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Democrat · U.S. Senate, New Mexico

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

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2.3%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of Senate Democrats

2.3% of 88 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for Senate Democrats is 14%. Ranks 44th of 45, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Luján sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked among Senate Democrats. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against Senate Democrats. Luján raised $6.5M in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of Senate Democrats (median $2.6M). 40% of Luján’s statements criticize a policy, in the top quarter of Senate Democrats (average 37%).

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

Out of committee

2.3%

Senate Democrats average 14% · ranks 44th of 45

Raised, 2026

$6.5M

Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M · ranks 8th of 45

Policy criticism

40%

Senate Democrats average 37% · ranks 11th of 45

Bipartisanship

14%

Senate Democrats average 18% · ranks 32nd of 45

Attendance

98.6%

Senate Democrats average 97.0% · ranks 14th of 45 · 915 roll calls

CSIP ideology

−1.06

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

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

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What Luján says

Luján stresses bipartisanship less than 68% of Senate Democrats. Bipartisanship in 14% of 1,951 statements, against 18% for the average Senate Democrat; 32nd of 45.

An AI model reads each of Luján’s 1,951 statements in the 119th Congress (1,345 posts on X, 494 press releases, 62 newsletters, 50 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for Senate Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Luján
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,537 statements
79%
78%
25th of 45
Policy criticism777 statements
40%
37%
11th of 45
Credit claiming571 statements
29%
26%
16th of 45
Bipartisanship264 statements
14%
18%
32nd of 45
Personal attacks208 statements
11%
11%
21st of 45
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Luján's share of statements in each category against the Senate Democrats average.
RowLujánPeers
Policy discussion79%78%
Policy criticism40%37%
Credit claiming29%26%
Bipartisanship14%18%
Personal attacks11%11%
1,951

statements classified

1,345 posts on X, 494 press releases, 62 newsletters, 50 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 1,345 (68.9%)posts on X 1,345press releases: 494 (25.3%)press releases 494newsletters: 62 (3.2%)Congressional Record speeches: 50 (2.6%)
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Luján's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,345
press releases494
newsletters62
Congressional Record speeches50
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Luján used extreme labels in 1.1% of statements, below the peer average. 21 statements, most often aimed at Trump administration; peers 2.4%.

  1. “extreme”15

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Trump administration3
  2. Congressional Republicans1
  3. Donald Trump1
  4. GOP extremists1
  5. policies1
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: 772025-02: 1402025-03: 1552025-04: 1242025-05: 982025-06: 972025-07: 712025-08: 542025-09: 892025-10: 922025-11: 772025-12: 732026-01: 812026-02: 932026-03: 1032026-04: 842026-05: 982026-06: 822026-07: 852026-08: 452026-09: 872026-10: 46peak 155 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 20.4% · Feb ’26 · latest 6.5%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.6% of 77Personal attacks, 2025-02: 19.3% of 140Personal attacks, 2025-03: 9.0% of 155Personal attacks, 2025-04: 7.3% of 124Personal attacks, 2025-05: 9.2% of 98Personal attacks, 2025-06: 7.2% of 97Personal attacks, 2025-07: 7.0% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-08: 7.4% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-09: 14.6% of 89Personal attacks, 2025-10: 7.6% of 92Personal attacks, 2025-11: 10.4% of 77Personal attacks, 2025-12: 12.3% of 73Personal attacks, 2026-01: 6.2% of 81Personal attacks, 2026-02: 20.4% of 93Personal attacks, 2026-03: 10.7% of 103Personal attacks, 2026-04: 8.3% of 84Personal attacks, 2026-05: 10.2% of 98Personal attacks, 2026-06: 13.4% of 82Personal attacks, 2026-07: 14.1% of 85Personal attacks, 2026-08: 11.1% of 45Personal attacks, 2026-09: 12.6% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-10: 6.5% of 46Policy criticismpeak 51.0% · May ’25 · latest 23.9%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 32.5% of 77Policy criticism, 2025-02: 41.4% of 140Policy criticism, 2025-03: 42.6% of 155Policy criticism, 2025-04: 44.4% of 124Policy criticism, 2025-05: 51.0% of 98Policy criticism, 2025-06: 50.5% of 97Policy criticism, 2025-07: 42.3% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-08: 44.4% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-09: 37.1% of 89Policy criticism, 2025-10: 43.5% of 92Policy criticism, 2025-11: 45.5% of 77Policy criticism, 2025-12: 34.3% of 73Policy criticism, 2026-01: 16.1% of 81Policy criticism, 2026-02: 41.9% of 93Policy criticism, 2026-03: 43.7% of 103Policy criticism, 2026-04: 39.3% of 84Policy criticism, 2026-05: 45.9% of 98Policy criticism, 2026-06: 39.0% of 82Policy criticism, 2026-07: 35.3% of 85Policy criticism, 2026-08: 24.4% of 45Policy criticism, 2026-09: 32.2% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-10: 23.9% of 46Policy discussionpeak 93.3% · Aug ’26 · latest 80.4%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 81.8% of 77Policy discussion, 2025-02: 80.0% of 140Policy discussion, 2025-03: 78.1% of 155Policy discussion, 2025-04: 75.0% of 124Policy discussion, 2025-05: 73.5% of 98Policy discussion, 2025-06: 74.2% of 97Policy discussion, 2025-07: 74.7% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-08: 68.5% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-09: 76.4% of 89Policy discussion, 2025-10: 76.1% of 92Policy discussion, 2025-11: 77.9% of 77Policy discussion, 2025-12: 82.2% of 73Policy discussion, 2026-01: 86.4% of 81Policy discussion, 2026-02: 76.3% of 93Policy discussion, 2026-03: 81.5% of 103Policy discussion, 2026-04: 85.7% of 84Policy discussion, 2026-05: 77.5% of 98Policy discussion, 2026-06: 76.8% of 82Policy discussion, 2026-07: 81.2% of 85Policy discussion, 2026-08: 93.3% of 45Policy discussion, 2026-09: 82.8% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-10: 80.4% of 46Bipartisanshippeak 28.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 8.7%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 28.6% of 77Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 15.7% of 140Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 13.6% of 155Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 6.5% of 124Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 6.1% of 98Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 9.3% of 97Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 9.9% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 5.6% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 24.7% of 89Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 17.4% of 92Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 16.9% of 77Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 21.9% of 73Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 13.6% of 81Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 9.7% of 93Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 12.6% of 103Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 7.1% of 84Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 12.2% of 98Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 13.4% of 82Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 14.1% of 85Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 8.9% of 45Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 19.5% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 8.7% of 46Credit claimingpeak 49.4% · Jan ’25 · latest 30.4%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 49.4% of 77Credit claiming, 2025-02: 25.0% of 140Credit claiming, 2025-03: 19.4% of 155Credit claiming, 2025-04: 22.6% of 124Credit claiming, 2025-05: 16.3% of 98Credit claiming, 2025-06: 19.6% of 97Credit claiming, 2025-07: 18.3% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-08: 24.1% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-09: 29.2% of 89Credit claiming, 2025-10: 29.3% of 92Credit claiming, 2025-11: 32.5% of 77Credit claiming, 2025-12: 41.1% of 73Credit claiming, 2026-01: 25.9% of 81Credit claiming, 2026-02: 32.3% of 93Credit claiming, 2026-03: 35.9% of 103Credit claiming, 2026-04: 34.5% of 84Credit claiming, 2026-05: 37.8% of 98Credit claiming, 2026-06: 34.2% of 82Credit claiming, 2026-07: 30.6% of 85Credit claiming, 2026-08: 44.4% of 45Credit claiming, 2026-09: 33.3% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-10: 30.4% of 46Extreme labelspeak 4.1% · Dec ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.9% of 140Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.7% of 155Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.6% of 124Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 98Extreme labels, 2025-06: 2.1% of 97Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-08: 1.8% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-09: 2.3% of 89Extreme labels, 2025-10: 3.3% of 92Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2025-12: 4.1% of 73Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 81Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 93Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 103Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 84Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 98Extreme labels, 2026-06: 2.4% of 82Extreme labels, 2026-07: 1.2% of 85Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 45Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 46Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Luján, 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 ’25772.6%32.5%81.8%28.6%49.4%0.0%
Feb ’2514019.3%41.4%80.0%15.7%25.0%2.9%
Mar ’251559.0%42.6%78.1%13.6%19.4%0.7%
Apr ’251247.3%44.4%75.0%6.5%22.6%1.6%
May ’25989.2%51.0%73.5%6.1%16.3%0.0%
Jun ’25977.2%50.5%74.2%9.3%19.6%2.1%
Jul ’25717.0%42.3%74.7%9.9%18.3%0.0%
Aug ’25547.4%44.4%68.5%5.6%24.1%1.8%
Sep ’258914.6%37.1%76.4%24.7%29.2%2.3%
Oct ’25927.6%43.5%76.1%17.4%29.3%3.3%
Nov ’257710.4%45.5%77.9%16.9%32.5%0.0%
Dec ’257312.3%34.3%82.2%21.9%41.1%4.1%
Jan ’26816.2%16.1%86.4%13.6%25.9%0.0%
Feb ’269320.4%41.9%76.3%9.7%32.3%0.0%
Mar ’2610310.7%43.7%81.5%12.6%35.9%0.0%
Apr ’26848.3%39.3%85.7%7.1%34.5%0.0%
May ’269810.2%45.9%77.5%12.2%37.8%0.0%
Jun ’268213.4%39.0%76.8%13.4%34.2%2.4%
Jul ’268514.1%35.3%81.2%14.1%30.6%1.2%
Aug ’264511.1%24.4%93.3%8.9%44.4%0.0%
Sep ’268712.6%32.2%82.8%19.5%33.3%0.0%
Oct ’26466.5%23.9%80.4%8.7%30.4%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 Luján’s words

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

Credit claiming

N.M. Delegation Welcomes $18.5 Million to Improve Albuquerque Sunport’s Rail Spur, Restore 6 Miles of Track, & Expand Freight Opportunities Across the State WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)…

Oct 22, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; credit claiming; Transportation and Public Works; Economics and Public Finance; Commerce · Source

Bipartisanship

Luján Joins Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers in Introducing Bill to Hold Bankers Who Financed Epstein Accountable “Epstein Wall Street Records Act” would force federal financial regulators to release Epstein-related records, take action against culpable banks and executives. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen…

Oct 16, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Finance and Financial Sector; Crime and Law Enforcement; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Extreme label

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

Jul 7, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Trump, Republicans · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Press releases

    Luján, Bennet, Ansari, Padilla, Hickenlooper, Schiff Introduce Legislation to Protect Public Lands and Taxpayers from Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells Santa Fe, N.M. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Representative Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to introduce the Stop Orphaned Wells Act…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Energy · Environmental Protection · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Health · Economics and Public Finance · Commerce · target: Donald TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Economics and Public Finance · Education · Commerce · Families · target: Donald Trump, Russ VoughtSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Donald TrumpSource

  4. 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 · Education · Commerce · target: Donald Trump, Russ VoughtSource

  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 · Education · Commerce · target: Trump, Russ VoughtSource

All 1,951 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,345 posts on X, 494 press releases, 62 newsletters, 50 Congressional Record speeches.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Health is what Luján talks about most: 32% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (Senate Democrats average 0.66; 26th of 45).

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 Luján talks about. The bills Luján sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Luján talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Luján
Peers
Health492 statements
32%
27%
Economics and Public Finance399 statements
26%
24%
Government Operations and Politics350 statements
23%
22%
Agriculture and Food290 statements
19%
9%
Armed Forces and National Security215 statements
14%
21%
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Policy areas Luján talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the Senate Democrats average.
RowLujánPeers
Health32%27%
Economics and Public Finance26%24%
Government Operations and Politics23%22%
Agriculture and Food19%9%
Armed Forces and National Security14%21%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Luján’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for Senate 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 Senate Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 32% (Senate Democrats 27%)32%Health, legislates on: 16% (Senate Democrats 14%)16%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 26% (Senate Democrats 24%)26%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (Senate Democrats 0%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (Senate Democrats 22%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 7% (Senate Democrats 9%)7%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 19% (Senate Democrats 9%)19%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 8% (Senate Democrats 5%)8%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 14% (Senate Democrats 21%)14%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 3% (Senate Democrats 7%)3%
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Luján's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutSenate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onSenate Democrats, legislates on
Health32%27%16%14%
Economics and Public Finance26%24%0%0%
Government Operations and Politics23%22%7%9%
Agriculture and Food19%9%8%5%
Armed Forces and National Security14%21%3%7%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

Senate Democrats average 0.66. Ranks 26th of 45.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Luján sits at −1.06 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 66% of Senate Democrats. Approximate range −1.08 to −1.04, which understates the uncertainty; from 855 donors and 4,644 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”.

−1.06

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.08 to −1.04. From 855 donors and 4,644 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Luján −1.1Senate Democrats −1.1All Senate +0.4

The outlined dot is Luján, 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 Luján’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 Luján sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →Senate Democratsmedian −1.1Luján −1.1All Senatemedian +0.4
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Luján's CSIP score of −1.06 placed against Senate Democrats, All Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Luján
Senate Democrats45−1.164%
All Senate98+0.431%
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 Luján 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 Luján.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Luján raised $6.5M in the 2026 cycle, 2.5 times the Senate Democrats’ median of $2.6M. 38% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 25% of itemized individual money came from New Mexico.

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
$6.5M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 2,313 itemized donors. Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.1M (32.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $1.3M (19.6%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)PACs and other committees: $2.1M (32.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.0M (15.7%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)33 squares$2.1M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)19 squares$1.3M
  • PACs and other committees32 squares$2.1M
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)16 squares$1.0M
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Sources of Luján's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$2.1M32.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$1.3M19.6%
PACs and other committees$2.1M32.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$1.0M15.7%
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 Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $9.3M$9.3M20202022 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M20222024 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M20242026 cycle: $6.5M$6.5M2026Senate Democrats median $2.6M
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Luján's receipts by cycle against the 2026 Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$9.3M
2022 cycle$1.3M
2024 cycle$1.4M
2026 cycle$6.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 25% came from New Mexico.

  1. New Mexico$394.9K
  2. California$263.1K
  3. District of Columbia$142.1K
  4. New York$109.8K
  5. Illinois$82.1K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Luján
Median
2026
38%
35%
2024
24%
35%
2022
29%
35%
2020
35%
35%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the Senate Democrats median
RowLujánMedian
2026 cycle38%35%
2024 cycle24%35%
2022 cycle29%35%
2020 cycle35%35%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $1,342AKMaine: $8,892MEVermont: $426VTNew Hampshire: $1,497NHWashington: $64.7KWAIdaho: $3,479IDMontana: $1,345MTNorth Dakota: $1,351NDMinnesota: $4,708MNIllinois: $82.1KILWisconsin: $4,008WIMichigan: $14.8KMINew York: $109.8KNYRhode Island: $1,375RIMassachusetts: $40.9KMAOregon: $6,659ORNevada: $18.2KNVWyoming: $243WYSouth Dakota: $1,272SDIowa: $2,539IAIndiana: $8,192INOhio: $9,336OHPennsylvania: $21.6KPANew Jersey: $10.2KNJConnecticut: $26.4KCTCalifornia: $263.1KCAUtah: $1,285UTColorado: $7,581CONebraska: $2,505NEMissouri: $10.2KMOKentucky: $2,671KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $56.0KVAMaryland: $60.4KMDDelaware: $809DEArizona: $14.3KAZNew Mexico: $394.9KNMKansas: $3,350KSArkansas: $1,496ARTennessee: $8,141TNNorth Carolina: $10.0KNCSouth Carolina: $3,940SCDistrict of Columbia: $142.1KDCOklahoma: $2,955OKLouisiana: $3,676LAMississippi: $894MSAlabama: $3,801ALGeorgia: $8,803GAHawaii: $2,805HITexas: $55.0KTXFlorida: $33.7KFL
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Luján's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New Mexico$394.9K
California$263.1K
District of Columbia$142.1K
New York$109.8K
Illinois$82.1K
Washington$64.7K
Maryland$60.4K
Virginia$56.0K
Texas$55.0K
Massachusetts$40.9K
Florida$33.7K
Connecticut$26.4K
Pennsylvania$21.6K
Nevada$18.2K
Michigan$14.8K
Arizona$14.3K
Missouri$10.2K
New Jersey$10.2K
North Carolina$10.0K
Ohio$9,336
Maine$8,892
Georgia$8,803
Indiana$8,192
Tennessee$8,141
Colorado$7,581
Oregon$6,659
Minnesota$4,708
Wisconsin$4,008
South Carolina$3,940
Alabama$3,801
Louisiana$3,676
Idaho$3,479
Kansas$3,350
Oklahoma$2,955
Hawaii$2,805
Kentucky$2,671
Iowa$2,539
Nebraska$2,505
New Hampshire$1,497
Arkansas$1,496
Rhode Island$1,375
North Dakota$1,351
Montana$1,345
Alaska$1,342
Utah$1,285
South Dakota$1,272
Mississippi$894
Delaware$809
Vermont$426
Wyoming$243
West VirginiaNo data
2,313

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

25%

from New Mexico

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.75 to −1.50: 0.0%CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 14%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 57%57%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 22%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 1.7%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 1.4%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.9%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 1.2%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.8%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.3%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.2%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Luján's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.75 to +1.25: 14% between −1.50 and −1.25, 57% between −1.25 and −1.00, 22% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.75 to −1.500.0%
CSIP −1.50 to −1.2514%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0057%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7522%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.501.7%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.251.4%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.9%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.251.2%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.8%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.3%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.2%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.250.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Luján’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Luján’s own score is −1.06.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$560.7K 1,371 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$201.0K 102 donors
  3. RETIRED$103.0K 131 donors
  4. CEO$79.4K 40 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$61.2K 44 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. A NEW DIRECTION PAC$10.0K
  2. ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PAC$10.0K
  3. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  4. ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC$10.0K
  5. ALSOPAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CAPITAL GROUP$47.5K 12 donors
  2. MICROSOFT CORPORATION$17.8K 9 donors
  3. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$12.5K 6 donors
  4. BGR GROUP$12.0K 11 donors
  5. COMCAST$9,500 11 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Luján voted with the majority of Senate Democrats on 97.4% of party-line votes and missed 1.3% of 915 roll calls. Senate Democrats on average: 95.3% party unity, 97.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Luján voted against the majority of Senate Democrats 29 times.

915 roll calls Luján could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with Senate 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 Luján voted with the majority of Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

29

votes against the majority of Senate Democrats

Party unity 97.4%, Senate Democrats average 95.3%, ranks 19th of 45. 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Luján
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.6%
97.0%
14th of 45
Party unity
97.4%
95.3%
19th of 45
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Luján's attendance and party unity against Senate Democrats.
RowLujánPeers
Attendance98.6%97.0%
Party unity97.4%95.3%
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 28, 2026
S. 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
YeaWith majorityBill PassedD 26–19 · R 50–2 · I 1–1Democrats 26 yea, 19 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
Sep 24, 2026
H.Con.Res. 89
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
On the Concurrent Resolution
YeaWith majorityConcurrent Resolution RejectedD 43–1 · R 4–49 · I 2–0Democrats 43 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 4 yea, 49 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 nayclose vote
Aug 8, 2026
H.R. 6500
An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
YeaWith majorityBill PassedD 42–3 · R 47–2 · I 1–1Democrats 42 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 47 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 naybecame law
Aug 7, 2026
H.R. 5334
An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
YeaWith majorityBill PassedD 36–9 · R 49–1 · I 1–1Democrats 36 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 naybecame law · party crossover
Jul 30, 2026
S.Res. 817
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
On the Resolution
NayWith majorityResolution Agreed toD 0–45 · R 50–0 · I 0–2Democrats 0 yea, 45 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 0 nay; Independents 0 yea, 2 nayclose vote
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 Luján most often

  1. Jon OssoffD856 shared votes97%
  2. Patty MurrayD852 shared votes96%
  3. Martin HeinrichD870 shared votes96%
  4. Angela AlsobrooksD888 shared votes96%
  5. Tina SmithD862 shared votes96%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Luján least often

  1. Rick ScottR901 shared votes6.8%
  2. Mike LeeR876 shared votes7.4%
  3. Ron JohnsonR891 shared votes7.6%
  4. Cynthia LummisR874 shared votes7.9%
  5. Ted CruzR856 shared votes7.9%
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

Luján sponsored 88 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 511 others. 2.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Senate Democrats average 14%; 44th of 45).

The bills Luján 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

Sponsored88 billsSponsored, Introduced: 8888Sponsored, In committee: 8888Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored511 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 511511Cosponsored, In committee: 508508Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 8585Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 33IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Luján sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored8888200
Cosponsored5115088533
How to read the blocks

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

2.3%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Senate Democrats average 14%. Ranks 44th of 45.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Richard Blumenthal124
  2. Jeff Merkley116
  3. Alex Padilla112
  4. Ron Wyden112
  5. Cory Booker110
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 Luján’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
S. 5685Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026CosponsorOct 15, 2026IntroducedFinance and Financial SectorUnder authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Oct 15, 2026
S. 5626Higher Education Grant Flexibility Act of 2026CosponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeEducationRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sep 30, 2026
S. 5630Stop Orphaned Wells ActCosponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeEnergyRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Sep 30, 2026
S. 5635Arts Education for All ActSponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeEducationRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sep 30, 2026
S. 5662CARE Act of 2026SponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeLabor and EmploymentRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sep 30, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 51 times in 90 days. Luján’s official site had 22 pages when last crawled on Oct 18, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Luján posted on Oct 19, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

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

Images Luján posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A political event flyer for a RECA Day of Action, aimed at downwinders and uranium workers. It gives event details over a landscape photo of a grassy field and includes a senator’s name and seal near the bottom. Text is present throughout.
    A political event flyer for a RECA Day of Action, aimed at downwinders and uranium workers. It gives event details over a landscape photo of a grassy field and includes a senator’s name and seal near the bottom. Text is present throughout.View post
  • A screenshot of a social media post attributed to Donald J. Trump, with a profile image, account details, a long text post, engagement counts, and a date and time.
    A screenshot of a social media post attributed to Donald J. Trump, with a profile image, account details, a long text post, engagement counts, and a date and time.View post
  • An advocacy poster with a forested wilderness landscape behind several blocks of text. It highlights public support for protecting roadless forests and urges viewers to defend the Roadless Rule.
    An advocacy poster with a forested wilderness landscape behind several blocks of text. It highlights public support for protecting roadless forests and urges viewers to defend the Roadless Rule.View post
  • Four people in business attire sit in a wood-paneled office, talking around a coffee table. The room has blue walls decorated with framed pictures and documents, a large television, and musical instruments. Some text is visible on papers and wall displays.
    Four people in business attire sit in a wood-paneled office, talking around a coffee table. The room has blue walls decorated with framed pictures and documents, a large television, and musical instruments. Some text is visible on papers and wall displays.View post
  • A man in a suit speaks at a wooden podium with microphones in an ornate interior, while several people stand behind him. A sign is attached to the front of the podium.
    A man in a suit speaks at a wooden podium with microphones in an ornate interior, while several people stand behind him. A sign is attached to the front of the podium.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 Luján is most unusual among Senate 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
L000570
Bioguide
L000570
FEC candidate ids
H8NM03196, S0NM00058

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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