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Republican · U.S. House, Oklahoma’s 3rd district

Serving since May 17, 1994119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Frank Lucas, rendered as a two-tone print
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0%
of statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans

0% of 238 statements contain a personal attack (0 statements); the average for House Republicans is 2.1%. Ranks 216th of 221, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Lucas’s posts on X, Congressional Record speeches, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it attacks a person’s character, integrity or loyalty. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Republicans and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 0% of Lucas’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom 5% of House Republicans (average 3.0%). 43% of the 14 bills Lucas sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of House Republicans.

The measures on which Lucas 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.

Personal attacks

0%

House Republicans average 2.1% · ranks 216th of 221

Extreme labels

0%

House Republicans average 3.0% · ranks 216th of 221

Out of committee

43%

House Republicans average 17% · ranks 14th of 216

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.53

House Republicans average 0.64 · ranks 204th of 221

Raised, 2026

$1.1M

House Republicans’ median $2.2M · ranks 178th of 220

CSIP ideology

+0.78

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

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

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What Lucas says

Lucas attacks opponents personally less than 97% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0% of 238 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 216th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Lucas’s 238 statements in the 119th Congress (187 posts on X, 21 newsletters, 18 Congressional Record speeches, 12 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 Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Lucas
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion179 statements
75%
68%
51st of 221
Credit claiming91 statements
38%
37%
110th of 221
Policy criticism29 statements
12%
15%
143rd of 221
Bipartisanship25 statements
11%
9%
67th of 221
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
2%
216th of 221
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Lucas's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowLucasPeers
Policy discussion75%68%
Credit claiming38%37%
Policy criticism12%15%
Bipartisanship11%9%
Personal attacks0%2%
238

statements classified

187 posts on X, 21 newsletters, 18 Congressional Record speeches, 12 press releases.

posts on X: 187 (78.6%)posts on X 187newsletters: 21 (8.8%)Congressional Record speeches: 18 (7.6%)press releases: 12 (5.0%)
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Lucas's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X187
newsletters21
Congressional Record speeches18
press releases12
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Lucas used no extreme labels in 238 statements. The peer average is 3.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

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: 52025-02: 72025-03: 192025-04: 192025-05: 132025-06: 222025-07: 132025-08: 52025-09: 112025-10: 42025-11: 62025-12: 82026-01: 62026-02: 102026-03: 72026-04: 182026-05: 112026-06: 192026-07: 202026-08: 22026-09: 92026-10: 4peak 22 · Jun ’25Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 18Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 20Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 31.6% · Mar ’25 · latest 25.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-03: 31.6% of 19Policy criticism, 2025-04: 26.3% of 19Policy criticism, 2025-05: 7.7% of 13Policy criticism, 2025-06: 4.5% of 22Policy criticism, 2025-07: 7.7% of 13Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 9.1% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: 20.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: 0.0% of 18Policy criticism, 2026-05: 0.0% of 11Policy criticism, 2026-06: 5.3% of 19Policy criticism, 2026-07: 25.0% of 20Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 90.9% · May ’26 · latest 90.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-03: 73.7% of 19Policy discussion, 2025-04: 79.0% of 19Policy discussion, 2025-05: 76.9% of 13Policy discussion, 2025-06: 68.2% of 22Policy discussion, 2025-07: 69.2% of 13Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 63.6% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: 80.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: 77.8% of 18Policy discussion, 2026-05: 90.9% of 11Policy discussion, 2026-06: 73.7% of 19Policy discussion, 2026-07: 90.0% of 20Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 22.7% · Jun ’25 · latest 15.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 15.8% of 19Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 0.0% of 19Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 7.7% of 13Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 22.7% of 22Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 9.1% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 20.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 18Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 15.8% of 19Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 15.0% of 20Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 50.0% · Feb ’26 · latest 25.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-03: 31.6% of 19Credit claiming, 2025-04: 26.3% of 19Credit claiming, 2025-05: 30.8% of 13Credit claiming, 2025-06: 31.8% of 22Credit claiming, 2025-07: 46.2% of 13Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 45.5% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: 50.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: 33.3% of 18Credit claiming, 2026-05: 45.5% of 11Credit claiming, 2026-06: 42.1% of 19Credit claiming, 2026-07: 25.0% of 20Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 18Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 20Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Lucas, 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 ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’25190.0%31.6%73.7%15.8%31.6%0.0%
Apr ’25190.0%26.3%79.0%0.0%26.3%0.0%
May ’25130.0%7.7%76.9%7.7%30.8%0.0%
Jun ’25220.0%4.5%68.2%22.7%31.8%0.0%
Jul ’25130.0%7.7%69.2%0.0%46.2%0.0%
Aug ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’25110.0%9.1%63.6%9.1%45.5%0.0%
Oct ’254— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’258— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’266— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’26100.0%20.0%80.0%20.0%50.0%0.0%
Mar ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’26180.0%0.0%77.8%0.0%33.3%0.0%
May ’26110.0%0.0%90.9%0.0%45.5%0.0%
Jun ’26190.0%5.3%73.7%15.8%42.1%0.0%
Jul ’26200.0%25.0%90.0%15.0%25.0%0.0%
Aug ’262— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’269— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
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%. 11 months are hatched here.

In Lucas’s words

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

Policy discussion

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

Oct 15, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Science, Technology, Communications; Education · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Sep 29, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Finance and Financial Sector · Source

Policy criticism

Rep. Lucas Delivers Opening Statement at Chairman Warsh’s First Financial Services Committee Hearing Washington, DC – Today, Representative Frank D. Lucas (OK-03), Chairman of the House Financial Services Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity, delivered a…

Jul 30, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; Government Operations and Politics · 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.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 238 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: 187 posts on X, 21 newsletters, 18 Congressional Record speeches, 12 press releases.

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Policy

Agriculture and Food is what Lucas talks about most: 36% of policy statements, 4.0 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.53 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 204th 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 Lucas talks about. The bills Lucas sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Lucas talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%39%
Lucas
Peers
Agriculture and Food64 statements
36%
9%
Economics and Public Finance54 statements
30%
19%
Finance and Financial Sector42 statements
23%
3%
Emergency Management30 statements
17%
6%
Armed Forces and National Security22 statements
12%
24%
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Policy areas Lucas talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowLucasPeers
Agriculture and Food36%9%
Economics and Public Finance30%19%
Finance and Financial Sector23%3%
Emergency Management17%6%
Armed Forces and National Security12%24%
How to read the bars

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

Talks aboutLegislates onAgriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 36% (House Republicans 9%)36%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 7% (House Republicans 3%)7%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 30% (House Republicans 19%)30%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (House Republicans 2%)1%Finance and Financial SectorFinance and Financial Sector, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 3%)23%Finance and Financial Sector, legislates on: 27% (House Republicans 5%)27%Emergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 17% (House Republicans 6%)17%Emergency Management, legislates on: 0% (House Republicans 1%)0%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 12% (House Republicans 24%)12%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 7% (House Republicans 8%)7%
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Lucas's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Agriculture and Food36%9%7%3%
Economics and Public Finance30%19%1%2%
Finance and Financial Sector23%3%27%5%
Emergency Management17%6%0%1%
Armed Forces and National Security12%24%7%8%
0.53

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 204th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Lucas sits at +0.78 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 80% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.76 to +0.79, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,244 donors and 7,406 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”.

+0.78

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.76 to +0.79. From 1,244 donors and 7,406 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Lucas +0.8House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Lucas, 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 Lucas’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 Lucas sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Lucas +0.8All Housemedian +0.3
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Lucas's CSIP score of +0.78 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Lucas
House Republicans221+1.020%
All House439+0.360%
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 Lucas 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 Lucas.

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Money

Lucas raised $1.1M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 1.9% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 63% of itemized individual money came from Oklahoma.

Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.

Election cycle
$1.1M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 140 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): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $228.3K (21.6%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)PACs and other committees: $809.5K (76.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $13.0K (1.2%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)22 squares$228.3K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$4,358
  • PACs and other committees77 squares$809.5K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)1 squares$13.0K
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Sources of Lucas's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$228.3K21.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$4,3580.4%
PACs and other committees$809.5K76.7%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$13.0K1.2%
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: $881.7K$881.7K20202022 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M20222024 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M20242026 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Lucas's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$881.7K
2022 cycle$1.5M
2024 cycle$1.7M
2026 cycle$1.1M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 63% came from Oklahoma.

  1. Oklahoma$128.0K
  2. Texas$16.5K
  3. New York$14.0K
  4. Virginia$11.3K
  5. District of Columbia$9,000

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%
Lucas
Median
2026
2%
9%
2024
3%
9%
2022
4%
9%
2020
7%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowLucasMedian
2026 cycle2%9%
2024 cycle3%9%
2022 cycle4%9%
2020 cycle7%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $1,000ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $14.0KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $1,500OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $2,000CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $11.3KVAMaryland: $6,250MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $7,500ARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $4,500NCSouth Carolina: $1,000SCDistrict of Columbia: $9,000DCOklahoma: $128.0KOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $1,000ALGeorgia: $500GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $16.5KTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Lucas's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Oklahoma$128.0K
Texas$16.5K
New York$14.0K
Virginia$11.3K
District of Columbia$9,000
Arkansas$7,500
Maryland$6,250
North Carolina$4,500
Colorado$2,000
Ohio$1,500
Illinois$1,000
South Carolina$1,000
Alabama$1,000
Georgia$500
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
140

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

63%

from Oklahoma

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.6%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 3.9%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.0%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 17%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 77%77%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 1.0%← More liberalMore conservative →
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Ideology of Lucas's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.00 to +1.25: 17% between +0.50 and +0.75, 77% between +0.75 and +1.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.6%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.003.9%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.0%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.7517%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0077%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.251.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Lucas’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Lucas’s own score is +0.78.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. FARMER$19.5K 12 donors
  2. CONSULTANT$15.8K 14 donors
  3. CEO$15.0K 7 donors
  4. RETIRED$14.8K 6 donors
  5. INDIAN TRIBE$11.5K 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. CME GROUP INC. PAC$10.0K
  5. CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. INDIAN TRIBE$11.5K 3 donors
  2. FOWLER AGENCY$9,000 10 donors
  3. DEVON ENERGY$6,000 3 donors
  4. GARVER$2,250 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Lucas voted with the majority of House Republicans on 96.9% of party-line votes and missed 1.6% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Lucas voted against the majority of House Republicans 14 times.

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

14

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 96.9%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 160th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Lucas
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.3%
96.3%
92nd of 221
Party unity
96.9%
97.1%
160th of 221
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Lucas's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowLucasPeers
Attendance98.3%96.3%
Party unity96.9%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 Lucas most often

  1. Hal RogersR651 shared votes100%
  2. Mike JohnsonR511 shared votes100%
  3. Chuck FleischmannR662 shared votes100%
  4. Cliff BentzR662 shared votes99%
  5. Glenn ThompsonR655 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Lucas least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD379 shared votes25%
  2. Rashida TlaibD647 shared votes26%
  3. Delia RamirezD632 shared votes26%
  4. Gregorio CasarD567 shared votes27%
  5. Dan GoldmanD581 shared votes28%
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

Lucas sponsored 14 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 73 others. 43% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 14th of 216).

The bills Lucas 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

Sponsored14 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1414Sponsored, In committee: 1414Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 44Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored73 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 7373Cosponsored, In committee: 7373Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1313Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Lucas sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1414400
Cosponsored73731322
How to read the blocks

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

43%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 14th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Andy Barr7
  2. Daniel Meuser7
  3. Zachary (Zach) Nunn7
  4. Michael Lawler6
  5. Mónica De La Cruz5
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 Lucas’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

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

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H.Res. 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' familiesCosponsorSep 3, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. Sep 3, 2026
H.R. 10184Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026CosponsorAug 31, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial SectorOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 21. Sep 16, 2026
H.R. 9334Workforce for AI Trust ActCosponsorJun 18, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0. Jun 25, 2026
H.R. 9153To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 to exempt certain military installations from guidance regarding the maintenance of the aggregate square footage of facilities of the Department of Defense.SponsorJun 4, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Jun 4, 2026
H.R. 8990Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026CosponsorMay 21, 2026In committeeEnvironmental ProtectionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. May 21, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 14 times in 90 days. Lucas’s official site had 21 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Lucas posted on Sep 11, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    lucas.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    21

    pages crawled

    14

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    frankdlucas.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    23

    pages crawled

    5

    changes in 90 days

How to read the counts

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

Images Lucas posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A black-and-white commemorative poster shows three firefighters raising an American flag amid wreckage. A political logo and large memorial text appear over the image.
    A black-and-white commemorative poster shows three firefighters raising an American flag amid wreckage. A political logo and large memorial text appear over the image.View post
  • A man gives a presentation to a seated audience in a conference room. A large screen behind him displays a company logo and slogan. Tables hold food, drinks, and papers.
    A man gives a presentation to a seated audience in a conference room. A large screen behind him displays a company logo and slogan. Tables hold food, drinks, and papers.View post
  • Inside an airport gate area, two people stand talking near a door while a camera operator films them. Other people and a check-in counter are visible. Signs and a screen display text.
    Inside an airport gate area, two people stand talking near a door while a camera operator films them. Other people and a check-in counter are visible. Signs and a screen display text.View post
  • A group of people pose outside a modern building while holding a ceremonial ribbon for a ribbon-cutting event. There are balloons behind them and text is visible on the ribbon.
    A group of people pose outside a modern building while holding a ceremonial ribbon for a ribbon-cutting event. There are balloons behind them and text is visible on the ribbon.View post
  • A group of six adults pose together in a hallway, with pamphlets and other materials displayed on a small table in front of them. There is text on the wall and on the materials.
    A group of six adults pose together in a hallway, with pamphlets and other materials displayed on a small table in front of them. There is text on the wall and on the materials.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 Lucas 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
L000491
Bioguide
L000491
FEC candidate ids
H4OK06056

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 27, 20261 days agoImages 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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