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Democrat · U.S. House, New York’s 16th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2025119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of George Latimer, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
92%
of House Democrats score to the left of Latimer on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −0.57 (approximate range −0.59 to −0.54, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 4,819 donors and 659 roll calls.

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

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 85% of Latimer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the top quarter of House Democrats. Latimer raised $681.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (median $2.0M).

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

CSIP ideology

−0.57

More conservative than 92% of House Democrats · ± 0.03

From New York, 2026

85%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 22nd of 214 House Democrats

Raised, 2026

$681.9K

House Democrats’ median $2.0M · ranks 195th of 214

Credit claiming

14%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 186th of 216

Personal attacks

2.3%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 172nd of 216

Bipartisanship

5.7%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 170th of 216

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

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What Latimer says

Latimer attacks opponents personally less than 79% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 2.3% of 1,179 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 172nd of 216.

An AI model reads each of Latimer’s 1,179 statements in the 119th Congress (885 posts on X, 247 Congressional Record speeches, 37 newsletters, 10 press releases) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Latimer
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion859 statements
73%
73%
125th of 216
Policy criticism266 statements
23%
28%
155th of 216
Credit claiming161 statements
14%
23%
186th of 216
Bipartisanship67 statements
6%
10%
170th of 216
Personal attacks27 statements
2%
7%
172nd of 216
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Latimer's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowLatimerPeers
Policy discussion73%73%
Policy criticism23%28%
Credit claiming14%23%
Bipartisanship6%10%
Personal attacks2%7%
1,179

statements classified

885 posts on X, 247 Congressional Record speeches, 37 newsletters, 10 press releases.

posts on X: 885 (75.1%)posts on X 885Congressional Record speeches: 247 (20.9%)newsletters: 37 (3.1%)press releases: 10 (0.8%)
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Latimer's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X885
Congressional Record speeches247
newsletters37
press releases10
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Latimer used extreme labels in 1.5% of statements, below the peer average. 18 statements, most often aimed at agenda; peers 1.9%.

  1. “MAGA”7
  2. “extreme”6
  3. “radical”3

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. agenda1
  2. Congress1
  3. funding halt1
  4. leadership1
  5. MAGA1
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: 152025-02: 592025-03: 782025-04: 842025-05: 842025-06: 742025-07: 582025-08: 472025-09: 702025-10: 442025-11: 292025-12: 372026-01: 562026-02: 582026-03: 832026-04: 552026-05: 422026-06: 742026-07: 502026-08: 142026-09: 392026-10: 29peak 84 · Apr ’25Personal attackspeak 8.1% · Dec ’25 · latest 3.5%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-02: 5.1% of 59Personal attacks, 2025-03: 1.3% of 78Personal attacks, 2025-04: 1.2% of 84Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 84Personal attacks, 2025-06: 2.7% of 74Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 58Personal attacks, 2025-08: 2.1% of 47Personal attacks, 2025-09: 2.9% of 70Personal attacks, 2025-10: 6.8% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 29Personal attacks, 2025-12: 8.1% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-01: 1.8% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-02: 1.7% of 58Personal attacks, 2026-03: 1.2% of 83Personal attacks, 2026-04: 5.5% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 42Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 74Personal attacks, 2026-07: 4.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2026-08: 7.1% of 14Personal attacks, 2026-09: 2.6% of 39Personal attacks, 2026-10: 3.5% of 29Policy criticismpeak 35.1% · Dec ’25 · latest 13.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 6.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-02: 33.9% of 59Policy criticism, 2025-03: 28.2% of 78Policy criticism, 2025-04: 25.0% of 84Policy criticism, 2025-05: 34.5% of 84Policy criticism, 2025-06: 20.3% of 74Policy criticism, 2025-07: 25.9% of 58Policy criticism, 2025-08: 25.5% of 47Policy criticism, 2025-09: 24.3% of 70Policy criticism, 2025-10: 27.3% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-11: 27.6% of 29Policy criticism, 2025-12: 35.1% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-01: 21.4% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-02: 13.8% of 58Policy criticism, 2026-03: 15.7% of 83Policy criticism, 2026-04: 16.4% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-05: 16.7% of 42Policy criticism, 2026-06: 24.3% of 74Policy criticism, 2026-07: 12.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2026-08: 7.1% of 14Policy criticism, 2026-09: 7.7% of 39Policy criticism, 2026-10: 13.8% of 29Policy discussionpeak 85.7% · May ’25 · latest 62.1%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 46.7% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-02: 74.6% of 59Policy discussion, 2025-03: 76.9% of 78Policy discussion, 2025-04: 67.9% of 84Policy discussion, 2025-05: 85.7% of 84Policy discussion, 2025-06: 81.1% of 74Policy discussion, 2025-07: 79.3% of 58Policy discussion, 2025-08: 76.6% of 47Policy discussion, 2025-09: 81.4% of 70Policy discussion, 2025-10: 77.3% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-11: 79.3% of 29Policy discussion, 2025-12: 75.7% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-01: 83.9% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-02: 62.1% of 58Policy discussion, 2026-03: 61.5% of 83Policy discussion, 2026-04: 69.1% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-05: 61.9% of 42Policy discussion, 2026-06: 70.3% of 74Policy discussion, 2026-07: 60.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2026-08: 78.6% of 14Policy discussion, 2026-09: 66.7% of 39Policy discussion, 2026-10: 62.1% of 29Bipartisanshippeak 16.2% · Dec ’25 · latest 6.9%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 3.4% of 59Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 3.9% of 78Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 4.8% of 84Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 3.6% of 84Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 6.8% of 74Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 58Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 2.1% of 47Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 10.0% of 70Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 15.9% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 3.5% of 29Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 16.2% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 10.7% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 8.6% of 58Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 2.4% of 83Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 3.6% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 9.5% of 42Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 6.8% of 74Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 4.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 14Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 39Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 6.9% of 29Credit claimingpeak 27.0% · Dec ’25 · latest 20.7%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-02: 6.8% of 59Credit claiming, 2025-03: 14.1% of 78Credit claiming, 2025-04: 10.7% of 84Credit claiming, 2025-05: 9.5% of 84Credit claiming, 2025-06: 18.9% of 74Credit claiming, 2025-07: 15.5% of 58Credit claiming, 2025-08: 10.6% of 47Credit claiming, 2025-09: 8.6% of 70Credit claiming, 2025-10: 9.1% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-11: 20.7% of 29Credit claiming, 2025-12: 27.0% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-01: 26.8% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-02: 19.0% of 58Credit claiming, 2026-03: 13.3% of 83Credit claiming, 2026-04: 7.3% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-05: 14.3% of 42Credit claiming, 2026-06: 10.8% of 74Credit claiming, 2026-07: 14.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2026-08: 14.3% of 14Credit claiming, 2026-09: 10.3% of 39Credit claiming, 2026-10: 20.7% of 29Extreme labelspeak 6.7% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.7% of 59Extreme labels, 2025-03: 2.6% of 78Extreme labels, 2025-04: 3.6% of 84Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.2% of 84Extreme labels, 2025-06: 1.4% of 74Extreme labels, 2025-07: 1.7% of 58Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 47Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 70Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 29Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.7% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-02: 3.5% of 58Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.2% of 83Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-05: 4.8% of 42Extreme labels, 2026-06: 2.7% of 74Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 29Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Latimer, 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 ’25150.0%6.7%46.7%0.0%6.7%6.7%
Feb ’25595.1%33.9%74.6%3.4%6.8%1.7%
Mar ’25781.3%28.2%76.9%3.9%14.1%2.6%
Apr ’25841.2%25.0%67.9%4.8%10.7%3.6%
May ’25840.0%34.5%85.7%3.6%9.5%1.2%
Jun ’25742.7%20.3%81.1%6.8%18.9%1.4%
Jul ’25580.0%25.9%79.3%0.0%15.5%1.7%
Aug ’25472.1%25.5%76.6%2.1%10.6%0.0%
Sep ’25702.9%24.3%81.4%10.0%8.6%0.0%
Oct ’25446.8%27.3%77.3%15.9%9.1%0.0%
Nov ’25290.0%27.6%79.3%3.5%20.7%0.0%
Dec ’25378.1%35.1%75.7%16.2%27.0%2.7%
Jan ’26561.8%21.4%83.9%10.7%26.8%0.0%
Feb ’26581.7%13.8%62.1%8.6%19.0%3.5%
Mar ’26831.2%15.7%61.5%2.4%13.3%1.2%
Apr ’26555.5%16.4%69.1%3.6%7.3%0.0%
May ’26420.0%16.7%61.9%9.5%14.3%4.8%
Jun ’26740.0%24.3%70.3%6.8%10.8%2.7%
Jul ’26504.0%12.0%60.0%4.0%14.0%0.0%
Aug ’26147.1%7.1%78.6%0.0%14.3%0.0%
Sep ’26392.6%7.7%66.7%0.0%10.3%0.0%
Oct ’26293.5%13.8%62.1%6.9%20.7%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Latimer’s words

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

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 24, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; International Affairs; Families · Source

Personal attacks

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

Oct 6, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; target: President · Source

Extreme label

Madam Speaker, UFOs; the Gulf of America; water pressure in your shower; shrimp farms; pardoning insurrectionist rioters and providing a way for them to be paid for their behavior; the blue water color of the reflecting pool on The Mall; and building an MMA stadium on the lawn of the White House and…

Jun 10, 2026 · Congressional Record · policy criticism; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Economics and Public Finance; Foreign Trade and International Finance; International Affairs; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at MAGA base · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · target: PresidentSource

  2. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, President Trump announced that he promises to send $5,000 to every American adult if his party is kept in power after the midterm elections. At home in New York, I have been asked by constituents about these checks, not because they want to use it for vacation that they may have been wanting to take or to buy a new car. Rather, they are trying to put food on the table in the face of rising grocery prices…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · Agriculture and Food · Energy · target: Donald TrumpSource

  3. 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 · target: TrumpSource

  4. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, I rise today as President Trump lays the groundwork for a namesake arch right here in the heart of our Nation's Capital. Despite the arch's violation of a height restriction for DC buildings, a panel consisting of the President's allies is likely to permit the plans. Unfortunately, this symbolism of corruption coming from the President of the United States is not novel. Need I remind the American people…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Public Lands and Natural Resources · target: Donald TrumpSource

  5. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, I rise today more than 5 months since the American people were forced into a war of choice in Iran. As the President's negotiations fail, Americans are still bearing the expense every day. This is all while Russell Vought and Pete Hegseth claim the cost of the war to be roughly $30 billion, but the President's request for extra funds puts the true cost at a staggering $100 billion, if not more. With this…

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

All 1,179 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: 885 posts on X, 247 Congressional Record speeches, 37 newsletters, 10 press releases.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Economics and Public Finance is what Latimer talks about most: 27% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 141st of 216).

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

What Latimer talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Latimer
Peers
Economics and Public Finance229 statements
27%
20%
Health208 statements
24%
26%
Government Operations and Politics182 statements
21%
20%
Armed Forces and National Security153 statements
18%
16%
International Affairs137 statements
16%
8%
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Policy areas Latimer talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowLatimerPeers
Economics and Public Finance27%20%
Health24%26%
Government Operations and Politics21%20%
Armed Forces and National Security18%16%
International Affairs16%8%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onEconomics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 27% (House Democrats 20%)27%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 1% (House Democrats 1%)1%HealthHealth, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 26%)24%Health, legislates on: 17% (House Democrats 16%)17%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 20%)21%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 11%)12%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 18% (House Democrats 16%)18%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 3% (House Democrats 7%)3%International AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 8%)16%International Affairs, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 8%)8%
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Latimer's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Economics and Public Finance27%20%1%1%
Health24%26%17%16%
Government Operations and Politics21%20%12%11%
Armed Forces and National Security18%16%3%7%
International Affairs16%8%8%8%
0.67

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 141st of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Latimer sits at −0.57 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 92% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.59 to −0.54, which understates the uncertainty; from 4,819 donors and 659 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”.

−0.57

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.59 to −0.54. From 4,819 donors and 659 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Latimer −0.6House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Latimer, 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 Latimer’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 Latimer sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Latimer −0.6All Housemedian +0.3
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Latimer's CSIP score of −0.57 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Latimer
House Democrats217−1.092%
All House439+0.345%
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 Latimer 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 Latimer.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Latimer raised $681.9K in the 2026 cycle, 34% of the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 16% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 85% of itemized individual money came from New York.

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
$681.9K

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 319 itemized donors. House Democrats’ median $2.0M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $331.5K (48.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $64.2K (9.4%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)PACs and other committees: $274.2K (40.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $12.1K (1.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $12.1K (1.8%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)49 squares$331.5K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)9 squares$64.2K
  • PACs and other committees40 squares$274.2K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)2 squares$12.1K
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Sources of Latimer's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$331.5K48.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$64.2K9.4%
PACs and other committees$274.2K40.2%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$12.1K1.8%
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, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $6.7M$6.7M20242026 cycle: $681.9K$681.9K2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Latimer's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$6.7M
2026 cycle$681.9K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 85% came from New York.

  1. New York$223.5K
  2. California$13.4K
  3. Illinois$6,000
  4. Connecticut$5,850
  5. District of Columbia$4,650

Small donations

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

0%60%
Latimer
Median
2026
16%
13%
2024
7%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowLatimerMedian
2026 cycle16%13%
2024 cycle7%13%

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: $6,000ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $223.5KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $3,500PANew Jersey: $350NJConnecticut: $5,850CTCalifornia: $13.4KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $700CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: $1,000MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $1,000NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $4,650DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $250GAHawaii: $10HITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $3,686FL
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Latimer's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New York$223.5K
California$13.4K
Illinois$6,000
Connecticut$5,850
District of Columbia$4,650
Florida$3,686
Pennsylvania$3,500
Maryland$1,000
North Carolina$1,000
Colorado$700
New Jersey$350
Georgia$250
Hawaii$10
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
OhioNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
TexasNo data
319

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

85%

from New York

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.1%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 5.2%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 30%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 41%41%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 9.5%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 10%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 2.2%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.1%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.3%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Latimer's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +0.75: 5.2% between −1.25 and −1.00, 30% between −1.00 and −0.75, 41% between −0.75 and −0.50, 9.5% between −0.50 and −0.25, 10% between −0.25 and 0.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.1%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.005.2%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7530%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5041%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.259.5%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.0010%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.252.2%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.1%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.3%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Latimer’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Latimer’s own score is −0.57.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$79.2K 107 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$26.1K 29 donors
  3. PRESIDENT$15.2K 10 donors
  4. RETIRED$13.8K 13 donors
  5. LAWYER$9,750 10 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  2. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$10.0K
  3. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$10.0K
  4. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$7,500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. WESTCHESTER COUNTY$2,565 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Latimer voted with the majority of House Democrats on 96.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.9% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Latimer voted against the majority of House Democrats 18 times.

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

18

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 96.7%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 148th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Latimer
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.0%
96.9%
113th of 217
Party unity
96.7%
96.4%
148th of 217
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Latimer's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowLatimerPeers
Attendance98.0%96.9%
Party unity96.7%96.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Latimer most often

  1. Sheila Cherfilus-MccormickD459 shared votes99%
  2. Frederica WilsonD474 shared votes98%
  3. David ScottD472 shared votes98%
  4. James WalkinshawD416 shared votes98%
  5. Lois FrankelD635 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Latimer least often

  1. Chip RoyR621 shared votes18%
  2. Eric BurlisonR631 shared votes20%
  3. Andy BiggsR594 shared votes20%
  4. Ralph NormanR584 shared votes20%
  5. Keith SelfR646 shared votes20%
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

Latimer sponsored 13 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 479 others. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 46th of 207).

The bills Latimer 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

Sponsored13 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1313Sponsored, In committee: 1313Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored479 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 479479Cosponsored, In committee: 479479Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 2020Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Latimer sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1313100
Cosponsored4794792021
How to read the blocks

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

7.7%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 46th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Dan Goldman35
  2. Michael Lawler34
  3. Eleanor Norton32
  4. Timothy Kennedy27
  5. Ritchie Torres27
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 Latimer’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. 1635Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10824Stroke Education and EMS Care Improvement Act of 2026SponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10828To impose sanctions with respect to oil and gas extraction and refinement by the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10800HEART ActSponsorOct 13, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 13, 2026
H.R. 10779To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1905 Route 112 in Medford, New York, as the "Gunnery Sergeant Ruben Santos Post Office Building".CosponsorOct 9, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Oct 9, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 32 times in 90 days. Latimer’s official site had 32 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Latimer posted on Oct 26, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    latimer.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    32

    pages crawled

    32

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    latimerforny.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    5

    pages crawled

    20

    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 Latimer posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A promotional graphic featuring the U.S. Capitol building beneath a blue sky. Large white lettering announces a spring internship opportunity, with a small congressional campaign-style logo near the top.
    A promotional graphic featuring the U.S. Capitol building beneath a blue sky. Large white lettering announces a spring internship opportunity, with a small congressional campaign-style logo near the top.View post
  • A man in a suit smiles while speaking at a clear lectern with microphones, in front of a magenta university-branded backdrop. There is text on the backdrop.
    A man in a suit smiles while speaking at a clear lectern with microphones, in front of a magenta university-branded backdrop. There is text on the backdrop.View post
  • A blue political graphic announces that a congressman has cosponsored a bill concerning Ukrainian children. A photograph of rubble forms the background, and a large image of the bill document is shown below the headline. Text appears throughout the graphic and document.
    A blue political graphic announces that a congressman has cosponsored a bill concerning Ukrainian children. A photograph of rubble forms the background, and a large image of the bill document is shown below the headline. Text appears throughout the graphic and document.View post
  • Two men shake hands across a table in an indoor room. One man holds an open document folder, and a bright orange sign or banner lies on the table. Other items and decorations are visible around the room, including poinsettias and a wall-mounted screen with text.
    Two men shake hands across a table in an indoor room. One man holds an open document folder, and a bright orange sign or banner lies on the table. Other items and decorations are visible around the room, including poinsettias and a wall-mounted screen with text.View post
  • Two people stand indoors, smiling and holding an open framed certificate. A computer monitor displaying a document is mounted on the wall behind them. The room has a table covered in red plastic, red chairs, a shelf with small flags, and other office equipment. Text is visible on the monitor and certificate.
    Two people stand indoors, smiling and holding an open framed certificate. A computer monitor displaying a document is mounted on the wall behind them. The room has a table covered in red plastic, red chairs, a shelf with small flags, and other office equipment. Text is visible on the monitor and certificate.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 Latimer is most unusual among House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
L000606
Bioguide
L000606
FEC candidate ids
H4NY16087

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
  • Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
  • Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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