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Democrat · Ohio House, district 42

Serving since Nov 16, 2022OH 2025–26 session

Portrait of Elgin Rogers, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
12
votes against the majority of Ohio House Democrats

Party unity 83%, in the bottom quarter of the Ohio House (average 93.3%). 270 roll calls in the OH 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 Rogers voted with the majority of Ohio House Democrats; it is ranked within the Ohio House. The count covers every roll call where Rogers voted opposite that majority.

At a glance

6 measures against the Ohio House. 76% of Rogers’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Ohio, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. Rogers sits at −0.54 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 63% of State House Democrats.

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

Party unity

83%

Ohio House average 93.3% · ranks 84th of 98 · 12 votes against the majority of Ohio House Democrats

From Ohio, 2026

76%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1604th of 1,983 State House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.54

More conservative than 63% of State House Democrats · ± 0.05

Out of committee

63%

Ohio House average 58% · ranks 40th of 98

Itemized, 2026

$55.7K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 864th of 2,082

Attendance

100%

Ohio House average 100% · ranks 50th of 98 · 270 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Rogers says

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Rogers sits at −0.54 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 63% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.59 to −0.49, which understates the uncertainty; from 457 donors and 378 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”.

−0.54

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.59 to −0.49. From 457 donors and 378 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Rogers −0.5State House Democrats −0.6Ohio House +0.3All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Rogers, 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 Rogers’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 Rogers sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Rogers −0.5Ohio Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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Rogers's CSIP score of −0.54 placed against State House Democrats, Ohio House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Rogers
State House Democrats2392−0.663%
Ohio House99+0.325%
All State House5324+0.128%
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 Rogers 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 Rogers.

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Money

Rogers reported $55.7K in the 2026 cycle, above the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 76% of itemized individual money came from Ohio.

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
$55.7K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 124 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)Individuals (itemized): $30.9K (55.5%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)PACs and other committees: $24.1K (43.2%)Party committees: $750 (1.3%)
  • Individuals (itemized)56 squares$30.9K
  • PACs and other committees43 squares$24.1K
  • Party committees1 squares$750
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Sources of Rogers's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$30.9K55.5%
PACs and other committees$24.1K43.2%
Party committees$7501.3%
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 Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $61.8K$61.8K20222024 cycle: $76.3K$76.3K20242026 cycle: $55.7K$55.7K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Rogers's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$61.8K
2024 cycle$76.3K
2026 cycle$55.7K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 76% came from Ohio.

  1. Ohio$23.3K
  2. Pennsylvania$6,000
  3. Michigan$1,000
  4. Tennessee$250
  5. Mississippi$200

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: $1,000MINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $23.3KOHPennsylvania: $6,000PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $50CAUtah: 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: $250TNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: $200MSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $60GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Rogers's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Ohio$23.3K
Pennsylvania$6,000
Michigan$1,000
Tennessee$250
Mississippi$200
Georgia$60
California$50
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo 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
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo 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
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
124

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

76%

from Ohio

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Ohio. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$2,345 10 donors
  2. RETIRED$525 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. POLITICAL EDUCATION PATTERNS$4,000
  2. OHIO FARM BUREAU FEDERATION AGRICULTURE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT AGGPAC$1,500
  3. REALTORS PAC$1,500
  4. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS NW OHIO PAC$1,000
  5. GM PAC$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Rogers voted with the majority of Ohio House Democrats on 83% of party-line votes and missed none of 270 roll calls. Ohio House on average: 93.3% party unity, 100% attendance. Across all roll calls, Rogers voted against the majority of Ohio House Democrats 12 times.

270 roll calls Rogers could vote on in the OH 2025–26 session, compared with Ohio 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 Rogers voted with the majority of Ohio House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

12

votes against the majority of Ohio House Democrats

Party unity 83%, Ohio House average 93.3%, ranks 84th of 98. 270 roll calls in the OH 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Rogers
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
100%
50th of 98
Party unity
83%
93.3%
84th of 98
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Rogers's attendance and party unity against Ohio House.
RowRogersPeers
Attendance100%100%
Party unity83%93.3%
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 OH 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Oct 1, 2026
HB 519
Prohibit specified actions with intent to steal a motor vehicle
Concurred in Senate amendments
NayWith majoritypassD 15–16 · R 63–0Democrats 15 yea, 16 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 11, 2026
HB 105
Revise non-recourse litigation funding agreement regulations
Concurred in Senate amendments
NayAgainst majoritypassD 20–11 · R 62–1Democrats 20 yea, 11 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 1 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 11, 2026
HB 173
Regards entities providing behind-the-meter utility services
Concurred in Senate amendments
NayWith majoritypassD 1–29 · R 55–6Democrats 1 yea, 29 nay; Republicans 55 yea, 6 naymuch discussed
Jun 11, 2026
SB 315
Enact the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 25–8 · R 63–2Democrats 25 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 2 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 11, 2026
SB 450
Make capital appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2028
Passed
YeaWith majoritypassD 33–0 · R 62–3Democrats 33 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 3 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 Rogers most often

  1. Dontavius JarrellsD251 shared votes95%
  2. Cecil ThomasD268 shared votes95%
  3. Dani IsaacsohnD260 shared votes95%
  4. Ismail MohamedD246 shared votes95%
  5. Terrence UpchurchD244 shared votes95%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Rogers least often

  1. Michelle TeskaR232 shared votes78%
  2. Ron FergusonR237 shared votes79%
  3. Jennifer GrossR224 shared votes82%
  4. Levi DeanR246 shared votes83%
  5. Beth LearR270 shared votes83%
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

OH 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Rogers sponsored 19 bills in the OH 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 168 others. 63% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Ohio House average 58%; 40th of 98).

The bills Rogers sponsored and cosponsored in the OH 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 OH 2025–26 session

Sponsored19 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1919Sponsored, In committee: 1919Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1212Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored168 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 168168Cosponsored, In committee: 167167Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 9595Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 5050Cosponsored, Became law: 4343IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Rogers sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored19191200
Cosponsored168167955043
How to read the blocks

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

63%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Ohio House average 58%. Ranks 40th of 98.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Sean Brennan57
  2. Beryl Piccolantonio36
  3. Eric Synenberg35
  4. Lauren McNally34
  5. Crystal Lett34
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 Rogers’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
HR 519Honoring the Toledo Junior Celtics rugby team as the 2026 Rugby Ohio Division 2 State Champion.SponsorAug 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Aug 12, 2026
HR 493Honoring the Scott High School boys 4x200-meter relay team on securing the 2026 Division II State Championship.SponsorJul 7, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Jul 7, 2026
HR 465Honoring Morgan Johnson as a 2026 Division III State Track and Field Champion.SponsorJun 22, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedAdopted Jun 22, 2026
HB 966Study the prevalence of cholestatic liver disorders in womenCosponsorJun 22, 2026IntroducedHealth(model)Introduced Jun 22, 2026
HB 858Designate Foster Youth Bill of Rights Awareness DayCosponsorMay 12, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to committee May 13, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 2 times in 90 days. Rogers’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Rogers’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 Rogers 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 Rogers posted

No images from Rogers’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

1 turn, Feb 25, 2026 to Feb 25, 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 Rogers is most unusual among Ohio 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

Profile id
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Open States
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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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