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Democrat · U.S. House, California’s 2nd district

Serving since Jan 3, 2013119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Jared Huffman, rendered as a two-tone print
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91%
of itemized money from California donors, in the top 5% of House Democrats

91% of the itemized money from individuals in the 2026 cycle came from donors with an address in California. Ranks 6th of 214, where 1st is the highest share. 328 itemized donors.

Only donors who give more than $200 are reported with an address, so this is the share of that itemized money from donors living in California, ranked among House Democrats. Small gifts are not counted either way. Candidates running statewide or for federal office often draw more money from out of state.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 7.7% of Huffman’s statements use an extreme label, 4.0 times the House Democrat average of 1.9%. 41% of Huffman’s statements criticize a policy, in the top tenth of House Democrats (average 28%).

The measures on which Huffman 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.

From California, 2026

91%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 6th of 214 House Democrats

Extreme labels

7.7%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 6th of 216

Policy criticism

41%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 16th of 216

Personal attacks

15%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 19th of 216

Policy discussion

82%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 20th of 216

CSIP ideology

−1.10

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.02

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

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What Huffman says

Huffman attacks opponents personally more than 91% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 15% of 1,014 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 19th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Huffman’s 1,014 statements in the 119th Congress (513 posts on X, 267 press releases, 214 Congressional Record speeches, 20 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%
Huffman
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion830 statements
82%
73%
20th of 216
Policy criticism416 statements
41%
28%
16th of 216
Credit claiming220 statements
22%
23%
113th of 216
Personal attacks155 statements
15%
7%
19th of 216
Bipartisanship129 statements
13%
10%
46th of 216
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Huffman's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowHuffmanPeers
Policy discussion82%73%
Policy criticism41%28%
Credit claiming22%23%
Personal attacks15%7%
Bipartisanship13%10%
1,014

statements classified

513 posts on X, 267 press releases, 214 Congressional Record speeches, 20 newsletters.

posts on X: 513 (50.6%)posts on X 513press releases: 267 (26.3%)press releases 267Congressional Record speeches: 214 (21.1%)Congressional Record speeches 214newsletters: 20 (2.0%)
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Huffman's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X513
press releases267
Congressional Record speeches214
newsletters20
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Huffman used extreme labels in 7.7% of statements, 4.0 times the peer average. 78 statements, most often aimed at Republicans; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”46
  2. “MAGA”14
  3. “radical”9
  4. “far right”3
  5. “woke”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Republicans8
  2. Trump7
  3. Donald Trump6
  4. Project 20255
  5. Christian Nationalism3
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: 682025-02: 852025-03: 572025-04: 442025-05: 572025-06: 442025-07: 352025-08: 252025-09: 452025-10: 522025-11: 412025-12: 592026-01: 562026-02: 442026-03: 402026-04: 412026-05: 212026-06: 542026-07: 382026-08: 382026-09: 542026-10: 16peak 85 · Feb ’25Personal attackspeak 36.8% · Jul ’26 · latest 18.8%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 11.8% of 68Personal attacks, 2025-02: 21.2% of 85Personal attacks, 2025-03: 19.3% of 57Personal attacks, 2025-04: 13.6% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-05: 10.5% of 57Personal attacks, 2025-06: 13.6% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-07: 14.3% of 35Personal attacks, 2025-08: 8.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-09: 8.9% of 45Personal attacks, 2025-10: 5.8% of 52Personal attacks, 2025-11: 4.9% of 41Personal attacks, 2025-12: 6.8% of 59Personal attacks, 2026-01: 21.4% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-02: 20.4% of 44Personal attacks, 2026-03: 17.5% of 40Personal attacks, 2026-04: 19.5% of 41Personal attacks, 2026-05: 19.1% of 21Personal attacks, 2026-06: 14.8% of 54Personal attacks, 2026-07: 36.8% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-08: 13.2% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-09: 18.5% of 54Personal attacks, 2026-10: 18.8% of 16Policy criticismpeak 58.5% · Nov ’25 · latest 18.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 48.5% of 68Policy criticism, 2025-02: 43.5% of 85Policy criticism, 2025-03: 52.6% of 57Policy criticism, 2025-04: 40.9% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-05: 38.6% of 57Policy criticism, 2025-06: 52.3% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-07: 40.0% of 35Policy criticism, 2025-08: 40.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-09: 57.8% of 45Policy criticism, 2025-10: 57.7% of 52Policy criticism, 2025-11: 58.5% of 41Policy criticism, 2025-12: 40.7% of 59Policy criticism, 2026-01: 19.6% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-02: 52.3% of 44Policy criticism, 2026-03: 42.5% of 40Policy criticism, 2026-04: 17.1% of 41Policy criticism, 2026-05: 33.3% of 21Policy criticism, 2026-06: 42.6% of 54Policy criticism, 2026-07: 26.3% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-08: 21.1% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-09: 29.6% of 54Policy criticism, 2026-10: 18.8% of 16Policy discussionpeak 97.6% · Apr ’26 · latest 93.8%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 79.4% of 68Policy discussion, 2025-02: 71.8% of 85Policy discussion, 2025-03: 77.2% of 57Policy discussion, 2025-04: 93.2% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-05: 71.9% of 57Policy discussion, 2025-06: 90.9% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-07: 85.7% of 35Policy discussion, 2025-08: 96.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-09: 80.0% of 45Policy discussion, 2025-10: 78.8% of 52Policy discussion, 2025-11: 78.0% of 41Policy discussion, 2025-12: 67.8% of 59Policy discussion, 2026-01: 85.7% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-02: 77.3% of 44Policy discussion, 2026-03: 90.0% of 40Policy discussion, 2026-04: 97.6% of 41Policy discussion, 2026-05: 61.9% of 21Policy discussion, 2026-06: 83.3% of 54Policy discussion, 2026-07: 89.5% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-08: 94.7% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-09: 83.3% of 54Policy discussion, 2026-10: 93.8% of 16Bipartisanshippeak 32.4% · Jan ’25 · latest 6.3%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 32.4% of 68Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 12.9% of 85Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 8.8% of 57Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 18.2% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 10.5% of 57Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 4.5% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 35Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 4.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 15.6% of 45Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 11.5% of 52Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 14.6% of 41Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 13.6% of 59Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 17.9% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 20.4% of 44Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 20.0% of 40Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 7.3% of 41Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 21Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 13.0% of 54Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 10.5% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 5.3% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 5.6% of 54Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 6.3% of 16Credit claimingpeak 38.6% · Apr ’25 · latest 31.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 29.4% of 68Credit claiming, 2025-02: 18.8% of 85Credit claiming, 2025-03: 10.5% of 57Credit claiming, 2025-04: 38.6% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-05: 15.8% of 57Credit claiming, 2025-06: 15.9% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-07: 14.3% of 35Credit claiming, 2025-08: 36.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-09: 22.2% of 45Credit claiming, 2025-10: 13.5% of 52Credit claiming, 2025-11: 17.1% of 41Credit claiming, 2025-12: 13.6% of 59Credit claiming, 2026-01: 33.9% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-02: 9.1% of 44Credit claiming, 2026-03: 35.0% of 40Credit claiming, 2026-04: 36.6% of 41Credit claiming, 2026-05: 19.1% of 21Credit claiming, 2026-06: 25.9% of 54Credit claiming, 2026-07: 23.7% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-08: 15.8% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-09: 16.7% of 54Credit claiming, 2026-10: 31.3% of 16Extreme labelspeak 18.2% · Feb ’26 · latest 6.3%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 13.2% of 68Extreme labels, 2025-02: 8.2% of 85Extreme labels, 2025-03: 10.5% of 57Extreme labels, 2025-04: 4.5% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-05: 15.8% of 57Extreme labels, 2025-06: 4.5% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-07: 2.9% of 35Extreme labels, 2025-08: 4.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-09: 15.6% of 45Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.9% of 52Extreme labels, 2025-11: 12.2% of 41Extreme labels, 2025-12: 6.8% of 59Extreme labels, 2026-01: 5.4% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-02: 18.2% of 44Extreme labels, 2026-03: 7.5% of 40Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 41Extreme labels, 2026-05: 9.5% of 21Extreme labels, 2026-06: 3.7% of 54Extreme labels, 2026-07: 2.6% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-08: 2.6% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-09: 5.6% of 54Extreme labels, 2026-10: 6.3% of 16Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Huffman, 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 ’256811.8%48.5%79.4%32.4%29.4%13.2%
Feb ’258521.2%43.5%71.8%12.9%18.8%8.2%
Mar ’255719.3%52.6%77.2%8.8%10.5%10.5%
Apr ’254413.6%40.9%93.2%18.2%38.6%4.5%
May ’255710.5%38.6%71.9%10.5%15.8%15.8%
Jun ’254413.6%52.3%90.9%4.5%15.9%4.5%
Jul ’253514.3%40.0%85.7%0.0%14.3%2.9%
Aug ’25258.0%40.0%96.0%4.0%36.0%4.0%
Sep ’25458.9%57.8%80.0%15.6%22.2%15.6%
Oct ’25525.8%57.7%78.8%11.5%13.5%1.9%
Nov ’25414.9%58.5%78.0%14.6%17.1%12.2%
Dec ’25596.8%40.7%67.8%13.6%13.6%6.8%
Jan ’265621.4%19.6%85.7%17.9%33.9%5.4%
Feb ’264420.4%52.3%77.3%20.4%9.1%18.2%
Mar ’264017.5%42.5%90.0%20.0%35.0%7.5%
Apr ’264119.5%17.1%97.6%7.3%36.6%0.0%
May ’262119.1%33.3%61.9%0.0%19.1%9.5%
Jun ’265414.8%42.6%83.3%13.0%25.9%3.7%
Jul ’263836.8%26.3%89.5%10.5%23.7%2.6%
Aug ’263813.2%21.1%94.7%5.3%15.8%2.6%
Sep ’265418.5%29.6%83.3%5.6%16.7%5.6%
Oct ’261618.8%18.8%93.8%6.3%31.3%6.3%
How to read the strips

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

In Huffman’s words

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

Policy criticism

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

Oct 15, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Personal attacks

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

Oct 6, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; target: Trump · Source

Extreme label

Rep. Huffman releases statement on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Decision to livestream execution Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Jared Huffman released the following statement regarding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks linking Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs to the decision to l…

Oct 13, 2026 · Press releases · personal attacks; policy discussion; Crime and Law Enforcement; Armed Forces and National Security; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “extreme, radical” aimed at Pete Hegseth; target: Pete Hegseth · 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. Press releases

    Rep. Huffman releases statement on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Decision to livestream execution Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Jared Huffman released the following statement regarding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks linking Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs to the decision to livestream his execution: “Most Americans will be appalled at the sheer barbarity and bread-and-circus dystopia of this e…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · Armed Forces and National Security · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · extreme label “extreme, radical” aimed at Pete Hegseth · target: Pete HegsethSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · target: TrumpSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · target: TrumpSource

  4. Press releases

    Huffman Statement on Trump Administration Plans to Put More Data Centers on Public Lands Washington, D.C. — Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after The Washington Sun reported that the Trump administration is considering far more data centers on public lands than previously known: “Donald Trump is selling out America’s public lands to the…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Energy · Water Resources Development · Science, Technology, Communications · target: Donald TrumpSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Science, Technology, Communications · Government Operations and Politics · target: Mike JohnsonSource

All 1,014 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: 513 posts on X, 267 press releases, 214 Congressional Record speeches, 20 newsletters.

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Policy

Environmental Protection is what Huffman talks about most: 36% of policy statements, 6.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.72 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 35th 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 Huffman talks about. The bills Huffman sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Huffman talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%39%
Huffman
Peers
Environmental Protection297 statements
36%
5%
Government Operations and Politics264 statements
32%
20%
Public Lands and Natural Resources256 statements
31%
2%
Economics and Public Finance192 statements
23%
20%
Energy176 statements
21%
5%
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Policy areas Huffman talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowHuffmanPeers
Environmental Protection36%5%
Government Operations and Politics32%20%
Public Lands and Natural Resources31%2%
Economics and Public Finance23%20%
Energy21%5%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Huffman’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 onEnvironmental ProtectionEnvironmental Protection, talks about: 36% (House Democrats 5%)36%Environmental Protection, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 3%)12%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 32% (House Democrats 20%)32%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 11%)12%Public Lands and NaturalResourcesPublic Lands and Natural Resources, talks about: 31% (House Democrats 2%)31%Public Lands and Natural Resources, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 2%)12%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 20%)23%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%EnergyEnergy, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 5%)21%Energy, legislates on: 7% (House Democrats 2%)7%
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Huffman's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Environmental Protection36%5%12%3%
Government Operations and Politics32%20%12%11%
Public Lands and Natural Resources31%2%12%2%
Economics and Public Finance23%20%0%1%
Energy21%5%7%2%
0.72

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 35th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Huffman sits at −1.10 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 67% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.12 to −1.09, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,316 donors and 7,357 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”.

−1.10

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.12 to −1.09. From 1,316 donors and 7,357 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Huffman −1.1House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Huffman, 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 Huffman’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 Huffman sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Huffman −1.1All Housemedian +0.3
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Huffman's CSIP score of −1.10 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Huffman
House Democrats217−1.033%
All House439+0.316%
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 Huffman 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 Huffman.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Huffman raised $1.2M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 9.6% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 91% 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
$1.2M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 328 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): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $633.6K (52.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $67.3K (5.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $67.3K (5.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $67.3K (5.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $67.3K (5.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $67.3K (5.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $67.3K (5.6%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)PACs and other committees: $438.2K (36.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $63.9K (5.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $63.9K (5.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $63.9K (5.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $63.9K (5.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $63.9K (5.3%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)53 squares$633.6K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)6 squares$67.3K
  • PACs and other committees36 squares$438.2K
  • Party committees$2,500
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)5 squares$63.9K
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Sources of Huffman's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$633.6K52.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$67.3K5.6%
PACs and other committees$438.2K36.3%
Party committees$2,5000.2%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$63.9K5.3%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.

Receipts by cycle

Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $923.5K$923.5K20202022 cycle: $938.7K$938.7K20222024 cycle: $1.0M$1.0M20242026 cycle: $1.2M$1.2M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Huffman's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$923.5K
2022 cycle$938.7K
2024 cycle$1.0M
2026 cycle$1.2M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 91% came from California.

  1. California$351.2K
  2. Virginia$15.5K
  3. Maryland$6,250
  4. District of Columbia$4,745
  5. Puerto Rico$3,500

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%
Huffman
Median
2026
10%
13%
2024
11%
13%
2022
11%
13%
2020
10%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowHuffmanMedian
2026 cycle10%13%
2024 cycle11%13%
2022 cycle11%13%
2020 cycle10%13%

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: no dataILWisconsin: $850WIMichigan: $500MINew York: $500NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $1,560MAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $351.2KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $15.5KVAMaryland: $6,250MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $4,745DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $250TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Huffman's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$351.2K
Virginia$15.5K
Maryland$6,250
District of Columbia$4,745
Massachusetts$1,560
Wisconsin$850
Washington$500
Michigan$500
New York$500
Texas$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
328

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

91%

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 −1.75 to −1.50: 0.1%CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 1.3%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 70%70%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 27%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.5%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.5%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.7%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.5%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Huffman's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.75 to +0.25: 70% between −1.25 and −1.00, 27% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.75 to −1.500.1%
CSIP −1.50 to −1.251.3%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0070%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7527%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.5%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.5%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.7%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.5%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Huffman’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Huffman’s own score is −1.10.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$180.2K 138 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$21.1K 19 donors
  3. NOT EMPLOYED$19.7K 42 donors
  4. PRESIDENT$19.6K 10 donors
  5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$9,170 9 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  2. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  4. CLEAN PAC$10.0K
  5. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CARPI & CLAY$3,000 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Huffman voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 2.5% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Huffman voted against the majority of House Democrats 16 times.

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

16

votes against the majority of House Democrats

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

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Huffman
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.4%
96.9%
136th of 217
Party unity
99.5%
96.4%
42nd of 217
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Huffman's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowHuffmanPeers
Attendance97.4%96.9%
Party unity99.5%96.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Huffman most often

  1. Joaquin CastroD635 shared votes99%
  2. Emily RandallD639 shared votes99%
  3. Sara JacobsD654 shared votes99%
  4. Christian MenefeeD254 shared votes99%
  5. Becca BalintD651 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Huffman least often

  1. Chip RoyR619 shared votes15%
  2. Ralph NormanR581 shared votes16%
  3. Eric BurlisonR627 shared votes17%
  4. Andy BiggsR591 shared votes17%
  5. Josh BrecheenR625 shared votes17%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Huffman sponsored 31 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 488 others. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 110th of 207).

The bills Huffman 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

Sponsored31 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3131Sponsored, In committee: 3131Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored488 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 488488Cosponsored, In committee: 488488Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1414Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Huffman sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3131000
Cosponsored4884881411
How to read the blocks

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

3.2%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 110th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton98
  2. Rashida Tlaib54
  3. Suzanne Bonamici45
  4. Steve Cohen40
  5. Kevin Mullin40
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 Huffman’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.Res. 1634Expressing support for the recognition of October 26, 2026, as Intersex Awareness Day, and supporting the goals and ideals of Intersex Awareness Day.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 22, 2026
H.Res. 1635Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 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.Res. 1628Supporting the designation of the week beginning on October 10, 2026, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week".CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10774SWIMS Act of 2026CosponsorOct 9, 2026In committeeEnvironmental ProtectionReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 9, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 103 times in 90 days. Huffman’s official site had 44 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Huffman posted on Oct 21, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

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

Social accounts

Images Huffman posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Two men stand in front of an enormous tree in a forest. One man holds a phone on a selfie stick, and the other faces him. There is small text on the phone, but it is not clearly readable.
    Two men stand in front of an enormous tree in a forest. One man holds a phone on a selfie stick, and the other faces him. There is small text on the phone, but it is not clearly readable.View post
  • Two men stand on a forest trail beside a very large, decaying fallen tree. The surrounding woodland is dense with ferns, shrubs, and trees. There is some text on a small device held by one man.
    Two men stand on a forest trail beside a very large, decaying fallen tree. The surrounding woodland is dense with ferns, shrubs, and trees. There is some text on a small device held by one man.View post
  • A blue political statement graphic with a green border and large quotation marks, over a faint image of a bridge. It contains several paragraphs of white text and a congressman’s name and title at the bottom.
    A blue political statement graphic with a green border and large quotation marks, over a faint image of a bridge. It contains several paragraphs of white text and a congressman’s name and title at the bottom.View post
  • A political infographic on a dark blue background promotes providing a large number of school lunches. A paper lunch bag and an apple appear beside the headline, with red graphic lines and an arrow. There is source text in the upper-right corner.
    A political infographic on a dark blue background promotes providing a large number of school lunches. A paper lunch bag and an apple appear beside the headline, with red graphic lines and an arrow. There is source text in the upper-right corner.View post
  • A political-style infographic on a dark blue background highlights a figure about employing teachers or firefighters, with a large red number in a white box, red arrows and a bracket, and a grayscale image of firefighters in protective gear. A small source note appears in the upper-right corner.
    A political-style infographic on a dark blue background highlights a figure about employing teachers or firefighters, with a large red number in a white box, red arrows and a bracket, and a grayscale image of firefighters in protective gear. A small source note appears in the upper-right corner.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 Huffman 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
H001068
Bioguide
H001068
FEC candidate ids
H2CA06259

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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