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Republican · U.S. House, California’s 40th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2021119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Young Kim, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$10.1M
raised in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of House Republicans

The median for House Republicans is $2.2M. Ranks 9th of 220, where 1st raised the most. 5,267 itemized donors.

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

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 49% of Kim’s statements claim credit, in the top quarter of House Republicans (average 37%). Kim sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 85% of House Republicans.

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

Raised, 2026

$10.1M

House Republicans’ median $2.2M · ranks 9th of 220

Credit claiming

49%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 34th of 221

CSIP ideology

+0.71

More liberal than 85% of House Republicans · ± 0.01

Attendance

99.2%

House Republicans average 96.3% · ranks 40th of 221 · 674 roll calls

Policy discussion

76%

House Republicans average 68% · ranks 46th of 221

Bipartisanship

14%

House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 46th of 221

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Kim says

Kim attacks opponents personally about as often as the median House Republican. Personal attacks in 1.2% of 2,543 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 111th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Kim’s 2,543 statements in the 119th Congress (2,199 posts on X, 219 press releases, 63 Congressional Record speeches, 62 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 Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Kim
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,937 statements
76%
68%
46th of 221
Credit claiming1,247 statements
49%
37%
34th of 221
Policy criticism476 statements
19%
15%
58th of 221
Bipartisanship346 statements
14%
9%
46th of 221
Personal attacks30 statements
1%
2%
111th of 221
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Kim's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowKimPeers
Policy discussion76%68%
Credit claiming49%37%
Policy criticism19%15%
Bipartisanship14%9%
Personal attacks1%2%
2,543

statements classified

2,199 posts on X, 219 press releases, 63 Congressional Record speeches, 62 newsletters.

posts on X: 2,199 (86.5%)posts on X 2,199press releases: 219 (8.6%)Congressional Record speeches: 63 (2.5%)newsletters: 62 (2.4%)
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Kim's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,199
press releases219
Congressional Record speeches63
newsletters62
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Kim used extreme labels in 1.5% of statements, below the peer average. 37 statements, most often aimed at DEI policies; peers 3.0%.

  1. “far left”14
  2. “communist”9
  3. “radical”8

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. DEI policies4
  2. Newsom3
  3. America First2
  4. far left2
  5. politicians2
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: 902025-02: 1112025-03: 1352025-04: 1062025-05: 1332025-06: 1092025-07: 1182025-08: 862025-09: 1092025-10: 892025-11: 912025-12: 792026-01: 1082026-02: 922026-03: 1312026-04: 1532026-05: 1282026-06: 1532026-07: 1292026-08: 1152026-09: 1442026-10: 134peak 153 · Apr ’26Personal attackspeak 5.2% · Apr ’26 · latest 0.8%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 90Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 111Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 135Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 106Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 133Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 109Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 118Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 86Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 109Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 89Personal attacks, 2025-11: 1.1% of 91Personal attacks, 2025-12: 2.5% of 79Personal attacks, 2026-01: 4.6% of 108Personal attacks, 2026-02: 2.2% of 92Personal attacks, 2026-03: 1.5% of 131Personal attacks, 2026-04: 5.2% of 153Personal attacks, 2026-05: 2.3% of 128Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.7% of 153Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.8% of 129Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.9% of 115Personal attacks, 2026-09: 2.1% of 144Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.8% of 134Policy criticismpeak 46.1% · Oct ’25 · latest 14.2%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 25.6% of 90Policy criticism, 2025-02: 16.2% of 111Policy criticism, 2025-03: 11.8% of 135Policy criticism, 2025-04: 21.7% of 106Policy criticism, 2025-05: 18.8% of 133Policy criticism, 2025-06: 16.5% of 109Policy criticism, 2025-07: 16.1% of 118Policy criticism, 2025-08: 5.8% of 86Policy criticism, 2025-09: 19.3% of 109Policy criticism, 2025-10: 46.1% of 89Policy criticism, 2025-11: 26.4% of 91Policy criticism, 2025-12: 26.6% of 79Policy criticism, 2026-01: 5.6% of 108Policy criticism, 2026-02: 35.9% of 92Policy criticism, 2026-03: 33.6% of 131Policy criticism, 2026-04: 11.1% of 153Policy criticism, 2026-05: 15.6% of 128Policy criticism, 2026-06: 22.9% of 153Policy criticism, 2026-07: 14.7% of 129Policy criticism, 2026-08: 6.1% of 115Policy criticism, 2026-09: 15.3% of 144Policy criticism, 2026-10: 14.2% of 134Policy discussionpeak 92.6% · Jan ’26 · latest 85.8%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 63.3% of 90Policy discussion, 2025-02: 69.4% of 111Policy discussion, 2025-03: 73.3% of 135Policy discussion, 2025-04: 68.9% of 106Policy discussion, 2025-05: 66.9% of 133Policy discussion, 2025-06: 68.8% of 109Policy discussion, 2025-07: 78.8% of 118Policy discussion, 2025-08: 72.1% of 86Policy discussion, 2025-09: 69.7% of 109Policy discussion, 2025-10: 83.2% of 89Policy discussion, 2025-11: 67.0% of 91Policy discussion, 2025-12: 89.9% of 79Policy discussion, 2026-01: 92.6% of 108Policy discussion, 2026-02: 84.8% of 92Policy discussion, 2026-03: 77.9% of 131Policy discussion, 2026-04: 81.7% of 153Policy discussion, 2026-05: 75.0% of 128Policy discussion, 2026-06: 78.4% of 153Policy discussion, 2026-07: 72.1% of 129Policy discussion, 2026-08: 78.3% of 115Policy discussion, 2026-09: 77.1% of 144Policy discussion, 2026-10: 85.8% of 134Bipartisanshippeak 38.9% · Jan ’25 · latest 5.2%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 38.9% of 90Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 26.1% of 111Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 20.7% of 135Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 17.0% of 106Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 28.6% of 133Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 28.4% of 109Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 25.4% of 118Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 12.8% of 86Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 22.9% of 109Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 12.4% of 89Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 14.3% of 91Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 15.2% of 79Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 2.8% of 108Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 8.7% of 92Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 6.9% of 131Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 2.0% of 153Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 3.1% of 128Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 9.2% of 153Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 3.9% of 129Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 2.6% of 115Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 6.3% of 144Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 5.2% of 134Credit claimingpeak 62.4% · Sep ’25 · latest 50.7%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 51.1% of 90Credit claiming, 2025-02: 47.8% of 111Credit claiming, 2025-03: 46.7% of 135Credit claiming, 2025-04: 43.4% of 106Credit claiming, 2025-05: 43.6% of 133Credit claiming, 2025-06: 45.0% of 109Credit claiming, 2025-07: 50.8% of 118Credit claiming, 2025-08: 52.3% of 86Credit claiming, 2025-09: 62.4% of 109Credit claiming, 2025-10: 51.7% of 89Credit claiming, 2025-11: 46.2% of 91Credit claiming, 2025-12: 57.0% of 79Credit claiming, 2026-01: 46.3% of 108Credit claiming, 2026-02: 59.8% of 92Credit claiming, 2026-03: 49.6% of 131Credit claiming, 2026-04: 46.4% of 153Credit claiming, 2026-05: 49.2% of 128Credit claiming, 2026-06: 60.1% of 153Credit claiming, 2026-07: 45.7% of 129Credit claiming, 2026-08: 32.2% of 115Credit claiming, 2026-09: 45.8% of 144Credit claiming, 2026-10: 50.7% of 134Extreme labelspeak 9.9% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 90Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.8% of 111Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 135Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 106Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.8% of 133Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 109Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 118Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 86Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 109Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.1% of 89Extreme labels, 2025-11: 9.9% of 91Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.3% of 79Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 108Extreme labels, 2026-02: 4.3% of 92Extreme labels, 2026-03: 3.8% of 131Extreme labels, 2026-04: 5.9% of 153Extreme labels, 2026-05: 3.1% of 128Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 153Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 129Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 115Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.7% of 144Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 134Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Kim, 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 ’25900.0%25.6%63.3%38.9%51.1%0.0%
Feb ’251110.0%16.2%69.4%26.1%47.8%1.8%
Mar ’251350.0%11.8%73.3%20.7%46.7%0.0%
Apr ’251060.0%21.7%68.9%17.0%43.4%0.0%
May ’251330.0%18.8%66.9%28.6%43.6%0.8%
Jun ’251090.0%16.5%68.8%28.4%45.0%0.0%
Jul ’251180.0%16.1%78.8%25.4%50.8%0.0%
Aug ’25860.0%5.8%72.1%12.8%52.3%0.0%
Sep ’251090.0%19.3%69.7%22.9%62.4%0.0%
Oct ’25890.0%46.1%83.2%12.4%51.7%1.1%
Nov ’25911.1%26.4%67.0%14.3%46.2%9.9%
Dec ’25792.5%26.6%89.9%15.2%57.0%1.3%
Jan ’261084.6%5.6%92.6%2.8%46.3%0.0%
Feb ’26922.2%35.9%84.8%8.7%59.8%4.3%
Mar ’261311.5%33.6%77.9%6.9%49.6%3.8%
Apr ’261535.2%11.1%81.7%2.0%46.4%5.9%
May ’261282.3%15.6%75.0%3.1%49.2%3.1%
Jun ’261530.7%22.9%78.4%9.2%60.1%0.0%
Jul ’261290.8%14.7%72.1%3.9%45.7%0.0%
Aug ’261150.9%6.1%78.3%2.6%32.2%0.0%
Sep ’261442.1%15.3%77.1%6.3%45.8%0.7%
Oct ’261340.8%14.2%85.8%5.2%50.7%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 Kim’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 25, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Personal attacks

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

Oct 5, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; credit claiming; Government Operations and Politics; target: politicians · Source

Extreme label

Mr. Speaker, I grew up in the shadow of war in South Korea. My family fled poverty and a bitter lack of opportunity, and my mother- in-law crossed the DMZ multiple times to rescue loved ones who were trapped under tyranny in North Korea. For me, it is unimaginable to see socialist ideas gaining trac…

Sep 1, 2026 · Congressional Record · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Law; extreme label “radical” aimed at socialists · 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 · Government Operations and Politics · target: politiciansSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Government Operations and Politics · target: politiciansSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Government Operations and Politics · target: representativesSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Government Operations and Politics · target: MembersSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: politiciansSource

All 2,543 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 2,199 posts on X, 219 press releases, 63 Congressional Record speeches, 62 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Kim talks about most: 19% of policy statements, below the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.62 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 155th of 221).

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

What Kim talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Kim
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security372 statements
19%
24%
Economics and Public Finance363 statements
19%
19%
Government Operations and Politics341 statements
18%
19%
International Affairs329 statements
17%
9%
Taxation266 statements
14%
10%
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Policy areas Kim talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowKimPeers
Armed Forces and National Security19%24%
Economics and Public Finance19%19%
Government Operations and Politics18%19%
International Affairs17%9%
Taxation14%10%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 19% (House Republicans 24%)19%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 6% (House Republicans 8%)6%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 19% (House Republicans 19%)19%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Republicans 2%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 18% (House Republicans 19%)18%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 9% (House Republicans 12%)9%International AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 17% (House Republicans 9%)17%International Affairs, legislates on: 24% (House Republicans 6%)24%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 14% (House Republicans 10%)14%Taxation, legislates on: 5% (House Republicans 9%)5%
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Kim's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security19%24%6%8%
Economics and Public Finance19%19%0%2%
Government Operations and Politics18%19%9%12%
International Affairs17%9%24%6%
Taxation14%10%5%9%
0.62

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 155th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Kim sits at +0.71 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 85% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.70 to +0.72, which understates the uncertainty; from 16,414 donors and 2,877 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”.

+0.71

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.70 to +0.72. From 16,414 donors and 2,877 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Kim +0.7House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Kim, 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 Kim’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 Kim sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Kim +0.7All Housemedian +0.3
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Kim's CSIP score of +0.71 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Kim
House Republicans221+1.015%
All House439+0.357%
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 Kim 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 Kim.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Kim raised $10.1M in the 2026 cycle, 4.7 times the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 35% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 36% 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
$10.1M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 5,267 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $4.2M (41.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $2.3M (22.3%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.8M (17.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.8M (18.2%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)42 squares$4.2M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)22 squares$2.3M
  • PACs and other committees18 squares$1.8M
  • Party committees$10.0K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)18 squares$1.8M
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Sources of Kim's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$4.2M41.7%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$2.3M22.3%
PACs and other committees$1.8M17.6%
Party committees$10.0K0.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$1.8M18.2%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $6.4M$6.4M20202022 cycle: $9.3M$9.3M20222024 cycle: $9.2M$9.2M20242026 cycle: $10.1M$10.1M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Kim's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$6.4M
2022 cycle$9.3M
2024 cycle$9.2M
2026 cycle$10.1M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 36% came from California.

  1. California$1.4M
  2. Texas$311.5K
  3. Florida$278.1K
  4. Virginia$155.4K
  5. Georgia$113.0K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Kim
Median
2026
35%
9%
2024
38%
9%
2022
42%
9%
2020
51%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowKimMedian
2026 cycle35%9%
2024 cycle38%9%
2022 cycle42%9%
2020 cycle51%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $8,058AKMaine: $20.8KMEVermont: $945VTNew Hampshire: $13.0KNHWashington: $69.7KWAIdaho: $25.7KIDMontana: $13.3KMTNorth Dakota: $2,907NDMinnesota: $29.1KMNIllinois: $69.3KILWisconsin: $11.8KWIMichigan: $80.9KMINew York: $98.6KNYRhode Island: $1,930RIMassachusetts: $60.5KMAOregon: $19.0KORNevada: $23.2KNVWyoming: $9,665WYSouth Dakota: $3,321SDIowa: $12.0KIAIndiana: $40.3KINOhio: $61.1KOHPennsylvania: $93.8KPANew Jersey: $53.7KNJConnecticut: $25.1KCTCalifornia: $1.4MCAUtah: $29.7KUTColorado: $78.3KCONebraska: $8,715NEMissouri: $41.1KMOKentucky: $9,554KYWest Virginia: $13.8KWVVirginia: $155.4KVAMaryland: $83.9KMDDelaware: $1,574DEArizona: $80.2KAZNew Mexico: $30.0KNMKansas: $33.1KKSArkansas: $12.4KARTennessee: $42.8KTNNorth Carolina: $73.1KNCSouth Carolina: $56.9KSCDistrict of Columbia: $56.4KDCOklahoma: $17.8KOKLouisiana: $39.5KLAMississippi: $15.5KMSAlabama: $41.1KALGeorgia: $113.0KGAHawaii: $6,888HITexas: $311.5KTXFlorida: $278.1KFL
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Kim's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$1.4M
Texas$311.5K
Florida$278.1K
Virginia$155.4K
Georgia$113.0K
New York$98.6K
Pennsylvania$93.8K
Maryland$83.9K
Michigan$80.9K
Arizona$80.2K
Colorado$78.3K
North Carolina$73.1K
Washington$69.7K
Illinois$69.3K
Ohio$61.1K
Massachusetts$60.5K
South Carolina$56.9K
District of Columbia$56.4K
New Jersey$53.7K
Tennessee$42.8K
Alabama$41.1K
Missouri$41.1K
Indiana$40.3K
Louisiana$39.5K
Kansas$33.1K
New Mexico$30.0K
Utah$29.7K
Minnesota$29.1K
Idaho$25.7K
Connecticut$25.1K
Nevada$23.2K
Maine$20.8K
Oregon$19.0K
Oklahoma$17.8K
Mississippi$15.5K
West Virginia$13.8K
Montana$13.3K
New Hampshire$13.0K
Arkansas$12.4K
Iowa$12.0K
Wisconsin$11.8K
Wyoming$9,665
Kentucky$9,554
Nebraska$8,715
Alaska$8,058
Hawaii$6,888
South Dakota$3,321
North Dakota$2,907
Rhode Island$1,930
Delaware$1,574
Vermont$945
5,267

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

36%

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 −1.25 to −1.00: 0.0%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.7%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 1.9%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 1.4%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 3.5%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 1.8%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 3.2%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 23%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 33%33%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 32%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 0.3%CSIP +1.50 to +1.75: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Kim's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.25 to +1.75: 23% between +0.50 and +0.75, 33% between +0.75 and +1.00, 32% between +1.00 and +1.25.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.25 to −1.000.0%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.7%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.501.9%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.251.4%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.003.5%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.251.8%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.503.2%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.7523%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0033%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2532%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.500.3%
CSIP +1.50 to +1.750.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Kim’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Kim’s own score is +0.71.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$2.3M 3,672 donors
  2. REAL ESTATE BROKER$98.6K 179 donors
  3. PRESIDENT$90.8K 37 donors
  4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$86.7K 49 donors
  5. OWNER$67.2K 43 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  2. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$10.0K
  3. AMERICA'S FIRST PAC$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC)$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. APOLLO$14.5K 3 donors
  2. HARVEST SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE$8,000 3 donors
  3. INVARIANT$6,000 5 donors
  4. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$3,750 8 donors
  5. EXP REALTY$2,000 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Kim voted with the majority of House Republicans on 96.8% of party-line votes and missed 0.7% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Kim voted against the majority of House Republicans 15 times.

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

15

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 96.8%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 168th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Kim
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.2%
96.3%
40th of 221
Party unity
96.8%
97.1%
168th of 221
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Kim's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowKimPeers
Attendance99.2%96.3%
Party unity96.8%97.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Kim most often

  1. Mike JohnsonR519 shared votes100%
  2. Ken CalvertR667 shared votes99%
  3. Cliff BentzR668 shared votes99%
  4. J. HillR661 shared votes99%
  5. Frank LucasR658 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Kim least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD387 shared votes25%
  2. Rashida TlaibD653 shared votes26%
  3. Delia RamirezD637 shared votes26%
  4. Dan GoldmanD585 shared votes27%
  5. Gregorio CasarD570 shared votes27%
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

Kim sponsored 57 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 381 others. 25% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 45th of 216).

The bills Kim 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

Sponsored57 billsSponsored, Introduced: 5757Sponsored, In committee: 5757Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1111Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored381 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 381381Cosponsored, In committee: 381381Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 4444Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Kim sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored57571100
Cosponsored3813814432
How to read the blocks

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

25%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 45th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Michael Lawler73
  2. Brian Fitzpatrick57
  3. Josh Gottheimer36
  4. Eugene Vindman32
  5. Brad Sherman23
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 Kim’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. 10880To establish a pilot program for voluntary federal change of address notification service operated by the Administrator of General Services, and for other purposes.SponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 22, 2026
H.Res. 1618Recognizing the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel, honoring the victims and the hostages, and calling for the complete disarmament of Hamas for a durable end to the war in Gaza.CosponsorOct 6, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Oct 6, 2026
H.Res. 1613Expressing support for the recognition of October 5th as "National Peroxisomal Disorder Awareness Day".SponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 5, 2026
H.R. 10675BUILD with Allies Act of 2026CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10626HELP STATES ActCosponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Sep 28, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 86 times in 90 days. Kim’s official site had 36 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Kim posted on Oct 26, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

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

Images Kim posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A screenshot of a Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health webpage. It has a logo and navigation menu at the top, followed by a coral-colored heading and several paragraphs about a bill to eliminate out-of-pocket maternity costs. Some phrases are emphasized in bold or coral italics.
    A screenshot of a Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health webpage. It has a logo and navigation menu at the top, followed by a coral-colored heading and several paragraphs about a bill to eliminate out-of-pocket maternity costs. Some phrases are emphasized in bold or coral italics.View post
  • Five adults pose behind a blue-covered outdoor table with bottled water, papers, an open box, and a metal container. Trees, a road, and two flags are visible in the background. There is some text on clothing, a hat, and papers.
    Five adults pose behind a blue-covered outdoor table with bottled water, papers, an open box, and a metal container. Trees, a road, and two flags are visible in the background. There is some text on clothing, a hat, and papers.View post
  • A group of people stand outdoors beside a red mini excavator at a construction site. They appear to be observing a rectangular hole dug in the ground beneath a large tree. There is text on the excavator.
    A group of people stand outdoors beside a red mini excavator at a construction site. They appear to be observing a rectangular hole dug in the ground beneath a large tree. There is text on the excavator.View post
  • A group of people chat outdoors in a garden or courtyard. In the foreground, a woman in a dark suit gestures while speaking with an older man and a younger man wearing a camouflage sweatshirt. Several people stand talking in the background. No prominent text is visible.
    A group of people chat outdoors in a garden or courtyard. In the foreground, a woman in a dark suit gestures while speaking with an older man and a younger man wearing a camouflage sweatshirt. Several people stand talking in the background. No prominent text is visible.View post
  • A red promotional graphic for a congressional app challenge, with white lettering and blue fireworks. It announces a submission deadline and includes a website address.
    A red promotional graphic for a congressional app challenge, with white lettering and blue fireworks. It announces a submission deadline and includes a website address.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 Kim is most unusual among House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
K000397
Bioguide
K000397
FEC candidate ids
H8CA39240

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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