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Democrat · U.S. House, New Mexico’s 1st district

Serving since Jun 14, 2021119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 3, 2026

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59%
of statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of House Democrats

59% of 2,475 statements discuss policy (1,463 statements); the average for House Democrats is 73%. Ranks 206th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Stansbury’s posts on X, Congressional Record speeches, newsletters and press releases and marks whether it discusses a specific policy. 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. 41% of Stansbury’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the top tenth of House Democrats (median 13%). Stansbury sits at −1.25 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 84% of House Democrats.

The measures on which Stansbury 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.

Policy discussion

59%

House Democrats average 73% · ranks 206th of 216

Small donations, 2026

41%

House Democrats’ median 13% · ranks 17th of 214

CSIP ideology

−1.25

More liberal than 84% of House Democrats · ± 0.02

Bipartisanship

5.5%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 175th of 216

Party unity

99.5%

House Democrats average 96.4% · ranks 49th of 217 · 9 votes against the majority of House Democrats

Extreme labels

0.6%

House Democrats average 1.9% · ranks 170th of 216

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

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What Stansbury says

Stansbury stresses bipartisanship less than 80% of House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 5.5% of 2,475 statements, against 9.8% for the average House Democrat; 175th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Stansbury’s 2,475 statements in the 119th Congress (2,175 posts on X, 172 Congressional Record speeches, 90 press releases, 38 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Stansbury
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,463 statements
59%
73%
206th of 216
Policy criticism557 statements
23%
28%
156th of 216
Credit claiming400 statements
16%
23%
166th of 216
Personal attacks176 statements
7%
7%
82nd of 216
Bipartisanship137 statements
6%
10%
175th of 216
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Stansbury's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowStansburyPeers
Policy discussion59%73%
Policy criticism23%28%
Credit claiming16%23%
Personal attacks7%7%
Bipartisanship6%10%
2,475

statements classified

2,175 posts on X, 172 Congressional Record speeches, 90 press releases, 38 newsletters.

posts on X: 2,175 (87.9%)posts on X 2,175Congressional Record speeches: 172 (6.9%)press releases: 90 (3.6%)newsletters: 38 (1.5%)
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Stansbury's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,175
Congressional Record speeches172
press releases90
newsletters38
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Stansbury used extreme labels in 0.6% of statements, 32% of the peer average. 15 statements, most often aimed at Donald Trump; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”3
  2. “MAGA”1
  3. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Donald Trump2
  2. Administration1
  3. detention system1
  4. Elon Musk1
  5. GOP1
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: 882025-02: 1152025-03: 1142025-04: 1172025-05: 1342025-06: 1092025-07: 1082025-08: 832025-09: 892025-10: 912025-11: 1002025-12: 962026-01: 1182026-02: 1362026-03: 1442026-04: 1712026-05: 1242026-06: 1872026-07: 1112026-08: 1022026-09: 912026-10: 47peak 187 · Jun ’26Personal attackspeak 16.5% · Feb ’25 · latest 4.3%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 5.7% of 88Personal attacks, 2025-02: 16.5% of 115Personal attacks, 2025-03: 5.3% of 114Personal attacks, 2025-04: 10.3% of 117Personal attacks, 2025-05: 7.5% of 134Personal attacks, 2025-06: 9.2% of 109Personal attacks, 2025-07: 6.5% of 108Personal attacks, 2025-08: 3.6% of 83Personal attacks, 2025-09: 7.9% of 89Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 91Personal attacks, 2025-11: 3.0% of 100Personal attacks, 2025-12: 9.4% of 96Personal attacks, 2026-01: 11.9% of 118Personal attacks, 2026-02: 4.4% of 136Personal attacks, 2026-03: 6.9% of 144Personal attacks, 2026-04: 10.5% of 171Personal attacks, 2026-05: 5.7% of 124Personal attacks, 2026-06: 7.0% of 187Personal attacks, 2026-07: 6.3% of 111Personal attacks, 2026-08: 4.9% of 102Personal attacks, 2026-09: 3.3% of 91Personal attacks, 2026-10: 4.3% of 47Policy criticismpeak 38.8% · May ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 26.1% of 88Policy criticism, 2025-02: 28.7% of 115Policy criticism, 2025-03: 36.8% of 114Policy criticism, 2025-04: 35.9% of 117Policy criticism, 2025-05: 38.8% of 134Policy criticism, 2025-06: 33.0% of 109Policy criticism, 2025-07: 32.4% of 108Policy criticism, 2025-08: 15.7% of 83Policy criticism, 2025-09: 20.2% of 89Policy criticism, 2025-10: 29.7% of 91Policy criticism, 2025-11: 31.0% of 100Policy criticism, 2025-12: 25.0% of 96Policy criticism, 2026-01: 14.4% of 118Policy criticism, 2026-02: 14.0% of 136Policy criticism, 2026-03: 19.4% of 144Policy criticism, 2026-04: 12.3% of 171Policy criticism, 2026-05: 18.6% of 124Policy criticism, 2026-06: 25.1% of 187Policy criticism, 2026-07: 9.9% of 111Policy criticism, 2026-08: 6.9% of 102Policy criticism, 2026-09: 8.8% of 91Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 47Policy discussionpeak 74.5% · Oct ’26 · latest 74.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 67.0% of 88Policy discussion, 2025-02: 63.5% of 115Policy discussion, 2025-03: 66.7% of 114Policy discussion, 2025-04: 58.1% of 117Policy discussion, 2025-05: 70.2% of 134Policy discussion, 2025-06: 54.1% of 109Policy discussion, 2025-07: 61.1% of 108Policy discussion, 2025-08: 50.6% of 83Policy discussion, 2025-09: 51.7% of 89Policy discussion, 2025-10: 59.3% of 91Policy discussion, 2025-11: 52.0% of 100Policy discussion, 2025-12: 65.6% of 96Policy discussion, 2026-01: 66.1% of 118Policy discussion, 2026-02: 27.2% of 136Policy discussion, 2026-03: 57.6% of 144Policy discussion, 2026-04: 66.1% of 171Policy discussion, 2026-05: 58.1% of 124Policy discussion, 2026-06: 51.3% of 187Policy discussion, 2026-07: 57.7% of 111Policy discussion, 2026-08: 70.6% of 102Policy discussion, 2026-09: 67.0% of 91Policy discussion, 2026-10: 74.5% of 47Bipartisanshippeak 13.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 13.6% of 88Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 10.4% of 115Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 7.0% of 114Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 6.0% of 117Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 4.5% of 134Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 3.7% of 109Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 3.7% of 108Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 2.4% of 83Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 11.2% of 89Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 2.2% of 91Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 5.0% of 100Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 8.3% of 96Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 4.2% of 118Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 2.2% of 136Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 4.9% of 144Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 4.7% of 171Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 7.3% of 124Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 10.7% of 187Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 1.8% of 111Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 2.9% of 102Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 91Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 47Credit claimingpeak 34.1% · Jan ’25 · latest 27.7%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 34.1% of 88Credit claiming, 2025-02: 25.2% of 115Credit claiming, 2025-03: 11.4% of 114Credit claiming, 2025-04: 14.5% of 117Credit claiming, 2025-05: 11.2% of 134Credit claiming, 2025-06: 6.4% of 109Credit claiming, 2025-07: 9.3% of 108Credit claiming, 2025-08: 26.5% of 83Credit claiming, 2025-09: 15.7% of 89Credit claiming, 2025-10: 18.7% of 91Credit claiming, 2025-11: 13.0% of 100Credit claiming, 2025-12: 21.9% of 96Credit claiming, 2026-01: 12.7% of 118Credit claiming, 2026-02: 8.1% of 136Credit claiming, 2026-03: 24.3% of 144Credit claiming, 2026-04: 21.6% of 171Credit claiming, 2026-05: 16.9% of 124Credit claiming, 2026-06: 15.5% of 187Credit claiming, 2026-07: 9.9% of 111Credit claiming, 2026-08: 14.7% of 102Credit claiming, 2026-09: 5.5% of 91Credit claiming, 2026-10: 27.7% of 47Extreme labelspeak 2.8% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 1.1% of 88Extreme labels, 2025-02: 1.7% of 115Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 114Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.9% of 117Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.8% of 134Extreme labels, 2025-06: 2.8% of 109Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 108Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 83Extreme labels, 2025-09: 1.1% of 89Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 91Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 100Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.1% of 96Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 118Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.7% of 136Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.7% of 144Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 171Extreme labels, 2026-05: 1.6% of 124Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 187Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 111Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 102Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 91Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 47Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Stansbury, 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 ’25885.7%26.1%67.0%13.6%34.1%1.1%
Feb ’2511516.5%28.7%63.5%10.4%25.2%1.7%
Mar ’251145.3%36.8%66.7%7.0%11.4%0.0%
Apr ’2511710.3%35.9%58.1%6.0%14.5%0.9%
May ’251347.5%38.8%70.2%4.5%11.2%0.8%
Jun ’251099.2%33.0%54.1%3.7%6.4%2.8%
Jul ’251086.5%32.4%61.1%3.7%9.3%0.0%
Aug ’25833.6%15.7%50.6%2.4%26.5%0.0%
Sep ’25897.9%20.2%51.7%11.2%15.7%1.1%
Oct ’25910.0%29.7%59.3%2.2%18.7%0.0%
Nov ’251003.0%31.0%52.0%5.0%13.0%0.0%
Dec ’25969.4%25.0%65.6%8.3%21.9%2.1%
Jan ’2611811.9%14.4%66.1%4.2%12.7%0.0%
Feb ’261364.4%14.0%27.2%2.2%8.1%0.7%
Mar ’261446.9%19.4%57.6%4.9%24.3%0.7%
Apr ’2617110.5%12.3%66.1%4.7%21.6%0.0%
May ’261245.7%18.6%58.1%7.3%16.9%1.6%
Jun ’261877.0%25.1%51.3%10.7%15.5%0.0%
Jul ’261116.3%9.9%57.7%1.8%9.9%0.0%
Aug ’261024.9%6.9%70.6%2.9%14.7%0.0%
Sep ’26913.3%8.8%67.0%0.0%5.5%0.0%
Oct ’26474.3%0.0%74.5%0.0%27.7%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 Stansbury’s words

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

Credit claiming

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

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Water Resources Development · Source

Bipartisanship

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

Aug 25, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Housing and Community Development; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Source

Extreme label

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

May 23, 2026 · Posts on X · 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 discussion · Health · Agriculture and Food · Armed Forces and National Security · Economics and Public Finance · 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 · Armed Forces and National Security · Government Operations and Politics · target: Elon MuskSource

  3. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, it rained yesterday in New Mexico--a real rain, a monsoon rain, a rain that we have been waiting for, for months in our communities. My social media was flooded with images of people celebrating, recording out of their windows and doors, dancing, and rejoicing. That is because in New Mexico, in our desert, water is life, water is culture, and water is what sustains us. As New Mexicans, we have been in th…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Environmental Protection · Energy · Water Resources Development · Agriculture and Food · International Affairs · Transportation and Public Works · target: Donald TrumpSource

  4. Posts on X

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · Housing and Community Development · Health · Armed Forces and National Security · target: this guySource

  5. Congressional Record

    Mr. Speaker, welcome back. It has been a wild ride this Congress. After 5 weeks of being out for the August district work period, a war is raging in the Middle East; the economy is in shambles; working people of this country cannot afford food, housing, and healthcare; the President is raiding the Venezuelan oil reserves and lining his own pockets; and what are we doing on the House floor after 5 weeks of break? We a…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Environmental Protection · Agriculture and Food · Housing and Community Development · Government Operations and Politics · Health · Economics and Public Finance · Energy · International Affairs · Armed Forces and National SecuritySource

All 2,475 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: 2,175 posts on X, 172 Congressional Record speeches, 90 press releases, 38 newsletters.

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Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Stansbury talks about most: 30% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 76th 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 Stansbury talks about. The bills Stansbury sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Stansbury talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Stansbury
Peers
Government Operations and Politics441 statements
30%
20%
Health293 statements
20%
26%
Economics and Public Finance251 statements
17%
20%
Armed Forces and National Security243 statements
17%
16%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues203 statements
14%
13%
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Policy areas Stansbury talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowStansburyPeers
Government Operations and Politics30%20%
Health20%26%
Economics and Public Finance17%20%
Armed Forces and National Security17%16%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%13%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Stansbury’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 onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 30% (House Democrats 20%)30%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (House Democrats 11%)12%HealthHealth, talks about: 20% (House Democrats 26%)20%Health, legislates on: 20% (House Democrats 16%)20%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%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 17% (House Democrats 16%)17%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 5% (House Democrats 7%)5%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 14% (House Democrats 13%)14%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 5%)10%
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Stansbury's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics30%20%12%11%
Health20%26%20%16%
Economics and Public Finance17%20%0%1%
Armed Forces and National Security17%16%5%7%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues14%13%10%5%
0.69

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 76th of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Stansbury sits at −1.25 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 84% of House Democrats. Approximate range −1.26 to −1.23, which understates the uncertainty; from 3,317 donors and 2,757 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”.

−1.25

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.26 to −1.23. From 3,317 donors and 2,757 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Stansbury −1.2House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Stansbury, 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 Stansbury’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 Stansbury sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Stansbury −1.2All Housemedian +0.3
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Stansbury's CSIP score of −1.25 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Stansbury
House Democrats217−1.016%
All House439+0.38%
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 Stansbury 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 Stansbury.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Stansbury raised $1.7M in the 2026 cycle, below the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 41% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 70% of itemized individual money came from New Mexico.

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
$1.7M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 971 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): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $839.5K (48.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $591.3K (34.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $264.3K (15.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $26.1K (1.5%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $26.1K (1.5%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)49 squares$839.5K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)34 squares$591.3K
  • PACs and other committees15 squares$264.3K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)2 squares$26.1K
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Sources of Stansbury's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$839.5K48.8%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$591.3K34.4%
PACs and other committees$264.3K15.4%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$26.1K1.5%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

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

2020 cycle: $53.4K$53.4K20202022 cycle: $3.6M$3.6M20222024 cycle: $1.4M$1.4M20242026 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Stansbury's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$53.4K
2022 cycle$3.6M
2024 cycle$1.4M
2026 cycle$1.7M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 70% came from New Mexico.

  1. New Mexico$419.4K
  2. California$43.0K
  3. Texas$24.6K
  4. District of Columbia$19.7K
  5. Maryland$11.3K

Small donations

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

0%60%
Stansbury
Median
2026
41%
13%
2024
22%
13%
2022
33%
13%
2020
32%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowStansburyMedian
2026 cycle41%13%
2024 cycle22%13%
2022 cycle33%13%
2020 cycle32%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $500MEVermont: $1,250VTNew Hampshire: $500NHWashington: $4,900WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $842MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $7,262MNIllinois: $8,704ILWisconsin: $735WIMichigan: $1,350MINew York: $7,226NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $4,096MAOregon: $550ORNevada: $250NVWyoming: $1,125WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $750IAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $200OHPennsylvania: $1,000PANew Jersey: $2,050NJConnecticut: $100CTCalifornia: $43.0KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $4,232CONebraska: $555NEMissouri: $1,820MOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $51WVVirginia: $9,650VAMaryland: $11.3KMDDelaware: $500DEArizona: $3,487AZNew Mexico: $419.4KNMKansas: $500KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $175TNNorth Carolina: $1,446NCSouth Carolina: $600SCDistrict of Columbia: $19.7KDCOklahoma: $400OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $155GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $24.6KTXFlorida: $9,077FL
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Stansbury's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New Mexico$419.4K
California$43.0K
Texas$24.6K
District of Columbia$19.7K
Maryland$11.3K
Virginia$9,650
Florida$9,077
Illinois$8,704
Minnesota$7,262
New York$7,226
Washington$4,900
Colorado$4,232
Massachusetts$4,096
Arizona$3,487
New Jersey$2,050
Missouri$1,820
North Carolina$1,446
Michigan$1,350
Vermont$1,250
Wyoming$1,125
Pennsylvania$1,000
Montana$842
Iowa$750
Wisconsin$735
South Carolina$600
Nebraska$555
Oregon$550
Maine$500
New Hampshire$500
Delaware$500
Kansas$500
Oklahoma$400
Nevada$250
Ohio$200
Tennessee$175
Georgia$155
Connecticut$100
West Virginia$51
AlaskaNo data
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
South DakotaNo data
IndianaNo data
UtahNo data
KentuckyNo data
ArkansasNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
971

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

70%

from New Mexico

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.75 to −1.50: 0.0%CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 3.1%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 78%78%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 17%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 0.4%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 0.3%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 0.3%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.4%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Stansbury's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.75 to +0.25: 78% between −1.25 and −1.00, 17% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.75 to −1.500.0%
CSIP −1.50 to −1.253.1%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0078%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7517%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.500.4%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.250.3%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.000.3%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.4%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Stansbury’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Stansbury’s own score is −1.25.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$292.0K 566 donors
  2. RETIRED$46.9K 68 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$26.6K 38 donors
  4. PHYSICIAN$19.0K 28 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$11.0K 27 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION INC PAC$10.0K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K
  3. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10.0K
  5. TURQUOISE PAC$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. UNM$5,875 7 donors
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$4,320 11 donors
  3. SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES$2,890 9 donors
  4. NVG LLC$1,250 3 donors
  5. NTESS$710 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Stansbury voted with the majority of House Democrats on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed 2.2% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Stansbury voted against the majority of House Democrats 9 times.

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

9

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 99.5%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 49th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Stansbury
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.7%
96.9%
126th of 217
Party unity
99.5%
96.4%
49th of 217
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Stansbury's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowStansburyPeers
Attendance97.7%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
YeaWith 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
YeaAgainst 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 Stansbury most often

  1. Jill TokudaD658 shared votes99%
  2. Becca BalintD651 shared votes99%
  3. Robin KellyD646 shared votes99%
  4. Robert GarciaD628 shared votes99%
  5. Paul TonkoD650 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Stansbury least often

  1. Chip RoyR620 shared votes16%
  2. Ralph NormanR585 shared votes17%
  3. Andy BiggsR595 shared votes18%
  4. Keith SelfR645 shared votes18%
  5. Eric BurlisonR628 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

Stansbury sponsored 28 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 593 others. 3.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 100th of 207).

The bills Stansbury 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

Sponsored28 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2828Sponsored, In committee: 2828Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored593 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 593593Cosponsored, In committee: 593593Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1212Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Stansbury sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2828100
Cosponsored5935931221
How to read the blocks

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

3.6%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

House Democrats average 4.9%. Ranks 100th of 207.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton107
  2. Rashida Tlaib67
  3. Shri Thanedar48
  4. André Carson39
  5. Teresa Leger Fernandez36
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 Stansbury’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. 10907To prohibit interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.CosponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Oct 22, 2026
H.R. 10841Securing Elections From AI Deception ActCosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Oct 19, 2026
H.R. 10820Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeFinance and Financial SectorReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Oct 15, 2026
H.Res. 1627Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to preserve and expand pathways to citizenship.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeImmigrationReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 15, 2026
H.R. 10794Improving Access to WIC ActCosponsorOct 9, 2026In committeeAgriculture and FoodReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Oct 9, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 45 times in 90 days. Stansbury’s official site had 21 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Stansbury posted on Oct 26, 2026.

The lab crawls Stansbury’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 Stansbury 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 Stansbury posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A selfie of two smiling women standing together in a formal, ornate room. Several people, including photographers and a uniformed staff member, are visible in the background. There is a portrait, a blue screen, and decorative furnishings. Text is not clearly visible.
    A selfie of two smiling women standing together in a formal, ornate room. Several people, including photographers and a uniformed staff member, are visible in the background. There is a portrait, a blue screen, and decorative furnishings. Text is not clearly visible.View post
  • Several people greet one another on an airport tarmac beside a large passenger aircraft, with mountains and other aircraft in the background. No prominent text is visible.
    Several people greet one another on an airport tarmac beside a large passenger aircraft, with mountains and other aircraft in the background. No prominent text is visible.View post
  • A large group of people pose in an ornate wood-paneled room as a woman speaks at a podium. Several American flags and a portrait hang behind them. There is text on the podium sign.
    A large group of people pose in an ornate wood-paneled room as a woman speaks at a podium. Several American flags and a portrait hang behind them. There is text on the podium sign.View post
  • A selfie of two smiling women standing together in a warmly lit room lined with bookshelves. There is text on the book spines.
    A selfie of two smiling women standing together in a warmly lit room lined with bookshelves. There is text on the book spines.View post
  • Two women stand together indoors in front of a wood-paneled wall. One wears a blue patterned garment, and the other wears a bright pink dress with a black blazer and holds a tablet. Part of another person is visible at the right edge. No prominent text is visible.
    Two women stand together indoors in front of a wood-paneled wall. One wears a blue patterned garment, and the other wears a bright pink dress with a black blazer and holds a tablet. Part of another person is visible at the right edge. No prominent text is 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 Stansbury 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
S001218
Bioguide
S001218
FEC candidate ids
H2NM01144

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

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

How the measures work

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

America’s Political Pulse · Polarization Research Lab

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