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Democrat · U.S. House, California’s 29th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2025119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Luz Rivas, rendered as a two-tone print
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2.5%
of statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

2.5% of 1,188 statements use bipartisan language (30 statements); the average for House Democrats is 9.8%. Ranks 210th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

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

At a glance

6 measures against House Democrats. 83% of Rivas’s statements discuss policy, in the top 5% of House Democrats (average 73%). 2.9% of Rivas’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom quarter of House Democrats (median 13%).

The measures on which Rivas 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.

Bipartisanship

2.5%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 210th of 216

Policy discussion

83%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 11th of 216

Small donations, 2026

2.9%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 192nd of 214

Policy criticism

14%

House Democrats average 28% · ranks 190th of 216

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

CSIP ideology

−1.03

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.04

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

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What Rivas says

Rivas stresses bipartisanship less than 96% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 2.5% of 1,188 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 210th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Rivas’s 1,188 statements in the 119th Congress (1,005 posts on X, 76 Congressional Record speeches, 57 newsletters, 50 press releases) 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%
Rivas
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion989 statements
83%
73%
11th of 216
Credit claiming277 statements
23%
23%
92nd of 216
Policy criticism172 statements
14%
28%
190th of 216
Personal attacks50 statements
4%
7%
136th of 216
Bipartisanship30 statements
3%
10%
210th of 216
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Rivas's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowRivasPeers
Policy discussion83%73%
Credit claiming23%23%
Policy criticism14%28%
Personal attacks4%7%
Bipartisanship3%10%
1,188

statements classified

1,005 posts on X, 76 Congressional Record speeches, 57 newsletters, 50 press releases.

posts on X: 1,005 (84.6%)posts on X 1,005Congressional Record speeches: 76 (6.4%)newsletters: 57 (4.8%)press releases: 50 (4.2%)
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Rivas's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,005
Congressional Record speeches76
newsletters57
press releases50
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Rivas used extreme labels in 0.7% of statements, 35% of the peer average. 8 statements, most often aimed at Republicans; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”7

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Republicans3
  2. House GOP2
  3. bill1
  4. Donald Trump1
  5. ICE1
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: 652025-02: 462025-03: 472025-04: 462025-05: 552025-06: 482025-07: 342025-08: 452025-09: 482025-10: 472025-11: 442025-12: 512026-01: 772026-02: 872026-03: 662026-04: 772026-05: 562026-06: 522026-07: 512026-08: 212026-09: 662026-10: 59peak 87 · Feb ’26Personal attackspeak 15.6% · Apr ’26 · latest 1.7%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 65Personal attacks, 2025-02: 6.5% of 46Personal attacks, 2025-03: 4.3% of 47Personal attacks, 2025-04: 4.3% of 46Personal attacks, 2025-05: 5.5% of 55Personal attacks, 2025-06: 4.2% of 48Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 34Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 45Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 48Personal attacks, 2025-10: 2.1% of 47Personal attacks, 2025-11: 6.8% of 44Personal attacks, 2025-12: 2.0% of 51Personal attacks, 2026-01: 5.2% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-02: 8.1% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-03: 7.6% of 66Personal attacks, 2026-04: 15.6% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-06: 1.9% of 52Personal attacks, 2026-07: 3.9% of 51Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2026-09: 1.5% of 66Personal attacks, 2026-10: 1.7% of 59Policy criticismpeak 30.8% · Jun ’26 · latest 3.4%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 4.6% of 65Policy criticism, 2025-02: 28.3% of 46Policy criticism, 2025-03: 19.1% of 47Policy criticism, 2025-04: 21.7% of 46Policy criticism, 2025-05: 18.2% of 55Policy criticism, 2025-06: 14.6% of 48Policy criticism, 2025-07: 8.8% of 34Policy criticism, 2025-08: 8.9% of 45Policy criticism, 2025-09: 16.7% of 48Policy criticism, 2025-10: 19.1% of 47Policy criticism, 2025-11: 20.4% of 44Policy criticism, 2025-12: 5.9% of 51Policy criticism, 2026-01: 9.1% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-02: 14.9% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-03: 19.7% of 66Policy criticism, 2026-04: 11.7% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-05: 7.1% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-06: 30.8% of 52Policy criticism, 2026-07: 13.7% of 51Policy criticism, 2026-08: 14.3% of 21Policy criticism, 2026-09: 15.2% of 66Policy criticism, 2026-10: 3.4% of 59Policy discussionpeak 93.3% · Aug ’25 · latest 78.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 87.7% of 65Policy discussion, 2025-02: 91.3% of 46Policy discussion, 2025-03: 85.1% of 47Policy discussion, 2025-04: 84.8% of 46Policy discussion, 2025-05: 87.3% of 55Policy discussion, 2025-06: 81.3% of 48Policy discussion, 2025-07: 82.3% of 34Policy discussion, 2025-08: 93.3% of 45Policy discussion, 2025-09: 83.3% of 48Policy discussion, 2025-10: 87.2% of 47Policy discussion, 2025-11: 86.4% of 44Policy discussion, 2025-12: 74.5% of 51Policy discussion, 2026-01: 68.8% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-02: 79.3% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-03: 80.3% of 66Policy discussion, 2026-04: 89.6% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-05: 85.7% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-06: 86.5% of 52Policy discussion, 2026-07: 84.3% of 51Policy discussion, 2026-08: 85.7% of 21Policy discussion, 2026-09: 80.3% of 66Policy discussion, 2026-10: 78.0% of 59Bipartisanshippeak 9.1% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 1.5% of 65Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 4.3% of 46Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 2.1% of 47Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 0.0% of 46Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 1.8% of 55Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 4.2% of 48Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 5.9% of 34Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 45Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 2.1% of 48Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 2.1% of 47Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 9.1% of 44Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 7.8% of 51Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 2.3% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 3.0% of 66Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 5.8% of 52Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 5.9% of 51Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 1.5% of 66Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 59Credit claimingpeak 47.6% · Aug ’26 · latest 17.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 10.8% of 65Credit claiming, 2025-02: 15.2% of 46Credit claiming, 2025-03: 8.5% of 47Credit claiming, 2025-04: 13.0% of 46Credit claiming, 2025-05: 23.6% of 55Credit claiming, 2025-06: 16.7% of 48Credit claiming, 2025-07: 32.4% of 34Credit claiming, 2025-08: 24.4% of 45Credit claiming, 2025-09: 33.3% of 48Credit claiming, 2025-10: 10.6% of 47Credit claiming, 2025-11: 27.3% of 44Credit claiming, 2025-12: 33.3% of 51Credit claiming, 2026-01: 23.4% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-02: 29.9% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-03: 21.2% of 66Credit claiming, 2026-04: 26.0% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-05: 30.4% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-06: 34.6% of 52Credit claiming, 2026-07: 27.5% of 51Credit claiming, 2026-08: 47.6% of 21Credit claiming, 2026-09: 19.7% of 66Credit claiming, 2026-10: 17.0% of 59Extreme labelspeak 4.3% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 1.5% of 65Extreme labels, 2025-02: 4.3% of 46Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 47Extreme labels, 2025-04: 2.2% of 46Extreme labels, 2025-05: 3.6% of 55Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 48Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 34Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 45Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 48Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 47Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 44Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 51Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-02: 1.1% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.5% of 66Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 52Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 51Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 66Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 59Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Rivas, 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 ’25650.0%4.6%87.7%1.5%10.8%1.5%
Feb ’25466.5%28.3%91.3%4.3%15.2%4.3%
Mar ’25474.3%19.1%85.1%2.1%8.5%0.0%
Apr ’25464.3%21.7%84.8%0.0%13.0%2.2%
May ’25555.5%18.2%87.3%1.8%23.6%3.6%
Jun ’25484.2%14.6%81.3%4.2%16.7%0.0%
Jul ’25340.0%8.8%82.3%5.9%32.4%0.0%
Aug ’25450.0%8.9%93.3%0.0%24.4%0.0%
Sep ’25480.0%16.7%83.3%2.1%33.3%0.0%
Oct ’25472.1%19.1%87.2%2.1%10.6%0.0%
Nov ’25446.8%20.4%86.4%9.1%27.3%0.0%
Dec ’25512.0%5.9%74.5%7.8%33.3%0.0%
Jan ’26775.2%9.1%68.8%0.0%23.4%0.0%
Feb ’26878.1%14.9%79.3%2.3%29.9%1.1%
Mar ’26667.6%19.7%80.3%3.0%21.2%1.5%
Apr ’267715.6%11.7%89.6%0.0%26.0%0.0%
May ’26560.0%7.1%85.7%0.0%30.4%0.0%
Jun ’26521.9%30.8%86.5%5.8%34.6%0.0%
Jul ’26513.9%13.7%84.3%5.9%27.5%0.0%
Aug ’26210.0%14.3%85.7%0.0%47.6%0.0%
Sep ’26661.5%15.2%80.3%1.5%19.7%0.0%
Oct ’26591.7%3.4%78.0%0.0%17.0%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Rivas’s words

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

Policy criticism

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

Oct 17, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Immigration; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Sep 18, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Economics and Public Finance; Science, Technology, Communications; International Affairs; Immigration · Source

Extreme label

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Dexter and Congressman Tonko for hosting this conversation that shines a light on ICE's cruelty. I have seen firsthand the cruelty of ICE in my district, the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. Last year, a mother and two children were detained at the Van Nuys Cour…

Mar 26, 2026 · Congressional Record · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Immigration; extreme label “extreme” aimed at ICE · 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 · 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. Press releases

    Congresswoman Luz Rivas Votes Against Republicans’ Bill to Cover Up Insider Trading, Corruption WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after voting against Republicans’ Stop Insider Trading Act that makes it easier for government officials – including Trump and his Cabinet – to hide insider trading and avoid accountability, while imposing stringent voter ID requirements on…

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

  4. Press releases

    Congresswoman Luz Rivas on Bipartisan Housing Bill Becoming Law after Trump’s Refusal LOS ANGELES — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement after the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. Trump previously refused to sign the bill into law after it overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives because he continues to focus on disenfranchising millions of voters rather than help wor…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Housing and Community Development · Government Operations and Politics · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · 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 · Immigration · target: TrumpSource

All 1,188 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: 1,005 posts on X, 76 Congressional Record speeches, 57 newsletters, 50 press releases.

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Policy

Immigration is what Rivas talks about most: 30% 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; 144th 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 Rivas talks about. The bills Rivas sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Rivas talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Rivas
Peers
Immigration294 statements
30%
11%
Government Operations and Politics212 statements
21%
20%
Health190 statements
19%
26%
Economics and Public Finance169 statements
17%
20%
Education156 statements
16%
10%
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Policy areas Rivas talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowRivasPeers
Immigration30%11%
Government Operations and Politics21%20%
Health19%26%
Economics and Public Finance17%20%
Education16%10%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 30% (House Democrats 11%)30%Immigration, legislates on: 7% (House Democrats 4%)7%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 21% (House Democrats 20%)21%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 11%)10%HealthHealth, talks about: 19% (House Democrats 26%)19%Health, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 16%)10%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 20%)17%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%EducationEducation, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 10%)16%Education, legislates on: 6% (House Democrats 5%)6%
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Rivas's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Immigration30%11%7%4%
Government Operations and Politics21%20%10%11%
Health19%26%10%16%
Economics and Public Finance17%20%0%1%
Education16%10%6%5%
0.66

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 144th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Rivas sits at −1.03 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 56% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.07 to −0.99, which understates the uncertainty; from 761 donors and 1,509 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”.

−1.03

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.07 to −0.99. From 761 donors and 1,509 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Rivas, 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 Rivas’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 Rivas sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Rivas −1.0All Housemedian +0.3
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Rivas's CSIP score of −1.03 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Rivas
House Democrats217−1.044%
All House439+0.322%
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 Rivas 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 Rivas.

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Money

Rivas raised $1.0M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 2.9% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 79% of itemized individual money came from California.

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

Election cycle
$1.0M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 289 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): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Itemized individual (over $200): $559.1K (54.2%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $16.7K (1.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $16.7K (1.6%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)PACs and other committees: $454.8K (44.1%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)54 squares$559.1K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)2 squares$16.7K
  • PACs and other committees44 squares$454.8K
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Sources of Rivas's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$559.1K54.2%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$16.7K1.6%
PACs and other committees$454.8K44.1%
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, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $947.0K$947.0K20242026 cycle: $1.0M$1.0M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Rivas's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$947.0K
2026 cycle$1.0M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 79% came from California.

  1. California$213.4K
  2. Florida$15.5K
  3. Puerto Rico$14.5K
  4. Massachusetts$10.0K
  5. Tennessee$7,500

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%
Rivas
Median
2026
3%
13%
2024
5%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowRivasMedian
2026 cycle3%13%
2024 cycle5%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $1,000NHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $10.0KMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $213.4KCAUtah: $250UTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $1,750VAMaryland: $2,750MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $7,500TNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $3,500DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $1,150TXFlorida: $15.5KFL
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Rivas's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
California$213.4K
Florida$15.5K
Massachusetts$10.0K
Tennessee$7,500
District of Columbia$3,500
Maryland$2,750
Virginia$1,750
Texas$1,150
New Hampshire$1,000
Utah$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
289

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

79%

from California

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is California. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.4%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 47%47%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 33%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 4.7%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 4.8%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 5.2%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 4.3%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.7%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Rivas's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +0.75: 47% between −1.25 and −1.00, 33% between −1.00 and −0.75, 5.2% between −0.25 and 0.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.4%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0047%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7533%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.504.7%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.254.8%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.005.2%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.254.3%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.7%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Rivas’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Rivas’s own score is −1.03.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$53.5K 63 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$29.7K 33 donors
  3. PRESIDENT$19.8K 13 donors
  4. CEO$13.7K 15 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$12.3K 19 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  2. CHC BOLD PAC$10.0K
  3. DEMOCRATS WIN FUND$10.0K
  4. EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC$10.0K
  5. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Rivas voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 1.0% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Rivas voted against the majority of House Democrats 13 times.

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

13

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.5%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 39th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Rivas
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.9%
96.9%
66th of 217
Party unity
99.5%
96.4%
39th of 217
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Rivas's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowRivasPeers
Attendance98.9%96.9%
Party unity99.5%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 Rivas most often

  1. Jan SchakowskyD621 shared votes99%
  2. Dwight EvansD619 shared votes99%
  3. Sara JacobsD665 shared votes99%
  4. LaMonica McIverD664 shared votes99%
  5. Suzanne BonamiciD658 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Rivas least often

  1. Chip RoyR628 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR593 shared votes17%
  3. Eric BurlisonR637 shared votes18%
  4. Andy BiggsR605 shared votes18%
  5. Keith SelfR653 shared votes18%
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

Rivas sponsored 16 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 192 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Rivas 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

Sponsored16 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1616Sponsored, In committee: 1616Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored192 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 192192Cosponsored, In committee: 192192Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 77Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Rivas sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1616000
Cosponsored192192700
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Rivas sponsored, ochre blocks bills Rivas 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 Rivas, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.

  1. Eleanor Norton22
  2. Zoe Lofgren12
  3. Jared Huffman11
  4. Laura Friedman11
  5. Nanette Barragán11
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 Rivas’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

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

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H.R. 10582Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization ActCosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeTaxationReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Sep 24, 2026
H.R. 10285Telecommunications GAP ActSponsorSep 3, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Sep 3, 2026
H.R. 10297El Salvador TPS Act of 2026CosponsorSep 3, 2026In committeeInternational AffairsReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Sep 3, 2026
H.R. 10173NSF REU Act of 2026SponsorAug 27, 2026In committeeScience, Technology, CommunicationsReferred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Aug 27, 2026
H.R. 10065Methane Pollution Accountability ActSponsorAug 6, 2026In committeeEnergyReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Aug 6, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 70 times in 90 days. Rivas’s official site had 30 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Rivas posted on Oct 25, 2026.

The lab crawls Rivas’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 Rivas 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 Rivas posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • Three adults, two women and a man, pose for a photo indoors in front of a large emblem on a wall. There is also a small sign in the background with text.
    Three adults, two women and a man, pose for a photo indoors in front of a large emblem on a wall. There is also a small sign in the background with text.View post
  • A promotional graphic for a 2026 congressional app challenge, with large deadline messaging over a blue circuit-board background. A purple footer contains event branding and a congresswoman’s name and district. The image contains text.
    A promotional graphic for a 2026 congressional app challenge, with large deadline messaging over a blue circuit-board background. A purple footer contains event branding and a congresswoman’s name and district. The image contains text.View post
  • A group of adults sit around a long table in a meeting or community room. The table is set with water bottles, cups, small plants, and food. Wall art and a flag are visible in the background, along with a small amount of text.
    A group of adults sit around a long table in a meeting or community room. The table is set with water bottles, cups, small plants, and food. Wall art and a flag are visible in the background, along with a small amount of text.View post
  • Three people stand in an office hallway. A man on the left shakes hands with a woman on the right, who is holding a trophy; another woman stands smiling between them. A large framed award-themed poster hangs on the wall, and there is text on the poster.
    Three people stand in an office hallway. A man on the left shakes hands with a woman on the right, who is holding a trophy; another woman stands smiling between them. A large framed award-themed poster hangs on the wall, and there is text on the poster.View post
  • Several people sit around tables in a modern glass-walled office meeting room, appearing to have a discussion. A laptop and drinks are on the tables, and there is text visible on the laptop screen and a nearby sign.
    Several people sit around tables in a modern glass-walled office meeting room, appearing to have a discussion. A laptop and drinks are on the tables, and there is text visible on the laptop screen and a nearby sign.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 Rivas 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
R000620
Bioguide
R000620
FEC candidate ids
H4CA29141

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

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

How the measures work

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

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