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Republican · Michigan House, district 52

Serving since Jan 1, 2023MI 2025–26 session

Portrait of Mike Harris, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
66%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Michigan House

66% of 32 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Michigan House is 32%. Ranks 7th of 107, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Harris sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Michigan House. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against the Michigan House. Harris reported $91.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). Harris sits at +0.45 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 67% of State House Republicans.

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

Out of committee

66%

Michigan House average 32% · ranks 7th of 107

Itemized, 2026

$91.5K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 576th of 2,521

Party unity

99.5%

Michigan House average 93.2% · ranks 30th of 110 · 4 votes against the majority of Michigan House Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.45

More conservative than 67% of State House Republicans · ± 0.05

From Michigan, 2026

95%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1346th of 2,335 State House Republicans

Attendance

100%

Michigan House average 99.9% · ranks 55th of 110 · 752 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Harris says

No statements for the MI 2025–26 session.No classified statements (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) in this time window.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

No policy statements for the MI 2025–26 session.No classified statements (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) in this time window.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Harris sits at +0.45 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 67% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.40 to +0.50, which understates the uncertainty; from 164 donors and 578 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”.

+0.45

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.40 to +0.50. From 164 donors and 578 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

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

The outlined dot is Harris, 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 Harris’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 Harris 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 +0.4Harris +0.4Michigan Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Harris's CSIP score of +0.45 placed against State House Republicans, Michigan House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Harris
State House Republicans2917+0.467%
Michigan House110+0.462%
All State House5324+0.182%
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 Harris 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 Harris.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Harris reported $91.5K in the 2026 cycle, 2.7 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 95% 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
$91.5K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 27 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): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)Individuals (itemized): $8,638 (9.4%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)PACs and other committees: $82.9K (90.6%)
  • Individuals (itemized)9 squares$8,638
  • PACs and other committees91 squares$82.9K
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Sources of Harris's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$8,6389.4%
PACs and other committees$82.9K90.6%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $123.8K$123.8K20222024 cycle: $67.9K$67.9K20242026 cycle: $91.5K$91.5K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Harris's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$123.8K
2024 cycle$67.9K
2026 cycle$91.5K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 95% came from Michigan.

  1. Michigan$8,188
  2. Illinois$450

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: no dataMNIllinois: $450ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $8,188MINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: 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: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Harris's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Michigan$8,188
Illinois$450
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo 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
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
27

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

95%

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. OWNER$2,259 6 donors
  2. PRESIDENT$1,614 3 donors
  3. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$721 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. TROOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,500
  2. UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC$4,200
  3. ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,000
  4. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,900
  5. MEIJER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Harris 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, Harris voted against the majority of Michigan House Republicans 4 times.

752 roll calls Harris 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 Harris 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.

4

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

80%100%
Harris
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
99.9%
55th of 110
Party unity
99.5%
93.2%
30th of 110
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Harris's attendance and party unity against Michigan House.
RowHarrisPeers
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 Harris most often

  1. Parker FairbairnR752 shared votes100%
  2. J.R. RothR735 shared votes100%
  3. Brian BeGoleR752 shared votes100%
  4. Steve FrisbieR752 shared votes100%
  5. Joe AragonaR752 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Harris least often

  1. Dylan WegelaD752 shared votes45%
  2. Steve CarraR752 shared votes57%
  3. Veronica PaizD652 shared votes57%
  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

Harris sponsored 32 bills in the MI 2025–26 session; 4 became law. Cosponsored 245 others. 66% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Michigan House average 32%; 7th of 107).

The bills Harris 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

Sponsored32 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3232Sponsored, In committee: 3232Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2121Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 44Sponsored, Became law: 44Cosponsored245 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 245245Cosponsored, In committee: 245245Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 137137Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1313Cosponsored, Became law: 1212IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Harris sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored32322144
Cosponsored2452451371312
How to read the blocks

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

66%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Michigan House average 32%. Ranks 7th of 107.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Jay DeBoyer91
  2. Joe Aragona78
  3. Brian BeGole72
  4. Matt Bierlein66
  5. Jason Woolford57
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 Harris’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 6421Law enforcement: other; eligible criteria for recruits; modify. Amends secs. 9, 9b, 9c & 9d of 1965 PA 203 (MCL 28.609 et seq.).SponsorSep 29, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)bill electronically reproduced 09/29/2026 Sep 30, 2026
HB 6411Law enforcement: other; regulations for license plate reader systems; provide for. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 256a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6412'26CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)bill electronically reproduced 09/24/2026 Sep 29, 2026
HB 6412Law enforcement: other; regulations for license plate reader systems; provide for. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 256b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6411'26CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)bill electronically reproduced 09/24/2026 Sep 29, 2026
HB 6413Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for violations involving automatic license plate reader systems; provide for. Amends sec. 12c, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.12c). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6411'26, HB 6412'26CosponsorSep 24, 2026In committeeCrime and Law Enforcement(model)bill electronically reproduced 09/24/2026 Sep 29, 2026
HB 6330State: identification cards; citizenship mark; require. Amends sec. 2 of 1972 PA 222 (MCL 28.292). TIE BAR WITH: HB 6328'26, HB 6329'26CosponsorSep 16, 2026In committeeImmigration(model)bill electronically reproduced 09/16/2026 Sep 17, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Harris’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Harris’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 Harris 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 Harris posted

No images from Harris’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 Harris is most unusual among Michigan House, 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

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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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