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Democrat · U.S. House, Minnesota’s 4th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2001119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Betty McCollum, rendered as a two-tone print
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14%
of statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats

14% of 1,726 statements claim credit (247 statements); the average for House Democrats is 23%. Ranks 180th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of McCollum’s posts on X, Congressional Record speeches, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it claims credit for an accomplishment. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 10% of McCollum’s statements contain a personal attack, 1.5 times the House Democrat average of 6.6%. 0% of the 13 bills McCollum sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats.

The measures on which McCollum 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.

Credit claiming

14%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 180th of 216

Personal attacks

10%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 43rd of 216

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

Party unity

99.5%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 42nd of 217 · 6 votes against the majority of House Democrats

Small donations, 2026

5.6%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 166th of 214

CSIP ideology

−1.09

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

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

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What McCollum says

McCollum claims credit less than 82% of House Democrats. Credit claiming in 14% of 1,726 statements, against 23% for the average House Democrat; 180th of 216.

An AI model reads each of McCollum’s 1,726 statements in the 119th Congress (1,374 posts on X, 177 press releases, 103 Congressional Record speeches, 72 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
McCollum
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,269 statements
74%
73%
113th of 216
Policy criticism553 statements
32%
28%
75th of 216
Credit claiming247 statements
14%
23%
180th of 216
Bipartisanship191 statements
11%
10%
65th of 216
Personal attacks175 statements
10%
7%
43rd of 216
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McCollum's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowMcCollumPeers
Policy discussion74%73%
Policy criticism32%28%
Credit claiming14%23%
Bipartisanship11%10%
Personal attacks10%7%
1,726

statements classified

1,374 posts on X, 177 press releases, 103 Congressional Record speeches, 72 newsletters.

posts on X: 1,374 (79.6%)posts on X 1,374press releases: 177 (10.3%)Congressional Record speeches: 103 (6.0%)newsletters: 72 (4.2%)
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McCollum's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,374
press releases177
Congressional Record speeches103
newsletters72
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

McCollum used extreme labels in 2.1% of statements, close to the peer average. 37 statements, most often aimed at Republican policies; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”23
  2. “MAGA”9
  3. “radical”3
  4. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Republican policies4
  2. MAGA Republicans3
  3. MAGA loyalists2
  4. Republicans2
  5. Trump2
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: 702025-02: 782025-03: 762025-04: 792025-05: 562025-06: 772025-07: 712025-08: 372025-09: 722025-10: 812025-11: 742025-12: 642026-01: 1382026-02: 902026-03: 1032026-04: 1112026-05: 732026-06: 862026-07: 862026-08: 562026-09: 872026-10: 61peak 138 · Jan ’26Personal attackspeak 20.5% · Feb ’25 · latest 13.1%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 11.4% of 70Personal attacks, 2025-02: 20.5% of 78Personal attacks, 2025-03: 11.8% of 76Personal attacks, 2025-04: 15.2% of 79Personal attacks, 2025-05: 1.8% of 56Personal attacks, 2025-06: 13.0% of 77Personal attacks, 2025-07: 7.0% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-08: 8.1% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-09: 4.2% of 72Personal attacks, 2025-10: 6.2% of 81Personal attacks, 2025-11: 10.8% of 74Personal attacks, 2025-12: 9.4% of 64Personal attacks, 2026-01: 10.1% of 138Personal attacks, 2026-02: 5.6% of 90Personal attacks, 2026-03: 9.7% of 103Personal attacks, 2026-04: 9.9% of 111Personal attacks, 2026-05: 11.0% of 73Personal attacks, 2026-06: 9.3% of 86Personal attacks, 2026-07: 11.6% of 86Personal attacks, 2026-08: 7.1% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-09: 12.6% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-10: 13.1% of 61Policy criticismpeak 52.6% · Feb ’25 · latest 19.7%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 37.1% of 70Policy criticism, 2025-02: 52.6% of 78Policy criticism, 2025-03: 40.8% of 76Policy criticism, 2025-04: 39.2% of 79Policy criticism, 2025-05: 50.0% of 56Policy criticism, 2025-06: 35.1% of 77Policy criticism, 2025-07: 39.4% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-08: 37.8% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-09: 47.2% of 72Policy criticism, 2025-10: 39.5% of 81Policy criticism, 2025-11: 20.3% of 74Policy criticism, 2025-12: 23.4% of 64Policy criticism, 2026-01: 18.8% of 138Policy criticism, 2026-02: 35.6% of 90Policy criticism, 2026-03: 37.9% of 103Policy criticism, 2026-04: 24.3% of 111Policy criticism, 2026-05: 27.4% of 73Policy criticism, 2026-06: 33.7% of 86Policy criticism, 2026-07: 23.3% of 86Policy criticism, 2026-08: 17.9% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-09: 18.4% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-10: 19.7% of 61Policy discussionpeak 91.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 86.9%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 82.9% of 70Policy discussion, 2025-02: 91.0% of 78Policy discussion, 2025-03: 79.0% of 76Policy discussion, 2025-04: 70.9% of 79Policy discussion, 2025-05: 85.7% of 56Policy discussion, 2025-06: 75.3% of 77Policy discussion, 2025-07: 81.7% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-08: 75.7% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-09: 75.0% of 72Policy discussion, 2025-10: 60.5% of 81Policy discussion, 2025-11: 58.1% of 74Policy discussion, 2025-12: 67.2% of 64Policy discussion, 2026-01: 81.2% of 138Policy discussion, 2026-02: 63.3% of 90Policy discussion, 2026-03: 65.0% of 103Policy discussion, 2026-04: 71.2% of 111Policy discussion, 2026-05: 67.1% of 73Policy discussion, 2026-06: 61.6% of 86Policy discussion, 2026-07: 74.4% of 86Policy discussion, 2026-08: 75.0% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-09: 77.0% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-10: 86.9% of 61Bipartisanshippeak 29.6% · Jul ’25 · latest 1.6%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 17.1% of 70Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 12.8% of 78Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 7.9% of 76Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 6.3% of 79Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 3.6% of 56Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 19.5% of 77Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 29.6% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 13.5% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 27.8% of 72Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 7.4% of 81Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 6.8% of 74Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 17.2% of 64Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 8.7% of 138Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 7.8% of 90Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 10.7% of 103Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 1.8% of 111Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 9.6% of 73Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 12.8% of 86Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 12.8% of 86Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 5.4% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 9.2% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 1.6% of 61Credit claimingpeak 28.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 8.2%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 28.6% of 70Credit claiming, 2025-02: 11.5% of 78Credit claiming, 2025-03: 11.8% of 76Credit claiming, 2025-04: 22.8% of 79Credit claiming, 2025-05: 16.1% of 56Credit claiming, 2025-06: 23.4% of 77Credit claiming, 2025-07: 23.9% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-08: 16.2% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-09: 22.2% of 72Credit claiming, 2025-10: 7.4% of 81Credit claiming, 2025-11: 9.5% of 74Credit claiming, 2025-12: 15.6% of 64Credit claiming, 2026-01: 11.6% of 138Credit claiming, 2026-02: 7.8% of 90Credit claiming, 2026-03: 7.8% of 103Credit claiming, 2026-04: 10.8% of 111Credit claiming, 2026-05: 16.4% of 73Credit claiming, 2026-06: 15.1% of 86Credit claiming, 2026-07: 15.1% of 86Credit claiming, 2026-08: 10.7% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-09: 11.5% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-10: 8.2% of 61Extreme labelspeak 10.0% · Feb ’26 · latest 1.6%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 7.1% of 70Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.6% of 78Extreme labels, 2025-03: 2.6% of 76Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.3% of 79Extreme labels, 2025-05: 3.6% of 56Extreme labels, 2025-06: 3.9% of 77Extreme labels, 2025-07: 1.4% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-09: 8.3% of 72Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 81Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 74Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.6% of 64Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 138Extreme labels, 2026-02: 10.0% of 90Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 103Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 111Extreme labels, 2026-05: 4.1% of 73Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.2% of 86Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 86Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-10: 1.6% of 61Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for McCollum, 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 ’257011.4%37.1%82.9%17.1%28.6%7.1%
Feb ’257820.5%52.6%91.0%12.8%11.5%2.6%
Mar ’257611.8%40.8%79.0%7.9%11.8%2.6%
Apr ’257915.2%39.2%70.9%6.3%22.8%1.3%
May ’25561.8%50.0%85.7%3.6%16.1%3.6%
Jun ’257713.0%35.1%75.3%19.5%23.4%3.9%
Jul ’25717.0%39.4%81.7%29.6%23.9%1.4%
Aug ’25378.1%37.8%75.7%13.5%16.2%0.0%
Sep ’25724.2%47.2%75.0%27.8%22.2%8.3%
Oct ’25816.2%39.5%60.5%7.4%7.4%0.0%
Nov ’257410.8%20.3%58.1%6.8%9.5%0.0%
Dec ’25649.4%23.4%67.2%17.2%15.6%1.6%
Jan ’2613810.1%18.8%81.2%8.7%11.6%0.0%
Feb ’26905.6%35.6%63.3%7.8%7.8%10.0%
Mar ’261039.7%37.9%65.0%10.7%7.8%0.0%
Apr ’261119.9%24.3%71.2%1.8%10.8%0.0%
May ’267311.0%27.4%67.1%9.6%16.4%4.1%
Jun ’26869.3%33.7%61.6%12.8%15.1%1.2%
Jul ’268611.6%23.3%74.4%12.8%15.1%0.0%
Aug ’26567.1%17.9%75.0%5.4%10.7%0.0%
Sep ’268712.6%18.4%77.0%9.2%11.5%0.0%
Oct ’266113.1%19.7%86.9%1.6%8.2%1.6%
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 McCollum’s words

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

Personal attacks

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

Oct 19, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; target: Donald Trump · Source

Credit claiming

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

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Commerce; Health; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Source

Extreme label

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

Oct 12, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; Crime and Law Enforcement; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at 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. 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: 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 · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · 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 · Environmental Protection · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Law · target: TrumpSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · Energy · target: Elon MuskSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · target: HegsethSource

All 1,726 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: 1,374 posts on X, 177 press releases, 103 Congressional Record speeches, 72 newsletters.

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Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what McCollum talks about most: 29% of policy statements, 1.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 91st 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 McCollum talks about. The bills McCollum sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What McCollum talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
McCollum
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security366 statements
29%
16%
Health330 statements
26%
26%
Government Operations and Politics291 statements
23%
20%
Economics and Public Finance283 statements
22%
20%
International Affairs229 statements
18%
8%
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Policy areas McCollum talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowMcCollumPeers
Armed Forces and National Security29%16%
Health26%26%
Government Operations and Politics23%20%
Economics and Public Finance22%20%
International Affairs18%8%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of McCollum’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 onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 29% (House Democrats 16%)29%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 3% (House Democrats 7%)3%HealthHealth, talks about: 26% (House Democrats 26%)26%Health, legislates on: 14% (House Democrats 16%)14%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 20%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 14% (House Democrats 11%)14%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 22% (House Democrats 20%)22%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%International AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 18% (House Democrats 8%)18%International Affairs, legislates on: 8% (House Democrats 8%)8%
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McCollum's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security29%16%3%7%
Health26%26%14%16%
Government Operations and Politics23%20%14%11%
Economics and Public Finance22%20%0%1%
International Affairs18%8%8%8%
0.69

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 91st of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

McCollum sits at −1.09 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 66% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.11 to −1.07, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,905 donors and 7,491 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”.

−1.09

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.11 to −1.07. From 1,905 donors and 7,491 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0McCollum −1.1House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is McCollum, 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 McCollum’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 McCollum sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0McCollum −1.1All Housemedian +0.3
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McCollum's CSIP score of −1.09 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of McCollum
House Democrats217−1.034%
All House439+0.317%
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 McCollum 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 McCollum.

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Money

McCollum raised $1.5M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 5.6% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 46% of itemized individual money came from Minnesota.

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

Election cycle
$1.5M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 337 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): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $885.5K (57.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $52.3K (3.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $52.3K (3.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $52.3K (3.4%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)PACs and other committees: $592.8K (38.7%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)58 squares$885.5K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)3 squares$52.3K
  • PACs and other committees39 squares$592.8K
  • Party committees$1,000
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Sources of McCollum's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$885.5K57.8%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$52.3K3.4%
PACs and other committees$592.8K38.7%
Party committees$1,0000.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $1.2M$1.2M20202022 cycle: $2.1M$2.1M20222024 cycle: $1.8M$1.8M20242026 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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McCollum's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.2M
2022 cycle$2.1M
2024 cycle$1.8M
2026 cycle$1.5M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 46% came from Minnesota.

  1. Minnesota$311.1K
  2. California$73.5K
  3. Virginia$71.0K
  4. District of Columbia$33.8K
  5. Florida$28.2K

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%
McCollum
Median
2026
6%
13%
2024
7%
13%
2022
13%
13%
2020
12%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowMcCollumMedian
2026 cycle6%13%
2024 cycle7%13%
2022 cycle13%13%
2020 cycle12%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $9,968WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $14.0KMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $311.1KMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: $1,600WIMichigan: $9,750MINew York: $17.5KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $1,000MAOregon: no dataORNevada: $14.0KNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $1,000INOhio: $1,000OHPennsylvania: $4,000PANew Jersey: $2,000NJConnecticut: $7,000CTCalifornia: $73.5KCAUtah: $3,500UTColorado: $700CONebraska: $500NEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $71.0KVAMaryland: $16.1KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: $14.0KNMKansas: $75KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $1,000NCSouth Carolina: $1,000SCDistrict of Columbia: $33.8KDCOklahoma: $500OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $1,000ALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: $14.0KHITexas: $19.0KTXFlorida: $28.2KFL
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McCollum's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Minnesota$311.1K
California$73.5K
Virginia$71.0K
District of Columbia$33.8K
Florida$28.2K
Texas$19.0K
New York$17.5K
Maryland$16.1K
Montana$14.0K
Nevada$14.0K
New Mexico$14.0K
Hawaii$14.0K
Washington$9,968
Michigan$9,750
Connecticut$7,000
Pennsylvania$4,000
Utah$3,500
New Jersey$2,000
Wisconsin$1,600
Massachusetts$1,000
Indiana$1,000
Ohio$1,000
North Carolina$1,000
South Carolina$1,000
Alabama$1,000
Colorado$700
Nebraska$500
Oklahoma$500
Kansas$75
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
GeorgiaNo data
337

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

46%

from Minnesota

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 Minnesota. 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: 34%34%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 32%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 4.7%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 7.6%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 6.3%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 5.6%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 5.3%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 2.9%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 1.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of McCollum's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.00: 34% between −1.25 and −1.00, 32% between −1.00 and −0.75, 7.6% between −0.50 and −0.25, 6.3% between −0.25 and 0.00, 5.6% between 0.00 and +0.25, 5.3% between +0.25 and +0.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.1%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0034%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7532%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.504.7%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.257.6%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.006.3%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.255.6%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.505.3%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.752.9%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.001.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of McCollum’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; McCollum’s own score is −1.09.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$80.8K 33 donors
  2. CEO$63.4K 24 donors
  3. CONSULTANT$33.4K 15 donors
  4. PRESIDENT$33.0K 16 donors
  5. EXECUTIVE$26.0K 8 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. 3M COMPANY PAC$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)$10.0K
  5. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARAPAC)$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. EO SOLUTIONS$28.0K 4 donors
  2. COLLABORATION.AI$21.0K 3 donors
  3. HOLLAND & KNIGHT$14.0K 5 donors
  4. MISCO$14.0K 4 donors
  5. NORTH WIND$11.5K 8 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

McCollum voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 1.2% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, McCollum voted against the majority of House Democrats 6 times.

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

6

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.5%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 42nd of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
McCollum
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.8%
96.9%
73rd of 217
Party unity
99.5%
96.4%
42nd of 217
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McCollum's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowMcCollumPeers
Attendance98.8%96.9%
Party unity99.5%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 McCollum most often

  1. Hakeem JeffriesD658 shared votes99%
  2. Jennifer McClellanD658 shared votes99%
  3. Nanette BarragánD639 shared votes99%
  4. Katherine ClarkD660 shared votes99%
  5. Kelly MorrisonD658 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as McCollum least often

  1. Chip RoyR622 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR588 shared votes17%
  3. Eric BurlisonR630 shared votes17%
  4. Andy BiggsR598 shared votes18%
  5. Keith SelfR647 shared votes18%
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

McCollum sponsored 13 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 405 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills McCollum 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: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored405 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 405405Cosponsored, In committee: 405405Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1010Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills McCollum sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1313000
Cosponsored4054051011
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 171st of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton48
  2. Rashida Tlaib31
  3. André Carson22
  4. Hank Johnson Jr.21
  5. Shri Thanedar20
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 McCollum’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

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

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H.R. 10679America Votes Act of 2026CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on House Administration. Oct 1, 2026
H.Res. 1592Expressing support for the designation of October 2026 as "National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month".CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeEducationReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Oct 1, 2026
H.Res. 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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 1, 2026
H.R. 10576Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Amendments Act of 2026SponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10600Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sep 24, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 66 times in 90 days. McCollum’s official site had 38 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images McCollum posted on Oct 5, 2026.

The lab crawls McCollum’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 McCollum 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 McCollum posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A newspaper article layout overlaid on a photograph of a fenced prison facility. A water tower marked Appleton is visible behind chain-link fencing and razor wire. The article has a newspaper masthead, headline, byline, and several paragraphs of text.
    A newspaper article layout overlaid on a photograph of a fenced prison facility. A water tower marked Appleton is visible behind chain-link fencing and razor wire. The article has a newspaper masthead, headline, byline, and several paragraphs of text.View post
  • A teacher stands at the front of a classroom, gesturing toward seated students. A large whiteboard with handwritten notes and a U.S. flag are behind her. There is text on the board and classroom displays.
    A teacher stands at the front of a classroom, gesturing toward seated students. A large whiteboard with handwritten notes and a U.S. flag are behind her. There is text on the board and classroom displays.View post
  • Three people stand in a school hallway looking at a display case filled with newspaper clippings. One person points to an article. There is text on the clippings and signs.
    Three people stand in a school hallway looking at a display case filled with newspaper clippings. One person points to an article. There is text on the clippings and signs.View post
  • A classroom scene with a woman teaching at the front while students sit at desks and listen. A man stands near the door. The whiteboard and walls have schedules, notes, and educational materials.
    A classroom scene with a woman teaching at the front while students sit at desks and listen. A man stands near the door. The whiteboard and walls have schedules, notes, and educational materials.View post
  • A teacher speaks to students seated at desks in a classroom. An American flag hangs near the windows, and a whiteboard with handwritten notes and classroom equipment is visible behind the teacher. There is text on the board and wall displays.
    A teacher speaks to students seated at desks in a classroom. An American flag hangs near the windows, and a whiteboard with handwritten notes and classroom equipment is visible behind the teacher. There is text on the board and wall displays.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 McCollum 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
M001143
Bioguide
M001143
FEC candidate ids
H0MN04049

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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