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Democrat · U.S. House, Ohio’s 13th district

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

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Portrait of Emilia Sykes, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
1.6×
the House Democrat rate of credit claiming

37% of 1,866 statements claim credit (696 statements); the average for House Democrats is 23%. Ranks 14th of 216, where 1st is the highest rate.

An AI model reads each of Sykes’s posts on X, Congressional Record speeches, press releases and newsletters and marks whether it claims credit for an accomplishment. 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. 0.9% of Sykes’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom tenth of House Democrats (average 6.6%). 14% of Sykes’s statements use bipartisan language, in the top quarter of House Democrats (average 9.8%).

The measures on which Sykes 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.

Credit claiming

37%

House Democrats average 23% · ranks 14th of 216

Personal attacks

0.9%

House Democrats average 6.6% · ranks 197th of 216

Bipartisanship

14%

House Democrats average 9.8% · ranks 35th of 216

Out of committee

0%

House Democrats average 4.9% · ranks 171st of 207

Raised, 2026

$4.0M

House Democrats’ median $2.0M · ranks 47th of 214

CSIP ideology

−0.88

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.02

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

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What Sykes says

Sykes attacks opponents personally less than 90% of House Democrats. Personal attacks in 0.9% of 1,866 statements, against 6.6% for the average House Democrat; 197th of 216.

An AI model reads each of Sykes’s 1,866 statements in the 119th Congress (1,283 posts on X, 351 press releases, 116 Congressional Record speeches, 116 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%
Sykes
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,401 statements
75%
73%
93rd of 216
Credit claiming696 statements
37%
23%
14th of 216
Policy criticism512 statements
27%
28%
124th of 216
Bipartisanship263 statements
14%
10%
35th of 216
Personal attacks16 statements
1%
7%
197th of 216
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Sykes's share of statements in each category against the House Democrats average.
RowSykesPeers
Policy discussion75%73%
Credit claiming37%23%
Policy criticism27%28%
Bipartisanship14%10%
Personal attacks1%7%
1,866

statements classified

1,283 posts on X, 351 press releases, 116 Congressional Record speeches, 116 newsletters.

posts on X: 1,283 (68.8%)posts on X 1,283press releases: 351 (18.8%)Congressional Record speeches: 116 (6.2%)newsletters: 116 (6.2%)
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Sykes's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,283
press releases351
Congressional Record speeches116
newsletters116
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Sykes used extreme labels in 1.6% of statements, below the peer average. 29 statements, most often aimed at Republican budget; peers 1.9%.

  1. “extreme”23
  2. “radical”3
  3. “MAGA”1
  4. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Republican budget4
  2. Republicans4
  3. GOP2
  4. Project 20252
  5. Republican policies2
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: 852025-02: 1022025-03: 1292025-04: 942025-05: 1152025-06: 942025-07: 932025-08: 642025-09: 1102025-10: 1052025-11: 792025-12: 732026-01: 872026-02: 782026-03: 772026-04: 972026-05: 722026-06: 852026-07: 832026-08: 512026-09: 532026-10: 40peak 129 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 2.3% · Jan ’26 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 1.2% of 85Personal attacks, 2025-02: 2.0% of 102Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.8% of 129Personal attacks, 2025-04: 1.1% of 94Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 115Personal attacks, 2025-06: 2.1% of 94Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 93Personal attacks, 2025-08: 1.6% of 64Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 110Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 105Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 79Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 73Personal attacks, 2026-01: 2.3% of 87Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 78Personal attacks, 2026-03: 1.3% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-04: 1.0% of 97Personal attacks, 2026-05: 1.4% of 72Personal attacks, 2026-06: 1.2% of 85Personal attacks, 2026-07: 1.2% of 83Personal attacks, 2026-08: 2.0% of 51Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 53Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 40Policy criticismpeak 49.5% · Jul ’25 · latest 5.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 10.6% of 85Policy criticism, 2025-02: 26.5% of 102Policy criticism, 2025-03: 22.5% of 129Policy criticism, 2025-04: 34.0% of 94Policy criticism, 2025-05: 27.8% of 115Policy criticism, 2025-06: 31.9% of 94Policy criticism, 2025-07: 49.5% of 93Policy criticism, 2025-08: 35.9% of 64Policy criticism, 2025-09: 26.4% of 110Policy criticism, 2025-10: 39.1% of 105Policy criticism, 2025-11: 36.7% of 79Policy criticism, 2025-12: 27.4% of 73Policy criticism, 2026-01: 25.3% of 87Policy criticism, 2026-02: 32.0% of 78Policy criticism, 2026-03: 23.4% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-04: 25.8% of 97Policy criticism, 2026-05: 18.1% of 72Policy criticism, 2026-06: 30.6% of 85Policy criticism, 2026-07: 22.9% of 83Policy criticism, 2026-08: 9.8% of 51Policy criticism, 2026-09: 18.9% of 53Policy criticism, 2026-10: 5.0% of 40Policy discussionpeak 86.6% · Apr ’26 · latest 75.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 75.3% of 85Policy discussion, 2025-02: 62.7% of 102Policy discussion, 2025-03: 66.7% of 129Policy discussion, 2025-04: 78.7% of 94Policy discussion, 2025-05: 74.8% of 115Policy discussion, 2025-06: 79.8% of 94Policy discussion, 2025-07: 77.4% of 93Policy discussion, 2025-08: 85.9% of 64Policy discussion, 2025-09: 80.0% of 110Policy discussion, 2025-10: 69.5% of 105Policy discussion, 2025-11: 72.2% of 79Policy discussion, 2025-12: 82.2% of 73Policy discussion, 2026-01: 82.8% of 87Policy discussion, 2026-02: 68.0% of 78Policy discussion, 2026-03: 63.6% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-04: 86.6% of 97Policy discussion, 2026-05: 73.6% of 72Policy discussion, 2026-06: 70.6% of 85Policy discussion, 2026-07: 80.7% of 83Policy discussion, 2026-08: 80.4% of 51Policy discussion, 2026-09: 71.7% of 53Policy discussion, 2026-10: 75.0% of 40Bipartisanshippeak 22.4% · Jan ’25 · latest 5.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 22.4% of 85Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 15.7% of 102Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 8.5% of 129Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 2.1% of 94Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 12.2% of 115Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 7.4% of 94Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 11.8% of 93Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 7.8% of 64Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 20.9% of 110Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 20.9% of 105Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 19.0% of 79Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 16.4% of 73Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 19.5% of 87Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 17.9% of 78Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 16.9% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 18.6% of 97Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 20.8% of 72Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 14.1% of 85Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 13.3% of 83Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 3.9% of 51Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 3.8% of 53Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 5.0% of 40Credit claimingpeak 60.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 35.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 60.0% of 85Credit claiming, 2025-02: 34.3% of 102Credit claiming, 2025-03: 26.4% of 129Credit claiming, 2025-04: 29.8% of 94Credit claiming, 2025-05: 34.8% of 115Credit claiming, 2025-06: 35.1% of 94Credit claiming, 2025-07: 28.0% of 93Credit claiming, 2025-08: 42.2% of 64Credit claiming, 2025-09: 49.1% of 110Credit claiming, 2025-10: 28.6% of 105Credit claiming, 2025-11: 35.4% of 79Credit claiming, 2025-12: 34.3% of 73Credit claiming, 2026-01: 35.6% of 87Credit claiming, 2026-02: 41.0% of 78Credit claiming, 2026-03: 36.4% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-04: 39.2% of 97Credit claiming, 2026-05: 52.8% of 72Credit claiming, 2026-06: 32.9% of 85Credit claiming, 2026-07: 42.2% of 83Credit claiming, 2026-08: 39.2% of 51Credit claiming, 2026-09: 39.6% of 53Credit claiming, 2026-10: 35.0% of 40Extreme labelspeak 5.3% · Apr ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 85Extreme labels, 2025-02: 2.0% of 102Extreme labels, 2025-03: 3.1% of 129Extreme labels, 2025-04: 5.3% of 94Extreme labels, 2025-05: 2.6% of 115Extreme labels, 2025-06: 3.2% of 94Extreme labels, 2025-07: 1.1% of 93Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 64Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 110Extreme labels, 2025-10: 4.8% of 105Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 79Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 73Extreme labels, 2026-01: 4.6% of 87Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 78Extreme labels, 2026-03: 1.3% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 97Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 72Extreme labels, 2026-06: 1.2% of 85Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 83Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 51Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 53Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 40Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Sykes, 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 ’25851.2%10.6%75.3%22.4%60.0%0.0%
Feb ’251022.0%26.5%62.7%15.7%34.3%2.0%
Mar ’251290.8%22.5%66.7%8.5%26.4%3.1%
Apr ’25941.1%34.0%78.7%2.1%29.8%5.3%
May ’251150.0%27.8%74.8%12.2%34.8%2.6%
Jun ’25942.1%31.9%79.8%7.4%35.1%3.2%
Jul ’25930.0%49.5%77.4%11.8%28.0%1.1%
Aug ’25641.6%35.9%85.9%7.8%42.2%0.0%
Sep ’251100.0%26.4%80.0%20.9%49.1%0.0%
Oct ’251050.0%39.1%69.5%20.9%28.6%4.8%
Nov ’25790.0%36.7%72.2%19.0%35.4%0.0%
Dec ’25730.0%27.4%82.2%16.4%34.3%0.0%
Jan ’26872.3%25.3%82.8%19.5%35.6%4.6%
Feb ’26780.0%32.0%68.0%17.9%41.0%0.0%
Mar ’26771.3%23.4%63.6%16.9%36.4%1.3%
Apr ’26971.0%25.8%86.6%18.6%39.2%0.0%
May ’26721.4%18.1%73.6%20.8%52.8%0.0%
Jun ’26851.2%30.6%70.6%14.1%32.9%1.2%
Jul ’26831.2%22.9%80.7%13.3%42.2%0.0%
Aug ’26512.0%9.8%80.4%3.9%39.2%0.0%
Sep ’26530.0%18.9%71.7%3.8%39.6%0.0%
Oct ’26400.0%5.0%75.0%5.0%35.0%0.0%
How to read the strips

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

In Sykes’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 26, 2026 · Posts on X · credit claiming · Source

Personal attacks

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

Aug 28, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; Crime and Law Enforcement; Health; target: Trump · Source

Extreme label

Rep. Sykes Bonamici, Chu, DelBene Demand Oversight of Moms.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Judy Chu (CA-28), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 83 of their colleagues in conducting oversight of the recently-launched Moms.gov. Moms.gov…

Jun 9, 2026 · Press releases · policy discussion; Health; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Government Operations and Politics; Labor and Employment; extreme label “far right” aimed at Moms.gov · 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 · Economics and Public Finance · Crime and Law Enforcement · Health · target: TrumpSource

  2. Press releases

    Rep. Sykes Joins House Democrats’ Discharge Petition to Block $1.8 Billion Trump Slush Fund WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) joined the full House Democratic Caucus in signing onto a discharge petition from Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08). This petition will force a vote on the No Corrupt Agreements Requiring Taxpayer Expenditures Be…

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

  3. Press releases

    Rep. Sykes, Next-Generation Lawmakers Renew Call For “End Corruption Now” Legislative Reforms on One-Year Anniversary WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and the coalition of next-generation lawmakers behind the End Corruption Now legislative agenda is marking one year since introducing a package of seven bills designed to put power back in the hands of the American people. The group includes…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Government Operations and Politics · Law · Finance and Financial Sector · target: Donald TrumpSource

  4. Press releases

    Rep. Sykes: President Trump Has Now Exceeded 60-Day Limit for Iran War Without Congressional Approval WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump has now surpassed the 60-day deadline under the War Powers Act after initiating an unnecessary war with Iran without authorization from Congress. This raises urgent constitutional and accountability concerns. Legal experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have pointed to the…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · Law · target: Donald TrumpSource

  5. Press releases

    Statement on President Trump's Dangerous Escalation and Reckless Rhetoric WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) issued the following statement following President Trump’s deeply disturbing social media post that risks escalating the conflict in Iran: “Threatening to kill an entire civilization is quite frankly disgusting, beneath the Office of the Presidency, and an affront to our American value…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 1,866 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,283 posts on X, 351 press releases, 116 Congressional Record speeches, 116 newsletters.

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Policy

Health is what Sykes talks about most: 33% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.65 on a 0–1 scale (House Democrats average 0.67; 163rd 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 Sykes talks about. The bills Sykes sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Sykes talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%37%
Sykes
Peers
Health467 statements
33%
26%
Economics and Public Finance372 statements
27%
20%
Government Operations and Politics273 statements
20%
20%
Armed Forces and National Security235 statements
17%
16%
Education225 statements
16%
10%
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Policy areas Sykes talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the House Democrats average.
RowSykesPeers
Health33%26%
Economics and Public Finance27%20%
Government Operations and Politics20%20%
Armed Forces and National Security17%16%
Education16%10%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Sykes’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 37%. Grey ticks are the House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 33% (House Democrats 26%)33%Health, legislates on: 15% (House Democrats 16%)15%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 27% (House Democrats 20%)27%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (House Democrats 1%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 20% (House Democrats 20%)20%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 10% (House Democrats 11%)10%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%EducationEducation, talks about: 16% (House Democrats 10%)16%Education, legislates on: 2% (House Democrats 5%)2%
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Sykes's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutHouse Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onHouse Democrats, legislates on
Health33%26%15%16%
Economics and Public Finance27%20%0%1%
Government Operations and Politics20%20%10%11%
Armed Forces and National Security17%16%5%7%
Education16%10%2%5%
0.65

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

House Democrats average 0.67. Ranks 163rd of 216.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Sykes sits at −0.88 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 64% of House Democrats. Approximate range −0.90 to −0.85, which understates the uncertainty; from 4,539 donors and 2,080 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”.

−0.88

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.90 to −0.85. From 4,539 donors and 2,080 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Sykes −0.9House Democrats −1.0All House +0.3

The outlined dot is Sykes, 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 Sykes’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 Sykes sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →House Democratsmedian −1.0Sykes −0.9All Housemedian +0.3
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Sykes's CSIP score of −0.88 placed against House Democrats, All House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Sykes
House Democrats217−1.064%
All House439+0.332%
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 Sykes 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 Sykes.

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Money

Sykes raised $4.0M in the 2026 cycle, 2.0 times the House Democrats’ median of $2.0M. 22% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 38% of itemized individual money came from Ohio.

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
$4.0M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 1,404 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): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Itemized individual (over $200): $2.0M (49.1%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $546.5K (13.7%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)PACs and other committees: $1.3M (31.6%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $216.9K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $216.9K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $216.9K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $216.9K (5.4%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $216.9K (5.4%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)49 squares$2.0M
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)14 squares$546.5K
  • PACs and other committees32 squares$1.3M
  • Party committees$7,194
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)5 squares$216.9K
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Sources of Sykes's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$2.0M49.1%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$546.5K13.7%
PACs and other committees$1.3M31.6%
Party committees$7,1940.2%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$216.9K5.4%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

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

Receipts by cycle

Total receipts, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $2.5M$2.5M20222024 cycle: $5.3M$5.3M20242026 cycle: $4.0M$4.0M2026House Democrats median $2.0M
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Sykes's receipts by cycle against the 2026 House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$2.5M
2024 cycle$5.3M
2026 cycle$4.0M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 38% came from Ohio.

  1. Ohio$577.4K
  2. California$324.9K
  3. New York$134.5K
  4. Massachusetts$108.6K
  5. Illinois$73.0K

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%
Sykes
Median
2026
22%
13%
2024
21%
13%
2022
27%
13%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the House Democrats median
RowSykesMedian
2026 cycle22%13%
2024 cycle21%13%
2022 cycle27%13%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $250AKMaine: $1,200MEVermont: $750VTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: $28.1KWAIdaho: $500IDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $4,350MNIllinois: $73.0KILWisconsin: $1,600WIMichigan: $1,750MINew York: $134.5KNYRhode Island: $1,250RIMassachusetts: $108.6KMAOregon: $2,343ORNevada: $3,500NVWyoming: $4,000WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $2,528INOhio: $577.4KOHPennsylvania: $10.9KPANew Jersey: $19.1KNJConnecticut: $3,086CTCalifornia: $324.9KCAUtah: $6,000UTColorado: $29.0KCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $2,357MOKentucky: $17.1KKYWest Virginia: $250WVVirginia: $10.4KVAMaryland: $35.5KMDDelaware: $2,000DEArizona: $2,750AZNew Mexico: $250NMKansas: $250KSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $4,800TNNorth Carolina: $1,650NCSouth Carolina: $950SCDistrict of Columbia: $35.5KDCOklahoma: $8,703OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $7,500MSAlabama: $250ALGeorgia: $3,300GAHawaii: $285HITexas: $17.9KTXFlorida: $21.7KFL
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Sykes's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Ohio$577.4K
California$324.9K
New York$134.5K
Massachusetts$108.6K
Illinois$73.0K
Maryland$35.5K
District of Columbia$35.5K
Colorado$29.0K
Washington$28.1K
Florida$21.7K
New Jersey$19.1K
Texas$17.9K
Kentucky$17.1K
Pennsylvania$10.9K
Virginia$10.4K
Oklahoma$8,703
Mississippi$7,500
Utah$6,000
Tennessee$4,800
Minnesota$4,350
Wyoming$4,000
Nevada$3,500
Georgia$3,300
Connecticut$3,086
Arizona$2,750
Indiana$2,528
Missouri$2,357
Oregon$2,343
Delaware$2,000
Michigan$1,750
North Carolina$1,650
Wisconsin$1,600
Rhode Island$1,250
Maine$1,200
South Carolina$950
Vermont$750
Idaho$500
Hawaii$285
Alaska$250
West Virginia$250
New Mexico$250
Kansas$250
Alabama$250
New HampshireNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
NebraskaNo data
ArkansasNo data
LouisianaNo data
1,404

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

38%

from Ohio

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

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.2%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 22%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 68%68%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 5.1%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 1.9%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.5%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 0.7%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 0.7%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 0.3%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Sykes's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +0.75: 22% between −1.25 and −1.00, 68% between −1.00 and −0.75, 5.1% between −0.75 and −0.50.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.2%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0022%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7568%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.505.1%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.251.9%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.5%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.250.7%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.500.7%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.750.3%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Sykes’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Sykes’s own score is −0.88.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$509.5K 580 donors
  2. RETIRED$246.1K 255 donors
  3. ATTORNEY$83.7K 74 donors
  4. EXECUTIVE$55.5K 20 donors
  5. CEO$37.0K 14 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. EMILYS LIST$10.5K
  2. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10.0K
  3. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10.0K
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$10.0K
  5. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. BGR GROUP$8,250 8 donors
  2. SUMMA HEALTH$5,000 5 donors
  3. STATE OF OHIO$3,100 6 donors
  4. AKRON MUNICIPAL COURT$3,050 3 donors
  5. ALIGNMENT GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES$3,000 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Sykes voted with the majority of House Democrats on 95.6% of party-line votes and missed 2.7% of 674 roll calls. House Democrats on average: 96.4% party unity, 96.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Sykes voted against the majority of House Democrats 24 times.

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

24

votes against the majority of House Democrats

Party unity 95.6%, House Democrats average 96.4%, ranks 166th of 217. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Sykes
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.3%
96.9%
140th of 217
Party unity
95.6%
96.4%
166th of 217
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Sykes's attendance and party unity against House Democrats.
RowSykesPeers
Attendance97.3%96.9%
Party unity95.6%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
NayWith majorityPassedD 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Sykes most often

  1. Timothy KennedyD652 shared votes98%
  2. Dina TitusD593 shared votes98%
  3. April McClain DelaneyD637 shared votes97%
  4. Sheila Cherfilus-MccormickD456 shared votes97%
  5. James WalkinshawD409 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Sykes least often

  1. Chip RoyR615 shared votes18%
  2. Eric BurlisonR623 shared votes20%
  3. Ralph NormanR578 shared votes20%
  4. Josh BrecheenR624 shared votes21%
  5. Keith SelfR642 shared votes21%
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

Sykes sponsored 42 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 310 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats average 4.9%; 171st of 207).

The bills Sykes 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

Sponsored42 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4242Sponsored, In committee: 4242Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored310 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 310310Cosponsored, In committee: 310310Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1212Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Cosponsored, Became law: 11IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Sykes sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored4242000
Cosponsored3103101211
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

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

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Eleanor Norton37
  2. Brian Fitzpatrick21
  3. André Carson14
  4. Rashida Tlaib13
  5. Deborah Ross13
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 Sykes’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. 10900To require States and units of local government that receive funds under the Byrne grant program or the COPS grant program to submit a report to the Attorney General related to the use of automated license plate readers by State and local law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.SponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Oct 22, 2026
H.Res. 1638Honoring and commemorating United Baptist Church's 100 years of historic contributions to the Akron and surrounding communities.SponsorOct 22, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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. 10638Skills Against Violence Act of 2026SponsorSep 28, 2026In committeeCrime and Law EnforcementReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Sep 28, 2026
H.R. 10530Quality Educator Partnership ActCosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeEducationReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Sep 24, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 58 times in 90 days. Sykes’s official site had 24 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Sykes posted on Oct 26, 2026.

The lab crawls Sykes’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 Sykes 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 Sykes posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A dark navy informational graphic showing a timeline of application, winner announcement, and event dates. A blue banner sits at the top, with organization logos along the bottom. The image contains text.
    A dark navy informational graphic showing a timeline of application, winner announcement, and event dates. A blue banner sits at the top, with organization logos along the bottom. The image contains text.View post
  • A dark navy informational flyer explaining how to submit an app to a competition. It has a blue title banner, a numbered list of instructions, and two organization logos along the bottom.
    A dark navy informational flyer explaining how to submit an app to a competition. It has a blue title banner, a numbered list of instructions, and two organization logos along the bottom.View post
  • A promotional graphic styled like a smartphone screen advertises a congressional app challenge hosted by Congresswoman Emilia Sykes. It invites middle and high school students to create an app and includes sign-up and submission information. Text is prominent throughout.
    A promotional graphic styled like a smartphone screen advertises a congressional app challenge hosted by Congresswoman Emilia Sykes. It invites middle and high school students to create an app and includes sign-up and submission information. Text is prominent throughout.View post
  • A dark navy informational graphic with a blue heading banner and white bullet points describing eligibility requirements for a congressional challenge. Logos appear along the bottom.
    A dark navy informational graphic with a blue heading banner and white bullet points describing eligibility requirements for a congressional challenge. Logos appear along the bottom.View post
  • A blue informational poster with two frequently asked questions and answers about Medicare annual enrollment, including advice on reviewing coverage and comparing plans. It includes a political representative's name and district at the bottom. The image contains text.
    A blue informational poster with two frequently asked questions and answers about Medicare annual enrollment, including advice on reviewing coverage and comparing plans. It includes a political representative's name and district at the bottom. The image contains text.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 Sykes 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
S001223
Bioguide
S001223
FEC candidate ids
H2OH13264

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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