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Republican · U.S. House, Texas’s 22nd district

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

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Portrait of Troy Nehls, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$429.6K
raised in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of House Republicans

The median for House Republicans is $2.2M. Ranks 209th of 220, where 1st raised the most. 115 itemized donors.

Total receipts of Nehls’s campaign committees in the 2026 cycle, from the FEC’s financial summaries, ranked among House Republicans. Totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle and on how costly the race is, so they describe the campaign, not the official’s record.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. Nehls missed 7.3% of 674 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of House Republicans (average 96.3%). 0.9% of Nehls’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom quarter of House Republicans (median 9.4%).

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

Raised, 2026

$429.6K

House Republicans’ median $2.2M · ranks 209th of 220

Attendance

92.7%

House Republicans average 96.3% · ranks 198th of 221 · 674 roll calls

Small donations, 2026

0.9%

House Republicans’ median 9.4% · ranks 191st of 220

Extreme labels

6.0%

House Republicans average 3.0% · ranks 30th of 221

CSIP ideology

+1.28

More conservative than 83% of House Republicans · ± 0.02

Policy criticism

20%

House Republicans average 15% · ranks 45th of 221

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Nehls says

Nehls attacks opponents personally more than 78% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 3.3% of 1,271 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 48th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Nehls’s 1,271 statements in the 119th Congress (1,080 posts on X, 92 press releases, 81 newsletters, 18 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Nehls
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion857 statements
67%
68%
127th of 221
Credit claiming548 statements
43%
37%
74th of 221
Policy criticism253 statements
20%
15%
45th of 221
Bipartisanship112 statements
9%
9%
87th of 221
Personal attacks42 statements
3%
2%
48th of 221
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Nehls's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowNehlsPeers
Policy discussion67%68%
Credit claiming43%37%
Policy criticism20%15%
Bipartisanship9%9%
Personal attacks3%2%
1,271

statements classified

1,080 posts on X, 92 press releases, 81 newsletters, 18 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 1,080 (85.0%)posts on X 1,080press releases: 92 (7.2%)newsletters: 81 (6.4%)Congressional Record speeches: 18 (1.4%)
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Nehls's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,080
press releases92
newsletters81
Congressional Record speeches18
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Nehls used extreme labels in 6.0% of statements, 2.0 times the peer average. 76 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 3.0%.

  1. “radical”39
  2. “woke”13
  3. “far left”4
  4. “extreme”3
  5. “MAGA”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrats21
  2. Democrat Party3
  3. radical left3
  4. DEI programs2
  5. Green New Scam2
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: 802025-02: 862025-03: 1002025-04: 702025-05: 852025-06: 642025-07: 632025-08: 482025-09: 562025-10: 622025-11: 512025-12: 512026-01: 452026-02: 552026-03: 492026-04: 442026-05: 612026-06: 502026-07: 542026-08: 392026-09: 382026-10: 20peak 100 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 6.7% · Jan ’26 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 3.8% of 80Personal attacks, 2025-02: 5.8% of 86Personal attacks, 2025-03: 5.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 70Personal attacks, 2025-05: 3.5% of 85Personal attacks, 2025-06: 6.3% of 64Personal attacks, 2025-07: 4.8% of 63Personal attacks, 2025-08: 4.2% of 48Personal attacks, 2025-09: 5.4% of 56Personal attacks, 2025-10: 6.5% of 62Personal attacks, 2025-11: 3.9% of 51Personal attacks, 2025-12: 3.9% of 51Personal attacks, 2026-01: 6.7% of 45Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 49Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 44Personal attacks, 2026-05: 1.6% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-06: 2.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2026-07: 1.8% of 54Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 39Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 38Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 20Policy criticismpeak 45.2% · Oct ’25 · latest 5.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 18.8% of 80Policy criticism, 2025-02: 23.3% of 86Policy criticism, 2025-03: 18.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2025-04: 14.3% of 70Policy criticism, 2025-05: 18.8% of 85Policy criticism, 2025-06: 23.4% of 64Policy criticism, 2025-07: 15.9% of 63Policy criticism, 2025-08: 18.8% of 48Policy criticism, 2025-09: 21.4% of 56Policy criticism, 2025-10: 45.2% of 62Policy criticism, 2025-11: 27.5% of 51Policy criticism, 2025-12: 13.7% of 51Policy criticism, 2026-01: 11.1% of 45Policy criticism, 2026-02: 21.8% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-03: 36.7% of 49Policy criticism, 2026-04: 20.4% of 44Policy criticism, 2026-05: 19.7% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-06: 20.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2026-07: 13.0% of 54Policy criticism, 2026-08: 2.6% of 39Policy criticism, 2026-09: 10.5% of 38Policy criticism, 2026-10: 5.0% of 20Policy discussionpeak 95.0% · Oct ’26 · latest 95.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 50.0% of 80Policy discussion, 2025-02: 55.8% of 86Policy discussion, 2025-03: 51.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2025-04: 62.9% of 70Policy discussion, 2025-05: 70.6% of 85Policy discussion, 2025-06: 71.9% of 64Policy discussion, 2025-07: 55.6% of 63Policy discussion, 2025-08: 79.2% of 48Policy discussion, 2025-09: 51.8% of 56Policy discussion, 2025-10: 66.1% of 62Policy discussion, 2025-11: 66.7% of 51Policy discussion, 2025-12: 88.2% of 51Policy discussion, 2026-01: 82.2% of 45Policy discussion, 2026-02: 76.4% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-03: 75.5% of 49Policy discussion, 2026-04: 77.3% of 44Policy discussion, 2026-05: 72.1% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-06: 58.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2026-07: 74.1% of 54Policy discussion, 2026-08: 82.0% of 39Policy discussion, 2026-09: 84.2% of 38Policy discussion, 2026-10: 95.0% of 20Bipartisanshippeak 21.6% · Dec ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 7.5% of 80Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 7.0% of 86Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 8.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 8.6% of 70Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 16.5% of 85Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 6.3% of 64Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 6.3% of 63Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 6.3% of 48Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 12.5% of 56Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 1.6% of 62Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 9.8% of 51Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 21.6% of 51Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 4.4% of 45Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 9.1% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 14.3% of 49Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 4.5% of 44Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 8.2% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 6.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 11.1% of 54Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 39Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 18.4% of 38Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 20Credit claimingpeak 65.5% · Feb ’26 · latest 45.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 41.3% of 80Credit claiming, 2025-02: 38.4% of 86Credit claiming, 2025-03: 34.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2025-04: 37.1% of 70Credit claiming, 2025-05: 48.2% of 85Credit claiming, 2025-06: 40.6% of 64Credit claiming, 2025-07: 31.8% of 63Credit claiming, 2025-08: 54.2% of 48Credit claiming, 2025-09: 25.0% of 56Credit claiming, 2025-10: 27.4% of 62Credit claiming, 2025-11: 49.0% of 51Credit claiming, 2025-12: 62.7% of 51Credit claiming, 2026-01: 60.0% of 45Credit claiming, 2026-02: 65.5% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-03: 46.9% of 49Credit claiming, 2026-04: 36.4% of 44Credit claiming, 2026-05: 44.3% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-06: 38.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2026-07: 38.9% of 54Credit claiming, 2026-08: 56.4% of 39Credit claiming, 2026-09: 55.3% of 38Credit claiming, 2026-10: 45.0% of 20Extreme labelspeak 24.2% · Oct ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 6.3% of 80Extreme labels, 2025-02: 3.5% of 86Extreme labels, 2025-03: 9.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2025-04: 2.9% of 70Extreme labels, 2025-05: 8.2% of 85Extreme labels, 2025-06: 3.1% of 64Extreme labels, 2025-07: 7.9% of 63Extreme labels, 2025-08: 12.5% of 48Extreme labels, 2025-09: 17.9% of 56Extreme labels, 2025-10: 24.2% of 62Extreme labels, 2025-11: 5.9% of 51Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.0% of 51Extreme labels, 2026-01: 2.2% of 45Extreme labels, 2026-02: 3.6% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 49Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 44Extreme labels, 2026-05: 4.9% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-06: 2.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2026-07: 1.8% of 54Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 38Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 20Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Nehls, 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 ’25803.8%18.8%50.0%7.5%41.3%6.3%
Feb ’25865.8%23.3%55.8%7.0%38.4%3.5%
Mar ’251005.0%18.0%51.0%8.0%34.0%9.0%
Apr ’25700.0%14.3%62.9%8.6%37.1%2.9%
May ’25853.5%18.8%70.6%16.5%48.2%8.2%
Jun ’25646.3%23.4%71.9%6.3%40.6%3.1%
Jul ’25634.8%15.9%55.6%6.3%31.8%7.9%
Aug ’25484.2%18.8%79.2%6.3%54.2%12.5%
Sep ’25565.4%21.4%51.8%12.5%25.0%17.9%
Oct ’25626.5%45.2%66.1%1.6%27.4%24.2%
Nov ’25513.9%27.5%66.7%9.8%49.0%5.9%
Dec ’25513.9%13.7%88.2%21.6%62.7%2.0%
Jan ’26456.7%11.1%82.2%4.4%60.0%2.2%
Feb ’26550.0%21.8%76.4%9.1%65.5%3.6%
Mar ’26490.0%36.7%75.5%14.3%46.9%0.0%
Apr ’26440.0%20.4%77.3%4.5%36.4%0.0%
May ’26611.6%19.7%72.1%8.2%44.3%4.9%
Jun ’26502.0%20.0%58.0%6.0%38.0%2.0%
Jul ’26541.8%13.0%74.1%11.1%38.9%1.8%
Aug ’26390.0%2.6%82.0%0.0%56.4%0.0%
Sep ’26380.0%10.5%84.2%18.4%55.3%0.0%
Oct ’26200.0%5.0%95.0%0.0%45.0%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 Nehls’s words

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

Policy criticism

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

Oct 6, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Transportation and Public Works; Labor and Employment · Source

Personal attacks

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

Jul 29, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; target: Anthony Fauci · Source

Extreme label

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

Jul 7, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Immigration; Housing and Community Development; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Democrats · 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 · target: Anthony FauciSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Robert De NiroSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Immigration · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: Jose Bonilla-GarciaSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Law · target: Jack SmithSource

  5. Newsletters

    The Nehls Newsflash Rep. Troy E. Nehls Questions Former Special Counsel Jack Smith at House Judiciary Committee Hearing [https://nff6ofbbb.cc.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=e97183e7-0f77-4879-af09-51fa6ce359ac&a=1135128515757&c=07486c8a-f117-11f0-96f2-02428648f859&ch=074acd04-f117-11f0-96f2-02428648f859] [https://files.constantcontact.com/da49eea4801/fe4a77e0-4c44-4635-a9f4-8f3350c820b7.png?rdr=true] ? Dear political, I wanted…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Crime and Law Enforcement · Economics and Public Finance · Education · Immigration · Law · Energy · Government Operations and Politics · Housing and Community Development · Health · Taxation · Transportation and Public Works · extreme label “woke” aimed at spending, Biden programs · target: Jack Smith

All 1,271 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: 1,080 posts on X, 92 press releases, 81 newsletters, 18 Congressional Record speeches.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Immigration is what Nehls talks about most: 29% of policy statements, 2.2 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 55th of 221).

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

What Nehls talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Nehls
Peers
Immigration250 statements
29%
13%
Government Operations and Politics197 statements
23%
19%
Transportation and Public Works178 statements
21%
7%
Armed Forces and National Security171 statements
20%
24%
Crime and Law Enforcement162 statements
19%
12%
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Policy areas Nehls talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowNehlsPeers
Immigration29%13%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%
Transportation and Public Works21%7%
Armed Forces and National Security20%24%
Crime and Law Enforcement19%12%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 29% (House Republicans 13%)29%Immigration, legislates on: 14% (House Republicans 5%)14%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 19%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 7% (House Republicans 12%)7%Transportation and PublicWorksTransportation and Public Works, talks about: 21% (House Republicans 7%)21%Transportation and Public Works, legislates on: 16% (House Republicans 4%)16%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 20% (House Republicans 24%)20%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 3% (House Republicans 8%)3%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 19% (House Republicans 12%)19%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 22% (House Republicans 9%)22%
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Nehls's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Immigration29%13%14%5%
Government Operations and Politics23%19%7%12%
Transportation and Public Works21%7%16%4%
Armed Forces and National Security20%24%3%8%
Crime and Law Enforcement19%12%22%9%
0.68

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 55th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Nehls sits at +1.28 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 83% of House Republicans. Approximate range +1.26 to +1.30, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,523 donors and 2,714 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”.

+1.28

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +1.26 to +1.30. From 1,523 donors and 2,714 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Nehls +1.3House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Nehls, 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 Nehls’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 Nehls sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Nehls +1.3All Housemedian +0.3
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Nehls's CSIP score of +1.28 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Nehls
House Republicans221+1.083%
All House439+0.391%
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 Nehls 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 Nehls.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Nehls raised $429.6K in the 2026 cycle, 20% of the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 0.9% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 53% of itemized individual money came from Texas.

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
$429.6K

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 115 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)Itemized individual (over $200): $157.7K (36.7%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)PACs and other committees: $211.7K (49.3%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $58.7K (13.7%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)37 squares$157.7K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$1,519
  • PACs and other committees49 squares$211.7K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)14 squares$58.7K
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Sources of Nehls's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$157.7K36.7%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$1,5190.4%
PACs and other committees$211.7K49.3%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$58.7K13.7%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $1.8M$1.8M20202022 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M20222024 cycle: $894.3K$894.3K20242026 cycle: $429.6K$429.6K2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Nehls's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.8M
2022 cycle$1.4M
2024 cycle$894.3K
2026 cycle$429.6K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 53% came from Texas.

  1. Texas$85.5K
  2. Virginia$25.9K
  3. New York$19.4K
  4. District of Columbia$5,750
  5. Maryland$4,500

Small donations

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

0%60%
Nehls
Median
2026
1%
9%
2024
15%
9%
2022
25%
9%
2020
16%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowNehlsMedian
2026 cycle1%9%
2024 cycle15%9%
2022 cycle25%9%
2020 cycle16%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $2,000AKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $3,000WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: $3,500WIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $19.4KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: $1,000NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $2,516PANew Jersey: $1,000NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: $1,500UTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $1,500MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $1,000WVVirginia: $25.9KVAMaryland: $4,500MDDelaware: $1,000DEArizona: $1,000AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $516NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $5,750DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $1,516MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $3,516GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $85.5KTXFlorida: $4,049FL
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Nehls's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Texas$85.5K
Virginia$25.9K
New York$19.4K
District of Columbia$5,750
Maryland$4,500
Florida$4,049
Georgia$3,516
Wisconsin$3,500
Washington$3,000
Pennsylvania$2,516
Alaska$2,000
Mississippi$1,516
Utah$1,500
Missouri$1,500
Nevada$1,000
New Jersey$1,000
West Virginia$1,000
Delaware$1,000
Arizona$1,000
North Carolina$516
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
115

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

53%

from Texas

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.3%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.3%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 2.0%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 4.3%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 15%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 5.3%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 17%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 21%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 35%35%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Nehls's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.00 to +1.50: 15% between +0.25 and +0.50, 5.3% between +0.50 and +0.75, 17% between +0.75 and +1.00, 21% between +1.00 and +1.25, 35% between +1.25 and +1.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.3%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.3%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.002.0%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.254.3%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.5015%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.755.3%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0017%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.2521%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.5035%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Nehls’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Nehls’s own score is +1.28.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. FOUNDER$26.1K 3 donors
  2. RETIRED$25.3K 12 donors
  3. CEO$12.0K 8 donors
  4. CONSULTANT$10.0K 9 donors
  5. PILOT$7,646 13 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC$10.0K
  2. ALLEGIANT TRAVEL COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,000
  3. LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
  4. AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL-NORTH AMERICA PAC$5,000
  5. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. LEIDOS$17.1K 24 donors
  2. AMERICAN AIRLINES$2,581 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Nehls voted with the majority of House Republicans on 99.1% of party-line votes and missed 7.3% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Nehls voted against the majority of House Republicans 24 times.

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

24

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 99.1%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 54th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Nehls
Peers
Rank
Attendance
92.7%
96.3%
198th of 221
Party unity
99.1%
97.1%
54th of 221
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Nehls's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowNehlsPeers
Attendance92.7%96.3%
Party unity99.1%97.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Nehls most often

  1. Mike JohnsonR488 shared votes99%
  2. Tracey MannR623 shared votes98%
  3. William TimmonsR615 shared votes98%
  4. Kevin HernR612 shared votes98%
  5. Tony WiedR622 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Nehls least often

  1. Rashida TlaibD610 shared votes20%
  2. Adelita GrijalvaD355 shared votes21%
  3. Delia RamirezD602 shared votes21%
  4. Jan SchakowskyD589 shared votes21%
  5. Gregorio CasarD543 shared votes21%
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

Nehls sponsored 31 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 became law. Cosponsored 298 others. 16% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 84th of 216).

The bills Nehls 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

Sponsored31 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3131Sponsored, In committee: 3131Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 44Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored298 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 298298Cosponsored, In committee: 298298Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 3838Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Nehls sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3131411
Cosponsored2982983822
How to read the blocks

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

16%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 84th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Brandon Gill55
  2. Barry Moore49
  3. Randy Weber Sr.42
  4. Andy Biggs34
  5. Brian Babin31
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 Nehls’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. 10377MAGA ActCosponsorSep 15, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Sep 15, 2026
H.R. 10269Stop Auto Fraud Act of 2026CosponsorSep 3, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Sep 3, 2026
H.Res. 1481Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.CosponsorAug 13, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on House Administration. Aug 13, 2026
H.R. 9904Deputy Darren Almendarez ActCosponsorJul 23, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Jul 23, 2026
H.Res. 1436Condemning Omar Suleiman for celebrating the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and acknowledging that House Democrats invited him to serve as the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019.CosponsorJul 15, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on House Administration. Jul 15, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 44 times in 90 days. Nehls’s official site had 30 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Nehls posted on Oct 20, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    nehls.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    30

    pages crawled

    44

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    nehlsforcongress.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    5

    pages crawled

    9

    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 Nehls posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Four men stand talking in an office decorated with agency and U.S. flags. Large lettering appears on the wall behind them.
    Four men stand talking in an office decorated with agency and U.S. flags. Large lettering appears on the wall behind them.View post
  • A group of six men pose for a photo indoors beneath a large framed board with multiple rows of text. They wear a mix of law enforcement uniforms, military camouflage, and civilian clothing.
    A group of six men pose for a photo indoors beneath a large framed board with multiple rows of text. They wear a mix of law enforcement uniforms, military camouflage, and civilian clothing.View post
  • A promotional graphic overlays large lettering on a photograph of a factory floor. Workers and industrial equipment are visible, with yellow railings and overhead cranes. A small logo and text appear at the top.
    A promotional graphic overlays large lettering on a photograph of a factory floor. Workers and industrial equipment are visible, with yellow railings and overhead cranes. A small logo and text appear at the top.View post
  • A scanned first page of a formal U.S. Supreme Court document. It has a court heading, case information, a date, and several paragraphs of legal text. No other objects are visible.
    A scanned first page of a formal U.S. Supreme Court document. It has a court heading, case information, a date, and several paragraphs of legal text. No other objects are visible.View post
  • A commemorative graphic for POW/MIA Recognition Day, with a folded American flag in the background and a white POW/MIA emblem and large lettering in the foreground. A small congressional office logo appears at the bottom.
    A commemorative graphic for POW/MIA Recognition Day, with a folded American flag in the background and a white POW/MIA emblem and large lettering in the foreground. A small congressional office logo appears at the bottom.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 Nehls is most unusual among House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
N000026
Bioguide
N000026
FEC candidate ids
H0TX22302

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.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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