025-09: 18.5% of 92Extreme labels, 2025-10: 18.8% of 85Extreme labels, 2025-11: 13.6% of 81Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.1% of 95Extreme labels, 2026-01: 3.6% of 112Extreme labels, 2026-02: 11.2% of 98Extreme labels, 2026-03: 18.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2026-04: 5.7% of 88Extreme labels, 2026-05: 14.6% of 89Extreme labels, 2026-06: 20.2% of 99Extreme labels, 2026-07: 8.2% of 98Extreme labels, 2026-08: 2.1% of 94Extreme labels, 2026-09: 1.1% of 95Extreme labels, 2026-10: 4.4% of 91Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Gooden, 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 ’2510815.7%49.1%75.9%5.6%29.6%10.2%
Feb ’2510714.0%45.8%75.7%2.8%39.3%4.7%
Mar ’251029.8%31.4%63.7%1.0%17.6%8.8%
Apr ’25959.5%25.3%61.1%3.2%23.2%9.5%
May ’258610.5%17.4%55.8%0.0%34.9%4.7%
Jun ’251008.0%15.0%59.0%1.0%18.0%11.0%
Jul ’25918.8%28.6%68.1%0.0%28.6%8.8%
Aug ’258411.9%23.8%63.1%0.0%29.8%9.5%
Sep ’259212.0%26.1%51.1%4.3%21.7%18.5%
Oct ’25859.4%42.4%62.4%1.2%23.5%18.8%
Nov ’25816.2%45.7%69.1%1.2%22.2%13.6%
Dec ’259512.6%12.6%75.8%0.0%36.8%2.1%
Jan ’261128.9%4.5%89.3%1.8%28.6%3.6%
Feb ’26983.1%33.7%57.1%0.0%25.5%11.2%
Mar ’261005.0%46.0%65.0%1.0%14.0%18.0%
Apr ’268813.6%17.1%75.0%0.0%23.9%5.7%
May ’268914.6%21.3%65.2%0.0%24.7%14.6%
Jun ’26999.1%28.3%53.5%1.0%18.2%20.2%
Jul ’269811.2%16.3%81.6%1.0%19.4%8.2%
Aug ’26949.6%6.4%86.2%0.0%26.6%2.1%
Sep ’26956.3%13.7%91.6%0.0%26.3%1.1%
Oct ’26914.4%9.9%93.4%0.0%15.4%4.4%
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 Gooden’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 24, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Immigration; Crime and Law Enforcement; target: Eduardd Sosa, Gjina McDonald, James Herrmann, Karl Fout, Lawton McKenzie, Lionel Paul, Ludgardys Matthews, Mervin Bogle, Ramona Abreu-Exia, Robert Harold · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Jul 29, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Extreme label

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

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · extreme label “radical” aimed at James Talarico · 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 · Government Operations and Politics · Immigration · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Eduardd Sosa, Gjina McDonald, James Herrmann, Karl Fout, Lawton McKenzie, Lionel Paul, Ludgardys Matthews, Mervin Bogle, Ramona Abreu-Exia, Robert HaroldSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: James TalaricoSource

  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 · Immigration · target: Gavin NewsomSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · Government Operations and Politics · target: DemocratsSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: James TalaricoSource

All 2,090 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: 2,004 posts on X, 45 newsletters, 23 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Immigration is what Gooden talks about most: 39% of policy statements, 2.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.64 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 125th of 221).

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

What Gooden talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%43%
Gooden
Peers
Immigration576 statements
39%
13%
Government Operations and Politics343 statements
23%
19%
Crime and Law Enforcement253 statements
17%
12%
Economics and Public Finance226 statements
15%
19%
Armed Forces and National Security177 statements
12%
24%
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Policy areas Gooden talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowGoodenPeers
Immigration39%13%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%
Crime and Law Enforcement17%12%
Economics and Public Finance15%19%
Armed Forces and National Security12%24%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 43%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 39% (House Republicans 13%)39%Immigration, legislates on: 7% (House Republicans 5%)7%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 10% (House Republicans 12%)10%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 17% (House Republicans 12%)17%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 21% (House Republicans 9%)21%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 15% (House Republicans 19%)15%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (House Republicans 2%)1%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 12% (House Republicans 24%)12%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 7% (House Republicans 8%)7%
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Gooden's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Immigration39%13%7%5%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%10%12%
Crime and Law Enforcement17%12%21%9%
Economics and Public Finance15%19%1%2%
Armed Forces and National Security12%24%7%8%
0.64

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 125th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Gooden sits at +1.30 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 87% of House Republicans. Approximate range +1.29 to +1.32, which understates the uncertainty; from 884 donors and 3,811 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 +1.29 to +1.32. From 884 donors and 3,811 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Gooden, 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 Gooden’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 Gooden sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Gooden +1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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Gooden's CSIP score of +1.30 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Gooden
House Republicans221+1.086%
All House439+0.393%
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 Gooden 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 Gooden.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Gooden raised $1.5M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 1.4% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 68% of itemized individual money came from Texas.

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
$1.5M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 164 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $428.9K (28.1%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: 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committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)PACs and other committees: $632.3K (41.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $458.9K (30.1%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)28 squares$428.9K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$6,192
  • PACs and other committees42 squares$632.3K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)30 squares$458.9K
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Sources of Gooden's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$428.9K28.1%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$6,1920.4%
PACs and other committees$632.3K41.4%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$458.9K30.1%
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 Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $1.6M$1.6M20202022 cycle: $1.0M$1.0M20222024 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M20242026 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Gooden's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.6M
2022 cycle$1.0M
2024 cycle$1.1M
2026 cycle$1.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 68% came from Texas.

  1. Texas$265.1K
  2. New York$24.8K
  3. Virginia$13.8K
  4. Puerto Rico$10.0K
  5. Florida$9,800

Small donations

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

0%60%
Gooden
Median
2026
1%
9%
2024
1%
9%
2022
2%
9%
2020
3%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowGoodenMedian
2026 cycle1%9%
2024 cycle1%9%
2022 cycle2%9%
2020 cycle3%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $500WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $7,000ILWisconsin: $3,500WIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $24.8KNYRhode Island: $500RIMassachusetts: $250MAOregon: no dataORNevada: $3,300NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: $1,000NJConnecticut: $3,500CTCalifornia: $3,500CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $13.8KVAMaryland: $7,500MDDelaware: $5,000DEArizona: $1,000AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $3,000ARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: $1,500SCDistrict of Columbia: $7,500DCOklahoma: $3,300OKLouisiana: $5,000LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $3,000GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $265.1KTXFlorida: $9,800FL
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Gooden's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Texas$265.1K
New York$24.8K
Virginia$13.8K
Florida$9,800
Maryland$7,500
District of Columbia$7,500
Illinois$7,000
Delaware$5,000
Louisiana$5,000
Wisconsin$3,500
Connecticut$3,500
California$3,500
Nevada$3,300
Oklahoma$3,300
Arkansas$3,000
Georgia$3,000
South Carolina$1,500
New Jersey$1,000
Arizona$1,000
Washington$500
Rhode Island$500
Massachusetts$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
MichiganNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
164

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

68%

from Texas

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 0.3%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.8%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.7%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 3.7%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.1%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 2.5%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 18%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 18%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 54%54%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Gooden's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.25 to +1.50: 18% between +0.75 and +1.00, 18% between +1.00 and +1.25, 54% between +1.25 and +1.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.25 to −1.000.3%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.8%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.7%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.253.7%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.1%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.752.5%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0018%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2518%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.5054%
How to read the columns

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CEO$50.0K 14 donors
  2. OWNER$33.4K 12 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$19.8K 8 donors
  4. REAL ESTATE$18.3K 8 donors
  5. PRESIDENT$16.0K 5 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. GOODEN VICTORY FUND$116.2K
  2. START RISING PAC$15.0K
  3. AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC)$10.0K
  4. DEFENDING THE AMERICAN DREAM PAC$10.0K
  5. DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. OWNER$13.3K 3 donors
  2. PEACHTREE GROUP$3,500 4 donors
  3. EB5 CAPITAL$2,500 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Gooden voted with the majority of House Republicans on 99.1% of party-line votes and missed 0.9% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Gooden voted against the majority of House Republicans 19 times.

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

19

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 99.1%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 41st of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Gooden
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.1%
96.3%
49th of 221
Party unity
99.1%
97.1%
41st of 221
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Gooden's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowGoodenPeers
Attendance99.1%96.3%
Party unity99.1%97.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Gooden most often

  1. Pat FallonR660 shared votes98%
  2. Mike JohnsonR518 shared votes98%
  3. Julia LetlowR630 shared votes98%
  4. Lloyd SmuckerR649 shared votes97%
  5. Sam GravesR621 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Gooden least often

  1. Rashida TlaibD652 shared votes22%
  2. Gregorio CasarD569 shared votes22%
  3. Delia RamirezD635 shared votes22%
  4. Adelita GrijalvaD388 shared votes22%
  5. Jan SchakowskyD622 shared votes23%
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

Gooden sponsored 14 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 227 others. 7.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 169th of 216).

The bills Gooden 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

Sponsored14 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1414Sponsored, In committee: 1414Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored227 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 227227Cosponsored, In committee: 227227Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 2929Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Gooden sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1414000
Cosponsored2272272932
How to read the blocks

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

7.1%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 169th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Brandon Gill20
  2. Randy Weber Sr.17
  3. Ben Cline14
  4. Thomas Tiffany14
  5. Brian Babin13
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 Gooden’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. 10620Barron’s LawCosponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeTransportation and Public WorksReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Sep 28, 2026
H.R. 10542Combating Pasture Mealybug ActCosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeAgriculture and FoodReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10317Inventory Act of 2026CosponsorSep 8, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Sep 8, 2026
H.R. 10272End Gas Station Heroin ActSponsorSep 3, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Sep 3, 2026
H.Res. 1481Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.CosponsorAug 13, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on House Administration. Aug 13, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 127 times in 90 days. Gooden’s official site had 51 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Gooden posted on Oct 22, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    gooden.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    51

    pages crawled

    127

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    www.lancegooden.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    3

    pages crawled

    1

    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 Gooden posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A screenshot of a social media post showing a long list of Texas political candidates endorsed by Donald J. Trump, followed by a closing endorsement statement. The post includes a profile picture and account details.
    A screenshot of a social media post showing a long list of Texas political candidates endorsed by Donald J. Trump, followed by a closing endorsement statement. The post includes a profile picture and account details.View post
  • A dark-background line chart comparing annual drug-related deaths from 2015 through 2026. Fentanyl deaths rise to a peak and then decline; meth and cocaine deaths also rise and later fall, while heroin deaths trend downward. The chart includes a title, legend, axis labels, source notes, and a social media handle.
    A dark-background line chart comparing annual drug-related deaths from 2015 through 2026. Fentanyl deaths rise to a peak and then decline; meth and cocaine deaths also rise and later fall, while heroin deaths trend downward. The chart includes a title, legend, axis labels, source notes, and a social media handle.View post
  • A screenshot of a social media post attributed to Donald J. Trump, with a profile image and a long text endorsement of Congressman Lance Gooden. The post includes visible text.
    A screenshot of a social media post attributed to Donald J. Trump, with a profile image and a long text endorsement of Congressman Lance Gooden. The post includes visible text.View post
  • A screenshot of a news article webpage with a headline and byline above a photograph of a woman looking up at a tall U.S.-Mexico border fence topped with coils of barbed wire. A warning sign is attached to the fence.
    A screenshot of a news article webpage with a headline and byline above a photograph of a woman looking up at a tall U.S.-Mexico border fence topped with coils of barbed wire. A warning sign is attached to the fence.View post
  • A screenshot of a social media post attributed to Donald J. Trump, with a circular profile picture and verification-style badges above a large block of text.
    A screenshot of a social media post attributed to Donald J. Trump, with a circular profile picture and verification-style badges above a large block of text.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 Gooden is most unusual among House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
G000589
Bioguide
G000589
FEC candidate ids
H8TX05144

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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