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Republican · U.S. House, Florida’s 27th district

Serving since Jan 3, 2021119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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Portrait of Maria Salazar, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
13%
of roll calls missed, attendance in the bottom 5% of House Republicans

Attendance 87%; the average among House Republicans is 96.3%. Ranks 213th of 221, where 1st has the highest attendance. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance is the share of the roll calls Salazar could vote on where a yea, nay or present was recorded, ranked among House Republicans. A missed vote has many causes, from illness to campaigning; the number says how often, not why.

At a glance

6 measures against House Republicans. Salazar sits at +0.62 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of House Republicans. 79% of Salazar’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Florida, in the top tenth of House Republicans.

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

Attendance

87%

House Republicans average 96.3% · ranks 213th of 221 · 674 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.62

More liberal than 90% of House Republicans · ± 0.01

From Florida, 2026

79%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 19th of 216 House Republicans

Party unity

95.5%

House Republicans average 97.1% · ranks 197th of 221 · 19 votes against the majority of House Republicans

Bipartisanship

13%

House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 57th of 221

Extreme labels

4.1%

House Republicans average 3.0% · ranks 61st of 221

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Salazar says

Salazar stresses bipartisanship more than 74% of House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 13% of 2,367 statements, against 8.9% for the average House Republican; 57th of 221.

An AI model reads each of Salazar’s 2,367 statements in the 119th Congress (2,110 posts on X, 192 press releases, 52 newsletters, 13 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Salazar
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,603 statements
68%
68%
121st of 221
Credit claiming859 statements
36%
37%
124th of 221
Bipartisanship299 statements
13%
9%
57th of 221
Policy criticism293 statements
12%
15%
140th of 221
Personal attacks47 statements
2%
2%
76th of 221
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Salazar's share of statements in each category against the House Republicans average.
RowSalazarPeers
Policy discussion68%68%
Credit claiming36%37%
Bipartisanship13%9%
Policy criticism12%15%
Personal attacks2%2%
2,367

statements classified

2,110 posts on X, 192 press releases, 52 newsletters, 13 Congressional Record speeches.

posts on X: 2,110 (89.1%)posts on X 2,110press releases: 192 (8.1%)newsletters: 52 (2.2%)Congressional Record speeches: 13 (0.5%)
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Salazar's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,110
press releases192
newsletters52
Congressional Record speeches13
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Salazar used extreme labels in 4.1% of statements, above the peer average. 96 statements, most often aimed at socialism; peers 3.0%.

  1. “communist”27
  2. “radical”13
  3. “woke”7
  4. “far left”5
  5. “MAGA”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. socialism8
  2. Zohran Mamdani6
  3. communism4
  4. Democrats4
  5. far-left radicals3
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: 1772025-02: 1182025-03: 1382025-04: 1252025-05: 1132025-06: 862025-07: 632025-08: 372025-09: 1062025-10: 1292025-11: 1042025-12: 862026-01: 1712026-02: 1422026-03: 2092026-04: 1312026-05: 1302026-06: 1052026-07: 942026-08: 372026-09: 472026-10: 19peak 209 · Mar ’26Personal attackspeak 5.9% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 5.7% of 177Personal attacks, 2025-02: 5.9% of 118Personal attacks, 2025-03: 4.3% of 138Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.8% of 125Personal attacks, 2025-05: 2.6% of 113Personal attacks, 2025-06: 2.3% of 86Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 63Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 37Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.9% of 106Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.8% of 129Personal attacks, 2025-11: 1.9% of 104Personal attacks, 2025-12: 1.2% of 86Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 171Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.7% of 142Personal attacks, 2026-03: 1.0% of 209Personal attacks, 2026-04: 3.8% of 131Personal attacks, 2026-05: 1.5% of 130Personal attacks, 2026-06: 2.9% of 105Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 94Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 47Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 19Policy criticismpeak 39.5% · Oct ’25 · latest 5.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 20.3% of 177Policy criticism, 2025-02: 13.6% of 118Policy criticism, 2025-03: 4.3% of 138Policy criticism, 2025-04: 8.8% of 125Policy criticism, 2025-05: 8.0% of 113Policy criticism, 2025-06: 10.5% of 86Policy criticism, 2025-07: 14.3% of 63Policy criticism, 2025-08: 8.1% of 37Policy criticism, 2025-09: 3.8% of 106Policy criticism, 2025-10: 39.5% of 129Policy criticism, 2025-11: 17.3% of 104Policy criticism, 2025-12: 14.0% of 86Policy criticism, 2026-01: 3.5% of 171Policy criticism, 2026-02: 13.4% of 142Policy criticism, 2026-03: 11.0% of 209Policy criticism, 2026-04: 18.3% of 131Policy criticism, 2026-05: 9.2% of 130Policy criticism, 2026-06: 12.4% of 105Policy criticism, 2026-07: 8.5% of 94Policy criticism, 2026-08: 0.0% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-09: 6.4% of 47Policy criticism, 2026-10: 5.3% of 19Policy discussionpeak 91.9% · Aug ’26 · latest 63.2%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 68.9% of 177Policy discussion, 2025-02: 63.6% of 118Policy discussion, 2025-03: 62.3% of 138Policy discussion, 2025-04: 62.4% of 125Policy discussion, 2025-05: 68.1% of 113Policy discussion, 2025-06: 67.4% of 86Policy discussion, 2025-07: 90.5% of 63Policy discussion, 2025-08: 59.5% of 37Policy discussion, 2025-09: 65.1% of 106Policy discussion, 2025-10: 72.1% of 129Policy discussion, 2025-11: 64.4% of 104Policy discussion, 2025-12: 70.9% of 86Policy discussion, 2026-01: 84.8% of 171Policy discussion, 2026-02: 61.3% of 142Policy discussion, 2026-03: 52.6% of 209Policy discussion, 2026-04: 77.1% of 131Policy discussion, 2026-05: 65.4% of 130Policy discussion, 2026-06: 58.1% of 105Policy discussion, 2026-07: 72.3% of 94Policy discussion, 2026-08: 91.9% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-09: 74.5% of 47Policy discussion, 2026-10: 63.2% of 19Bipartisanshippeak 25.6% · Oct ’25 · latest 5.3%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 5.7% of 177Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 11.0% of 118Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 7.2% of 138Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 11.2% of 125Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 11.5% of 113Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 9.3% of 86Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 19.1% of 63Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 8.1% of 37Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 16.0% of 106Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 25.6% of 129Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 16.4% of 104Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 15.1% of 86Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 9.9% of 171Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 10.6% of 142Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 8.6% of 209Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 8.4% of 131Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 21.5% of 130Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 20.0% of 105Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 14.9% of 94Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 8.1% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 17.0% of 47Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 5.3% of 19Credit claimingpeak 58.7% · Jul ’25 · latest 5.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 42.4% of 177Credit claiming, 2025-02: 42.4% of 118Credit claiming, 2025-03: 39.1% of 138Credit claiming, 2025-04: 44.8% of 125Credit claiming, 2025-05: 35.4% of 113Credit claiming, 2025-06: 26.7% of 86Credit claiming, 2025-07: 58.7% of 63Credit claiming, 2025-08: 35.1% of 37Credit claiming, 2025-09: 48.1% of 106Credit claiming, 2025-10: 40.3% of 129Credit claiming, 2025-11: 41.3% of 104Credit claiming, 2025-12: 29.1% of 86Credit claiming, 2026-01: 28.1% of 171Credit claiming, 2026-02: 38.0% of 142Credit claiming, 2026-03: 31.6% of 209Credit claiming, 2026-04: 32.1% of 131Credit claiming, 2026-05: 33.9% of 130Credit claiming, 2026-06: 28.6% of 105Credit claiming, 2026-07: 25.5% of 94Credit claiming, 2026-08: 29.7% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-09: 42.5% of 47Credit claiming, 2026-10: 5.3% of 19Extreme labelspeak 18.1% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 1.7% of 177Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.5% of 118Extreme labels, 2025-03: 18.1% of 138Extreme labels, 2025-04: 5.6% of 125Extreme labels, 2025-05: 4.4% of 113Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 86Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 63Extreme labels, 2025-08: 2.7% of 37Extreme labels, 2025-09: 6.6% of 106Extreme labels, 2025-10: 2.3% of 129Extreme labels, 2025-11: 15.4% of 104Extreme labels, 2025-12: 5.8% of 86Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.6% of 171Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.7% of 142Extreme labels, 2026-03: 2.9% of 209Extreme labels, 2026-04: 4.6% of 131Extreme labels, 2026-05: 1.5% of 130Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.9% of 105Extreme labels, 2026-07: 3.2% of 94Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 47Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 19Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Salazar, 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 ’251775.7%20.3%68.9%5.7%42.4%1.7%
Feb ’251185.9%13.6%63.6%11.0%42.4%2.5%
Mar ’251384.3%4.3%62.3%7.2%39.1%18.1%
Apr ’251250.8%8.8%62.4%11.2%44.8%5.6%
May ’251132.6%8.0%68.1%11.5%35.4%4.4%
Jun ’25862.3%10.5%67.4%9.3%26.7%0.0%
Jul ’25630.0%14.3%90.5%19.1%58.7%0.0%
Aug ’25370.0%8.1%59.5%8.1%35.1%2.7%
Sep ’251060.9%3.8%65.1%16.0%48.1%6.6%
Oct ’251290.8%39.5%72.1%25.6%40.3%2.3%
Nov ’251041.9%17.3%64.4%16.4%41.3%15.4%
Dec ’25861.2%14.0%70.9%15.1%29.1%5.8%
Jan ’261710.0%3.5%84.8%9.9%28.1%0.6%
Feb ’261420.7%13.4%61.3%10.6%38.0%0.7%
Mar ’262091.0%11.0%52.6%8.6%31.6%2.9%
Apr ’261313.8%18.3%77.1%8.4%32.1%4.6%
May ’261301.5%9.2%65.4%21.5%33.9%1.5%
Jun ’261052.9%12.4%58.1%20.0%28.6%1.9%
Jul ’26940.0%8.5%72.3%14.9%25.5%3.2%
Aug ’26370.0%0.0%91.9%8.1%29.7%0.0%
Sep ’26470.0%6.4%74.5%17.0%42.5%0.0%
Oct ’26190.0%5.3%63.2%5.3%5.3%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 Salazar’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 23, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; Labor and Employment; Health; International Affairs; Foreign Trade and International Finance · Source

Bipartisanship

Reps. Salazar and Ruiz Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Designating October 1st as National Latino Physician Day WASHINGTON, D.C. — On September 28, Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) and Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-25), introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October 1 as National…

Oct 2, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Health; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Source

Extreme label

DIGNITY Act in the News: 250+ Stories Leading the National Conversation on Immigration Reform WASHINGTON, D.C. — The DIGNITY Act continues to drive the national conversation on immigration reform, generating sustained coverage from national, state, and local media outlets across the country. Feature…

Jul 8, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Immigration; Labor and Employment; Economics and Public Finance; Armed Forces and National Security; Families; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at MAGA · 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 criticism · policy discussion · Emergency Management · target: Diosdado CabelloSource

  2. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Diosdado CabelloSource

  3. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Ortega MurilloSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Raúl CastroSource

  5. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · target: Raúl CastroSource

All 2,367 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: 2,110 posts on X, 192 press releases, 52 newsletters, 13 Congressional Record speeches.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

International Affairs is what Salazar talks about most: 35% of policy statements, 3.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.67 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 72nd of 221).

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 Salazar talks about. The bills Salazar sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Salazar talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%39%
Salazar
Peers
International Affairs562 statements
35%
9%
Immigration384 statements
24%
13%
Armed Forces and National Security262 statements
16%
24%
Crime and Law Enforcement193 statements
12%
12%
Economics and Public Finance178 statements
11%
19%
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Policy areas Salazar talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Republicans average.
RowSalazarPeers
International Affairs35%9%
Immigration24%13%
Armed Forces and National Security16%24%
Crime and Law Enforcement12%12%
Economics and Public Finance11%19%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Salazar’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Republicans. 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 39%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onInternational AffairsInternational Affairs, talks about: 35% (House Republicans 9%)35%International Affairs, legislates on: 21% (House Republicans 6%)21%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 24% (House Republicans 13%)24%Immigration, legislates on: 8% (House Republicans 5%)8%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 16% (House Republicans 24%)16%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 5% (House Republicans 8%)5%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 12% (House Republicans 12%)12%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 5% (House Republicans 9%)5%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 11% (House Republicans 19%)11%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Republicans 2%)0%
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Salazar's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Republicans, legislates on
International Affairs35%9%21%6%
Immigration24%13%8%5%
Armed Forces and National Security16%24%5%8%
Crime and Law Enforcement12%12%5%9%
Economics and Public Finance11%19%0%2%
0.67

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 72nd of 221.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Salazar sits at +0.62 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 90% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.61 to +0.64, which understates the uncertainty; from 4,476 donors and 2,678 roll calls.

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

+0.62

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.61 to +0.64. From 4,476 donors and 2,678 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Salazar +0.6House Republicans +1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Salazar, 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 Salazar’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 Salazar sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Republicansmedian +1.0Salazar +0.6All Housemedian +0.3
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Salazar's CSIP score of +0.62 placed against House Republicans, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Salazar
House Republicans221+1.010%
All House439+0.355%
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 Salazar 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 Salazar.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Salazar raised $2.5M in the 2026 cycle, above the House Republicans’ median of $2.2M. 3.2% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 79% of itemized individual money came from Florida.

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

Election cycle
$2.5M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 236 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $2.2M.

Where the money came from

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

Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Itemized individual (over $200): $618.7K (24.6%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $20.7K (0.8%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)PACs and other committees: $742.6K (29.5%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $1.1M (45.0%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)25 squares$618.7K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)1 squares$20.7K
  • PACs and other committees29 squares$742.6K
  • The candidate’s own money and loans$2,493
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)45 squares$1.1M
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Sources of Salazar's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$618.7K24.6%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$20.7K0.8%
PACs and other committees$742.6K29.5%
The candidate’s own money and loans$2,4930.1%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$1.1M45.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $3.6M$3.6M20202022 cycle: $5.6M$5.6M20222024 cycle: $3.2M$3.2M20242026 cycle: $2.5M$2.5M2026House Republicans median $2.2M
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Salazar's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$3.6M
2022 cycle$5.6M
2024 cycle$3.2M
2026 cycle$2.5M

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Florida$677.0K
  2. Virginia$48.5K
  3. New York$30.8K
  4. Texas$19.5K
  5. California$18.4K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Salazar
Median
2026
3%
9%
2024
21%
9%
2022
25%
9%
2020
19%
9%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Republicans median
RowSalazarMedian
2026 cycle3%9%
2024 cycle21%9%
2022 cycle25%9%
2020 cycle19%9%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $1,156WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $2,500MNIllinois: $1,000ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $2,570MINew York: $30.8KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $2,000MAOregon: no dataORNevada: $300NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $11.5KINOhio: $500OHPennsylvania: $2,325PANew Jersey: $74NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $18.4KCAUtah: $5,300UTColorado: $250CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $500MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $48.5KVAMaryland: $9,500MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $1,000AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: $1,425KSArkansas: $150ARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $3,500NCSouth Carolina: $205SCDistrict of Columbia: $9,000DCOklahoma: $1,000OKLouisiana: $250LAMississippi: $205MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $783GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $19.5KTXFlorida: $677.0KFL
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Salazar's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Florida$677.0K
Virginia$48.5K
New York$30.8K
Texas$19.5K
California$18.4K
Indiana$11.5K
Maryland$9,500
District of Columbia$9,000
Utah$5,300
North Carolina$3,500
Michigan$2,570
Minnesota$2,500
Pennsylvania$2,325
Massachusetts$2,000
Kansas$1,425
Washington$1,156
Illinois$1,000
Arizona$1,000
Oklahoma$1,000
Georgia$783
Ohio$500
Missouri$500
Nevada$300
Colorado$250
Louisiana$250
South Carolina$205
Mississippi$205
Arkansas$150
New Jersey$74
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
TennesseeNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
236

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

79%

from Florida

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 0.2%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 1.2%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.6%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 4.1%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 2.3%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 8.4%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 67%67%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 15%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 0.3%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Salazar's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.00 to +1.25: 8.4% between +0.25 and +0.50, 67% between +0.50 and +0.75, 15% between +0.75 and +1.00.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.00 to −0.750.2%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.501.2%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.6%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.004.1%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.252.3%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.508.4%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.7567%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.0015%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.250.3%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Salazar’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Salazar’s own score is +0.62.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CEO$76.7K 13 donors
  2. RETIRED$72.6K 38 donors
  3. HOMEMAKER$56.5K 5 donors
  4. MANAGER$32.9K 6 donors
  5. ATTORNEY$31.8K 16 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. A NEW NATION PAC$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$10.0K
  3. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. DELIVERS PAC$10.0K
  5. ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Salazar voted with the majority of House Republicans on 95.5% of party-line votes and missed 13% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Salazar voted against the majority of House Republicans 19 times.

674 roll calls Salazar could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Republicans. 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 Salazar voted with the majority of House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

19

votes against the majority of House Republicans

Party unity 95.5%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 197th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Salazar
Peers
Rank
Attendance
87%
96.3%
213th of 221
Party unity
95.5%
97.1%
197th of 221
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Salazar's attendance and party unity against House Republicans.
RowSalazarPeers
Attendance87%96.3%
Party unity95.5%97.1%
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
Did not vote—PassedD 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
Did not vote—PassedD 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
Did not vote—PassedD 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
Did not vote—PassedD 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
Did not vote—PassedD 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 Salazar most often

  1. Doug LamalfaR290 shared votes98%
  2. Carlos GimenezR562 shared votes98%
  3. Gregory MurphyR501 shared votes98%
  4. John RutherfordR540 shared votes97%
  5. Neal DunnR487 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Salazar least often

  1. Rashida TlaibD571 shared votes25%
  2. Delia RamirezD558 shared votes25%
  3. Adelita GrijalvaD331 shared votes25%
  4. Robert GarciaD553 shared votes26%
  5. Grace MengD546 shared votes27%
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

Salazar sponsored 19 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 390 others. 16% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 86th of 216).

The bills Salazar 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

Sponsored19 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1919Sponsored, In committee: 1919Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored390 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 390390Cosponsored, In committee: 390390Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 3333Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 77Cosponsored, Became law: 44IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Salazar sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1919210
Cosponsored3903903374
How to read the blocks

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

16%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 86th of 216.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Michael Lawler66
  2. Brian Fitzpatrick48
  3. Jared Moskowitz26
  4. Debbie Wasserman Schultz25
  5. Don Bacon24
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 Salazar’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. 1635Supporting the designation of October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10832IRAN ActCosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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 15, 2026
H.R. 10743Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding Improvement ActCosponsorOct 5, 2026In committeeEmergency ManagementReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 5, 2026
H.R. 10693GI Bill Transferability ActCosponsorOct 1, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Oct 1, 2026
H.Res. 1589Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day".CosponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeHealthReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Sep 28, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 62 times in 90 days. Salazar’s official site had 32 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Salazar posted on Oct 23, 2026.

The lab crawls Salazar’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 Salazar 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 Salazar posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A formal letter on U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, dated October 2026, addressed to the U.S. Trade Representative. It discusses allegations of forced labor involving Cuban doctors in Mexico and requests action. The letter ends with a handwritten signature.
    A formal letter on U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, dated October 2026, addressed to the U.S. Trade Representative. It discusses allegations of forced labor involving Cuban doctors in Mexico and requests action. The letter ends with a handwritten signature.View post
  • A graphic commemorating the United States Navy’s birthday, featuring an aircraft carrier at sea with large celebratory lettering and a small political logo near the bottom.
    A graphic commemorating the United States Navy’s birthday, featuring an aircraft carrier at sea with large celebratory lettering and a small political logo near the bottom.View post
  • A blue-toned political poster featuring a waving Israeli flag and a large Star of David. Bold white text appears inside a rectangular border, with a small House GOP logo near the bottom.
    A blue-toned political poster featuring a waving Israeli flag and a large Star of David. Bold white text appears inside a rectangular border, with a small House GOP logo near the bottom.View post
  • A promotional flyer for a service academy day event, with event details and a registration QR code on the left, academy emblems at the upper right, and a smiling woman wearing a red blazer on the right.
    A promotional flyer for a service academy day event, with event details and a registration QR code on the left, academy emblems at the upper right, and a smiling woman wearing a red blazer on the right.View post
  • A woman speaks at a clear lectern on a blue-lit event stage. A large projection screen behind her displays event information, with a drum kit, audio equipment, and floral arrangements also visible.
    A woman speaks at a clear lectern on a blue-lit event stage. A large projection screen behind her displays event information, with a drum kit, audio equipment, and floral arrangements also visible.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 Salazar is most unusual among House Republicans, 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
S000168
Bioguide
S000168
FEC candidate ids
H8FL27185

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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