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Democrat · U.S. House, Massachusetts’s 7th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2019119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Ayanna Pressley, rendered as a two-tone print
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97%
of House Democrats score to the right of Pressley on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −1.48 (approximate range −1.50 to −1.46, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 3,795 donors and 3,753 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Pressley sits among House Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 82% of Pressley’s statements discuss policy, in the top tenth of House Democrats (average 73%). 3.7% of Pressley’s statements use an extreme label, 1.9 times the House Democrat average of 1.9%.

The measures on which Pressley 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.

CSIP ideology

−1.48

More liberal than 97% of House Democrats · ± 0.02

Policy discussion

82%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 22nd of 216

Extreme labels

3.7%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 24th of 216

Bipartisanship

4.5%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 187th of 216

Small donations, 2026

33%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 29th of 214

Party unity

99.7%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 26th of 217 · 24 votes against the majority of House Democrats

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

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What Pressley says

Pressley stresses bipartisanship less than 86% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 4.5% of 1,999 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 187th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Pressley’s 1,999 statements in the 119th Congress (1,506 posts on X, 388 press releases, 81 Congressional Record speeches, 24 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Pressley
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,632 statements
82%
73%
22nd of 216
Policy criticism650 statements
33%
28%
67th of 216
Credit claiming572 statements
29%
23%
47th of 216
Personal attacks223 statements
11%
7%
38th of 216
Bipartisanship91 statements
5%
10%
187th of 216
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Pressley's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowPressleyPeers
Policy discussion82%73%
Policy criticism33%28%
Credit claiming29%23%
Personal attacks11%7%
Bipartisanship5%10%
1,999

statements classified

1,506 posts on X, 388 press releases, 81 Congressional Record speeches, 24 newsletters.

posts on X: 1,506 (75.3%)posts on X 1,506press releases: 388 (19.4%)Congressional Record speeches: 81 (4.1%)newsletters: 24 (1.2%)
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Pressley's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,506
press releases388
Congressional Record speeches81
newsletters24
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Pressley used extreme labels in 3.7% of statements, 1.9 times the peer average. 74 statements, most often aimed at Donald Trump; peers 1.9%.

  1. “fascist”26
  2. “extreme”25
  3. “MAGA”8
  4. “far right”4
  5. “woke”3

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Donald Trump11
  2. Trump11
  3. Republicans10
  4. Trump Administration8
  5. ICE3
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: 812025-02: 712025-03: 912025-04: 1042025-05: 1102025-06: 1012025-07: 982025-08: 682025-09: 982025-10: 1022025-11: 1112025-12: 882026-01: 922026-02: 842026-03: 1002026-04: 1062026-05: 962026-06: 802026-07: 612026-08: 842026-09: 952026-10: 78peak 111 · Nov ’25Personal attackspeak 29.6% · Feb ’25 · latest 9.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 11.1% of 81Personal attacks, 2025-02: 29.6% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-03: 19.8% of 91Personal attacks, 2025-04: 12.5% of 104Personal attacks, 2025-05: 10.9% of 110Personal attacks, 2025-06: 14.8% of 101Personal attacks, 2025-07: 6.1% of 98Personal attacks, 2025-08: 13.2% of 68Personal attacks, 2025-09: 8.2% of 98Personal attacks, 2025-10: 8.8% of 102Personal attacks, 2025-11: 10.8% of 111Personal attacks, 2025-12: 11.4% of 88Personal attacks, 2026-01: 12.0% of 92Personal attacks, 2026-02: 9.5% of 84Personal attacks, 2026-03: 7.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2026-04: 5.7% of 106Personal attacks, 2026-05: 12.5% of 96Personal attacks, 2026-06: 6.3% of 80Personal attacks, 2026-07: 11.5% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-08: 10.7% of 84Personal attacks, 2026-09: 9.5% of 95Personal attacks, 2026-10: 9.0% of 78Policy criticismpeak 48.8% · Feb ’26 · latest 12.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 38.3% of 81Policy criticism, 2025-02: 42.3% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-03: 19.8% of 91Policy criticism, 2025-04: 35.6% of 104Policy criticism, 2025-05: 46.4% of 110Policy criticism, 2025-06: 36.6% of 101Policy criticism, 2025-07: 39.8% of 98Policy criticism, 2025-08: 30.9% of 68Policy criticism, 2025-09: 42.9% of 98Policy criticism, 2025-10: 48.0% of 102Policy criticism, 2025-11: 44.1% of 111Policy criticism, 2025-12: 22.7% of 88Policy criticism, 2026-01: 16.3% of 92Policy criticism, 2026-02: 48.8% of 84Policy criticism, 2026-03: 45.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2026-04: 19.8% of 106Policy criticism, 2026-05: 36.5% of 96Policy criticism, 2026-06: 32.5% of 80Policy criticism, 2026-07: 26.2% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-08: 13.1% of 84Policy criticism, 2026-09: 6.3% of 95Policy criticism, 2026-10: 12.8% of 78Policy discussionpeak 96.4% · Aug ’26 · latest 88.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 80.3% of 81Policy discussion, 2025-02: 77.5% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-03: 71.4% of 91Policy discussion, 2025-04: 74.0% of 104Policy discussion, 2025-05: 84.5% of 110Policy discussion, 2025-06: 78.2% of 101Policy discussion, 2025-07: 84.7% of 98Policy discussion, 2025-08: 75.0% of 68Policy discussion, 2025-09: 76.5% of 98Policy discussion, 2025-10: 83.3% of 102Policy discussion, 2025-11: 80.2% of 111Policy discussion, 2025-12: 87.5% of 88Policy discussion, 2026-01: 88.0% of 92Policy discussion, 2026-02: 82.1% of 84Policy discussion, 2026-03: 81.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2026-04: 74.5% of 106Policy discussion, 2026-05: 82.3% of 96Policy discussion, 2026-06: 81.3% of 80Policy discussion, 2026-07: 90.2% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-08: 96.4% of 84Policy discussion, 2026-09: 83.2% of 95Policy discussion, 2026-10: 88.5% of 78Bipartisanshippeak 16.0% · Apr ’26 · latest 5.1%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 4.9% of 81Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 1.4% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.4% of 91Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 1.9% of 104Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 2.7% of 110Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 2.0% of 101Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 3.1% of 98Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 4.4% of 68Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 6.1% of 98Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 7.8% of 102Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 3.6% of 111Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 4.5% of 88Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 3.3% of 92Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 2.4% of 84Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 4.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 16.0% of 106Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 2.1% of 96Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 5.0% of 80Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 4.9% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 3.6% of 84Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 5.3% of 95Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 5.1% of 78Credit claimingpeak 42.9% · Feb ’26 · latest 28.2%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 35.8% of 81Credit claiming, 2025-02: 21.1% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-03: 26.4% of 91Credit claiming, 2025-04: 27.9% of 104Credit claiming, 2025-05: 23.6% of 110Credit claiming, 2025-06: 13.9% of 101Credit claiming, 2025-07: 33.7% of 98Credit claiming, 2025-08: 32.4% of 68Credit claiming, 2025-09: 17.3% of 98Credit claiming, 2025-10: 28.4% of 102Credit claiming, 2025-11: 32.4% of 111Credit claiming, 2025-12: 34.1% of 88Credit claiming, 2026-01: 22.8% of 92Credit claiming, 2026-02: 42.9% of 84Credit claiming, 2026-03: 31.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2026-04: 34.0% of 106Credit claiming, 2026-05: 26.0% of 96Credit claiming, 2026-06: 32.5% of 80Credit claiming, 2026-07: 39.3% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-08: 26.2% of 84Credit claiming, 2026-09: 26.3% of 95Credit claiming, 2026-10: 28.2% of 78Extreme labelspeak 8.9% · Jun ’25 · latest 5.1%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 3.7% of 81Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.8% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-03: 4.4% of 91Extreme labels, 2025-04: 2.9% of 104Extreme labels, 2025-05: 5.5% of 110Extreme labels, 2025-06: 8.9% of 101Extreme labels, 2025-07: 5.1% of 98Extreme labels, 2025-08: 1.5% of 68Extreme labels, 2025-09: 3.1% of 98Extreme labels, 2025-10: 2.9% of 102Extreme labels, 2025-11: 2.7% of 111Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.1% of 88Extreme labels, 2026-01: 1.1% of 92Extreme labels, 2026-02: 2.4% of 84Extreme labels, 2026-03: 8.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 106Extreme labels, 2026-05: 2.1% of 96Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 80Extreme labels, 2026-07: 6.6% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-08: 3.6% of 84Extreme labels, 2026-09: 7.4% of 95Extreme labels, 2026-10: 5.1% of 78Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Pressley, 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 ’258111.1%38.3%80.3%4.9%35.8%3.7%
Feb ’257129.6%42.3%77.5%1.4%21.1%2.8%
Mar ’259119.8%19.8%71.4%4.4%26.4%4.4%
Apr ’2510412.5%35.6%74.0%1.9%27.9%2.9%
May ’2511010.9%46.4%84.5%2.7%23.6%5.5%
Jun ’2510114.8%36.6%78.2%2.0%13.9%8.9%
Jul ’25986.1%39.8%84.7%3.1%33.7%5.1%
Aug ’256813.2%30.9%75.0%4.4%32.4%1.5%
Sep ’25988.2%42.9%76.5%6.1%17.3%3.1%
Oct ’251028.8%48.0%83.3%7.8%28.4%2.9%
Nov ’2511110.8%44.1%80.2%3.6%32.4%2.7%
Dec ’258811.4%22.7%87.5%4.5%34.1%1.1%
Jan ’269212.0%16.3%88.0%3.3%22.8%1.1%
Feb ’26849.5%48.8%82.1%2.4%42.9%2.4%
Mar ’261007.0%45.0%81.0%4.0%31.0%8.0%
Apr ’261065.7%19.8%74.5%16.0%34.0%0.0%
May ’269612.5%36.5%82.3%2.1%26.0%2.1%
Jun ’26806.3%32.5%81.3%5.0%32.5%0.0%
Jul ’266111.5%26.2%90.2%4.9%39.3%6.6%
Aug ’268410.7%13.1%96.4%3.6%26.2%3.6%
Sep ’26959.5%6.3%83.2%5.3%26.3%7.4%
Oct ’26789.0%12.8%88.5%5.1%28.2%5.1%
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 Pressley’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 20, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Education; target: Trump · Source

Bipartisanship

Pressley Condemns Attacks on Rep. Omar, Blasts Trump for Fascist, Anti-Freedom Agenda DHS Raid on Omar’s Home is Latest in Trump’s Coordinated Attacks on Black Women in Public Office “If they want to control what you do with your body, if they want to control your access to the ballot, if they want…

Oct 15, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Agriculture and Food; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Crime and Law Enforcement; Government Operations and Politics; Housing and Community Development; Labor and Employment; Immigration; Transportation and Public Works; extreme label “fascist” aimed at Administration, Donald Trump · Source

Extreme label

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

Oct 24, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “fascist” aimed at Trump administration · 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 · Education · 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 · Housing and Community Development · 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 · Immigration · Health · Government Operations and Politics · target: TrumpSource

  4. Press releases

    Pressley Stands with Rep. Omar After Trump’s Baseless Attacks and Raid BOSTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement in fervent support of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN-05) amid Donald Trump’s baseless attacks against her—including the raid of her home today by federal authorities. “This is a gross abuse of power and the latest in a decade-long, racist smear campaign against a du…

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

  5. 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 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: TrumpSource

All 1,999 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: 1,506 posts on X, 388 press releases, 81 Congressional Record speeches, 24 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues is what Pressley talks about most: 36% of policy statements, 2.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.66 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 156th 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 Pressley talks about. The bills Pressley sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Pressley talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%40%
Pressley
Peers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues590 statements
36%
13%
Health524 statements
32%
26%
Immigration376 statements
23%
11%
Government Operations and Politics351 statements
22%
20%
Economics and Public Finance314 statements
19%
20%
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Policy areas Pressley talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowPressleyPeers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues36%13%
Health32%26%
Immigration23%11%
Government Operations and Politics22%20%
Economics and Public Finance19%20%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Pressley’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 40%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onCivil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 36% (House Democrats 13%)36%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 5%)9%HealthHealth, talks about: 32% (House Democrats 26%)32%Health, legislates on: 22% (House Democrats 16%)22%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 23% (House Democrats 11%)23%Immigration, legislates on: 3% (House Democrats 4%)3%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 22% (House Democrats 20%)22%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 11%)12%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 19% (House Democrats 20%)19%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%
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Pressley's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues36%13%9%5%
Health32%26%22%16%
Immigration23%11%3%4%
Government Operations and Politics22%20%12%11%
Economics and Public Finance19%20%0%1%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 156th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Pressley sits at −1.48 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 97% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.50 to −1.46, which understates the uncertainty; from 3,795 donors and 3,753 roll calls.

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

−1.48

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.50 to −1.46. From 3,795 donors and 3,753 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Pressley −1.5House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Pressley, 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 Pressley’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 Pressley sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Pressley −1.5All Housemedian +0.3
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Pressley's CSIP score of −1.48 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Pressley
House Democrats217−1.03%
All House439+0.32%
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 Pressley 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 Pressley.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Pressley raised $1.3M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 33% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 67% of itemized individual money came from Massachusetts.

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

Election cycle
$1.3M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 879 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): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $733.9K (55.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $355.2K (26.9%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)PACs and other committees: $93.3K (7.1%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $137.0K (10.4%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)56 squares$733.9K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)27 squares$355.2K
  • PACs and other committees7 squares$93.3K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)10 squares$137.0K
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Sources of Pressley's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$733.9K55.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$355.2K26.9%
PACs and other committees$93.3K7.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$137.0K10.4%
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: $2.2M$2.2M20202022 cycle: $1.5M$1.5M20222024 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M20242026 cycle: $1.3M$1.3M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Pressley's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$2.2M
2022 cycle$1.5M
2024 cycle$1.4M
2026 cycle$1.3M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 67% came from Massachusetts.

  1. Massachusetts$431.1K
  2. California$68.7K
  3. New York$27.5K
  4. Illinois$22.0K
  5. District of Columbia$16.3K

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%
Pressley
Median
2026
33%
13%
2024
35%
13%
2022
45%
13%
2020
55%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowPressleyMedian
2026 cycle33%13%
2024 cycle35%13%
2022 cycle45%13%
2020 cycle55%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $118AKMaine: $847MEVermont: $460VTNew Hampshire: $2,252NHWashington: $2,478WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $250MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $525MNIllinois: $22.0KILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $362MINew York: $27.5KNYRhode Island: $3,600RIMassachusetts: $431.1KMAOregon: $1,003ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $350INOhio: $1,990OHPennsylvania: $368PANew Jersey: $5,323NJConnecticut: $2,998CTCalifornia: $68.7KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $1,310CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $617MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $8,457VAMaryland: $4,992MDDelaware: $1,650DEArizona: $395AZNew Mexico: $150NMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $925TNNorth Carolina: $1,174NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $16.3KDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $375LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: $70ALGeorgia: $1,100GAHawaii: $966HITexas: $13.8KTXFlorida: $15.0KFL
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Pressley's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Massachusetts$431.1K
California$68.7K
New York$27.5K
Illinois$22.0K
District of Columbia$16.3K
Florida$15.0K
Texas$13.8K
Virginia$8,457
New Jersey$5,323
Maryland$4,992
Rhode Island$3,600
Connecticut$2,998
Washington$2,478
New Hampshire$2,252
Ohio$1,990
Delaware$1,650
Colorado$1,310
North Carolina$1,174
Georgia$1,100
Oregon$1,003
Hawaii$966
Tennessee$925
Maine$847
Missouri$617
Minnesota$525
Vermont$460
Arizona$395
Louisiana$375
Pennsylvania$368
Michigan$362
Indiana$350
Montana$250
New Mexico$150
Alaska$118
Alabama$70
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
879

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

67%

from Massachusetts

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.75 to −1.50: 1.1%CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 43%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 47%47%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 7.4%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 1.3%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.0%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.1%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Pressley's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.75 to +0.25: 43% between −1.50 and −1.25, 47% between −1.25 and −1.00, 7.4% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.75 to −1.501.1%
CSIP −1.50 to −1.2543%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0047%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.757.4%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.501.3%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.0%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.1%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Pressley’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Pressley’s own score is −1.48.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$236.3K 348 donors
  2. CEO$38.9K 24 donors
  3. PHYSICIAN$30.5K 33 donors
  4. ATTORNEY$23.4K 34 donors
  5. EXECUTIVE$21.5K 7 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$7,500
  3. INSPIRING LEADERSHIP HAS A NAME PAC$5,000
  4. INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)$5,000
  5. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$5,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$3,873 9 donors
  2. BOSTON MEDICAL$3,500 3 donors
  3. CITY OF BOSTON$2,800 8 donors
  4. 2LIFE COMMUNITIES$2,510 3 donors
  5. BOSTON UNIVERSITY$1,540 6 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Pressley voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.7% of party-line votes and missed 2.7% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Pressley voted against the majority of House Democrats 24 times.

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

24

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.7%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 26th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Pressley
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.3%
96.9%
140th of 217
Party unity
99.7%
96.4%
26th of 217
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Pressley's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowPressleyPeers
Attendance97.3%96.9%
Party unity99.7%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 Pressley most often

  1. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD638 shared votes99%
  2. Maxine DexterD647 shared votes99%
  3. Maxwell FrostD653 shared votes99%
  4. Gregorio CasarD558 shared votes99%
  5. Adelita GrijalvaD379 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Pressley least often

  1. Chip RoyR623 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR587 shared votes16%
  3. Eric BurlisonR625 shared votes16%
  4. Thomas TiffanyR588 shared votes17%
  5. Andy BiggsR592 shared votes17%
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

Pressley sponsored 43 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 304 others. 2.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 122nd of 207).

The bills Pressley 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

Sponsored43 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4343Sponsored, In committee: 4343Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored304 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 304304Cosponsored, In committee: 304304Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Pressley sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4343100
Cosponsored304304511
How to read the blocks

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

2.3%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 122nd of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Rashida Tlaib73
  2. Eleanor Norton56
  3. Summer Lee48
  4. Delia Ramirez42
  5. Ilhan Omar38
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 Pressley’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.Res. 1637Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and nondisabled men.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10820Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial SectorReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10746Fossil Free Finance Act of 2026SponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial SectorReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 5, 2026
H.R. 10717Wigs for Warriors ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Oct 1, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 159 times in 90 days. Pressley’s official site had 53 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Pressley posted on Oct 26, 2026.

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

Websites

  • Official site

    pressley.house.gov

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    53

    pages crawled

    159

    changes in 90 days

  • Campaign site

    ayannapressley.com

    Last crawled Oct 25, 2026

    42

    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 Pressley posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A newspaper-style article graphic with a large headline above a photograph of a woman wearing glasses and a pink blazer, seated at a desk in a room with bookshelves. Text is present.
    A newspaper-style article graphic with a large headline above a photograph of a woman wearing glasses and a pink blazer, seated at a desk in a room with bookshelves. Text is present.View post
  • A man wearing a red cap stands above a large cheering crowd, holding up a booklet and a flag. Supporters wave flags and banners around him. Text is visible on the booklet, clothing, and signs.
    A man wearing a red cap stands above a large cheering crowd, holding up a booklet and a flag. Supporters wave flags and banners around him. Text is visible on the booklet, clothing, and signs.View post
  • A group of seven adults pose together in a conference room. One woman holds a framed certificate. A large monitor and a blue event backdrop with text are behind them.
    A group of seven adults pose together in a conference room. One woman holds a framed certificate. A large monitor and a blue event backdrop with text are behind them.View post
  • A large group of people pose together in a brightly lit meeting room decorated with colorful balloons. Tables and chairs are arranged around them, with food and small flags visible. There is some text in the image.
    A large group of people pose together in a brightly lit meeting room decorated with colorful balloons. Tables and chairs are arranged around them, with food and small flags visible. There is some text in the image.View post
  • A man in a pinstripe suit speaks into a microphone beside a woman holding a framed certificate at an indoor recognition event. A large display and podium are nearby, while an attendee photographs them in the foreground. There is text on the certificate and display.
    A man in a pinstripe suit speaks into a microphone beside a woman holding a framed certificate at an indoor recognition event. A large display and podium are nearby, while an attendee photographs them in the foreground. There is text on the certificate and display.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 Pressley 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
P000617
Bioguide
P000617
FEC candidate ids
H8MA07032

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
  • Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
  • Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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