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Democrat · Utah Senate, district 9

Serving since Jan 1, 2023UT 2025–26 session

Portrait of Jen Plumb, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
90%
of State Senate Democrats score to the left of Plumb on the CSIP scale

CSIP score −0.34 (approximate range −0.39 to −0.29, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 290 donors and 561 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Plumb sits among State Senate Democrats, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State Senate Democrats. 71% of the 51 bills Plumb sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom half of the Utah Senate. 86% of Plumb’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom half of State Senate Democrats.

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

CSIP ideology

−0.34

More conservative than 90% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.05

Out of committee

71%

Utah Senate average 73% · ranks 21st of 28

From Utah, 2026

86%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 506th of 714 State Senate Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$39.2K

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 429th of 746

Party unity

92.8%

Utah Senate average 91.6% · ranks 16th of 28 · 15 votes against the majority of Utah Senate Democrats

Attendance

92.5%

Utah Senate average 88% · ranks 15th of 29 · 1,085 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Plumb says

Plumb criticizes policies less than 91% of State Senate Democrats. Policy criticism in 0% of 14 statements, against 10% for the average State Senate Democrat; 304th of 329.

An AI model reads each of Plumb’s 14 statements in the UT 2025–26 session (14 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 Senate Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Plumb
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion3 statements
21%
43%
282nd of 329
Bipartisanship1 statements
7%
3%
39th of 329
Credit claiming1 statements
7%
16%
236th of 329
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
2%
248th of 329
Policy criticism0 statements
0%
10%
304th of 329
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Plumb's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowPlumbPeers
Policy discussion21%43%
Bipartisanship7%3%
Credit claiming7%16%
Personal attacks0%2%
Policy criticism0%10%
14

statements classified

14 posts on X.

posts on X: 14 (100.0%)posts on X 14
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Plumb's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X14
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Plumb used no extreme labels in 14 statements. The peer average is 0.8%.

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 UT 2025–26 session

No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

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 UT 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%. 22 months are hatched here; 17 of them have no statements.

In Plumb’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.

May 17, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Health · Source

Credit claiming

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

Oct 30, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Housing and Community Development · 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 14 statements

Newest first, the UT 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: 14 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Health is what Plumb talks about most: 67% of policy statements, 3.9 times the peer share. Peers give it 17%. Agreement with legislation needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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

What Plumb talks about

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

0%73%
Plumb
Peers
Health2 statements
67%
17%
Housing and Community Development1 statements
33%
7%
Agriculture and Food0 statements
0%
5%
Armed Forces and National Security0 statements
0%
3%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0 statements
0%
8%
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Policy areas Plumb talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowPlumbPeers
Health67%17%
Housing and Community Development33%7%
Agriculture and Food0%5%
Armed Forces and National Security0%3%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0%8%
How to read the bars

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

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 73%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 67% (State Senate Democrats 17%)67%Health, legislates on: 32% (State Senate Democrats 15%)32%Housing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 33% (State Senate Democrats 7%)33%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 4% (State Senate Democrats 5%)4%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 8%)0%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 4% (State Senate Democrats 5%)4%CommerceCommerce, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 4%)0%Commerce, legislates on: 6% (State Senate Democrats 4%)6%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 8%)0%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 15% (State Senate Democrats 9%)15%
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Plumb's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Democrats, legislates on
Health67%17%32%15%
Housing and Community Development33%7%4%5%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0%8%4%5%
Commerce0%4%6%4%
Crime and Law Enforcement0%8%15%9%

No agreement score.Needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills in the window.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Plumb sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 90% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.39 to −0.29, which understates the uncertainty; from 290 donors and 561 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 −0.39 to −0.29. From 290 donors and 561 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Plumb −0.3State Senate Democrats −0.7Utah Senate +0.3All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Plumb, 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 Plumb’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 Plumb 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 −0.7Plumb −0.3Utah Senatemedian +0.3All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Plumb's CSIP score of −0.34 placed against State Senate Democrats, Utah Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Plumb
State Senate Democrats825−0.789%
Utah Senate29+0.317%
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 Plumb 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 Plumb.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Plumb reported $39.2K in the 2026 cycle, below the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 86% of itemized individual money came from Utah.

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
$39.2K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 99 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): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)Individuals (itemized): $22.8K (58.1%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)PACs and other committees: $16.5K (41.9%)
  • Individuals (itemized)58 squares$22.8K
  • PACs and other committees42 squares$16.5K
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Sources of Plumb's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$22.8K58.1%
PACs and other committees$16.5K41.9%
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, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $77.0K$77.0K20222024 cycle: $10.8K$10.8K20242026 cycle: $39.2K$39.2K2026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Plumb's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$77.0K
2024 cycle$10.8K
2026 cycle$39.2K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 86% came from Utah.

  1. Utah$19.6K
  2. Texas$1,375
  3. Arizona$750
  4. Colorado$650
  5. Massachusetts$331

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: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $331MAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $100CAUtah: $19.6KUTColorado: $650CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $750AZNew 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: $1,375TXFlorida: no dataFL
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Plumb's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Utah$19.6K
Texas$1,375
Arizona$750
Colorado$650
Massachusetts$331
California$100
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo 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
99

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

86%

from Utah

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. SENATE DEM PAC$10.0K
  2. FRESH AIR PAC$2,000
  3. UINPAC$1,500
  4. U-CAR PAC$1,001
  5. UTAH BANKER'S ASSOCIATION$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Plumb voted with the majority of Utah Senate Democrats on 92.8% of party-line votes and missed 7.5% of 1,085 roll calls. Utah Senate on average: 91.6% party unity, 88% attendance. Across all roll calls, Plumb voted against the majority of Utah Senate Democrats 15 times.

1,085 roll calls Plumb could vote on in the UT 2025–26 session, compared with Utah 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 Plumb voted with the majority of Utah Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

15

votes against the majority of Utah Senate Democrats

Party unity 92.8%, Utah Senate average 91.6%, ranks 16th of 28. 1,085 roll calls in the UT 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Plumb
Peers
Rank
Attendance
92.5%
88%
15th of 29
Party unity
92.8%
91.6%
16th of 28
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Plumb's attendance and party unity against Utah Senate.
RowPlumbPeers
Attendance92.5%88%
Party unity92.8%91.6%
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 UT 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Mar 7, 2026
HB 354
Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Did not vote—passD 5–0 · R 18–0 · O 1–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 18 yea, 0 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
HB 527
Pharmacy Pricing Amendments
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
YeaWith majoritypassD 6–0 · R 17–0 · O 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 17 yea, 0 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
SB 193
State Legal Holiday Amendments
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 6–0 · R 13–7 · O 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 13 yea, 7 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Mar 7, 2026
HB 535
Disposition of Public Property Modifications
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Did not vote—passD 4–0 · R 18–0 · O 1–0Democrats 4 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 18 yea, 0 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
SB 197
Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 6–0 · R 21–1 · O 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 21 yea, 1 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
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 Plumb most often

  1. Stephanie PitcherD957 shared votes97%
  2. Karen KwanD991 shared votes96%
  3. Luz EscamillaD829 shared votes96%
  4. Kathleen RiebeD903 shared votes94%
  5. Emily BussO924 shared votes90%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Plumb least often

  1. Heidi BalderreeR967 shared votes79%
  2. Scott SandallR695 shared votes81%
  3. Lincoln FillmoreR875 shared votes81%
  4. John JohnsonR939 shared votes81%
  5. Brady BrammerR882 shared votes81%
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

UT 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Plumb sponsored 51 bills in the UT 2025–26 session; 24 became law. Cosponsored 8 others. 71% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate average 73%; 21st of 28).

The bills Plumb sponsored and cosponsored in the UT 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 UT 2025–26 session

Sponsored51 billsSponsored, Introduced: 5151Sponsored, In committee: 5050Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 3636Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 2929Sponsored, Became law: 2424Cosponsored8 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 88Cosponsored, In committee: 88Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 88Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 66Cosponsored, Became law: 66IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Plumb sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored5150362924
Cosponsored88866
How to read the blocks

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

71%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Utah Senate average 73%. Ranks 21st of 28.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Steve Eliason6
  2. Katy Hall5
  3. Jeff Burton4
  4. Tyler Clancy4
  5. Ariel Defay3
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 Plumb’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
SB 118Mental Health Services in Higher EducationSponsorMar 7, 2026In committeeHealth(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 143Utah Exemptions Act AmendmentsSponsorMar 7, 2026Passed both chambersLaw(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 328Municipal Service District AmendmentsSponsorMar 7, 2026IntroducedGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 70Natural Disaster AmendmentsSponsorMar 7, 2026In committeeEmergency Management(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 102Animal Control First Responder AmendmentsSponsorMar 7, 2026Passed both chambersCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Plumb’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 Plumb 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 Plumb posted

No images from Plumb’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

86 turns, Jan 22, 2026 to Mar 4, 2026

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

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

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

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
ocd-person/bd870ade-5b3f-4ed3-9e6f-6bbab93a7d35

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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