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Democrat · U.S. House, California’s 18th district

Serving since Jan 4, 1995119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Zoe Lofgren, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
93%
of House Democrats score to the right of Lofgren on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −1.34 (approximate range −1.36 to −1.32, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 2,491 donors and 7,334 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Lofgren sits among House Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 39% of Lofgren’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the top tenth of House Democrats (median 13%). 38% of Lofgren’s statements criticize a policy, in the top quarter of House Democrats (average 28%).

The measures on which Lofgren 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.

CSIP ideology

−1.34

More liberal than 93% of House Democrats · ± 0.02

Small donations, 2026

39%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 20th of 214

Policy criticism

38%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 27th of 216

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

Bipartisanship

11%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 57th of 216

From California, 2026

74%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 59th of 214 House Democrats

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

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What Lofgren says

Lofgren criticizes policies more than 87% of House Democrats. Policy criticism in 38% of 757 statements, against 28% for the average House Democrat; 27th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Lofgren’s 757 statements in the 119th Congress (691 posts on X, 34 Congressional Record speeches, 21 newsletters, 11 press releases) 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%
Lofgren
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion584 statements
77%
73%
71st of 216
Policy criticism286 statements
38%
28%
27th of 216
Credit claiming156 statements
21%
23%
119th of 216
Bipartisanship87 statements
11%
10%
57th of 216
Personal attacks50 statements
7%
7%
91st of 216
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Lofgren's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowLofgrenPeers
Policy discussion77%73%
Policy criticism38%28%
Credit claiming21%23%
Bipartisanship11%10%
Personal attacks7%7%
757

statements classified

691 posts on X, 34 Congressional Record speeches, 21 newsletters, 11 press releases.

posts on X: 691 (91.3%)posts on X 691Congressional Record speeches: 34 (4.5%)newsletters: 21 (2.8%)press releases: 11 (1.5%)
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Lofgren's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X691
Congressional Record speeches34
newsletters21
press releases11
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Lofgren used extreme labels in 1.1% of statements, below the peer average. 8 statements, most often aimed at Trump; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Trump4
  2. extremists1
  3. ICE1
  4. RFK Jr1
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: 172025-02: 162025-03: 322025-04: 162025-05: 162025-06: 242025-07: 212025-08: 152025-09: 732025-10: 602025-11: 432025-12: 502026-01: 552026-02: 552026-03: 542026-04: 382026-05: 242026-06: 372026-07: 412026-08: 252026-09: 302026-10: 15peak 73 · Sep ’25Personal attackspeak 13.2% · Apr ’26 · latest 6.7%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 5.9% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-02: 6.3% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-03: 6.3% of 32Personal attacks, 2025-04: 6.3% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 24Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-09: 4.1% of 73Personal attacks, 2025-10: 6.7% of 60Personal attacks, 2025-11: 7.0% of 43Personal attacks, 2025-12: 8.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2026-01: 10.9% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-02: 9.1% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-03: 3.7% of 54Personal attacks, 2026-04: 13.2% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-05: 12.5% of 24Personal attacks, 2026-06: 5.4% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-07: 4.9% of 41Personal attacks, 2026-08: 12.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2026-09: 6.7% of 30Personal attacks, 2026-10: 6.7% of 15Policy criticismpeak 66.7% · Jul ’25 · latest 6.7%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 23.5% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-02: 56.3% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-03: 56.3% of 32Policy criticism, 2025-04: 62.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-05: 62.5% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-06: 41.7% of 24Policy criticism, 2025-07: 66.7% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-08: 60.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-09: 34.3% of 73Policy criticism, 2025-10: 48.3% of 60Policy criticism, 2025-11: 44.2% of 43Policy criticism, 2025-12: 42.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2026-01: 21.8% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-02: 36.4% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-03: 40.7% of 54Policy criticism, 2026-04: 39.5% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-05: 33.3% of 24Policy criticism, 2026-06: 27.0% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-07: 39.0% of 41Policy criticism, 2026-08: 4.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2026-09: 10.0% of 30Policy criticism, 2026-10: 6.7% of 15Policy discussionpeak 100.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 80.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 70.6% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-02: 100.0% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-03: 84.4% of 32Policy discussion, 2025-04: 93.8% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-05: 87.5% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-06: 66.7% of 24Policy discussion, 2025-07: 71.4% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-08: 93.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-09: 64.4% of 73Policy discussion, 2025-10: 75.0% of 60Policy discussion, 2025-11: 72.1% of 43Policy discussion, 2025-12: 80.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2026-01: 87.3% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-02: 70.9% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-03: 79.6% of 54Policy discussion, 2026-04: 86.8% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-05: 62.5% of 24Policy discussion, 2026-06: 64.9% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-07: 80.5% of 41Policy discussion, 2026-08: 88.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2026-09: 76.7% of 30Policy discussion, 2026-10: 80.0% of 15Bipartisanshippeak 34.4% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 17.6% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 34.4% of 32Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 6.3% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 12.5% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 20.8% of 24Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 19.1% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 13.3% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 12.3% of 73Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 3.3% of 60Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 14.0% of 43Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 2.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 12.7% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 7.3% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 13.0% of 54Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 23.7% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 24Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 10.8% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 12.2% of 41Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 4.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 10.0% of 30Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 15Credit claimingpeak 43.8% · Feb ’25 · latest 13.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 17.6% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-02: 43.8% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-03: 25.0% of 32Credit claiming, 2025-04: 31.3% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-05: 6.3% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-06: 12.5% of 24Credit claiming, 2025-07: 19.1% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-08: 26.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-09: 23.3% of 73Credit claiming, 2025-10: 6.7% of 60Credit claiming, 2025-11: 18.6% of 43Credit claiming, 2025-12: 16.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2026-01: 18.2% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-02: 21.8% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-03: 38.9% of 54Credit claiming, 2026-04: 18.4% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-05: 12.5% of 24Credit claiming, 2026-06: 29.7% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-07: 12.2% of 41Credit claiming, 2026-08: 40.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2026-09: 10.0% of 30Credit claiming, 2026-10: 13.3% of 15Extreme labelspeak 8.3% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-02: 6.3% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 32Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-06: 8.3% of 24Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-08: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-09: 1.4% of 73Extreme labels, 2025-10: 1.7% of 60Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 43Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.8% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 54Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-05: 4.2% of 24Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 41Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 30Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 15Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Lofgren, 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 ’25175.9%23.5%70.6%17.6%17.6%0.0%
Feb ’25166.3%56.3%100.0%6.3%43.8%6.3%
Mar ’25326.3%56.3%84.4%34.4%25.0%0.0%
Apr ’25166.3%62.5%93.8%6.3%31.3%0.0%
May ’25160.0%62.5%87.5%12.5%6.3%0.0%
Jun ’25240.0%41.7%66.7%20.8%12.5%8.3%
Jul ’25210.0%66.7%71.4%19.1%19.1%0.0%
Aug ’25150.0%60.0%93.3%13.3%26.7%6.7%
Sep ’25734.1%34.3%64.4%12.3%23.3%1.4%
Oct ’25606.7%48.3%75.0%3.3%6.7%1.7%
Nov ’25437.0%44.2%72.1%14.0%18.6%0.0%
Dec ’25508.0%42.0%80.0%2.0%16.0%0.0%
Jan ’265510.9%21.8%87.3%12.7%18.2%0.0%
Feb ’26559.1%36.4%70.9%7.3%21.8%1.8%
Mar ’26543.7%40.7%79.6%13.0%38.9%0.0%
Apr ’263813.2%39.5%86.8%23.7%18.4%0.0%
May ’262412.5%33.3%62.5%0.0%12.5%4.2%
Jun ’26375.4%27.0%64.9%10.8%29.7%0.0%
Jul ’26414.9%39.0%80.5%12.2%12.2%0.0%
Aug ’262512.0%4.0%88.0%4.0%40.0%0.0%
Sep ’26306.7%10.0%76.7%10.0%10.0%0.0%
Oct ’26156.7%6.7%80.0%0.0%13.3%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 Lofgren’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.

Sep 25, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Commerce; Labor and Employment; Science, Technology, Communications · Source

Policy criticism

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

Oct 21, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Immigration · Source

Extreme label

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

May 20, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “extreme” aimed at extremists · 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 · Energy · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · target: TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Agriculture and Food · Education · Housing and Community Development · target: TrumpSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Government Operations and Politics · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: TrumpSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · Economics and Public Finance · target: TrumpSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · Agriculture and Food · target: House RepublicansSource

All 757 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: 691 posts on X, 34 Congressional Record speeches, 21 newsletters, 11 press releases.

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Policy

Health is what Lofgren talks about most: 23% of policy statements. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 97th 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 Lofgren talks about. The bills Lofgren sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Lofgren talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Lofgren
Peers
Health137 statements
23%
26%
Economics and Public Finance116 statements
20%
20%
Government Operations and Politics107 statements
18%
20%
Armed Forces and National Security76 statements
13%
16%
Immigration67 statements
11%
11%
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Policy areas Lofgren talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowLofgrenPeers
Health23%26%
Economics and Public Finance20%20%
Government Operations and Politics18%20%
Armed Forces and National Security13%16%
Immigration11%11%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Lofgren’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 35%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 26%)23%Health, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 16%)10%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 20% (House Democrats 20%)20%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 18% (House Democrats 20%)18%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 11%)8%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 13% (House Democrats 16%)13%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 7% (House Democrats 7%)7%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 11% (House Democrats 11%)11%Immigration, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 4%)9%
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Lofgren's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Health23%26%10%16%
Economics and Public Finance20%20%0%1%
Government Operations and Politics18%20%8%11%
Armed Forces and National Security13%16%7%7%
Immigration11%11%9%4%
0.69

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 97th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Lofgren sits at −1.34 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 93% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.36 to −1.32, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,491 donors and 7,334 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”.

−1.34

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.36 to −1.32. From 2,491 donors and 7,334 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Lofgren, 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 Lofgren’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 Lofgren sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Lofgren −1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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Lofgren's CSIP score of −1.34 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Lofgren
House Democrats217−1.06%
All House439+0.33%
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 Lofgren 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 Lofgren.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Lofgren raised $2.0M in the 2026 cycle, close to the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 39% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 74% 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
$2.0M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 729 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): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Itemized individual (over $200): $751.6K (37.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $486.8K (24.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)PACs and other committees: $526.2K (26.5%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $218.2K (11.0%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)38 squares$751.6K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)25 squares$486.8K
  • PACs and other committees26 squares$526.2K
  • Party committees$613
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)11 squares$218.2K
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Sources of Lofgren's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$751.6K37.9%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$486.8K24.5%
PACs and other committees$526.2K26.5%
Party committees$6130.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$218.2K11.0%
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: $1.8M$1.8M20202022 cycle: $2.0M$2.0M20222024 cycle: $2.3M$2.3M20242026 cycle: $2.0M$2.0M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Lofgren's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.8M
2022 cycle$2.0M
2024 cycle$2.3M
2026 cycle$2.0M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 74% came from California.

  1. California$478.2K
  2. District of Columbia$37.9K
  3. New York$17.8K
  4. Maryland$14.2K
  5. Nevada$11.1K

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%
Lofgren
Median
2026
39%
13%
2024
17%
13%
2022
7%
13%
2020
7%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowLofgrenMedian
2026 cycle39%13%
2024 cycle17%13%
2022 cycle7%13%
2020 cycle7%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $365AKMaine: $1,730MEVermont: $1,545VTNew Hampshire: $1,310NHWashington: $5,430WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $197MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $1,575MNIllinois: $4,894ILWisconsin: $927WIMichigan: $462MINew York: $17.8KNYRhode Island: $700RIMassachusetts: $10.9KMAOregon: $1,548ORNevada: $11.1KNVWyoming: $738WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $250IAIndiana: $486INOhio: $1,759OHPennsylvania: $3,880PANew Jersey: $736NJConnecticut: $3,617CTCalifornia: $478.2KCAUtah: $824UTColorado: $2,864CONebraska: $578NEMissouri: $1,143MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $500WVVirginia: $9,332VAMaryland: $14.2KMDDelaware: $831DEArizona: $2,092AZNew Mexico: $220NMKansas: $562KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $2,232TNNorth Carolina: $862NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $37.9KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $650LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $105ALGeorgia: $600GAHawaii: $1,136HITexas: $10.2KTXFlorida: $7,765FL
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Lofgren's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$478.2K
District of Columbia$37.9K
New York$17.8K
Maryland$14.2K
Nevada$11.1K
Massachusetts$10.9K
Texas$10.2K
Virginia$9,332
Florida$7,765
Washington$5,430
Illinois$4,894
Pennsylvania$3,880
Connecticut$3,617
Colorado$2,864
Tennessee$2,232
Arizona$2,092
Ohio$1,759
Maine$1,730
Minnesota$1,575
Oregon$1,548
Vermont$1,545
New Hampshire$1,310
Missouri$1,143
Hawaii$1,136
Wisconsin$927
North Carolina$862
Delaware$831
Utah$824
Wyoming$738
New Jersey$736
Rhode Island$700
Louisiana$650
Georgia$600
Nebraska$578
Kansas$562
West Virginia$500
Indiana$486
Michigan$462
Alaska$365
Iowa$250
New Mexico$220
Montana$197
Alabama$105
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
South DakotaNo data
KentuckyNo data
ArkansasNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
729

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

74%

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 −1.50 to −1.25: 20%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 55%55%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 16%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.2%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 2.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 3.9%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 1.5%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.2%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.7%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.2%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Lofgren's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 20% between −1.50 and −1.25, 55% between −1.25 and −1.00, 16% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.2520%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0055%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7516%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.2%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.252.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.003.9%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.251.5%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.2%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.7%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.2%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Lofgren’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Lofgren’s own score is −1.34.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$303.6K 446 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$46.7K 31 donors
  3. ENGINEER$18.1K 7 donors
  4. RETIRED$16.1K 31 donors
  5. PARTNER$14.5K 8 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  5. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. GOOGLE$45.8K 8 donors
  2. FRAGOMEN$18.3K 8 donors
  3. CISCO$15.5K 4 donors
  4. FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES$5,000 3 donors
  5. STANFORD UNIVERSITY$2,250 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Lofgren voted with the majority of House Democrats on 98.2% of party-line votes and missed 1.5% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Lofgren voted against the majority of House Democrats 15 times.

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

15

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 98.2%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 112th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Lofgren
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.5%
96.9%
91st of 217
Party unity
98.2%
96.4%
112th of 217
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Lofgren's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowLofgrenPeers
Attendance98.5%96.9%
Party unity98.2%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 Lofgren most often

  1. Suzan DelBeneD651 shared votes98%
  2. Robert GarciaD623 shared votes98%
  3. Adam SmithD621 shared votes98%
  4. James WalkinshawD422 shared votes98%
  5. Madeleine DeanD651 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Lofgren least often

  1. Chip RoyR622 shared votes17%
  2. Ralph NormanR588 shared votes18%
  3. Eric BurlisonR632 shared votes19%
  4. Andy BiggsR597 shared votes19%
  5. Keith SelfR647 shared votes19%
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

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Legislation

Lofgren sponsored 25 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 480 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Lofgren 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

Sponsored25 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2525Sponsored, In committee: 2525Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored480 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 480480Cosponsored, In committee: 480480Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1818Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Lofgren sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2525000
Cosponsored4804801810
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Lofgren sponsored, ochre blocks bills Lofgren 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 Lofgren, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.

  1. Eleanor Norton62
  2. Jared Huffman32
  3. Judy Chu30
  4. Brian Fitzpatrick29
  5. Eugene Vindman29
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 Lofgren’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H.R. 10907To prohibit interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 22, 2026
H.Res. 1608Expressing support for the designation of October 5, 2026, as the "National Beyond the Milky Way Day" and celebrating a transformative achievement in American science.CosponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Oct 5, 2026
H.R. 10684DOE Bioenergy Program Reauthorization ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeEnergyReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10574American Leadership in Fusion ActSponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeEnergyReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10575Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property (DEFEND IP) Act of 2026SponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeCommerceReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Sep 24, 2026

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Online

A site that changed 65 times in 90 days. Lofgren’s official site had 30 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Lofgren posted on Oct 23, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    lofgren.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    30

    pages crawled

    65

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    zoelofgren.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    13

    pages crawled

    25

    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.

Social accounts

Images Lofgren posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Two people work together at a laboratory bench. An older woman in a red jacket examines a small item while a younger man in a blue sweater assists. The lab contains equipment, containers, and shelves; some text is visible.
    Two people work together at a laboratory bench. An older woman in a red jacket examines a small item while a younger man in a blue sweater assists. The lab contains equipment, containers, and shelves; some text is visible.View post
  • Three women stand and talk inside an indoor plant-growing facility filled with shelving, trays of seedlings, and bright colored grow lights. Some small text is visible on the equipment.
    Three women stand and talk inside an indoor plant-growing facility filled with shelving, trays of seedlings, and bright colored grow lights. Some small text is visible on the equipment.View post
  • Three adults pose for a photograph in front of a wooden wall and bench in a building lobby. Text is displayed on the wall behind them.
    Three adults pose for a photograph in front of a wooden wall and bench in a building lobby. Text is displayed on the wall behind them.View post
  • Three people in a laboratory examine a small glass container beside a large open laboratory refrigerator. The man holding the container appears to be explaining it to the two women. There is visible text on the equipment and a magazine.
    Three people in a laboratory examine a small glass container beside a large open laboratory refrigerator. The man holding the container appears to be explaining it to the two women. There is visible text on the equipment and a magazine.View post
  • Four adults stand in a modern building hallway as a woman in a red jacket knocks on a secure gray door. The door displays an official emblem and signs. Plants line the left side of the hallway. Text appears on the door and nearby notices.
    Four adults stand in a modern building hallway as a woman in a red jacket knocks on a secure gray door. The door displays an official emblem and signs. Plants line the left side of the hallway. Text appears on the door and nearby notices.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 Lofgren 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
L000397
Bioguide
L000397
FEC candidate ids
H4CA16049

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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