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Democrat · U.S. House, Illinois’s 3rd district

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

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Portrait of Delia Ramirez, rendered as a two-tone print
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4.3×
the House Democrat rate of extreme labels

8.2% of 2,996 statements use an extreme label (245 statements); the average for House Democrats is 1.9%. Ranks 4th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate. Most often aimed at Trump.

An AI model reads each of Ramirez’s posts on X, Congressional Record speeches, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it calls a politician, party or policy far left, far right, MAGA, extreme, radical, woke, fascist or communist. The rate is the share of statements marked; it is compared with the average among House Democrats and ranked against the same group.

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 2.3% of Ramirez’s statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats (average 9.8%). The policy areas Ramirez talks about and legislates on agree at 0.74 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of House Democrats.

The measures on which Ramirez 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.

Extreme labels

8.2%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 4th of 216

Bipartisanship

2.3%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 212th of 216

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.74

House Democrats average 0.67 · ranks 10th of 216

CSIP ideology

−1.36

More liberal than 94% of House Democrats · ± 0.03

Personal attacks

13%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 29th of 216

Attendance

95.1%

House Democrats average 96.9% · ranks 184th of 217 · 674 roll calls

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

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What Ramirez says

Ramirez stresses bipartisanship less than 97% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 2.3% of 2,996 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 212th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Ramirez’s 2,996 statements in the 119th Congress (2,642 posts on X, 168 press releases, 132 Congressional Record speeches, 54 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%
Ramirez
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion2,205 statements
74%
73%
112th of 216
Policy criticism903 statements
30%
28%
91st of 216
Credit claiming545 statements
18%
23%
145th of 216
Personal attacks379 statements
13%
7%
29th of 216
Bipartisanship70 statements
2%
10%
212th of 216
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Ramirez's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowRamirezPeers
Policy discussion74%73%
Policy criticism30%28%
Credit claiming18%23%
Personal attacks13%7%
Bipartisanship2%10%
2,996

statements classified

2,642 posts on X, 168 press releases, 132 Congressional Record speeches, 54 newsletters.

posts on X: 2,642 (88.2%)posts on X 2,642press releases: 168 (5.6%)Congressional Record speeches: 132 (4.4%)newsletters: 54 (1.8%)
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Ramirez's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,642
press releases168
Congressional Record speeches132
newsletters54
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Ramirez used extreme labels in 8.2% of statements, 4.3 times the peer average. 245 statements, most often aimed at Trump; peers 1.9%.

  1. “fascist”103
  2. “extreme”25
  3. “radical”6
  4. “MAGA”3
  5. “communist”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Trump49
  2. Trump administration37
  3. DHS16
  4. administration14
  5. ICE11
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: 1222025-02: 1102025-03: 2312025-04: 1632025-05: 1612025-06: 1692025-07: 1652025-08: 1122025-09: 1142025-10: 1472025-11: 1242025-12: 1122026-01: 1312026-02: 1162026-03: 1332026-04: 1022026-05: 1472026-06: 1622026-07: 1462026-08: 1092026-09: 1332026-10: 87peak 231 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 20.3% · Mar ’26 · latest 12.6%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 5.7% of 122Personal attacks, 2025-02: 20.0% of 110Personal attacks, 2025-03: 13.4% of 231Personal attacks, 2025-04: 9.8% of 163Personal attacks, 2025-05: 14.9% of 161Personal attacks, 2025-06: 9.5% of 169Personal attacks, 2025-07: 9.7% of 165Personal attacks, 2025-08: 8.0% of 112Personal attacks, 2025-09: 8.8% of 114Personal attacks, 2025-10: 10.2% of 147Personal attacks, 2025-11: 12.1% of 124Personal attacks, 2025-12: 19.6% of 112Personal attacks, 2026-01: 14.5% of 131Personal attacks, 2026-02: 13.8% of 116Personal attacks, 2026-03: 20.3% of 133Personal attacks, 2026-04: 11.8% of 102Personal attacks, 2026-05: 11.6% of 147Personal attacks, 2026-06: 14.8% of 162Personal attacks, 2026-07: 11.0% of 146Personal attacks, 2026-08: 13.8% of 109Personal attacks, 2026-09: 14.3% of 133Personal attacks, 2026-10: 12.6% of 87Policy criticismpeak 50.3% · Oct ’25 · latest 5.8%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 32.8% of 122Policy criticism, 2025-02: 32.7% of 110Policy criticism, 2025-03: 33.8% of 231Policy criticism, 2025-04: 31.9% of 163Policy criticism, 2025-05: 29.8% of 161Policy criticism, 2025-06: 34.3% of 169Policy criticism, 2025-07: 26.7% of 165Policy criticism, 2025-08: 36.6% of 112Policy criticism, 2025-09: 41.2% of 114Policy criticism, 2025-10: 50.3% of 147Policy criticism, 2025-11: 40.3% of 124Policy criticism, 2025-12: 19.6% of 112Policy criticism, 2026-01: 6.9% of 131Policy criticism, 2026-02: 46.6% of 116Policy criticism, 2026-03: 42.1% of 133Policy criticism, 2026-04: 12.8% of 102Policy criticism, 2026-05: 34.7% of 147Policy criticism, 2026-06: 39.5% of 162Policy criticism, 2026-07: 23.3% of 146Policy criticism, 2026-08: 12.8% of 109Policy criticism, 2026-09: 9.8% of 133Policy criticism, 2026-10: 5.8% of 87Policy discussionpeak 96.3% · Aug ’26 · latest 86.2%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 74.6% of 122Policy discussion, 2025-02: 69.1% of 110Policy discussion, 2025-03: 60.6% of 231Policy discussion, 2025-04: 68.7% of 163Policy discussion, 2025-05: 72.0% of 161Policy discussion, 2025-06: 68.6% of 169Policy discussion, 2025-07: 66.7% of 165Policy discussion, 2025-08: 63.4% of 112Policy discussion, 2025-09: 71.0% of 114Policy discussion, 2025-10: 78.2% of 147Policy discussion, 2025-11: 66.9% of 124Policy discussion, 2025-12: 67.9% of 112Policy discussion, 2026-01: 90.1% of 131Policy discussion, 2026-02: 69.8% of 116Policy discussion, 2026-03: 69.2% of 133Policy discussion, 2026-04: 81.4% of 102Policy discussion, 2026-05: 81.0% of 147Policy discussion, 2026-06: 68.5% of 162Policy discussion, 2026-07: 78.1% of 146Policy discussion, 2026-08: 96.3% of 109Policy discussion, 2026-09: 90.2% of 133Policy discussion, 2026-10: 86.2% of 87Bipartisanshippeak 5.7% · Nov ’25 · latest 1.1%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 4.1% of 122Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 1.8% of 110Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 2.6% of 231Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 3.1% of 163Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 1.2% of 161Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 1.8% of 169Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 2.4% of 165Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 112Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 3.5% of 114Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 5.4% of 147Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 5.7% of 124Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.9% of 112Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 2.3% of 131Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 3.5% of 116Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 1.5% of 133Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 102Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 147Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 3.7% of 162Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 3.4% of 146Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 109Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 1.5% of 133Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 1.1% of 87Credit claimingpeak 29.5% · Jan ’25 · latest 19.5%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 29.5% of 122Credit claiming, 2025-02: 26.4% of 110Credit claiming, 2025-03: 13.9% of 231Credit claiming, 2025-04: 19.0% of 163Credit claiming, 2025-05: 21.1% of 161Credit claiming, 2025-06: 14.8% of 169Credit claiming, 2025-07: 18.2% of 165Credit claiming, 2025-08: 14.3% of 112Credit claiming, 2025-09: 17.5% of 114Credit claiming, 2025-10: 15.7% of 147Credit claiming, 2025-11: 22.6% of 124Credit claiming, 2025-12: 13.4% of 112Credit claiming, 2026-01: 25.2% of 131Credit claiming, 2026-02: 19.8% of 116Credit claiming, 2026-03: 18.8% of 133Credit claiming, 2026-04: 22.6% of 102Credit claiming, 2026-05: 17.7% of 147Credit claiming, 2026-06: 17.3% of 162Credit claiming, 2026-07: 13.0% of 146Credit claiming, 2026-08: 11.0% of 109Credit claiming, 2026-09: 15.0% of 133Credit claiming, 2026-10: 19.5% of 87Extreme labelspeak 17.2% · Feb ’26 · latest 5.8%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 6.6% of 122Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.7% of 110Extreme labels, 2025-03: 3.9% of 231Extreme labels, 2025-04: 9.2% of 163Extreme labels, 2025-05: 3.7% of 161Extreme labels, 2025-06: 10.1% of 169Extreme labels, 2025-07: 9.1% of 165Extreme labels, 2025-08: 13.4% of 112Extreme labels, 2025-09: 11.4% of 114Extreme labels, 2025-10: 17.0% of 147Extreme labels, 2025-11: 7.3% of 124Extreme labels, 2025-12: 3.6% of 112Extreme labels, 2026-01: 3.8% of 131Extreme labels, 2026-02: 17.2% of 116Extreme labels, 2026-03: 7.5% of 133Extreme labels, 2026-04: 2.0% of 102Extreme labels, 2026-05: 15.0% of 147Extreme labels, 2026-06: 13.0% of 162Extreme labels, 2026-07: 7.5% of 146Extreme labels, 2026-08: 3.7% of 109Extreme labels, 2026-09: 4.5% of 133Extreme labels, 2026-10: 5.8% of 87Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Ramirez, 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 ’251225.7%32.8%74.6%4.1%29.5%6.6%
Feb ’2511020.0%32.7%69.1%1.8%26.4%2.7%
Mar ’2523113.4%33.8%60.6%2.6%13.9%3.9%
Apr ’251639.8%31.9%68.7%3.1%19.0%9.2%
May ’2516114.9%29.8%72.0%1.2%21.1%3.7%
Jun ’251699.5%34.3%68.6%1.8%14.8%10.1%
Jul ’251659.7%26.7%66.7%2.4%18.2%9.1%
Aug ’251128.0%36.6%63.4%0.0%14.3%13.4%
Sep ’251148.8%41.2%71.0%3.5%17.5%11.4%
Oct ’2514710.2%50.3%78.2%5.4%15.7%17.0%
Nov ’2512412.1%40.3%66.9%5.7%22.6%7.3%
Dec ’2511219.6%19.6%67.9%0.9%13.4%3.6%
Jan ’2613114.5%6.9%90.1%2.3%25.2%3.8%
Feb ’2611613.8%46.6%69.8%3.5%19.8%17.2%
Mar ’2613320.3%42.1%69.2%1.5%18.8%7.5%
Apr ’2610211.8%12.8%81.4%0.0%22.6%2.0%
May ’2614711.6%34.7%81.0%0.0%17.7%15.0%
Jun ’2616214.8%39.5%68.5%3.7%17.3%13.0%
Jul ’2614611.0%23.3%78.1%3.4%13.0%7.5%
Aug ’2610913.8%12.8%96.3%0.0%11.0%3.7%
Sep ’2613314.3%9.8%90.2%1.5%15.0%4.5%
Oct ’268712.6%5.8%86.2%1.1%19.5%5.8%
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 Ramirez’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 21, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; target: Trump · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Oct 2, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Energy; Families; Economics and Public Finance · Source

Extreme label

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

Oct 26, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Armed Forces and National Security; Health; Housing and Community Development; extreme label “fascist” aimed at administration; target: Trump · 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 · Armed Forces and National Security · Health · Housing and Community Development · extreme label “fascist” aimed at administration · target: TrumpSource

  2. Posts on X

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

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

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Emergency Management · 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 · Immigration · Government Operations and Politics · extreme label “fascist” aimed at Trump · target: Stephen MillerSource

  5. Press releases

    Ramirez Introduces the Reimagining Safety Act, Legislation to Dismantle DHS, Abolish ICE, Reimagine Community Safety The previously announced introduction follows a weekend filled with DHS-related incidents, including the DHS agents shooting of an immigrant in New York in front of his 5-year-old child, running over an immigrant in Houston, Texas, and raiding the home of Congresswoman Omar. Washington, DC – Today, Con…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Immigration · Crime and Law Enforcement · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Government Operations and Politics · Armed Forces and National Security · Emergency Management · target: Trump, Markwayne, MillerSource

All 2,996 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 2,642 posts on X, 168 press releases, 132 Congressional Record speeches, 54 newsletters.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Immigration is what Ramirez talks about most: 40% of policy statements, 3.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.74 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 10th 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 Ramirez talks about. The bills Ramirez sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Ramirez talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%44%
Ramirez
Peers
Immigration875 statements
40%
11%
Government Operations and Politics546 statements
25%
20%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues524 statements
24%
13%
Armed Forces and National Security385 statements
17%
16%
Health323 statements
15%
26%
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Policy areas Ramirez talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowRamirezPeers
Immigration40%11%
Government Operations and Politics25%20%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues24%13%
Armed Forces and National Security17%16%
Health15%26%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Ramirez’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 44%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 40% (House Democrats 11%)40%Immigration, legislates on: 11% (House Democrats 4%)11%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 25% (House Democrats 20%)25%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 11% (House Democrats 11%)11%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 24% (House Democrats 13%)24%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 7% (House Democrats 5%)7%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 16%)17%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 9% (House Democrats 7%)9%HealthHealth, talks about: 15% (House Democrats 26%)15%Health, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 16%)10%
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Ramirez's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Immigration40%11%11%4%
Government Operations and Politics25%20%11%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues24%13%7%5%
Armed Forces and National Security17%16%9%7%
Health15%26%10%16%
0.74

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 10th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Ramirez sits at −1.36 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 94% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.39 to −1.33, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,544 donors and 2,362 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”.

−1.36

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.39 to −1.33. From 1,544 donors and 2,362 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Ramirez −1.4House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Ramirez, 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 Ramirez’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 Ramirez sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Ramirez −1.4All Housemedian +0.3
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Ramirez's CSIP score of −1.36 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Ramirez
House Democrats217−1.06%
All House439+0.33%
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 Ramirez 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 Ramirez.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Ramirez raised $1.6M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 16% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 64% of itemized individual money came from Illinois.

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
$1.6M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 755 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): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Itemized individual (over $200): $934.4K (57.5%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $177.8K (10.9%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)PACs and other committees: $426.3K (26.2%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $87.3K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $87.3K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $87.3K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $87.3K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $87.3K (5.4%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)58 squares$934.4K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)11 squares$177.8K
  • PACs and other committees26 squares$426.3K
  • Party committees$500
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)5 squares$87.3K
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Sources of Ramirez's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$934.4K57.5%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$177.8K10.9%
PACs and other committees$426.3K26.2%
Party committees$5000.0%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$87.3K5.4%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $990.2K$990.2K20222024 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M20242026 cycle: $1.6M$1.6M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Ramirez's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$990.2K
2024 cycle$1.1M
2026 cycle$1.6M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 64% came from Illinois.

  1. Illinois$636.0K
  2. California$72.4K
  3. Florida$59.2K
  4. New York$49.0K
  5. District of Columbia$36.8K

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%
Ramirez
Median
2026
16%
13%
2024
18%
13%
2022
23%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowRamirezMedian
2026 cycle16%13%
2024 cycle18%13%
2022 cycle23%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $75MEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $914NHWashington: $5,136WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $1,000MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $3,125MNIllinois: $636.0KILWisconsin: $3,395WIMichigan: $2,000MINew York: $49.0KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $10.3KMAOregon: $2,035ORNevada: $250NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: $250SDIowa: $2,300IAIndiana: $24.5KINOhio: $2,788OHPennsylvania: $1,500PANew Jersey: $1,704NJConnecticut: $500CTCalifornia: $72.4KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: $3,500NEMissouri: $1,916MOKentucky: $8,000KYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $5,380VAMaryland: $14.8KMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $17.0KAZNew Mexico: $1,000NMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $130TNNorth Carolina: $3,500NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $36.8KDCOklahoma: $1,727OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $1,250GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $8,770TXFlorida: $59.2KFL
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Ramirez's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Illinois$636.0K
California$72.4K
Florida$59.2K
New York$49.0K
District of Columbia$36.8K
Indiana$24.5K
Arizona$17.0K
Maryland$14.8K
Massachusetts$10.3K
Texas$8,770
Kentucky$8,000
Virginia$5,380
Washington$5,136
Nebraska$3,500
North Carolina$3,500
Wisconsin$3,395
Minnesota$3,125
Ohio$2,788
Iowa$2,300
Oregon$2,035
Michigan$2,000
Missouri$1,916
Oklahoma$1,727
New Jersey$1,704
Pennsylvania$1,500
Georgia$1,250
Montana$1,000
New Mexico$1,000
New Hampshire$914
Connecticut$500
Nevada$250
South Dakota$250
Tennessee$130
Maine$75
AlaskaNo data
VermontNo data
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
WyomingNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
South CarolinaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
755

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

64%

from Illinois

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 Illinois. 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: 0.2%CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 43%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 48%48%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 8.4%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.6%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.2%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.3%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.1%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Ramirez's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.75 to +0.50: 43% between −1.50 and −1.25, 48% between −1.25 and −1.00, 8.4% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.75 to −1.500.2%
CSIP −1.50 to −1.2543%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0048%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.758.4%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.6%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.2%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.3%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.1%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Ramirez’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Ramirez’s own score is −1.36.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$241.1K 191 donors
  2. PHYSICIAN$117.2K 48 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$85.0K 41 donors
  4. RETIRED$29.4K 24 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$26.1K 24 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10.0K
  4. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$10.0K
  5. INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. COGAN & POWER$11.7K 4 donors
  2. CITY OF CHICAGO$6,550 6 donors
  3. BARNES & THORNBURG$5,972 3 donors
  4. D'ESCOTO INC.$5,250 3 donors
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$4,650 5 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Ramirez voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.3% of party-line votes and missed 4.9% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Ramirez voted against the majority of House Democrats 29 times.

674 roll calls Ramirez 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 Ramirez 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 99.3%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 64th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Ramirez
Peers
Rank
Attendance
95.1%
96.9%
184th of 217
Party unity
99.3%
96.4%
64th of 217
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Ramirez's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowRamirezPeers
Attendance95.1%96.9%
Party unity99.3%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 Ramirez most often

  1. Summer LeeD641 shared votes99%
  2. Ilhan OmarD626 shared votes99%
  3. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD628 shared votes99%
  4. Gregorio CasarD547 shared votes99%
  5. Ayanna PressleyD626 shared votes98%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Ramirez least often

  1. Ralph NormanR570 shared votes14%
  2. Chip RoyR607 shared votes14%
  3. Eric BurlisonR611 shared votes15%
  4. Keith SelfR627 shared votes15%
  5. Andy BiggsR580 shared votes16%
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

Ramirez sponsored 30 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 543 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Ramirez 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

Sponsored30 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3030Sponsored, In committee: 3030Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored543 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 543543Cosponsored, In committee: 543543Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 77Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Ramirez sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3030000
Cosponsored543543700
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 171st of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Rashida Tlaib117
  2. Eleanor Norton105
  3. Chuy García77
  4. Hank Johnson Jr.75
  5. Ilhan Omar65
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 Ramirez’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. 1634Expressing support for the recognition of October 26, 2026, as Intersex Awareness Day, and supporting the goals and ideals of Intersex Awareness Day.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 22, 2026
H.Res. 1627Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to preserve and expand pathways to citizenship.SponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10803To abolish the Department of Homeland Security and establish a Department of Community Safety, and for other purposes.SponsorOct 13, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Education and Workforce, Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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 13, 2026
H.R. 10807Get the Flock Out of Our Communities ActCosponsorOct 13, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 13, 2026
H.Con.Res. 123Recognizing the disparity in wages paid to Latinas and the impact of that disparity on women, families, the economy, and the United States.CosponsorOct 6, 2026In committeeLabor and EmploymentReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Oct 6, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 66 times in 90 days. Ramirez’s official site had 25 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Ramirez posted on Oct 24, 2026.

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

Websites

How to read the counts

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

Images Ramirez posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A purple congressional internship announcement poster. It features three photos of people posing in front of the U.S. Capitol, along with a QR code and prominent application information.
    A purple congressional internship announcement poster. It features three photos of people posing in front of the U.S. Capitol, along with a QR code and prominent application information.View post
  • Four women pose together in an office. The woman second from the left holds a glass award. U.S. and state flags, office furniture, a blue sofa, framed picture, and wall posters are visible. There is text on the award and posters.
    Four women pose together in an office. The woman second from the left holds a glass award. U.S. and state flags, office furniture, a blue sofa, framed picture, and wall posters are visible. There is text on the award and posters.View post
  • Two women stand in an office as the woman in a burgundy suit presents a clear award to an older woman in a coral shirt. Flags and several people are visible in the background. No prominent text is visible.
    Two women stand in an office as the woman in a burgundy suit presents a clear award to an older woman in a coral shirt. Flags and several people are visible in the background. No prominent text is visible.View post
  • A black political information graphic with a small campaign logo at the top, a large paragraph of white text about a proposed bill, a news source attribution near the bottom, and lavender right-pointing chevrons in the lower-right corner.
    A black political information graphic with a small campaign logo at the top, a large paragraph of white text about a proposed bill, a news source attribution near the bottom, and lavender right-pointing chevrons in the lower-right corner.View post
  • A black political quote graphic with a small campaign-style logo at the top, a teal quotation-mark design, and white text discussing the Department of Homeland Security. A bold attribution appears near the bottom.
    A black political quote graphic with a small campaign-style logo at the top, a teal quotation-mark design, and white text discussing the Department of Homeland Security. A bold attribution appears near the bottom.View post
About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Ramirez 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
R000617
Bioguide
R000617
FEC candidate ids
H2IL03162

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 27, 20261 days agoImages 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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