Skip to content

Democrat · U.S. Senate, Michigan

Serving since Jan 6, 2015119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

Bioguide P000595FEC H8MI09068, S4MI00355

Portrait of Gary Peters, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
1.8×
the Senate Democrat rate of bipartisan language

33% of 1,223 statements use bipartisan language (398 statements); the average for Senate Democrats is 18%. Ranks 2nd of 45, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Peters’s press releases, Congressional Record speeches, posts on X and newsletters and marks whether it stresses working across party lines. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among Senate Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against Senate Democrats. 28% of the 85 bills Peters sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of Senate Democrats. 0.3% of Peters’s statements use an extreme label, in the bottom 5% of Senate Democrats (average 2.4%).

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

Bipartisanship

33%

Senate Democrats average 18% · ranks 2nd of 45

Out of committee

28%

Senate Democrats average 14% · ranks 2nd of 45

Extreme labels

0.3%

Senate Democrats average 2.4% · ranks 44th of 45

Credit claiming

39%

Senate Democrats average 26% · ranks 3rd of 45

Raised, 2026

$303.1K

Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M · ranks 40th of 45

CSIP ideology

−0.93

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.01

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Peters says

Peters attacks opponents personally less than 84% of Senate Democrats. Personal attacks in 3.9% of 1,223 statements, against 11% for the average Senate Democrat; 39th of 45.

An AI model reads each of Peters’s 1,223 statements in the 119th Congress (750 posts on X, 361 press releases, 97 Congressional Record speeches, 15 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 Senate Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Peters
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion954 statements
78%
78%
27th of 45
Credit claiming482 statements
39%
26%
3rd of 45
Policy criticism425 statements
35%
37%
33rd of 45
Bipartisanship398 statements
33%
18%
2nd of 45
Personal attacks48 statements
4%
11%
39th of 45
Show the data
Peters's share of statements in each category against the Senate Democrats average.
RowPetersPeers
Policy discussion78%78%
Credit claiming39%26%
Policy criticism35%37%
Bipartisanship33%18%
Personal attacks4%11%
1,223

statements classified

750 posts on X, 361 press releases, 97 Congressional Record speeches, 15 newsletters.

posts on X: 750 (61.3%)posts on X 750press releases: 361 (29.5%)press releases 361Congressional Record speeches: 97 (7.9%)newsletters: 15 (1.2%)
Show the data
Peters's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X750
press releases361
Congressional Record speeches97
newsletters15
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Peters used extreme labels in 0.3% of statements, 11% of the peer average. 3 statements, most often aimed at politicians; peers 2.4%.

  1. “extreme”2
  2. “communist”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. politicians1
  2. Robert Law1
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: 722025-02: 832025-03: 692025-04: 572025-05: 642025-06: 672025-07: 542025-08: 462025-09: 602025-10: 722025-11: 602025-12: 552026-01: 592026-02: 492026-03: 482026-04: 502026-05: 412026-06: 562026-07: 392026-08: 482026-09: 492026-10: 25peak 83 · Feb ’25Personal attackspeak 16.9% · Feb ’25 · latest 4.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.8% of 72Personal attacks, 2025-02: 16.9% of 83Personal attacks, 2025-03: 7.2% of 69Personal attacks, 2025-04: 3.5% of 57Personal attacks, 2025-05: 4.7% of 64Personal attacks, 2025-06: 3.0% of 67Personal attacks, 2025-07: 1.8% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-08: 2.2% of 46Personal attacks, 2025-09: 3.3% of 60Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 72Personal attacks, 2025-11: 6.7% of 60Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 55Personal attacks, 2026-01: 6.8% of 59Personal attacks, 2026-02: 2.0% of 49Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 48Personal attacks, 2026-04: 4.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 41Personal attacks, 2026-06: 3.6% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-07: 2.6% of 39Personal attacks, 2026-08: 2.1% of 48Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 49Personal attacks, 2026-10: 4.0% of 25Policy criticismpeak 49.1% · Jan ’26 · latest 12.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 26.4% of 72Policy criticism, 2025-02: 42.2% of 83Policy criticism, 2025-03: 37.7% of 69Policy criticism, 2025-04: 33.3% of 57Policy criticism, 2025-05: 40.6% of 64Policy criticism, 2025-06: 38.8% of 67Policy criticism, 2025-07: 42.6% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-08: 26.1% of 46Policy criticism, 2025-09: 33.3% of 60Policy criticism, 2025-10: 47.2% of 72Policy criticism, 2025-11: 40.0% of 60Policy criticism, 2025-12: 40.0% of 55Policy criticism, 2026-01: 49.1% of 59Policy criticism, 2026-02: 36.7% of 49Policy criticism, 2026-03: 43.8% of 48Policy criticism, 2026-04: 32.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2026-05: 14.6% of 41Policy criticism, 2026-06: 32.1% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-07: 17.9% of 39Policy criticism, 2026-08: 14.6% of 48Policy criticism, 2026-09: 28.6% of 49Policy criticism, 2026-10: 12.0% of 25Policy discussionpeak 96.0% · Oct ’26 · latest 96.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 79.2% of 72Policy discussion, 2025-02: 74.7% of 83Policy discussion, 2025-03: 73.9% of 69Policy discussion, 2025-04: 82.5% of 57Policy discussion, 2025-05: 76.6% of 64Policy discussion, 2025-06: 80.6% of 67Policy discussion, 2025-07: 87.0% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-08: 63.0% of 46Policy discussion, 2025-09: 73.3% of 60Policy discussion, 2025-10: 84.7% of 72Policy discussion, 2025-11: 76.7% of 60Policy discussion, 2025-12: 80.0% of 55Policy discussion, 2026-01: 86.4% of 59Policy discussion, 2026-02: 69.4% of 49Policy discussion, 2026-03: 77.1% of 48Policy discussion, 2026-04: 72.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2026-05: 75.6% of 41Policy discussion, 2026-06: 78.6% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-07: 74.4% of 39Policy discussion, 2026-08: 79.2% of 48Policy discussion, 2026-09: 79.6% of 49Policy discussion, 2026-10: 96.0% of 25Bipartisanshippeak 53.3% · Nov ’25 · latest 36.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 38.9% of 72Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 24.1% of 83Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 24.6% of 69Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 35.1% of 57Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 34.4% of 64Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 28.4% of 67Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 31.5% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 26.1% of 46Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 30.0% of 60Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 37.5% of 72Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 53.3% of 60Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 45.5% of 55Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 40.7% of 59Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 22.4% of 49Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 27.1% of 48Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 28.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 36.6% of 41Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 26.8% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 23.1% of 39Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 37.5% of 48Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 26.5% of 49Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 36.0% of 25Credit claimingpeak 52.1% · Aug ’26 · latest 44.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 47.2% of 72Credit claiming, 2025-02: 32.5% of 83Credit claiming, 2025-03: 30.4% of 69Credit claiming, 2025-04: 40.4% of 57Credit claiming, 2025-05: 45.3% of 64Credit claiming, 2025-06: 38.8% of 67Credit claiming, 2025-07: 51.8% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-08: 39.1% of 46Credit claiming, 2025-09: 36.7% of 60Credit claiming, 2025-10: 43.1% of 72Credit claiming, 2025-11: 48.3% of 60Credit claiming, 2025-12: 50.9% of 55Credit claiming, 2026-01: 37.3% of 59Credit claiming, 2026-02: 24.5% of 49Credit claiming, 2026-03: 27.1% of 48Credit claiming, 2026-04: 28.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2026-05: 48.8% of 41Credit claiming, 2026-06: 35.7% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-07: 25.6% of 39Credit claiming, 2026-08: 52.1% of 48Credit claiming, 2026-09: 38.8% of 49Credit claiming, 2026-10: 44.0% of 25Extreme labelspeak 1.8% · Apr ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 72Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.2% of 83Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 69Extreme labels, 2025-04: 1.8% of 57Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 64Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 67Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 46Extreme labels, 2025-09: 1.7% of 60Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 72Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 60Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 59Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 49Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 48Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 41Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 39Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 48Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 49Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 25Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
Show the data
Monthly rates for Peters, 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 ’25722.8%26.4%79.2%38.9%47.2%0.0%
Feb ’258316.9%42.2%74.7%24.1%32.5%1.2%
Mar ’25697.2%37.7%73.9%24.6%30.4%0.0%
Apr ’25573.5%33.3%82.5%35.1%40.4%1.8%
May ’25644.7%40.6%76.6%34.4%45.3%0.0%
Jun ’25673.0%38.8%80.6%28.4%38.8%0.0%
Jul ’25541.8%42.6%87.0%31.5%51.8%0.0%
Aug ’25462.2%26.1%63.0%26.1%39.1%0.0%
Sep ’25603.3%33.3%73.3%30.0%36.7%1.7%
Oct ’25720.0%47.2%84.7%37.5%43.1%0.0%
Nov ’25606.7%40.0%76.7%53.3%48.3%0.0%
Dec ’25550.0%40.0%80.0%45.5%50.9%0.0%
Jan ’26596.8%49.1%86.4%40.7%37.3%0.0%
Feb ’26492.0%36.7%69.4%22.4%24.5%0.0%
Mar ’26480.0%43.8%77.1%27.1%27.1%0.0%
Apr ’26504.0%32.0%72.0%28.0%28.0%0.0%
May ’26410.0%14.6%75.6%36.6%48.8%0.0%
Jun ’26563.6%32.1%78.6%26.8%35.7%0.0%
Jul ’26392.6%17.9%74.4%23.1%25.6%0.0%
Aug ’26482.1%14.6%79.2%37.5%52.1%0.0%
Sep ’26490.0%28.6%79.6%26.5%38.8%0.0%
Oct ’26254.0%12.0%96.0%36.0%44.0%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 Peters’s words

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

Bipartisanship

Senators Peters, Slotkin Announce More Than $2.1 Million in Federal Support for Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan Fire Departments WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Elissa Slotkin (MI) announced that local fire departments across the Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan are s…

Oct 22, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Emergency Management; Economics and Public Finance; Health · Source

Personal attacks

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

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Government Operations and Politics; target: Trump · Source

Extreme label

Madam President, I staunchly oppose Robert Law's nomination to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans at the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Robert Law will be responsible for developing policies for all of DHS's critical national security missions, including border securi…

Sep 9, 2025 · Congressional Record · personal attacks; policy criticism; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; Immigration; Emergency Management; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Robert Law · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · Government Operations and Politics · target: TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: Donald TrumpSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: Donald TrumpSource

  4. Press releases

    VIDEO: At Senate Appropriations Hearing, Peters Presses DHS Secretary Mullin for Updates on Key Michigan Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin for updates on two key Michigan projects – the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and the Northern Border Mission…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Transportation and Public Works · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Crime and Law Enforcement · Immigration · Armed Forces and National Security · Emergency Management · target: Donald TrumpSource

  5. Press releases

    Peters Statement on Postal Service Proposed Rule to Carry Out President Trump’s Unconstitutional Executive Order to Restrict Vote by Mail WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on a proposed rule by the United States Postal Service (USPS) to implement President Donald Trump’s unconstitutio…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Government Operations and Politics · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Law · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 1,223 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: 750 posts on X, 361 press releases, 97 Congressional Record speeches, 15 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Peters talks about most: 30% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale (Senate Democrats average 0.66; 21st of 45).

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

What Peters talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Peters
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security284 statements
30%
21%
Economics and Public Finance236 statements
25%
24%
Government Operations and Politics224 statements
23%
22%
Health223 statements
23%
27%
Science, Technology, Communications136 statements
14%
8%
Show the data
Policy areas Peters talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the Senate Democrats average.
RowPetersPeers
Armed Forces and National Security30%21%
Economics and Public Finance25%24%
Government Operations and Politics23%22%
Health23%27%
Science, Technology, Communications14%8%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 30% (Senate Democrats 21%)30%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 8% (Senate Democrats 7%)8%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 25% (Senate Democrats 24%)25%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (Senate Democrats 0%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (Senate Democrats 22%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 22% (Senate Democrats 9%)22%HealthHealth, talks about: 23% (Senate Democrats 27%)23%Health, legislates on: 11% (Senate Democrats 14%)11%Science, Technology,CommunicationsScience, Technology, Communications, talks about: 14% (Senate Democrats 8%)14%Science, Technology, Communications, legislates on: 9% (Senate Democrats 3%)9%
Show the data
Peters's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutSenate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onSenate Democrats, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security30%21%8%7%
Economics and Public Finance25%24%0%0%
Government Operations and Politics23%22%22%9%
Health23%27%11%14%
Science, Technology, Communications14%8%9%3%
0.67

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

Senate Democrats average 0.66. Ranks 21st of 45.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Peters sits at −0.93 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 83% of Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.95 to −0.92, which understates the uncertainty; from 40,937 donors and 4,321 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”.

−0.93

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.95 to −0.92. From 40,937 donors and 4,321 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Peters −0.9Senate Democrats −1.1All Senate +0.4

The outlined dot is Peters, 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 Peters’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 Peters sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →Senate Democratsmedian −1.1Peters −0.9All Senatemedian +0.4
Show the data
Peters's CSIP score of −0.93 placed against Senate Democrats, All Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Peters
Senate Democrats45−1.182%
All Senate98+0.439%
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 Peters 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 Peters.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Peters raised $303.1K in the 2026 cycle, 12% of the Senate Democrats’ median of $2.6M. 29% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less.

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
$303.1K

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 224 itemized donors. Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $13.3K (4.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $13.3K (4.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $13.3K (4.4%)Itemized individual (over $200): $13.3K (4.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $5,357 (1.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $5,357 (1.8%)PACs and other committees: $9,500 (3.1%)PACs and other committees: $9,500 (3.1%)PACs and other committees: $9,500 (3.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $275.0K (90.7%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)4 squares$13.3K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)2 squares$5,357
  • PACs and other committees3 squares$9,500
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)91 squares$275.0K
Show the data
Sources of Peters's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$13.3K4.4%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$5,3571.8%
PACs and other committees$9,5003.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$275.0K90.7%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $50.1M$50.1M20202022 cycle: $4.3M$4.3M20222024 cycle: $3.2M$3.2M20242026 cycle: $303.1K$303.1K2026Senate Democrats median $2.6M
Show the data
Peters's receipts by cycle against the 2026 Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$50.1M
2022 cycle$4.3M
2024 cycle$3.2M
2026 cycle$303.1K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state.

  1. Ohio$71
  2. Hawaii$55
  3. Arizona$30
  4. New Mexico$25
  5. Georgia$25

Small donations

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

0%60%
Peters
Median
2026
29%
35%
2024
32%
35%
2022
47%
35%
2020
40%
35%
Show the data
Small-donor share by cycle against the Senate Democrats median
RowPetersMedian
2026 cycle29%35%
2024 cycle32%35%
2022 cycle47%35%
2020 cycle40%35%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: $5IDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $71OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: $12NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $30AZNew Mexico: $25NMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: $4ARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: $12OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $25GAHawaii: $55HITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
Show the data
Peters's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Ohio$71
Hawaii$55
Arizona$30
New Mexico$25
Georgia$25
New Jersey$12
Oklahoma$12
Idaho$5
Arkansas$4
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
KansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
224

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

No itemized individual money.

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.8%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 54%54%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 39%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.2%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 6.5%← More liberalMore conservative →
Show the data
Ideology of Peters's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +0.50: 54% between −1.25 and −1.00, 39% between −1.00 and −0.75, 6.5% between +0.25 and +0.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.8%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0054%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7539%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.2%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.506.5%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Peters’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Peters’s own score is −0.93.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$4,939 194 donors
  2. PRINCIPAL$2,000 3 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$604 8 donors
  4. CONSULTANT$546 3 donors
  5. RETIRED$464 18 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
  2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PA PAC)$2,500
  3. TEXTILE RENTAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TRSAPAC)$2,500
  4. THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500
  5. UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC (UWM PAC)$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY$110 3 donors
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$105 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Peters voted with the majority of Senate Democrats on 94.6% of party-line votes and missed 2.1% of 915 roll calls. Senate Democrats on average: 95.3% party unity, 97.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Peters voted against the majority of Senate Democrats 47 times.

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

47

votes against the majority of Senate Democrats

Party unity 94.6%, Senate Democrats average 95.3%, ranks 30th of 45. 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Peters
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.9%
97.0%
24th of 45
Party unity
94.6%
95.3%
30th of 45
Show the data
Peters's attendance and party unity against Senate Democrats.
RowPetersPeers
Attendance97.9%97.0%
Party unity94.6%95.3%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Peters most often

  1. Tammy BaldwinD893 shared votes94%
  2. Elissa SlotkinD872 shared votes94%
  3. Richard BlumenthalD886 shared votes94%
  4. Michael BennetD819 shared votes94%
  5. Chuck SchumerD892 shared votes94%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Peters least often

  1. Rick ScottR894 shared votes10%
  2. Mike LeeR868 shared votes10%
  3. Ron JohnsonR885 shared votes11%
  4. Ted CruzR849 shared votes11%
  5. Ashley MoodyR878 shared votes11%
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

Peters sponsored 85 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 became law. Cosponsored 288 others. 28% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Senate Democrats average 14%; 2nd of 45).

The bills Peters 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

Sponsored85 billsSponsored, Introduced: 8585Sponsored, In committee: 8383Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2222Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored288 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 288288Cosponsored, In committee: 285285Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 6666Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 44Cosponsored, Became law: 44IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
Show the data
Bills Peters sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored85832211
Cosponsored2882856644
How to read the blocks

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

28%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Senate Democrats average 14%. Ranks 2nd of 45.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Richard Blumenthal42
  2. Jeanne Shaheen41
  3. Alex Padilla37
  4. Amy Klobuchar36
  5. Elissa Slotkin35
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 Peters’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

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

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
S. 5648TAG ActSponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and PoliticsRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Sep 30, 2026
S.Res. 944A resolution designating September 2026 as "School Bus Safety Month".CosponsorSep 30, 2026Passed one chamberTransportation and Public WorksSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299; text: CR S5271-5272) Sep 30, 2026
S.Res. 946A resolution designating September 30, 2026, as "National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day".CosponsorSep 30, 2026Passed one chamberArmed Forces and National SecuritySubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299; text: CR S5272-5273) Sep 30, 2026
S.Res. 919A resolution honoring the leadership of Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and recognizing his career as a public servant and the enduring value of the Smithsonian Institution to the people of the United States.CosponsorSep 29, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S5174) Sep 29, 2026
S.Res. 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.CosponsorSep 28, 2026Passed one chamberGovernment Operations and PoliticsSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5064-5065; text: CR S5074-5075) Sep 28, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 90 times in 90 days. Peters’s official site had 38 pages when last crawled on Oct 18, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Peters posted on Oct 23, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

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

Images Peters posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Two men in business suits stand together indoors, smiling and holding a large decorative gold key. There is no prominent text.
    Two men in business suits stand together indoors, smiling and holding a large decorative gold key. There is no prominent text.View post
  • An infographic compares the price of 25 gallons of diesel on two dates, showing an increase from $92.50 to $160.63. Large headline text attributes the rise to Trump's war in Iran.
    An infographic compares the price of 25 gallons of diesel on two dates, showing an increase from $92.50 to $160.63. Large headline text attributes the rise to Trump's war in Iran.View post
  • A group of six people wearing camouflage uniforms pose for a photo at an outdoor camp in a wooded area. There is no prominent text.
    A group of six people wearing camouflage uniforms pose for a photo at an outdoor camp in a wooded area. There is no prominent text.View post
  • A group of people wearing hard hats and high-visibility vests tour a construction site. A large text panel below describes proposed funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
    A group of people wearing hard hats and high-visibility vests tour a construction site. A large text panel below describes proposed funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.View post
  • A political news graphic shows a woman speaking into a handheld microphone in front of an older man wearing glasses and a U.S. Navy Seabees cap. Large headline text and decorative lines fill the lower portion of the image.
    A political news graphic shows a woman speaking into a handheld microphone in front of an older man wearing glasses and a U.S. Navy Seabees cap. Large headline text and decorative lines fill the lower portion of the image.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 Peters is most unusual among Senate Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
P000595
Bioguide
P000595
FEC candidate ids
H8MI09068, S4MI00355

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

Back to top