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Democrat · U.S. House, California’s 42nd district

Serving since Jan 3, 2023119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Robert Garcia, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
2.6×
the House Democrat rate of personal attacks

17% of 1,508 statements contain a personal attack (259 statements); the average for House Democrats is 6.6%. Ranks 10th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Garcia’s press releases, posts on X, Congressional Record speeches and newsletters 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 Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 57% of Garcia’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the top 5% of House Democrats (median 13%). 61% of Garcia’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 73%).

The measures on which Garcia 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.

Personal attacks

17%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 10th of 216

Small donations, 2026

57%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 10th of 214

Policy discussion

61%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 203rd of 216

Credit claiming

13%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 196th of 216

CSIP ideology

−1.26

More liberal than 86% of House Democrats · ± 0.03

Attendance

94.0%

House Democrats average 96.9% · ranks 193rd of 217 · 674 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Garcia says

Garcia attacks opponents personally more than 95% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 17% of 1,508 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 10th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Garcia’s 1,508 statements in the 119th Congress (1,301 posts on X, 100 Congressional Record speeches, 56 press releases, 51 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%
Garcia
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion915 statements
61%
73%
203rd of 216
Policy criticism376 statements
25%
28%
144th of 216
Personal attacks259 statements
17%
7%
10th of 216
Credit claiming192 statements
13%
23%
196th of 216
Bipartisanship73 statements
5%
10%
183rd of 216
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Garcia's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowGarciaPeers
Policy discussion61%73%
Policy criticism25%28%
Personal attacks17%7%
Credit claiming13%23%
Bipartisanship5%10%
1,508

statements classified

1,301 posts on X, 100 Congressional Record speeches, 56 press releases, 51 newsletters.

posts on X: 1,301 (86.3%)posts on X 1,301Congressional Record speeches: 100 (6.6%)press releases: 56 (3.7%)newsletters: 51 (3.4%)
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Garcia's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,301
Congressional Record speeches100
press releases56
newsletters51
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Garcia used extreme labels in 1.9% of statements, close to the peer average. 29 statements, most often aimed at conservatives; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”16
  2. “MAGA”7
  3. “far right”1
  4. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. conservatives2
  2. Donald Trump2
  3. Republicans2
  4. Trump2
  5. conservative extremists1
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: 882025-02: 612025-03: 642025-04: 642025-05: 492025-06: 542025-07: 602025-08: 712025-09: 1092025-10: 782025-11: 862025-12: 1012026-01: 752026-02: 802026-03: 612026-04: 642026-05: 552026-06: 672026-07: 572026-08: 522026-09: 622026-10: 50peak 109 · Sep ’25Personal attackspeak 35.5% · Sep ’26 · latest 26.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 9.1% of 88Personal attacks, 2025-02: 24.6% of 61Personal attacks, 2025-03: 21.9% of 64Personal attacks, 2025-04: 7.8% of 64Personal attacks, 2025-05: 12.2% of 49Personal attacks, 2025-06: 9.3% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-07: 33.3% of 60Personal attacks, 2025-08: 16.9% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-09: 8.3% of 109Personal attacks, 2025-10: 12.8% of 78Personal attacks, 2025-11: 7.0% of 86Personal attacks, 2025-12: 5.9% of 101Personal attacks, 2026-01: 21.3% of 75Personal attacks, 2026-02: 18.8% of 80Personal attacks, 2026-03: 16.4% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-04: 15.6% of 64Personal attacks, 2026-05: 25.4% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-06: 14.9% of 67Personal attacks, 2026-07: 29.8% of 57Personal attacks, 2026-08: 30.8% of 52Personal attacks, 2026-09: 35.5% of 62Personal attacks, 2026-10: 26.0% of 50Policy criticismpeak 49.0% · May ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 29.5% of 88Policy criticism, 2025-02: 44.3% of 61Policy criticism, 2025-03: 34.4% of 64Policy criticism, 2025-04: 46.9% of 64Policy criticism, 2025-05: 49.0% of 49Policy criticism, 2025-06: 29.6% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-07: 13.3% of 60Policy criticism, 2025-08: 25.4% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-09: 19.3% of 109Policy criticism, 2025-10: 48.7% of 78Policy criticism, 2025-11: 29.1% of 86Policy criticism, 2025-12: 13.9% of 101Policy criticism, 2026-01: 14.7% of 75Policy criticism, 2026-02: 23.8% of 80Policy criticism, 2026-03: 31.1% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-04: 10.9% of 64Policy criticism, 2026-05: 20.0% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-06: 40.3% of 67Policy criticism, 2026-07: 7.0% of 57Policy criticism, 2026-08: 9.6% of 52Policy criticism, 2026-09: 6.5% of 62Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 50Policy discussionpeak 86.0% · Oct ’26 · latest 86.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 68.2% of 88Policy discussion, 2025-02: 57.4% of 61Policy discussion, 2025-03: 59.4% of 64Policy discussion, 2025-04: 82.8% of 64Policy discussion, 2025-05: 69.4% of 49Policy discussion, 2025-06: 64.8% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-07: 58.3% of 60Policy discussion, 2025-08: 46.5% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-09: 36.7% of 109Policy discussion, 2025-10: 66.7% of 78Policy discussion, 2025-11: 50.0% of 86Policy discussion, 2025-12: 50.5% of 101Policy discussion, 2026-01: 82.7% of 75Policy discussion, 2026-02: 33.8% of 80Policy discussion, 2026-03: 62.3% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-04: 54.7% of 64Policy discussion, 2026-05: 63.6% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-06: 50.7% of 67Policy discussion, 2026-07: 71.9% of 57Policy discussion, 2026-08: 84.6% of 52Policy discussion, 2026-09: 75.8% of 62Policy discussion, 2026-10: 86.0% of 50Bipartisanshippeak 15.6% · Apr ’25 · latest 2.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 8.0% of 88Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 4.9% of 61Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 1.6% of 64Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 15.6% of 64Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 8.2% of 49Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 11.1% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 60Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 9.2% of 109Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 1.3% of 78Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 7.0% of 86Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 5.9% of 101Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 1.3% of 75Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 80Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 9.8% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 4.7% of 64Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 3.6% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 4.5% of 67Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 3.5% of 57Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 1.9% of 52Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 62Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 2.0% of 50Credit claimingpeak 31.8% · Jan ’25 · latest 8.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 31.8% of 88Credit claiming, 2025-02: 21.3% of 61Credit claiming, 2025-03: 10.9% of 64Credit claiming, 2025-04: 26.6% of 64Credit claiming, 2025-05: 12.2% of 49Credit claiming, 2025-06: 20.4% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-07: 8.3% of 60Credit claiming, 2025-08: 12.7% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-09: 9.2% of 109Credit claiming, 2025-10: 9.0% of 78Credit claiming, 2025-11: 8.1% of 86Credit claiming, 2025-12: 8.9% of 101Credit claiming, 2026-01: 8.0% of 75Credit claiming, 2026-02: 3.8% of 80Credit claiming, 2026-03: 14.8% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-04: 10.9% of 64Credit claiming, 2026-05: 20.0% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-06: 3.0% of 67Credit claiming, 2026-07: 15.8% of 57Credit claiming, 2026-08: 11.5% of 52Credit claiming, 2026-09: 9.7% of 62Credit claiming, 2026-10: 8.0% of 50Extreme labelspeak 9.4% · Apr ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 2.3% of 88Extreme labels, 2025-02: 6.6% of 61Extreme labels, 2025-03: 4.7% of 64Extreme labels, 2025-04: 9.4% of 64Extreme labels, 2025-05: 8.2% of 49Extreme labels, 2025-06: 1.8% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-07: 5.0% of 60Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.9% of 109Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.3% of 78Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 86Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 101Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 75Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 80Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 64Extreme labels, 2026-05: 3.6% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.5% of 67Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 57Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 52Extreme labels, 2026-09: 1.6% of 62Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 50Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Garcia, 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 ’25889.1%29.5%68.2%8.0%31.8%2.3%
Feb ’256124.6%44.3%57.4%4.9%21.3%6.6%
Mar ’256421.9%34.4%59.4%1.6%10.9%4.7%
Apr ’25647.8%46.9%82.8%15.6%26.6%9.4%
May ’254912.2%49.0%69.4%8.2%12.2%8.2%
Jun ’25549.3%29.6%64.8%11.1%20.4%1.8%
Jul ’256033.3%13.3%58.3%0.0%8.3%5.0%
Aug ’257116.9%25.4%46.5%0.0%12.7%0.0%
Sep ’251098.3%19.3%36.7%9.2%9.2%0.9%
Oct ’257812.8%48.7%66.7%1.3%9.0%1.3%
Nov ’25867.0%29.1%50.0%7.0%8.1%0.0%
Dec ’251015.9%13.9%50.5%5.9%8.9%0.0%
Jan ’267521.3%14.7%82.7%1.3%8.0%0.0%
Feb ’268018.8%23.8%33.8%0.0%3.8%0.0%
Mar ’266116.4%31.1%62.3%9.8%14.8%0.0%
Apr ’266415.6%10.9%54.7%4.7%10.9%0.0%
May ’265525.4%20.0%63.6%3.6%20.0%3.6%
Jun ’266714.9%40.3%50.7%4.5%3.0%1.5%
Jul ’265729.8%7.0%71.9%3.5%15.8%0.0%
Aug ’265230.8%9.6%84.6%1.9%11.5%0.0%
Sep ’266235.5%6.5%75.8%0.0%9.7%1.6%
Oct ’265026.0%0.0%86.0%2.0%8.0%0.0%
How to read the strips

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

In Garcia’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 15, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Finance and Financial Sector; Crime and Law Enforcement · Source

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; Crime and Law Enforcement; Government Operations and Politics; target: Todd Blanche · Source

Extreme label

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

Sep 8, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Economics and Public Finance; Agriculture and Food; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Trump · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Posts on X

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

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

  2. 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 · target: EpsteinSource

  3. 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 · target: EpsteinSource

  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: Todd BlancheSource

  5. 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: Trump familySource

All 1,508 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,301 posts on X, 100 Congressional Record speeches, 56 press releases, 51 newsletters.

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Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Garcia talks about most: 36% of policy statements, 1.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.72 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 29th 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 Garcia talks about. The bills Garcia sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Garcia talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%39%
Garcia
Peers
Government Operations and Politics325 statements
36%
20%
Crime and Law Enforcement179 statements
20%
9%
Health154 statements
17%
26%
Economics and Public Finance150 statements
16%
20%
Immigration139 statements
15%
11%
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Policy areas Garcia talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowGarciaPeers
Government Operations and Politics36%20%
Crime and Law Enforcement20%9%
Health17%26%
Economics and Public Finance16%20%
Immigration15%11%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Garcia’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 39%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 36% (House Democrats 20%)36%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 19% (House Democrats 11%)19%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 20% (House Democrats 9%)20%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 7%)10%HealthHealth, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 26%)17%Health, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 16%)10%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 20%)16%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 15% (House Democrats 11%)15%Immigration, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 4%)6%
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Garcia's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics36%20%19%11%
Crime and Law Enforcement20%9%10%7%
Health17%26%10%16%
Economics and Public Finance16%20%0%1%
Immigration15%11%6%4%
0.72

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 29th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Garcia sits at −1.26 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 86% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.29 to −1.24, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,542 donors and 2,099 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”.

−1.26

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.29 to −1.24. From 2,542 donors and 2,099 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Garcia, 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 Garcia’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 Garcia sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Garcia −1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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Garcia's CSIP score of −1.26 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Garcia
House Democrats217−1.013%
All House439+0.37%
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 Garcia 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 Garcia.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Garcia raised $3.4M in the 2026 cycle, above the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 57% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 61% of itemized individual money came from California.

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
$3.4M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 1,233 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): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.1M (33.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.5M (43.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)PACs and other committees: $764.7K (22.5%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)33 squares$1.1M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)44 squares$1.5M
  • PACs and other committees23 squares$764.7K
  • Party committees$1
  • The candidate’s own money and loans$38
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$17.8K
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Sources of Garcia's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$1.1M33.4%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$1.5M43.5%
PACs and other committees$764.7K22.5%
Party committees$10.0%
The candidate’s own money and loans$380.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$17.8K0.5%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M20222024 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M20242026 cycle: $3.4M$3.4M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Garcia's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$1.7M
2024 cycle$1.4M
2026 cycle$3.4M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 61% came from California.

  1. California$539.4K
  2. District of Columbia$84.6K
  3. New York$47.4K
  4. Florida$28.6K
  5. Virginia$28.4K

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%
Garcia
Median
2026
57%
13%
2024
32%
13%
2022
11%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowGarciaMedian
2026 cycle57%13%
2024 cycle32%13%
2022 cycle11%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $532MEVermont: $930VTNew Hampshire: $2,750NHWashington: $8,092WAIdaho: $315IDMontana: $25MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $883MNIllinois: $2,712ILWisconsin: $1,485WIMichigan: $1,436MINew York: $47.4KNYRhode Island: $560RIMassachusetts: $6,925MAOregon: $3,215ORNevada: $3,449NVWyoming: $2,400WYSouth Dakota: $600SDIowa: $1,779IAIndiana: $1,114INOhio: $1,150OHPennsylvania: $23.1KPANew Jersey: $4,198NJConnecticut: $3,584CTCalifornia: $539.4KCAUtah: $200UTColorado: $6,433CONebraska: $2,537NEMissouri: $3,560MOKentucky: $770KYWest Virginia: $60WVVirginia: $28.4KVAMaryland: $26.7KMDDelaware: $3,680DEArizona: $8,037AZNew Mexico: $3,090NMKansas: $1,000KSArkansas: $500ARTennessee: $762TNNorth Carolina: $2,970NCSouth Carolina: $250SCDistrict of Columbia: $84.6KDCOklahoma: $340OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $2,713GAHawaii: $2,686HITexas: $12.1KTXFlorida: $28.6KFL
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Garcia's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$539.4K
District of Columbia$84.6K
New York$47.4K
Florida$28.6K
Virginia$28.4K
Maryland$26.7K
Pennsylvania$23.1K
Texas$12.1K
Washington$8,092
Arizona$8,037
Massachusetts$6,925
Colorado$6,433
New Jersey$4,198
Delaware$3,680
Connecticut$3,584
Missouri$3,560
Nevada$3,449
Oregon$3,215
New Mexico$3,090
North Carolina$2,970
New Hampshire$2,750
Georgia$2,713
Illinois$2,712
Hawaii$2,686
Nebraska$2,537
Wyoming$2,400
Iowa$1,779
Wisconsin$1,485
Michigan$1,436
Ohio$1,150
Indiana$1,114
Kansas$1,000
Vermont$930
Minnesota$883
Kentucky$770
Tennessee$762
South Dakota$600
Rhode Island$560
Maine$532
Arkansas$500
Oklahoma$340
Idaho$315
South Carolina$250
Utah$200
West Virginia$60
Montana$25
AlaskaNo data
North DakotaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
1,233

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

61%

from California

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −2.00 to −1.75: 0%CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 23%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 45%45%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 21%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 5.0%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 2.0%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 2.6%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.7%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Garcia's itemized donors in 2026, from −2.00 to +0.50: 23% between −1.50 and −1.25, 45% between −1.25 and −1.00, 21% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −2.00 to −1.750%
CSIP −1.50 to −1.2523%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0045%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7521%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.505.0%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.252.0%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.002.6%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.7%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Garcia’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Garcia’s own score is −1.26.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$247.5K 677 donors
  2. CEO$53.5K 20 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$44.2K 38 donors
  4. PRESIDENT$37.3K 13 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$32.3K 35 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. INVARIANT$22.8K 9 donors
  2. BLACKSTONE$17.0K 5 donors
  3. AILO LOGISTICS$13.8K 5 donors
  4. CITY OF LONG BEACH$5,105 7 donors
  5. AVOQ$5,000 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Garcia voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 5.9% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Garcia voted against the majority of House Democrats 10 times.

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

10

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.5%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 46th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Garcia
Peers
Rank
Attendance
94.0%
96.9%
193rd of 217
Party unity
99.5%
96.4%
46th of 217
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Garcia's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowGarciaPeers
Attendance94.0%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
YeaWith majorityPassedD 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
NayWith majorityPassedD 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Garcia most often

  1. Adriano EspaillatD627 shared votes99%
  2. Robin KellyD626 shared votes99%
  3. Morgan McGarveyD633 shared votes99%
  4. Becca BalintD629 shared votes99%
  5. Melanie StansburyD628 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Garcia least often

  1. Chip RoyR600 shared votes15%
  2. Ralph NormanR567 shared votes16%
  3. Andy BiggsR575 shared votes16%
  4. Eric BurlisonR606 shared votes16%
  5. Josh BrecheenR608 shared votes16%
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

Garcia sponsored 22 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 became law. Cosponsored 429 others. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 33rd of 207).

The bills Garcia 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

Sponsored22 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2222Sponsored, In committee: 2222Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored429 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 429429Cosponsored, In committee: 429429Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Garcia sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2222211
Cosponsored4294291932
How to read the blocks

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

9.1%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 33rd of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton67
  2. Rashida Tlaib45
  3. Maxwell Frost31
  4. Yassamin Ansari31
  5. Dave Min26
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 Garcia’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. 10907To prohibit interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10820Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026SponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial SectorReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10642STS ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and 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 1, 2026
H.Res. 1594Recognizing the outstanding contributions of Hispanics and Latinos in film, television, and streaming and their enduring impact on the United States.CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 1, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 48 times in 90 days. Garcia’s official site had 32 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Garcia posted on Oct 14, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

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

Images Garcia posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Several men, including a uniformed official, stand together on a seaside walkway beside oceanfront houses, looking out toward the water. There is a small sign with text near the lower left.
    Several men, including a uniformed official, stand together on a seaside walkway beside oceanfront houses, looking out toward the water. There is a small sign with text near the lower left.View post
  • Two men stand behind a chain-link fence, looking toward a large wave crashing over a barrier. Yellow caution tape, debris, and covered objects are visible in the foreground. There is text on the caution tape.
    Two men stand behind a chain-link fence, looking toward a large wave crashing over a barrier. Yellow caution tape, debris, and covered objects are visible in the foreground. There is text on the caution tape.View post
  • A coastal scene showing beachfront homes damaged and leaning toward the water, with a walkway and shoreline reinforced by large white sandbags and orange bags. The sky is clear, and distant buildings are visible across the water. A small amount of text appears on a sandbag.
    A coastal scene showing beachfront homes damaged and leaning toward the water, with a walkway and shoreline reinforced by large white sandbags and orange bags. The sky is clear, and distant buildings are visible across the water. A small amount of text appears on a sandbag.View post
  • A sunny outdoor area with several men standing near a wooden fence and small play structures. A small shed decorated with colorful autumn leaves is on the left, with bushes and a clear blue sky in the background. No visible text.
    A sunny outdoor area with several men standing near a wooden fence and small play structures. A small shed decorated with colorful autumn leaves is on the left, with bushes and a clear blue sky in the background. No visible text.View post
  • A Financial Times news graphic featuring a seated man in a suit at a desk, with curtains and a window behind him. A large headline and subheading appear above the photograph.
    A Financial Times news graphic featuring a seated man in a suit at a desk, with curtains and a window behind him. A large headline and subheading appear above the photograph.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 Garcia 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
G000598
Bioguide
G000598
FEC candidate ids
H2CA47188

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

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

How the measures work

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

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