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

Serving since Jan 3, 2023119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Zachary (Zach) Nunn, rendered as a two-tone print
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0.76
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the top 5% of House Republicans

Agreement 0.76 on a 0–1 scale; the average for House Republicans is 0.64. Ranks 4th of 221, where 1st is the closest match.

How closely the mix of policy areas in Nunn’s statements matches the mix in the bills Nunn sponsors and cosponsors: 1 means the same areas in the same proportions, 0 means no overlap. Ranked among House Republicans.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. 62% of Nunn’s statements claim credit, 1.6 times the House Republican average of 37%. 85% of Nunn’s statements discuss policy, in the top 5% of House Republicans (average 68%).

The measures on which Nunn 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.

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.76

House Republicans average 0.64 · ranks 4th of 221

Credit claiming

62%

House Republicans average 37% · ranks 5th of 221

Policy discussion

85%

House Republicans average 68% · ranks 7th of 221

Bipartisanship

23%

House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 7th of 221

Party unity

94.7%

House Republicans average 97.1% · ranks 205th of 221 · 25 votes against the majority of House Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.66

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

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Nunn says

Nunn attacks opponents personally less than 82% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0.2% of 2,475 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 184th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Nunn’s 2,475 statements in the 119th Congress (2,122 posts on X, 211 press releases, 73 Congressional Record speeches, 69 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 Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Nunn
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion2,099 statements
85%
68%
7th of 221
Credit claiming1,527 statements
62%
37%
5th of 221
Bipartisanship573 statements
23%
9%
7th of 221
Policy criticism334 statements
13%
15%
123rd of 221
Personal attacks6 statements
0%
2%
184th of 221
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Nunn's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowNunnPeers
Policy discussion85%68%
Credit claiming62%37%
Bipartisanship23%9%
Policy criticism13%15%
Personal attacks0%2%
2,475

statements classified

2,122 posts on X, 211 press releases, 73 Congressional Record speeches, 69 newsletters.

posts on X: 2,122 (85.7%)posts on X 2,122press releases: 211 (8.5%)Congressional Record speeches: 73 (2.9%)newsletters: 69 (2.8%)
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Nunn's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,122
press releases211
Congressional Record speeches73
newsletters69
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Nunn used extreme labels in 0.6% of statements, 19% of the peer average. 14 statements, most often aimed at far-left; peers 3.0%.

  1. “communist”6
  2. “radical”4
  3. “far left”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. far-left2
  2. Chinese Communist Party1
  3. Communist China1
  4. defund police1
  5. Democrat Shutdown1
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: 1162025-02: 1082025-03: 1162025-04: 1102025-05: 1292025-06: 1222025-07: 1212025-08: 912025-09: 1202025-10: 1372025-11: 962025-12: 1252026-01: 992026-02: 1252026-03: 1292026-04: 852026-05: 1372026-06: 1392026-07: 1032026-08: 1062026-09: 1072026-10: 54peak 139 · Jun ’26Personal attackspeak 2.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.6% of 116Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 108Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 116Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 110Personal attacks, 2025-05: 1.6% of 129Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 122Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 121Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 91Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.8% of 120Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 137Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 96Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 125Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 99Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 125Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 129Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 85Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 137Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 139Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 103Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 106Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 107Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 54Policy criticismpeak 37.2% · Oct ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 18.1% of 116Policy criticism, 2025-02: 19.4% of 108Policy criticism, 2025-03: 12.1% of 116Policy criticism, 2025-04: 5.5% of 110Policy criticism, 2025-05: 10.8% of 129Policy criticism, 2025-06: 9.8% of 122Policy criticism, 2025-07: 14.1% of 121Policy criticism, 2025-08: 9.9% of 91Policy criticism, 2025-09: 14.2% of 120Policy criticism, 2025-10: 37.2% of 137Policy criticism, 2025-11: 25.0% of 96Policy criticism, 2025-12: 14.4% of 125Policy criticism, 2026-01: 8.1% of 99Policy criticism, 2026-02: 10.4% of 125Policy criticism, 2026-03: 12.4% of 129Policy criticism, 2026-04: 3.5% of 85Policy criticism, 2026-05: 16.8% of 137Policy criticism, 2026-06: 10.8% of 139Policy criticism, 2026-07: 9.7% of 103Policy criticism, 2026-08: 8.5% of 106Policy criticism, 2026-09: 12.2% of 107Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 54Policy discussionpeak 96.0% · Jan ’26 · latest 94.4%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 67.2% of 116Policy discussion, 2025-02: 82.4% of 108Policy discussion, 2025-03: 66.4% of 116Policy discussion, 2025-04: 84.5% of 110Policy discussion, 2025-05: 88.4% of 129Policy discussion, 2025-06: 90.2% of 122Policy discussion, 2025-07: 93.4% of 121Policy discussion, 2025-08: 89.0% of 91Policy discussion, 2025-09: 84.2% of 120Policy discussion, 2025-10: 77.4% of 137Policy discussion, 2025-11: 84.4% of 96Policy discussion, 2025-12: 88.0% of 125Policy discussion, 2026-01: 96.0% of 99Policy discussion, 2026-02: 88.0% of 125Policy discussion, 2026-03: 80.6% of 129Policy discussion, 2026-04: 87.1% of 85Policy discussion, 2026-05: 87.6% of 137Policy discussion, 2026-06: 82.7% of 139Policy discussion, 2026-07: 82.5% of 103Policy discussion, 2026-08: 86.8% of 106Policy discussion, 2026-09: 93.5% of 107Policy discussion, 2026-10: 94.4% of 54Bipartisanshippeak 34.1% · Aug ’25 · latest 20.4%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 9.5% of 116Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 20.4% of 108Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 22.4% of 116Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 29.1% of 110Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 31.0% of 129Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 26.2% of 122Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 32.2% of 121Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 34.1% of 91Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 30.8% of 120Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 13.1% of 137Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 33.3% of 96Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 27.2% of 125Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 22.2% of 99Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 16.0% of 125Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 14.7% of 129Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 18.8% of 85Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 21.9% of 137Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 21.6% of 139Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 29.1% of 103Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 11.3% of 106Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 27.1% of 107Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 20.4% of 54Credit claimingpeak 76.9% · Aug ’25 · latest 72.2%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 53.4% of 116Credit claiming, 2025-02: 59.3% of 108Credit claiming, 2025-03: 52.6% of 116Credit claiming, 2025-04: 59.1% of 110Credit claiming, 2025-05: 65.9% of 129Credit claiming, 2025-06: 69.7% of 122Credit claiming, 2025-07: 70.3% of 121Credit claiming, 2025-08: 76.9% of 91Credit claiming, 2025-09: 64.2% of 120Credit claiming, 2025-10: 40.2% of 137Credit claiming, 2025-11: 45.8% of 96Credit claiming, 2025-12: 64.8% of 125Credit claiming, 2026-01: 67.7% of 99Credit claiming, 2026-02: 67.2% of 125Credit claiming, 2026-03: 54.3% of 129Credit claiming, 2026-04: 63.5% of 85Credit claiming, 2026-05: 67.2% of 137Credit claiming, 2026-06: 72.7% of 139Credit claiming, 2026-07: 60.2% of 103Credit claiming, 2026-08: 61.3% of 106Credit claiming, 2026-09: 55.1% of 107Credit claiming, 2026-10: 72.2% of 54Extreme labelspeak 2.5% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.9% of 116Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 108Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.9% of 116Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 110Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 129Extreme labels, 2025-06: 2.5% of 122Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 121Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 91Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.8% of 120Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.7% of 137Extreme labels, 2025-11: 2.1% of 96Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.8% of 125Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 99Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.8% of 125Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 129Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 85Extreme labels, 2026-05: 2.2% of 137Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 139Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 103Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 106Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 107Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 54Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Nunn, 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 ’251162.6%18.1%67.2%9.5%53.4%0.9%
Feb ’251080.0%19.4%82.4%20.4%59.3%0.0%
Mar ’251160.0%12.1%66.4%22.4%52.6%0.9%
Apr ’251100.0%5.5%84.5%29.1%59.1%0.0%
May ’251291.6%10.8%88.4%31.0%65.9%0.0%
Jun ’251220.0%9.8%90.2%26.2%69.7%2.5%
Jul ’251210.0%14.1%93.4%32.2%70.3%0.0%
Aug ’25910.0%9.9%89.0%34.1%76.9%0.0%
Sep ’251200.8%14.2%84.2%30.8%64.2%0.8%
Oct ’251370.0%37.2%77.4%13.1%40.2%0.7%
Nov ’25960.0%25.0%84.4%33.3%45.8%2.1%
Dec ’251250.0%14.4%88.0%27.2%64.8%0.8%
Jan ’26990.0%8.1%96.0%22.2%67.7%0.0%
Feb ’261250.0%10.4%88.0%16.0%67.2%0.8%
Mar ’261290.0%12.4%80.6%14.7%54.3%0.0%
Apr ’26850.0%3.5%87.1%18.8%63.5%0.0%
May ’261370.0%16.8%87.6%21.9%67.2%2.2%
Jun ’261390.0%10.8%82.7%21.6%72.7%0.0%
Jul ’261030.0%9.7%82.5%29.1%60.2%0.0%
Aug ’261060.0%8.5%86.8%11.3%61.3%0.0%
Sep ’261070.0%12.2%93.5%27.1%55.1%0.0%
Oct ’26540.0%0.0%94.4%20.4%72.2%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 Nunn’s words

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

Bipartisanship

Nunn Cuts Ribbon on $1 Million CDL Training Pad at Indian Hills Community College OTTUMWA, IA — Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today celebrated the opening of a new Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training skid pad at Indian Hills Community College, made possible with a $1 million federal inves…

Oct 26, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Economics and Public Finance; Education; Labor and Employment; Taxation; Transportation and Public Works · Source

Personal attacks

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

Sep 29, 2025 · Posts on X · personal attacks; target: Mr. Roberts · Source

Extreme label

House Passes Nunn Resolution Backing Law Enforcement — 173 Democrats Vote No WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives passed a resolution led by Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) reaffirming support for the men and women of law enforcement and condemning policies that undermine public safety…

May 13, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; credit claiming; Crime and Law Enforcement; Immigration; extreme label “radical” aimed at defund police · 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: Mr. RobertsSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Economics and Public Finance · HealthSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Nancy PelosiSource

  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 · Government Operations and Politics · target: federal workforceSource

  5. 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 · target: BidenSource

All 2,475 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: 2,122 posts on X, 211 press releases, 73 Congressional Record speeches, 69 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Agriculture and Food is what Nunn talks about most: 23% of policy statements, 2.5 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.76 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 4th 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 Nunn talks about. The bills Nunn sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Nunn talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Nunn
Peers
Agriculture and Food474 statements
23%
9%
Armed Forces and National Security451 statements
22%
24%
Economics and Public Finance278 statements
13%
19%
Health277 statements
13%
15%
Government Operations and Politics223 statements
11%
19%
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Policy areas Nunn talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowNunnPeers
Agriculture and Food23%9%
Armed Forces and National Security22%24%
Economics and Public Finance13%19%
Health13%15%
Government Operations and Politics11%19%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Nunn’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 onAgriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 23% (House Republicans 9%)23%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 11% (House Republicans 3%)11%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 22% (House Republicans 24%)22%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 9% (House Republicans 8%)9%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 13% (House Republicans 19%)13%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 3% (House Republicans 2%)3%HealthHealth, talks about: 13% (House Republicans 15%)13%Health, legislates on: 11% (House Republicans 11%)11%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 11% (House Republicans 19%)11%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 6% (House Republicans 12%)6%
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Nunn's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
Agriculture and Food23%9%11%3%
Armed Forces and National Security22%24%9%8%
Economics and Public Finance13%19%3%2%
Health13%15%11%11%
Government Operations and Politics11%19%6%12%
0.76

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 4th of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Nunn sits at +0.66 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 87% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.64 to +0.68, which understates the uncertainty; from 2,910 donors and 2,126 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.66

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.64 to +0.68. From 2,910 donors and 2,126 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Nunn +0.7House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Nunn, 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 Nunn’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 Nunn sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Nunn +0.7All Housemedian +0.3
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Nunn's CSIP score of +0.66 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Nunn
House Republicans221+1.013%
All House439+0.356%
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 Nunn 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 Nunn.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Nunn raised $6.1M in the 2026 cycle, 2.8 times the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 12% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 14% of itemized individual money came from Iowa.

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

Election cycle
$6.1M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 680 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): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Itemized individual (over $200): $1.2M (20.3%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $172.8K (2.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $172.8K (2.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $172.8K (2.8%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)PACs and other committees: $2.2M (35.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $2.5M (41.0%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)20 squares$1.2M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)3 squares$172.8K
  • PACs and other committees36 squares$2.2M
  • Party committees$10.0K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)41 squares$2.5M
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Sources of Nunn's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$1.2M20.3%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$172.8K2.8%
PACs and other committees$2.2M35.7%
Party committees$10.0K0.2%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$2.5M41.0%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $2.6M$2.6M20222024 cycle: $5.8M$5.8M20242026 cycle: $6.1M$6.1M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Nunn's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$2.6M
2024 cycle$5.8M
2026 cycle$6.1M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 14% came from Iowa.

  1. Florida$200.3K
  2. Iowa$173.2K
  3. Texas$115.6K
  4. Virginia$103.7K
  5. California$102.1K

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%
Nunn
Median
2026
12%
9%
2024
23%
9%
2022
26%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowNunnMedian
2026 cycle12%9%
2024 cycle23%9%
2022 cycle26%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $507AKMaine: $5,015MEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $8,700NHWashington: $1,701WAIdaho: $835IDMontana: $280MTNorth Dakota: $1NDMinnesota: $20.6KMNIllinois: $32.3KILWisconsin: $7,646WIMichigan: $1,594MINew York: $85.3KNYRhode Island: $1,250RIMassachusetts: $34.8KMAOregon: $899ORNevada: $521NVWyoming: $1,189WYSouth Dakota: $21.7KSDIowa: $173.2KIAIndiana: $8,909INOhio: $9,457OHPennsylvania: $17.2KPANew Jersey: $8,717NJConnecticut: $8,854CTCalifornia: $102.1KCAUtah: $15.5KUTColorado: $29.2KCONebraska: $2,250NEMissouri: $3,038MOKentucky: $1,528KYWest Virginia: $1,500WVVirginia: $103.7KVAMaryland: $13.2KMDDelaware: $500DEArizona: $8,058AZNew Mexico: $399NMKansas: $28.7KKSArkansas: $4,692ARTennessee: $15.3KTNNorth Carolina: $20.6KNCSouth Carolina: $16.6KSCDistrict of Columbia: $37.6KDCOklahoma: $1,404OKLouisiana: $533LAMississippi: $7MSAlabama: $5,692ALGeorgia: $2,762GAHawaii: $128HITexas: $115.6KTXFlorida: $200.3KFL
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Nunn's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Florida$200.3K
Iowa$173.2K
Texas$115.6K
Virginia$103.7K
California$102.1K
New York$85.3K
District of Columbia$37.6K
Massachusetts$34.8K
Illinois$32.3K
Colorado$29.2K
Kansas$28.7K
South Dakota$21.7K
Minnesota$20.6K
North Carolina$20.6K
Pennsylvania$17.2K
South Carolina$16.6K
Utah$15.5K
Tennessee$15.3K
Maryland$13.2K
Ohio$9,457
Indiana$8,909
Connecticut$8,854
New Jersey$8,717
New Hampshire$8,700
Arizona$8,058
Wisconsin$7,646
Alabama$5,692
Maine$5,015
Arkansas$4,692
Missouri$3,038
Georgia$2,762
Nebraska$2,250
Washington$1,701
Michigan$1,594
Kentucky$1,528
West Virginia$1,500
Oklahoma$1,404
Rhode Island$1,250
Wyoming$1,189
Oregon$899
Idaho$835
Louisiana$533
Nevada$521
Alaska$507
Delaware$500
New Mexico$399
Montana$280
Hawaii$128
Mississippi$7
North Dakota$1
VermontNo data
680

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

14%

from Iowa

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.4%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.6%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 2.8%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 7.5%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 8.4%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 30%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 48%48%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 2.4%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 0.0%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Nunn's itemized donors in 2026, from −0.75 to +1.50: 7.5% between 0.00 and +0.25, 8.4% between +0.25 and +0.50, 30% between +0.50 and +0.75, 48% between +0.75 and +1.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.4%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.6%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.002.8%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.257.5%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.508.4%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.7530%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0048%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.252.4%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.500.0%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Nunn’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Nunn’s own score is +0.66.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$210.7K 322 donors
  2. CEO$148.2K 37 donors
  3. FOUNDER$46.5K 5 donors
  4. OWNER$43.3K 13 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$30.3K 24 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. PA-FIRST PAC$12.5K
  2. A NEW NATION PAC$10.0K
  3. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. COINBASE$24.5K 4 donors
  2. ENTREPRENEUR$14.9K 3 donors
  3. APOLLO$14.5K 5 donors
  4. APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT$13.5K 3 donors
  5. BGR GROUP$7,500 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Nunn voted with the majority of House Republicans on 94.7% of party-line votes and missed 4.6% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Nunn voted against the majority of House Republicans 25 times.

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

25

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 94.7%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 205th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Nunn
Peers
Rank
Attendance
95.4%
96.3%
171st of 221
Party unity
94.7%
97.1%
205th of 221
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Nunn's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowNunnPeers
Attendance95.4%96.3%
Party unity94.7%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 Nunn most often

  1. Frank LucasR632 shared votes98%
  2. Hal RogersR631 shared votes98%
  3. Mike JohnsonR501 shared votes98%
  4. Chuck FleischmannR641 shared votes98%
  5. Jake EllzeyR635 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Nunn least often

  1. Adelita GrijalvaD375 shared votes26%
  2. Delia RamirezD611 shared votes26%
  3. Rashida TlaibD629 shared votes26%
  4. Dan GoldmanD568 shared votes27%
  5. Gregorio CasarD552 shared votes28%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Nunn sponsored 61 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 422 others. 15% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 90th of 216).

The bills Nunn 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

Sponsored61 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6161Sponsored, In committee: 6161Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 66Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored422 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 422422Cosponsored, In committee: 422422Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 5151Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 88Cosponsored, Became law: 77IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Nunn sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored6161600
Cosponsored4224225187
How to read the blocks

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

15%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 90th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Brian Fitzpatrick78
  2. Michael Lawler65
  3. Don Bacon49
  4. Donald Davis44
  5. Eugene Vindman42
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 Nunn’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. 10671Securing Our Critical Infrastructure ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsReferred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. Oct 1, 2026
H.Res. 1587Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "National Kinship Care Month".CosponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeFamiliesReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Sep 28, 2026
H.R. 10519To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to establish a Critical Infrastructure AI Cyber Defense Pilot Program, and for other purposes.CosponsorSep 21, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. Sep 21, 2026
H.R. 10504CURE ActCosponsorSep 17, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Sep 17, 2026
H.R. 10509BEEF ActCosponsorSep 17, 2026In committeeForeign Trade and International FinanceReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 17, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 105 times in 90 days. Nunn’s official site had 36 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Nunn posted on Oct 26, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    nunn.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    36

    pages crawled

    105

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    zachnunn.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    20

    pages crawled

    78

    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 Nunn posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A group of people stands for a photo beside a maroon college-branded semitrailer and tractor. A podium with the college logo is in front of them. Text appears on the trailer and podium.
    A group of people stands for a photo beside a maroon college-branded semitrailer and tractor. A podium with the college logo is in front of them. Text appears on the trailer and podium.View post
  • A group of people pose for a photo in front of a large maroon semi-trailer bearing a college logo and text. The truck is parked outdoors under a partly cloudy sky.
    A group of people pose for a photo in front of a large maroon semi-trailer bearing a college logo and text. The truck is parked outdoors under a partly cloudy sky.View post
  • A group of people pose for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of a large truck. Two men hold scissors over a pink ribbon, with several people standing behind them. Text is visible on the truck.
    A group of people pose for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of a large truck. Two men hold scissors over a pink ribbon, with several people standing behind them. Text is visible on the truck.View post
  • A man wearing sunglasses, a brown jacket, jeans, and boots poses in the open doorway of a maroon semi-truck, with one foot on the metal step. Some text and labels are visible on the truck.
    A man wearing sunglasses, a brown jacket, jeans, and boots poses in the open doorway of a maroon semi-truck, with one foot on the metal step. Some text and labels are visible on the truck.View post
  • A blue-and-red promotional poster for a nationwide STEM app competition for middle- and high-school students. It lists application and winner-announcement dates, with a smartphone graphic behind the information and contact details at the bottom. The poster contains prominent text.
    A blue-and-red promotional poster for a nationwide STEM app competition for middle- and high-school students. It lists application and winner-announcement dates, with a smartphone graphic behind the information and contact details at the bottom. The poster contains prominent text.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 Nunn 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
N000193
Bioguide
N000193
FEC candidate ids
H2IA03119

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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