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Democrat · U.S. House, California’s 50th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2013119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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0.76
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the top 5% of House Democrats

Agreement 0.76 on a 0–1 scale; the average for House Democrats is 0.67. Ranks 3rd of 216, where 1st is the closest match.

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

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 15% of Peters’s statements use bipartisan language, 1.6 times the House Democrat average of 9.8%. 36% of Peters’s statements criticize a policy, in the top quarter of House Democrats (average 28%).

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

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.76

House Democrats average 0.67 · ranks 3rd of 216

Bipartisanship

15%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 27th of 216

Policy criticism

36%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 36th of 216

Credit claiming

31%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 37th of 216

CSIP ideology

−0.71

More conservative than 84% of House Democrats · ± 0.01

Party unity

94.2%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 178th of 217 · 29 votes against the majority of House Democrats

Peer group: House 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).

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What Peters says

Peters stresses bipartisanship more than 87% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 15% of 1,420 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 27th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Peters’s 1,420 statements in the 119th Congress (1,187 posts on X, 169 press releases, 43 newsletters, 21 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Peters
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,093 statements
77%
73%
73rd of 216
Policy criticism511 statements
36%
28%
36th of 216
Credit claiming435 statements
31%
23%
37th of 216
Bipartisanship220 statements
15%
10%
27th of 216
Personal attacks68 statements
5%
7%
125th of 216
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Peters's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowPetersPeers
Policy discussion77%73%
Policy criticism36%28%
Credit claiming31%23%
Bipartisanship15%10%
Personal attacks5%7%
1,420

statements classified

1,187 posts on X, 169 press releases, 43 newsletters, 21 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 1,187 (83.6%)posts on X 1,187press releases: 169 (11.9%)newsletters: 43 (3.0%)Congressional Record speeches: 21 (1.5%)
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Peters's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,187
press releases169
newsletters43
Congressional Record speeches21
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Peters; the thin grey bar is the average House 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 0.5% of statements, 26% of the peer average. 7 statements, most often aimed at ICE; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”4
  2. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. ICE2
  2. GOP1
  3. Marjorie Taylor Greene1
  4. mass deportation1
  5. Medicaid cuts1
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: 572025-02: 792025-03: 882025-04: 812025-05: 742025-06: 562025-07: 542025-08: 402025-09: 552025-10: 662025-11: 622025-12: 872026-01: 792026-02: 582026-03: 502026-04: 542026-05: 692026-06: 632026-07: 642026-08: 452026-09: 872026-10: 52peak 88 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 12.7% · Jan ’26 · latest 1.9%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 57Personal attacks, 2025-02: 6.3% of 79Personal attacks, 2025-03: 11.4% of 88Personal attacks, 2025-04: 4.9% of 81Personal attacks, 2025-05: 2.7% of 74Personal attacks, 2025-06: 5.4% of 56Personal attacks, 2025-07: 3.7% of 54Personal attacks, 2025-08: 5.0% of 40Personal attacks, 2025-09: 1.8% of 55Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 66Personal attacks, 2025-11: 3.2% of 62Personal attacks, 2025-12: 6.9% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-01: 12.7% of 79Personal attacks, 2026-02: 6.9% of 58Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2026-04: 5.6% of 54Personal attacks, 2026-05: 1.5% of 69Personal attacks, 2026-06: 3.2% of 63Personal attacks, 2026-07: 4.7% of 64Personal attacks, 2026-08: 11.1% of 45Personal attacks, 2026-09: 2.3% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-10: 1.9% of 52Policy criticismpeak 53.0% · Oct ’25 · latest 28.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 15.8% of 57Policy criticism, 2025-02: 45.6% of 79Policy criticism, 2025-03: 29.5% of 88Policy criticism, 2025-04: 48.1% of 81Policy criticism, 2025-05: 40.5% of 74Policy criticism, 2025-06: 35.7% of 56Policy criticism, 2025-07: 42.6% of 54Policy criticism, 2025-08: 37.5% of 40Policy criticism, 2025-09: 34.5% of 55Policy criticism, 2025-10: 53.0% of 66Policy criticism, 2025-11: 38.7% of 62Policy criticism, 2025-12: 26.4% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-01: 26.6% of 79Policy criticism, 2026-02: 34.5% of 58Policy criticism, 2026-03: 40.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2026-04: 38.9% of 54Policy criticism, 2026-05: 40.6% of 69Policy criticism, 2026-06: 28.6% of 63Policy criticism, 2026-07: 37.5% of 64Policy criticism, 2026-08: 26.7% of 45Policy criticism, 2026-09: 37.9% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-10: 28.8% of 52Policy discussionpeak 95.6% · Aug ’26 · latest 90.4%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 57.9% of 57Policy discussion, 2025-02: 72.2% of 79Policy discussion, 2025-03: 52.3% of 88Policy discussion, 2025-04: 72.8% of 81Policy discussion, 2025-05: 75.7% of 74Policy discussion, 2025-06: 76.8% of 56Policy discussion, 2025-07: 85.2% of 54Policy discussion, 2025-08: 80.0% of 40Policy discussion, 2025-09: 72.7% of 55Policy discussion, 2025-10: 77.3% of 66Policy discussion, 2025-11: 72.6% of 62Policy discussion, 2025-12: 79.3% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-01: 87.3% of 79Policy discussion, 2026-02: 75.9% of 58Policy discussion, 2026-03: 76.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2026-04: 81.5% of 54Policy discussion, 2026-05: 75.4% of 69Policy discussion, 2026-06: 76.2% of 63Policy discussion, 2026-07: 79.7% of 64Policy discussion, 2026-08: 95.6% of 45Policy discussion, 2026-09: 92.0% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-10: 90.4% of 52Bipartisanshippeak 26.4% · Sep ’26 · latest 21.1%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 21.1% of 57Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 3.8% of 79Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 5.7% of 88Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 14.8% of 81Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 25.7% of 74Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 10.7% of 56Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 11.1% of 54Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 40Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 20.0% of 55Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 12.1% of 66Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 21.0% of 62Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 24.1% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 12.7% of 79Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 19.0% of 58Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 10.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 5.6% of 54Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 11.6% of 69Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 25.4% of 63Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 20.3% of 64Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 8.9% of 45Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 26.4% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 21.1% of 52Credit claimingpeak 48.1% · Oct ’26 · latest 48.1%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 40.4% of 57Credit claiming, 2025-02: 20.3% of 79Credit claiming, 2025-03: 11.4% of 88Credit claiming, 2025-04: 19.8% of 81Credit claiming, 2025-05: 36.5% of 74Credit claiming, 2025-06: 17.9% of 56Credit claiming, 2025-07: 24.1% of 54Credit claiming, 2025-08: 32.5% of 40Credit claiming, 2025-09: 32.7% of 55Credit claiming, 2025-10: 24.2% of 66Credit claiming, 2025-11: 27.4% of 62Credit claiming, 2025-12: 29.9% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-01: 34.2% of 79Credit claiming, 2026-02: 44.8% of 58Credit claiming, 2026-03: 42.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2026-04: 24.1% of 54Credit claiming, 2026-05: 34.8% of 69Credit claiming, 2026-06: 39.7% of 63Credit claiming, 2026-07: 45.3% of 64Credit claiming, 2026-08: 26.7% of 45Credit claiming, 2026-09: 32.2% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-10: 48.1% of 52Extreme labelspeak 2.2% · Aug ’26 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 57Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 79Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 88Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 81Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.4% of 74Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2025-07: 1.8% of 54Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 40Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 55Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 66Extreme labels, 2025-11: 1.6% of 62Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.1% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 79Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.7% of 58Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2026-04: 1.8% of 54Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 69Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 63Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 64Extreme labels, 2026-08: 2.2% of 45Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 52Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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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 ’25570.0%15.8%57.9%21.1%40.4%0.0%
Feb ’25796.3%45.6%72.2%3.8%20.3%0.0%
Mar ’258811.4%29.5%52.3%5.7%11.4%0.0%
Apr ’25814.9%48.1%72.8%14.8%19.8%0.0%
May ’25742.7%40.5%75.7%25.7%36.5%1.4%
Jun ’25565.4%35.7%76.8%10.7%17.9%0.0%
Jul ’25543.7%42.6%85.2%11.1%24.1%1.8%
Aug ’25405.0%37.5%80.0%0.0%32.5%0.0%
Sep ’25551.8%34.5%72.7%20.0%32.7%0.0%
Oct ’25660.0%53.0%77.3%12.1%24.2%0.0%
Nov ’25623.2%38.7%72.6%21.0%27.4%1.6%
Dec ’25876.9%26.4%79.3%24.1%29.9%1.1%
Jan ’267912.7%26.6%87.3%12.7%34.2%0.0%
Feb ’26586.9%34.5%75.9%19.0%44.8%1.7%
Mar ’26500.0%40.0%76.0%10.0%42.0%0.0%
Apr ’26545.6%38.9%81.5%5.6%24.1%1.8%
May ’26691.5%40.6%75.4%11.6%34.8%0.0%
Jun ’26633.2%28.6%76.2%25.4%39.7%0.0%
Jul ’26644.7%37.5%79.7%20.3%45.3%0.0%
Aug ’264511.1%26.7%95.6%8.9%26.7%2.2%
Sep ’26872.3%37.9%92.0%26.4%32.2%0.0%
Oct ’26521.9%28.8%90.4%21.1%48.1%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

Personal attacks

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

Oct 2, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; Government Operations and Politics; target: Trump · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Energy · Source

Extreme label

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Aug 8, 2026 · Newsletters · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Health; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “radical” aimed at rebate model

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

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

  1. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · 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 · 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 · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · target: Donald TrumpSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Foreign Trade and International Finance · International Affairs · Energy · Agriculture and Food · Public Lands and Natural Resources · target: TrumpSource

  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 · Energy · Economics and Public Finance · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 1,420 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,187 posts on X, 169 press releases, 43 newsletters, 21 Congressional Record speeches.

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Policy

Armed Forces and National Security is what Peters talks about most: 21% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.76 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 3rd of 216).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what 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 Security230 statements
21%
16%
Health227 statements
21%
26%
Economics and Public Finance222 statements
20%
20%
Government Operations and Politics210 statements
19%
20%
Environmental Protection182 statements
17%
5%
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Policy areas Peters talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowPetersPeers
Armed Forces and National Security21%16%
Health21%26%
Economics and Public Finance20%20%
Government Operations and Politics19%20%
Environmental Protection17%5%
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 House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 16%)21%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 7%)12%HealthHealth, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 26%)21%Health, legislates on: 17% (House Democrats 16%)17%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 20% (House Democrats 20%)20%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 3% (House Democrats 1%)3%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 19% (House Democrats 20%)19%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 11%)9%Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental Protection, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 5%)17%Environmental Protection, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 3%)6%
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Peters's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Armed Forces and National Security21%16%12%7%
Health21%26%17%16%
Economics and Public Finance20%20%3%1%
Government Operations and Politics19%20%9%11%
Environmental Protection17%5%6%3%
0.76

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 3rd of 216.

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.

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Ideology

Peters sits at −0.71 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 84% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.72 to −0.69, which understates the uncertainty; from 3,327 donors and 7,452 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”.

−0.71

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.72 to −0.69. From 3,327 donors and 7,452 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Peters −0.7House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

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 →House Democratsmedian −1.0Peters −0.7All Housemedian +0.3
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Peters's CSIP score of −0.71 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Peters
House Democrats217−1.083%
All House439+0.341%
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 $2.2M in the 2026 cycle, close to the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 4.8% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 53% of itemized individual money came from California.

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
$2.2M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 209 itemized donors. House Democrats’ median $2.0M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $407.4K (18.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $20.3K (0.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: 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$1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (60.8%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $429.1K (19.6%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)19 squares$407.4K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)1 squares$20.3K
  • PACs and other committees61 squares$1.3M
  • The candidate’s own money and loans$1,922
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)19 squares$429.1K
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Sources of Peters's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$407.4K18.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$20.3K0.9%
PACs and other committees$1.3M60.8%
The candidate’s own money and loans$1,9220.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$429.1K19.6%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $1.9M$1.9M20202022 cycle: $2.4M$2.4M20222024 cycle: $2.3M$2.3M20242026 cycle: $2.2M$2.2M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Peters's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$1.9M
2022 cycle$2.4M
2024 cycle$2.3M
2026 cycle$2.2M

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. California$165.5K
  2. District of Columbia$36.6K
  3. Virginia$33.8K
  4. Texas$19.2K
  5. Connecticut$10.8K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Peters
Median
2026
5%
13%
2024
7%
13%
2022
6%
13%
2020
13%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowPetersMedian
2026 cycle5%13%
2024 cycle7%13%
2022 cycle6%13%
2020 cycle13%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $1,000WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: $3,830WIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $10.5KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $1,000MAOregon: no dataORNevada: $1,000NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $500IAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: $10.8KCTCalifornia: $165.5KCAUtah: $2,000UTColorado: $5,000CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $260MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $33.8KVAMaryland: $9,500MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $1,000AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: $250KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $1,750NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $36.6KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $19.2KTXFlorida: $2,500FL
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Peters's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$165.5K
District of Columbia$36.6K
Virginia$33.8K
Texas$19.2K
Connecticut$10.8K
New York$10.5K
Maryland$9,500
Colorado$5,000
Wisconsin$3,830
Florida$2,500
Utah$2,000
North Carolina$1,750
Washington$1,000
Massachusetts$1,000
Nevada$1,000
Arizona$1,000
Iowa$500
Missouri$260
Kansas$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
209

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

53%

from California

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 17%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 47%47%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 13%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 4.7%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 12%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 4.8%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 1.6%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.3%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 0.2%CSIP +1.25 to +1.50: 0.2%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Peters's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.25 to +1.50: 17% between −1.25 and −1.00, 47% between −1.00 and −0.75, 13% between −0.75 and −0.50, 12% between −0.25 and 0.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0017%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7547%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.5013%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.254.7%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.0012%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.254.8%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.501.6%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.3%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.250.2%
CSIP +1.25 to +1.500.2%
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 −0.71.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$88.7K 47 donors
  2. CEO$28.3K 13 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$21.5K 15 donors
  4. CONSULTANT$17.0K 11 donors
  5. RETIRED$9,850 7 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  2. ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  3. ABUNDANCE PAC$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. TIBER CREEK GROUP$4,500 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Peters voted with the majority of House Democrats on 94.2% of party-line votes and missed 1.5% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Peters voted against the majority of House Democrats 29 times.

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

29

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 94.2%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 178th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Peters
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.5%
96.9%
91st of 217
Party unity
94.2%
96.4%
178th of 217
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Peters's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowPetersPeers
Attendance98.5%96.9%
Party unity94.2%96.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Key votes

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

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

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

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Peters most often

  1. Jim HimesD656 shared votes97%
  2. Sheila Cherfilus-MccormickD467 shared votes97%
  3. Ami BeraD653 shared votes97%
  4. Bill FosterD658 shared votes97%
  5. David ScottD478 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Peters least often

  1. Chip RoyR624 shared votes18%
  2. Eric BurlisonR632 shared votes20%
  3. Josh BrecheenR631 shared votes20%
  4. Andy BiggsR601 shared votes20%
  5. Keith SelfR649 shared votes20%
How to read the agreement lists

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

Full voting record

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

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Peters sponsored 38 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 453 others. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 74th of 207).

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

Sponsored38 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3838Sponsored, In committee: 3838Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored453 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 453453Cosponsored, In committee: 453453Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 2222Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Peters sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3838200
Cosponsored4534532221
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.

5.3%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 74th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton42
  2. Brian Fitzpatrick33
  3. Kevin Mullin23
  4. Mike Levin22
  5. Ted Lieu21
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
H.R. 10740To designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued eligibility for temporary protected status, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 5, 2026
H.Res. 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.CosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 1, 2026
H.R. 10628Biosimilars Access and Affordability ActCosponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 28, 2026
H.R. 10568Protecting Biological Data as Critical Infrastructure ActCosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10569Protecting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing as Critical Infrastructure ActCosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsReferred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. Sep 24, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 122 times in 90 days. Peters’s official site had 30 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Peters posted on Oct 21, 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

  • Official site

    scottpeters.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    30

    pages crawled

    122

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    scottpeters.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    12

    pages crawled

    40

    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 Peters posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A blue graphic featuring the U.S. Capitol building and an American flag, with a large score and campaign branding. Text appears throughout.
    A blue graphic featuring the U.S. Capitol building and an American flag, with a large score and campaign branding. Text appears throughout.View post
  • A large group of adults pose for a photograph in a meeting room, behind tables set with water bottles, papers, and other items. Name cards are visible on the tables.
    A large group of adults pose for a photograph in a meeting room, behind tables set with water bottles, papers, and other items. Name cards are visible on the tables.View post
  • A group of adults sits around tables arranged in a U shape in a bright meeting room, listening and taking notes. The room has a kitchenette, large windows, and an exit sign. There is text on the sign and on some small items on the tables.
    A group of adults sits around tables arranged in a U shape in a bright meeting room, listening and taking notes. The room has a kitchenette, large windows, and an exit sign. There is text on the sign and on some small items on the tables.View post
  • Four adults pose for a photograph in a decorated cafeteria or kitchen. A food service area and a worker are visible in the background. There is a wall plaque and other text in the scene.
    Four adults pose for a photograph in a decorated cafeteria or kitchen. A food service area and a worker are visible in the background. There is a wall plaque and other text in the scene.View post
  • A busy senior center dining room where a man in an apron serves meals to older adults seated at tables. The room has colorful walls, bulletin boards, windows, and wall art. There is visible text on the apron and bulletin boards.
    A busy senior center dining room where a man in an apron serves meals to older adults seated at tables. The room has colorful walls, bulletin boards, windows, and wall art. There is visible text on the apron and bulletin boards.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 House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
P000608
Bioguide
P000608
FEC candidate ids
H2CA52089

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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