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

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

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0.75
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the top 5% of House Democrats

Agreement 0.75 on a 0–1 scale; the average for House Democrats is 0.67. Ranks 6th of 216, where 1st is the closest match.

How closely the mix of policy areas in Hayes’s statements matches the mix in the bills Hayes sponsors and cosponsors: 1 means the same areas in the same proportions, 0 means no overlap. Ranked among House Democrats.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 0.8% of Hayes’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 6.6%). 25% of Hayes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Connecticut, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats.

The measures on which Hayes 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.

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.75

House Democrats average 0.67 · ranks 6th of 216

Personal attacks

0.8%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 200th of 216

From Connecticut, 2026

25%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 193rd of 214 House Democrats

Extreme labels

0.3%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 189th of 216

Policy discussion

67%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 178th of 216

CSIP ideology

−1.17

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 Hayes, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Hayes is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Hayes says

Hayes attacks opponents personally less than 92% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 0.8% of 1,617 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 200th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Hayes’s 1,617 statements in the 119th Congress (1,363 posts on X, 112 press releases, 85 newsletters, 57 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Hayes
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,084 statements
67%
73%
178th of 216
Credit claiming444 statements
27%
23%
58th of 216
Policy criticism442 statements
27%
28%
126th of 216
Bipartisanship146 statements
9%
10%
99th of 216
Personal attacks13 statements
1%
7%
200th of 216
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Hayes's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowHayesPeers
Policy discussion67%73%
Credit claiming27%23%
Policy criticism27%28%
Bipartisanship9%10%
Personal attacks1%7%
1,617

statements classified

1,363 posts on X, 112 press releases, 85 newsletters, 57 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 1,363 (84.3%)posts on X 1,363press releases: 112 (6.9%)newsletters: 85 (5.3%)Congressional Record speeches: 57 (3.5%)
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Hayes's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,363
press releases112
newsletters85
Congressional Record speeches57
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Hayes used extreme labels in 0.3% of statements, 16% of the peer average. 5 statements, most often aimed at Republican bill; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”2
  2. “communist”1
  3. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Republican bill1
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: 652025-02: 1182025-03: 1102025-04: 1332025-05: 1312025-06: 882025-07: 922025-08: 542025-09: 672025-10: 682025-11: 472025-12: 772026-01: 912026-02: 592026-03: 562026-04: 702026-05: 642026-06: 552026-07: 692026-08: 332026-09: 392026-10: 31peak 133 · Apr ’25Personal attackspeak 5.7% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 1.5% of 65Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.9% of 118Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.9% of 110Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 133Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 131Personal attacks, 2025-06: 5.7% of 88Personal attacks, 2025-07: 1.1% of 92Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 67Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 68Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 47Personal attacks, 2025-12: 1.3% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 91Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 59Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-04: 2.9% of 70Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 64Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-07: 1.5% of 69Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 33Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 39Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 31Policy criticismpeak 42.4% · Jul ’25 · latest 9.7%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 13.9% of 65Policy criticism, 2025-02: 38.1% of 118Policy criticism, 2025-03: 34.5% of 110Policy criticism, 2025-04: 23.3% of 133Policy criticism, 2025-05: 30.5% of 131Policy criticism, 2025-06: 27.3% of 88Policy criticism, 2025-07: 42.4% of 92Policy criticism, 2025-08: 29.6% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-09: 34.3% of 67Policy criticism, 2025-10: 27.9% of 68Policy criticism, 2025-11: 31.9% of 47Policy criticism, 2025-12: 27.3% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-01: 15.4% of 91Policy criticism, 2026-02: 22.0% of 59Policy criticism, 2026-03: 28.6% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-04: 20.0% of 70Policy criticism, 2026-05: 20.3% of 64Policy criticism, 2026-06: 34.5% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-07: 24.6% of 69Policy criticism, 2026-08: 27.3% of 33Policy criticism, 2026-09: 10.3% of 39Policy criticism, 2026-10: 9.7% of 31Policy discussionpeak 84.9% · Aug ’26 · latest 77.4%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 67.7% of 65Policy discussion, 2025-02: 73.7% of 118Policy discussion, 2025-03: 60.0% of 110Policy discussion, 2025-04: 66.2% of 133Policy discussion, 2025-05: 72.5% of 131Policy discussion, 2025-06: 72.7% of 88Policy discussion, 2025-07: 70.7% of 92Policy discussion, 2025-08: 59.3% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-09: 76.1% of 67Policy discussion, 2025-10: 61.8% of 68Policy discussion, 2025-11: 70.2% of 47Policy discussion, 2025-12: 64.9% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-01: 60.4% of 91Policy discussion, 2026-02: 45.8% of 59Policy discussion, 2026-03: 58.9% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-04: 65.7% of 70Policy discussion, 2026-05: 62.5% of 64Policy discussion, 2026-06: 67.3% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-07: 71.0% of 69Policy discussion, 2026-08: 84.9% of 33Policy discussion, 2026-09: 71.8% of 39Policy discussion, 2026-10: 77.4% of 31Bipartisanshippeak 24.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 3.2%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 24.6% of 65Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 10.2% of 118Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 8.2% of 110Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 4.5% of 133Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 6.1% of 131Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 12.5% of 88Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 8.7% of 92Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 19.4% of 67Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 16.2% of 68Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 4.3% of 47Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 9.1% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 6.6% of 91Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 3.4% of 59Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 10.7% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 14.3% of 70Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 10.9% of 64Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 5.5% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 4.3% of 69Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 3.0% of 33Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 10.3% of 39Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 3.2% of 31Credit claimingpeak 44.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 29.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 44.6% of 65Credit claiming, 2025-02: 38.1% of 118Credit claiming, 2025-03: 24.6% of 110Credit claiming, 2025-04: 25.6% of 133Credit claiming, 2025-05: 17.6% of 131Credit claiming, 2025-06: 26.1% of 88Credit claiming, 2025-07: 27.2% of 92Credit claiming, 2025-08: 35.2% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-09: 31.3% of 67Credit claiming, 2025-10: 16.2% of 68Credit claiming, 2025-11: 31.9% of 47Credit claiming, 2025-12: 24.7% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-01: 23.1% of 91Credit claiming, 2026-02: 28.8% of 59Credit claiming, 2026-03: 33.9% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-04: 22.9% of 70Credit claiming, 2026-05: 29.7% of 64Credit claiming, 2026-06: 30.9% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-07: 17.4% of 69Credit claiming, 2026-08: 27.3% of 33Credit claiming, 2026-09: 35.9% of 39Credit claiming, 2026-10: 29.0% of 31Extreme labelspeak 2.7% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 65Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.9% of 118Extreme labels, 2025-03: 2.7% of 110Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 133Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.8% of 131Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 88Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 92Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 67Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 68Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 47Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 91Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 59Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 70Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 64Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 69Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 33Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 31Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Hayes, 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 ’25651.5%13.9%67.7%24.6%44.6%0.0%
Feb ’251180.9%38.1%73.7%10.2%38.1%0.9%
Mar ’251100.9%34.5%60.0%8.2%24.6%2.7%
Apr ’251330.0%23.3%66.2%4.5%25.6%0.0%
May ’251310.0%30.5%72.5%6.1%17.6%0.8%
Jun ’25885.7%27.3%72.7%12.5%26.1%0.0%
Jul ’25921.1%42.4%70.7%8.7%27.2%0.0%
Aug ’25540.0%29.6%59.3%0.0%35.2%0.0%
Sep ’25670.0%34.3%76.1%19.4%31.3%0.0%
Oct ’25680.0%27.9%61.8%16.2%16.2%0.0%
Nov ’25470.0%31.9%70.2%4.3%31.9%0.0%
Dec ’25771.3%27.3%64.9%9.1%24.7%0.0%
Jan ’26910.0%15.4%60.4%6.6%23.1%0.0%
Feb ’26590.0%22.0%45.8%3.4%28.8%0.0%
Mar ’26560.0%28.6%58.9%10.7%33.9%0.0%
Apr ’26702.9%20.0%65.7%14.3%22.9%0.0%
May ’26640.0%20.3%62.5%10.9%29.7%0.0%
Jun ’26550.0%34.5%67.3%5.5%30.9%0.0%
Jul ’26691.5%24.6%71.0%4.3%17.4%0.0%
Aug ’26330.0%27.3%84.9%3.0%27.3%0.0%
Sep ’26390.0%10.3%71.8%10.3%35.9%0.0%
Oct ’26310.0%9.7%77.4%3.2%29.0%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 Hayes’s words

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

Credit claiming

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

Oct 24, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Source

Personal attacks

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

Jul 25, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; credit claiming; Economics and Public Finance; Government Operations and Politics; target: Trump · Source

Extreme label

Hayes, House Agriculture Democrats Speak Out Against Republican Plan To Cut SNAP Benefits WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined by Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02), Vice Ranking Member Shontel Brown (OH-11), o…

May 8, 2025 · Press releases · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Agriculture and Food; Economics and Public Finance; extreme label “radical” aimed at Republican bill · 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 · credit claiming · Economics and Public Finance · Government Operations and Politics · target: TrumpSource

  2. Newsletters

    Welcome to your Weekly Wrap | Dear friend, Welcome to your Weekly Wrap, a recap of the week in Washington and highlights of my work. Last week, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions convened a hearing, Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). The House Committee on Agriculture convened a full committee hearing entitled For the Purpose of Rec…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · Commerce · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Environmental Protection · Crime and Law Enforcement · Education · Law · Finance and Financial Sector · Government Operations and Politics · Labor and Employment · Health · target: Donald Trump

  3. Newsletters

    Welcome to your Weekly Wrap | Dear friend, Welcome to your Weekly Wrap, a recap of the week in the district and highlights of my work. Last week, in a grave escalation in the conflict between the United States and Iran, the President threatened to eradicate an entire civilization. The House must take a vote on a War Powers Resolution and rein in the unchecked actions of this President. More from the week: On Tuesday…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · Law · Education · Immigration · Families · Health · Economics and Public Finance · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Government Operations and Politics · target: Trump

  4. Newsletters

    Welcome to your Weekly Wrap | Dear friend, Welcome to your Weekly Wrap, a recap of the week in Congress and highlights of my work. Last week, I attended the ribbon-cutting for the Railroad Square Infrastructure Project in Torrington. Also, I participated in the House Committee on Agriculture Member Day hearing. On Thursday, the House Committee on Education and Workforce held a full committee markup on four pieces of…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Agriculture and Food · Armed Forces and National Security · Crime and Law Enforcement · Education · Economics and Public Finance · Government Operations and Politics · Labor and Employment · Transportation and Public Works · target: Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth

  5. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, I rise today against the Republican reconciliation bill, which would put 42 million Americans at risk of losing their SNAP benefits. These policies are untested, dangerous, and arbitrary. Congress did not engage in a thoughtful process to make these changes to SNAP. The majority has not held a single hearing on the Nutrition, Foreign, Agriculture, and Horticulture Subcommittee on the cost-sharing provisi…

    personal attacks · policy criticism · policy discussion · Agriculture and Food · Economics and Public Finance · Taxation · Transportation and Public Works · Health · Education · Crime and Law EnforcementSource

All 1,617 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: 1,363 posts on X, 112 press releases, 85 newsletters, 57 Congressional Record speeches.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Education is what Hayes talks about most: 32% of policy statements, 3.3 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.75 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 6th 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 Hayes talks about. The bills Hayes sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Hayes talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%36%
Hayes
Peers
Education351 statements
32%
10%
Health291 statements
27%
26%
Agriculture and Food246 statements
23%
9%
Economics and Public Finance181 statements
17%
20%
Government Operations and Politics177 statements
16%
20%
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Policy areas Hayes talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowHayesPeers
Education32%10%
Health27%26%
Agriculture and Food23%9%
Economics and Public Finance17%20%
Government Operations and Politics16%20%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Hayes’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 36%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEducationEducation, talks about: 32% (House Democrats 10%)32%Education, legislates on: 14% (House Democrats 5%)14%HealthHealth, talks about: 27% (House Democrats 26%)27%Health, legislates on: 18% (House Democrats 16%)18%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 9%)23%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 11% (House Democrats 4%)11%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 20%)17%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 20%)16%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 11%)6%
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Hayes's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Education32%10%14%5%
Health27%26%18%16%
Agriculture and Food23%9%11%4%
Economics and Public Finance17%20%0%1%
Government Operations and Politics16%20%6%11%
0.75

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 6th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Hayes sits at −1.17 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 75% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.18 to −1.15, which understates the uncertainty; from 4,343 donors and 3,794 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”.

−1.17

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.18 to −1.15. From 4,343 donors and 3,794 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Hayes −1.2House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Hayes, 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 Hayes’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 Hayes sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Hayes −1.2All Housemedian +0.3
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Hayes's CSIP score of −1.17 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Hayes
House Democrats217−1.025%
All House439+0.312%
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 Hayes 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 Hayes.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Hayes raised $1.7M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 23% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 25% of itemized individual money came from Connecticut.

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
$1.7M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 536 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): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $632.6K (36.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $193.2K (11.3%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)PACs and other committees: $780.1K (45.4%)Party committees: $7,742 (0.5%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $102.8K (6.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $102.8K (6.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $102.8K (6.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $102.8K (6.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $102.8K (6.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $102.8K (6.0%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)37 squares$632.6K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)11 squares$193.2K
  • PACs and other committees45 squares$780.1K
  • Party committees1 squares$7,742
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)6 squares$102.8K
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Sources of Hayes's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$632.6K36.9%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$193.2K11.3%
PACs and other committees$780.1K45.4%
Party committees$7,7420.5%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$102.8K6.0%
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: $2.1M$2.1M20202022 cycle: $2.8M$2.8M20222024 cycle: $4.2M$4.2M20242026 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Hayes's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$2.1M
2022 cycle$2.8M
2024 cycle$4.2M
2026 cycle$1.7M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 25% came from Connecticut.

  1. Connecticut$119.9K
  2. California$112.6K
  3. New York$63.0K
  4. Massachusetts$40.6K
  5. Florida$16.4K

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%
Hayes
Median
2026
23%
13%
2024
22%
13%
2022
22%
13%
2020
23%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowHayesMedian
2026 cycle23%13%
2024 cycle22%13%
2022 cycle22%13%
2020 cycle23%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $250MEVermont: $500VTNew Hampshire: $750NHWashington: $6,151WAIdaho: $1,000IDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $785MNIllinois: $1,250ILWisconsin: $140WIMichigan: $1,550MINew York: $63.0KNYRhode Island: $2,500RIMassachusetts: $40.6KMAOregon: $8,222ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $3,500WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $250INOhio: $2,200OHPennsylvania: $5,105PANew Jersey: $13.0KNJConnecticut: $119.9KCTCalifornia: $112.6KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $5,750CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $1,550MOKentucky: $3,500KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $8,367VAMaryland: $14.5KMDDelaware: $500DEArizona: $500AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $500TNNorth Carolina: $1,264NCSouth Carolina: $500SCDistrict of Columbia: $8,827DCOklahoma: $2,053OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $500MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $500GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $14.5KTXFlorida: $16.4KFL
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Hayes's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Connecticut$119.9K
California$112.6K
New York$63.0K
Massachusetts$40.6K
Florida$16.4K
Maryland$14.5K
Texas$14.5K
New Jersey$13.0K
District of Columbia$8,827
Virginia$8,367
Oregon$8,222
Washington$6,151
Colorado$5,750
Pennsylvania$5,105
Wyoming$3,500
Kentucky$3,500
Rhode Island$2,500
Ohio$2,200
Oklahoma$2,053
Michigan$1,550
Missouri$1,550
North Carolina$1,264
Illinois$1,250
Idaho$1,000
Minnesota$785
New Hampshire$750
Vermont$500
Delaware$500
Arizona$500
Tennessee$500
South Carolina$500
Mississippi$500
Georgia$500
Maine$250
Indiana$250
Wisconsin$140
AlaskaNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
NevadaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
West VirginiaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
LouisianaNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
536

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

25%

from Connecticut

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.7%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 53%53%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 43%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 2.5%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.2%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.1%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.8%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Hayes's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 53% between −1.25 and −1.00, 43% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.7%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0053%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7543%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.502.5%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.2%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.1%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.8%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Hayes’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Hayes’s own score is −1.17.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$159.5K 227 donors
  2. RETIRED$72.7K 99 donors
  3. CEO$32.3K 8 donors
  4. ATTORNEY$21.6K 20 donors
  5. EXECUTIVE$19.5K 4 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. EMILYS LIST$10.4K
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  5. AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. ALIGNMENT GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES$750 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Hayes voted with the majority of House Democrats on 98.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.9% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Hayes voted against the majority of House Democrats 13 times.

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

13

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 98.7%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 98th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Hayes
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.0%
96.9%
113th of 217
Party unity
98.7%
96.4%
98th of 217
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Hayes's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowHayesPeers
Attendance98.0%96.9%
Party unity98.7%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 Hayes most often

  1. Nanette BarragánD640 shared votes99%
  2. Danny DavisD635 shared votes99%
  3. Jasmine CrockettD622 shared votes99%
  4. Shontel BrownD659 shared votes99%
  5. Jill TokudaD658 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Hayes least often

  1. Chip RoyR622 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR584 shared votes17%
  3. Eric BurlisonR631 shared votes17%
  4. Andy BiggsR595 shared votes17%
  5. Keith SelfR646 shared votes18%
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

Hayes sponsored 41 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 581 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Hayes 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

Sponsored41 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4141Sponsored, In committee: 4141Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored581 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 581581Cosponsored, In committee: 581581Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1010Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Hayes sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4141000
Cosponsored5815811010
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 171st of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton103
  2. Rashida Tlaib44
  3. Shri Thanedar39
  4. André Carson38
  5. Bonnie Watson Coleman37
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 Hayes’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. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10782Clean School Bus Reauthorization ActSponsorOct 9, 2026In committeeEnergyReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 9, 2026
H.R. 10734Title IX Take Responsibility Act of 2026CosponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Oct 5, 2026
H.Res. 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 1, 2026
H.Con.Res. 120Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 25, 2026, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Week" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults.CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Sep 24, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 116 times in 90 days. Hayes’s official site had 48 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Hayes posted on Oct 26, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    hayes.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    48

    pages crawled

    116

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    jahanahayes.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    23

    pages crawled

    38

    changes in 90 days

How to read the counts

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

Images Hayes posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A blue and yellow informational flyer about disaster assistance for severe storms and flash flooding in Connecticut. It lists affected counties and application deadlines, with a congressional office name and logo at the bottom. The image contains text.
    A blue and yellow informational flyer about disaster assistance for severe storms and flash flooding in Connecticut. It lists affected counties and application deadlines, with a congressional office name and logo at the bottom. The image contains text.View post
  • Three women stand together in a formal hallway beside an office door, a wall plaque, and a blue state flag. Text is visible on the plaque.
    Three women stand together in a formal hallway beside an office door, a wall plaque, and a blue state flag. Text is visible on the plaque.View post
  • A promotional graphic with a blue background shows a smiling woman in a blue outfit in front of a government building. Large score-themed graphics and a nonprofit logo appear beside her, along with several lines of text.
    A promotional graphic with a blue background shows a smiling woman in a blue outfit in front of a government building. Large score-themed graphics and a nonprofit logo appear beside her, along with several lines of text.View post
  • A group of adults stand on a stage in a school gymnasium, applauding around a podium with a woman at the microphone. Flags, chairs, banners, and red wall padding are visible. There is text on the podium and signs.
    A group of adults stand on a stage in a school gymnasium, applauding around a podium with a woman at the microphone. Flags, chairs, banners, and red wall padding are visible. There is text on the podium and signs.View post
  • A woman speaks at a podium in a school auditorium while several adults sit in a row behind her. A flag and red wall padding are visible. There is text on the podium emblem, chairs, and a sign on the wall.
    A woman speaks at a podium in a school auditorium while several adults sit in a row behind her. A flag and red wall padding are visible. There is text on the podium emblem, chairs, and a sign on the wall.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 Hayes 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
H001081
Bioguide
H001081
FEC candidate ids
H8CT05245

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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