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Republican · Michigan House, district 55

Serving since Jan 1, 2023MI 2025–26 session

Portrait of Mark Tisdel, rendered as a two-tone print
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0.39
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans

Agreement 0.39 on a 0–1 scale; the average for State House Republicans is 0.53. Ranks 452nd of 504, where 1st is the closest match.

How closely the mix of policy areas in Tisdel’s statements matches the mix in the bills Tisdel sponsors and cosponsors: 1 means the same areas in the same proportions, 0 means no overlap. Ranked among State House Republicans.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. 0% of Tisdel’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (average 2.9%). Tisdel reported $108.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.39

State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 452nd of 504

Personal attacks

0%

State House Republicans average 2.9% · ranks 642nd of 791

Itemized, 2026

$108.3K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 489th of 2,521

Policy discussion

17%

State House Republicans average 32% · ranks 613th of 791

Extreme labels

0%

State House Republicans average 1.4% · ranks 618th of 791

CSIP ideology

+0.35

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

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

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What Tisdel says

Tisdel attacks opponents personally less than 81% of State House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0% of 327 statements, against 2.9% for the average State House Republican; 642nd of 791.

An AI model reads each of Tisdel’s 327 statements in the MI 2025–26 session (327 posts on X) 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 State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the MI 2025–26 session

0%80%
Tisdel
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion56 statements
17%
32%
613th of 791
Credit claiming12 statements
4%
13%
599th of 791
Policy criticism10 statements
3%
9%
548th of 791
Bipartisanship5 statements
2%
2%
319th of 791
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
642nd of 791
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Tisdel's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowTisdelPeers
Policy discussion17%32%
Credit claiming4%13%
Policy criticism3%9%
Bipartisanship2%2%
Personal attacks0%3%
327

statements classified

327 posts on X.

posts on X: 327 (100.0%)posts on X 327
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Tisdel's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X327
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Tisdel used no extreme labels in 327 statements. The peer average is 1.4%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

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 MI 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 222025-02: 152025-03: 182025-04: 62025-05: 162025-06: 132025-07: 162025-08: 192025-09: 62025-10: 52025-11: 122025-12: 162026-01: 82026-02: 42026-03: 172026-04: 112026-05: 272026-06: 172026-07: 222026-08: 342026-09: 132026-10: 10peak 34 · Aug ’26Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 18Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2025-12: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-04: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 27Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 34Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 10Policy criticismpeak 8.3% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 4.5% of 22Policy criticism, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-03: 0.0% of 18Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: 0.0% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-06: 7.7% of 13Policy criticism, 2025-07: 6.3% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-08: 0.0% of 19Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: 8.3% of 12Policy criticism, 2025-12: 0.0% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: 5.9% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-04: 0.0% of 11Policy criticism, 2026-05: 0.0% of 27Policy criticism, 2026-06: 0.0% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-07: 4.5% of 22Policy criticism, 2026-08: 0.0% of 34Policy criticism, 2026-09: 0.0% of 13Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 10Policy discussionpeak 35.3% · Mar ’26 · latest 30.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 18.2% of 22Policy discussion, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-03: 5.6% of 18Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: 6.3% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-06: 15.4% of 13Policy discussion, 2025-07: 6.3% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-08: 15.8% of 19Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: 16.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2025-12: 6.3% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: 35.3% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-04: 9.1% of 11Policy discussion, 2026-05: 18.5% of 27Policy discussion, 2026-06: 11.8% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-07: 13.6% of 22Policy discussion, 2026-08: 29.4% of 34Policy discussion, 2026-09: 15.4% of 13Policy discussion, 2026-10: 30.0% of 10Bipartisanshippeak 9.1% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 9.1% of 22Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 18Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 19Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 27Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 4.5% of 22Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 34Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 10Credit claimingpeak 13.6% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 13.6% of 22Credit claiming, 2025-02: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-03: 0.0% of 18Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: 6.3% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-06: 7.7% of 13Credit claiming, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-08: 0.0% of 19Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: 0.0% of 12Credit claiming, 2025-12: 0.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: 11.8% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-04: 0.0% of 11Credit claiming, 2026-05: 7.4% of 27Credit claiming, 2026-06: 0.0% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-07: 0.0% of 22Credit claiming, 2026-08: 0.0% of 34Credit claiming, 2026-09: 7.7% of 13Credit claiming, 2026-10: 0.0% of 10Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 18Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 19Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 27Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 34Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 10Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Tisdel, 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 ’25220.0%4.5%18.2%9.1%13.6%0.0%
Feb ’25150.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%
Mar ’25180.0%0.0%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Apr ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’25160.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%6.3%0.0%
Jun ’25130.0%7.7%15.4%0.0%7.7%0.0%
Jul ’25160.0%6.3%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Aug ’25190.0%0.0%15.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sep ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’25120.0%8.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Dec ’25160.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Jan ’268— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’26170.0%5.9%35.3%0.0%11.8%0.0%
Apr ’26110.0%0.0%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
May ’26270.0%0.0%18.5%0.0%7.4%0.0%
Jun ’26170.0%0.0%11.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Jul ’26220.0%4.5%13.6%4.5%0.0%0.0%
Aug ’26340.0%0.0%29.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sep ’26130.0%0.0%15.4%0.0%7.7%0.0%
Oct ’26100.0%0.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%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 MI 2025–26 session, 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%. 5 months are hatched here.

In Tisdel’s words

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

Policy discussion

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

Oct 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Education · Source

Policy criticism

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

Jul 28, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Energy · Source

Credit claiming

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

Sep 17, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · credit claiming · 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.

No statements in this category in this window.

All 327 statements

Newest first, the MI 2025–26 session

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: 327 posts on X.

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Policy

Economics and Public Finance is what Tisdel talks about most: 23% of policy statements, 1.9 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.39 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 452nd of 504).

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

What Tisdel talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the MI 2025–26 session

0%35%
Tisdel
Peers
Economics and Public Finance13 statements
23%
12%
Education12 statements
21%
15%
Energy8 statements
14%
4%
Environmental Protection8 statements
14%
2%
Science, Technology, Communications6 statements
11%
2%
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Policy areas Tisdel talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowTisdelPeers
Economics and Public Finance23%12%
Education21%15%
Energy14%4%
Environmental Protection14%2%
Science, Technology, Communications11%2%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

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

Talks aboutLegislates onEconomics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 23% (State House Republicans 12%)23%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 2%)3%EducationEducation, talks about: 21% (State House Republicans 15%)21%Education, legislates on: 10% (State House Republicans 9%)10%EnergyEnergy, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 4%)14%Energy, legislates on: 2% (State House Republicans 3%)2%Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental Protection, talks about: 14% (State House Republicans 2%)14%Environmental Protection, legislates on: 1% (State House Republicans 3%)1%Science, Technology,CommunicationsScience, Technology, Communications, talks about: 11% (State House Republicans 2%)11%Science, Technology, Communications, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 1%)0%
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Tisdel's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Economics and Public Finance23%12%3%2%
Education21%15%10%9%
Energy14%4%2%3%
Environmental Protection14%2%1%3%
Science, Technology, Communications11%2%0%1%
0.39

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 452nd of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Tisdel sits at +0.35 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 51% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.31 to +0.39, which understates the uncertainty; from 439 donors and 899 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”.

+0.35

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.31 to +0.39. From 439 donors and 899 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Tisdel +0.4State House Republicans +0.4Michigan House +0.4All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Tisdel, 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 Tisdel’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 Tisdel sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Tisdel +0.4Michigan Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Tisdel's CSIP score of +0.35 placed against State House Republicans, Michigan House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Tisdel
State House Republicans2917+0.449%
Michigan House110+0.449%
All State House5324+0.172%
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 Tisdel 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 Tisdel.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Tisdel reported $108.3K in the 2026 cycle, 3.2 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 94% of itemized individual money came from Michigan.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance 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. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$108.3K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 76 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)Individuals (itemized): $23.3K (21.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)PACs and other committees: $78.5K (72.5%)Party committees: $6,500 (6.0%)Party committees: $6,500 (6.0%)Party committees: $6,500 (6.0%)Party committees: $6,500 (6.0%)Party committees: $6,500 (6.0%)Party committees: $6,500 (6.0%)
  • Individuals (itemized)22 squares$23.3K
  • PACs and other committees72 squares$78.5K
  • Party committees6 squares$6,500
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Sources of Tisdel's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$23.3K21.5%
PACs and other committees$78.5K72.5%
Party committees$6,5006.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $743.9K$743.9K20202022 cycle: $631.0K$631.0K20222024 cycle: $677.3K$677.3K20242026 cycle: $108.3K$108.3K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Tisdel's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$743.9K
2022 cycle$631.0K
2024 cycle$677.3K
2026 cycle$108.3K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 94% came from Michigan.

  1. Michigan$21.8K
  2. Texas$600
  3. Minnesota$500
  4. Ohio$350
  5. Colorado$50

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $500MNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $21.8KMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $350OHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $50CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $600TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Tisdel's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Michigan$21.8K
Texas$600
Minnesota$500
Ohio$350
Colorado$50
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
76

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

94%

from Michigan

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$4,445 26 donors
  2. EXECUTIVE$3,925 5 donors
  3. CONSULTANT$1,867 5 donors
  4. MANAGER$1,752 6 donors
  5. ATTORNEY$510 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$6,500
  2. MEIJER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,500
  3. MICHIGAN BEER AND WINE WHOLESALERS STATE PAC$5,000
  4. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
  5. UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC$4,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Tisdel voted with the majority of Michigan House Republicans on 99.5% of party-line votes and missed none of 752 roll calls. Michigan House on average: 93.2% party unity, 99.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Tisdel voted against the majority of Michigan House Republicans 2 times.

752 roll calls Tisdel could vote on in the MI 2025–26 session, compared with Michigan House. 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 Tisdel voted with the majority of Michigan House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

2

votes against the majority of Michigan House Republicans

Party unity 99.5%, Michigan House average 93.2%, ranks 30th of 110. 752 roll calls in the MI 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Tisdel
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
99.9%
55th of 110
Party unity
99.5%
93.2%
30th of 110
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Tisdel's attendance and party unity against Michigan House.
RowTisdelPeers
Attendance100%99.9%
Party unity99.5%93.2%
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 MI 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 23, 2026
HB 6302
Education: school districts; requirement to display an American flag in classrooms; provide for. Amends sec. 1347 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1347).
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #374 Yeas 76 Nays 27 Excused 0 Not Voting 7
YeaWith majoritypassD 20–26 · R 56–1Democrats 20 yea, 26 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
Sep 23, 2026
HB 6259
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for criminal sexual conduct; modify. Amends sec. 16y, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16y). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6261'26, HB 6262'26
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #375 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7
YeaWith majoritypassD 21–25 · R 56–1Democrats 21 yea, 25 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
Sep 23, 2026
HB 6260
Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the first degree; modify. Amends sec. 520b of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520b).
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #376 Yeas 79 Nays 24 Excused 0 Not Voting 7
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–23 · R 56–1Democrats 23 yea, 23 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
Sep 23, 2026
HB 6282
Public employees and officers: ethics; moratorium on former legislators accepting employment with an entity that receives a grant from the utility consumer participation board; provide for. Creates new act.
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #373 Yeas 88 Nays 15 Excused 0 Not Voting 7
YeaWith majoritypassD 32–14 · R 56–1Democrats 32 yea, 14 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
Sep 23, 2026
HB 6262
Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify. Amends sec. 520d of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520d).
passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #378 Yeas 77 Nays 26 Excused 0 Not Voting 7
YeaWith majoritypassD 21–25 · R 56–1Democrats 21 yea, 25 nay; Republicans 56 yea, 1 nayparty 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 Tisdel most often

  1. Greg MarkkanenR752 shared votes100%
  2. Matt HallR752 shared votes100%
  3. Ken BortonR752 shared votes100%
  4. Cam CavittR740 shared votes100%
  5. Brian BeGoleR752 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Tisdel least often

  1. Dylan WegelaD752 shared votes46%
  2. Steve CarraR752 shared votes56%
  3. Veronica PaizD652 shared votes58%
  4. Emily DievendorfD725 shared votes59%
  5. Tonya PhillipsD715 shared votes60%
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

MI 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Tisdel sponsored 43 bills in the MI 2025–26 session; 2 became law. Cosponsored 184 others. 35% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House average 32%; 42nd of 107).

The bills Tisdel sponsored and cosponsored in the MI 2025–26 session, 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 MI 2025–26 session

Sponsored43 billsSponsored, Introduced: 4343Sponsored, In committee: 4343Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1515Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Sponsored, Became law: 22Cosponsored184 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 184184Cosponsored, In committee: 184184Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 8585Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1616Cosponsored, Became law: 1515IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Tisdel sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored43431522
Cosponsored184184851615
How to read the blocks

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

35%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Michigan House average 32%. Ranks 42nd of 107.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Tisdel, by number of shared bills in the MI 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Tom Kuhn81
  2. Alicia St. Germaine49
  3. Donni Steele46
  4. Kathy Schmaltz43
  5. Bill Schuette42
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 Tisdel’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
HB 6308State: symbol; euchre; designate as the official state game. Creates new act.CosponsorAug 27, 2026In committeeUnassignedbill electronically reproduced 08/27/2026 Sep 1, 2026
HB 6259Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for criminal sexual conduct; modify. Amends sec. 16y, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16y). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6261'26, HB 6262'26CosponsorAug 26, 2026Passed one chamberCrime and Law Enforcement(model)REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY Oct 1, 2026
HB 6270Sales tax: exemptions; exemption for building materials purchased for the construction of a new single-family residence; provide for. Amends 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.51 - 205.78) by adding sec. 4hh. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6269'26CosponsorAug 26, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)bill electronically reproduced 08/26/2026 Aug 27, 2026
HB 6271Individual income tax: credit; credit for permits associated with building a new single-family residential unit; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 282.CosponsorAug 26, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)bill electronically reproduced 08/26/2026 Aug 27, 2026
HB 6262Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; penalties for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; modify. Amends sec. 520d of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.520d).CosponsorAug 26, 2026Passed one chamberCrime and Law Enforcement(model)REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY Oct 1, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Tisdel’s official site had 0 pages when last crawled.

The lab crawls Tisdel’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 Tisdel 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 Tisdel posted

No images from Tisdel’s posts have been described.

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.

State floor speeches

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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 Tisdel is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
ocd-person/a5bb89cb-ac42-47c0-bcc8-96bf18e4d865

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 (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; 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.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

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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