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Democrat · Washington Senate, district 26

Serving since Dec 11, 2024WA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Deb Krishnadasan, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
73
votes against the majority of Washington Senate Democrats

Party unity 81%, in the bottom 5% of the Washington Senate (average 95.5%). 1,101 roll calls in the WA 2025–26 session.

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 Krishnadasan voted with the majority of Washington Senate Democrats; it is ranked within the Washington Senate. The count covers every roll call where Krishnadasan voted opposite that majority.

At a glance

6 measures against the Washington Senate. Krishnadasan reported $869.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K). Krishnadasan sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State Senate Democrats.

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

Party unity

81%

Washington Senate average 95.5% · ranks 46th of 47 · 73 votes against the majority of Washington Senate Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$869.2K

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 20th of 746

CSIP ideology

−0.34

More conservative than 89% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.05

Out of committee

43%

Washington Senate average 29% · ranks 6th of 49

From Washington, 2026

96%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 255th of 714 State Senate Democrats

Attendance

99.9%

Washington Senate average 99.1% · ranks 19th of 47 · 1,101 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Krishnadasan says

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

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Policy

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

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Ideology

Krishnadasan sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 89% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.40 to −0.29, which understates the uncertainty; from 766 donors and 300 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”.

−0.34

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.40 to −0.29. From 766 donors and 300 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Krishnadasan −0.3State Senate Democrats −0.7Washington Senate −0.6All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Krishnadasan, 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 Krishnadasan’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 Krishnadasan sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Democratsmedian −0.7Krishnadasan −0.3Washington Senatemedian −0.6All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Krishnadasan's CSIP score of −0.34 placed against State Senate Democrats, Washington Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Krishnadasan
State Senate Democrats825−0.789%
Washington Senate49−0.657%
All State Senate1909+0.139%
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 Krishnadasan 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 Krishnadasan.

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Money

Krishnadasan reported $869.2K in the 2026 cycle, 15.7 times the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 96% of itemized individual money came from Washington.

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
$869.2K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 770 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)Individuals (itemized): $391.3K (45.0%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)PACs and other committees: $156.9K (18.1%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)Party committees: $321.0K (36.9%)
  • Individuals (itemized)45 squares$391.3K
  • PACs and other committees18 squares$156.9K
  • Party committees37 squares$321.0K
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Sources of Krishnadasan's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$391.3K45.0%
PACs and other committees$156.9K18.1%
Party committees$321.0K36.9%
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, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $25.5K$25.5K20242026 cycle: $869.2K$869.2K2026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Krishnadasan's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$25.5K
2026 cycle$869.2K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 96% came from Washington.

  1. Washington$377.1K
  2. California$10.4K
  3. Arizona$875
  4. Oregon$800
  5. Florida$750

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: $377.1KWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $500NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: $800ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $10.4KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $200VAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $875AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $500DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $250TXFlorida: $750FL
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Krishnadasan's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Washington$377.1K
California$10.4K
Arizona$875
Oregon$800
Florida$750
New York$500
District of Columbia$500
Texas$250
Virginia$200
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
770

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

96%

from Washington

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$135.5K 206 donors
  2. ATTORNEY - LAWYER$23.7K 30 donors
  3. RETIRED$16.8K 22 donors
  4. MANAGER$8,700 7 donors
  5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$7,650 6 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS$136.8K
  2. WSDC$125.6K
  3. 26TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS$39.2K
  4. HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$9,900
  5. KITSAP COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE$5,800

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. BRIDGING CARE$2,750 3 donors
  2. STATE OF WASHINGTON$1,810 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Krishnadasan voted with the majority of Washington Senate Democrats on 81% of party-line votes and missed 0.1% of 1,101 roll calls. Washington Senate on average: 95.5% party unity, 99.1% attendance. Across all roll calls, Krishnadasan voted against the majority of Washington Senate Democrats 73 times.

1,101 roll calls Krishnadasan could vote on in the WA 2025–26 session, compared with Washington Senate. 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 Krishnadasan voted with the majority of Washington Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

73

votes against the majority of Washington Senate Democrats

Party unity 81%, Washington Senate average 95.5%, ranks 46th of 47. 1,101 roll calls in the WA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Krishnadasan, the thin grey bar the Washington Senate average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Krishnadasan
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.9%
99.1%
19th of 47
Party unity
81%
95.5%
46th of 47
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Krishnadasan's attendance and party unity against Washington Senate.
RowKrishnadasanPeers
Attendance99.9%99.1%
Party unity81%95.5%
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

Roll calls the lab flags as key

No votes in this window met the key-vote rules.

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 Krishnadasan most often

  1. Julio CortesD1,100 shared votes96%
  2. Bill RamosD547 shared votes94%
  3. Victoria HuntD454 shared votes94%
  4. Drew HansenD1,084 shared votes94%
  5. Jess BatemanD1,098 shared votes93%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Krishnadasan least often

  1. Leonard ChristianR1,100 shared votes61%
  2. Jim McCuneR1,094 shared votes62%
  3. Matt BoehnkeR1,094 shared votes67%
  4. Drew MacEwenR1,094 shared votes68%
  5. Mark SchoeslerR1,096 shared votes68%
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

WA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Krishnadasan sponsored 21 bills in the WA 2025–26 session; 6 became law. Cosponsored 116 others. 43% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Washington Senate average 29%; 6th of 49).

The bills Krishnadasan sponsored and cosponsored in the WA 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 WA 2025–26 session

Sponsored21 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2121Sponsored, In committee: 2121Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 99Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 77Sponsored, Became law: 66Cosponsored116 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 116116Cosponsored, In committee: 116116Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 4747Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1919Cosponsored, Became law: 1919IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Krishnadasan sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2121976
Cosponsored116116471919
How to read the blocks

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

43%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Washington Senate average 29%. Ranks 6th of 49.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. T'wina Nobles93
  2. Claire Wilson61
  3. Javier Valdez57
  4. Bob Hasegawa56
  5. Sharon Shewmake47
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 Krishnadasan’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
SR 8705Honoring Senator Matt Boehnke.CosponsorMar 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted. Mar 12, 2026
SR 8702Honoring Senator Judy Warnick.CosponsorMar 11, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted. Mar 11, 2026
SR 8703Honoring Senator Steve Conway.CosponsorMar 11, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted. Mar 11, 2026
SR 8704Honoring Senator Rebecca Saldaña.CosponsorMar 11, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted. Mar 11, 2026
SR 8689Acknowledging March as developmental disabilities awareness month.CosponsorMar 10, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted. Mar 10, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Krishnadasan’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Krishnadasan’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 Krishnadasan 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 Krishnadasan posted

No images from Krishnadasan’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

2 turns, Jan 29, 2025 to Jan 29, 2025

Floor speeches

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

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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 Krishnadasan is most unusual among Washington Senate, 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
acfe43e5-6535-4c75-b38b-66322c90f54f
Open States
ocd-person/acfe43e5-6535-4c75-b38b-66322c90f54f

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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