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Democrat · Pennsylvania House, district 180

Serving since Dec 1, 2022PA 2025–26 session

Portrait of José Giral, rendered as a two-tone print
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0.71
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the top 5% of State House Democrats

Agreement 0.71 on a 0–1 scale; the average for State House Democrats is 0.54. Ranks 18th of 503, where 1st is the closest match.

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

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. 18% of the 11 bills Giral sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Pennsylvania House. Giral reported $80.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top half of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.71

State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 18th of 503

Out of committee

18%

Pennsylvania House average 40% · ranks 129th of 171

Party unity

99.6%

Pennsylvania House average 95.1% · ranks 50th of 203 · 6 votes against the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$80.1K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 655th of 2,082

CSIP ideology

−0.65

More liberal than 54% of State House Democrats · ± 0.08

From Pennsylvania, 2026

93%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 974th of 1,983 State House Democrats

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

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What Giral says

Giral attacks opponents personally less than 76% of State House Democrats. Personal attacks in 0% of 168 statements, against 2.5% for the average State House Democrat; 584th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Giral’s 168 statements in the PA 2025–26 session (168 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Giral
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion94 statements
56%
39%
150th of 764
Credit claiming46 statements
27%
14%
115th of 764
Policy criticism7 statements
4%
10%
516th of 764
Bipartisanship2 statements
1%
3%
485th of 764
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
584th of 764
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Giral's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowGiralPeers
Policy discussion56%39%
Credit claiming27%14%
Policy criticism4%10%
Bipartisanship1%3%
Personal attacks0%3%
168

statements classified

168 posts on X.

posts on X: 168 (100.0%)posts on X 168
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Giral's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X168
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Giral used extreme labels in 0.6% of statements, below the peer average. 1 statement; peers 1.0%.

    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 PA 2025–26 session

    Statements2025-01: 232025-02: 102025-03: 222025-04: 212025-05: 362025-06: 262025-07: 162025-08: 12025-09: 02025-10: 22025-11: 02025-12: 22026-01: 02026-02: 02026-03: 32026-04: 02026-05: 12026-06: 02026-07: 52026-08: 02026-09: 02026-10: 0peak 36 · May ’25Personal attackspeak 0.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 23Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 22Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 36Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 26Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 13.0% · Jan ’25 · latest 6.3%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 13.0% of 23Policy criticism, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-03: 0.0% of 22Policy criticism, 2025-04: 0.0% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-05: 5.6% of 36Policy criticism, 2025-06: 3.9% of 26Policy criticism, 2025-07: 6.3% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 68.2% · Mar ’25 · latest 37.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 60.9% of 23Policy discussion, 2025-02: 60.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-03: 68.2% of 22Policy discussion, 2025-04: 52.4% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-05: 58.3% of 36Policy discussion, 2025-06: 53.8% of 26Policy discussion, 2025-07: 37.5% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 4.5% · Mar ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 23Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.5% of 22Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 0.0% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 2.8% of 36Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 26Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 50.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 6.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 39.1% of 23Credit claiming, 2025-02: 50.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-03: 40.9% of 22Credit claiming, 2025-04: 14.3% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-05: 22.2% of 36Credit claiming, 2025-06: 19.2% of 26Credit claiming, 2025-07: 6.3% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 3.9% · Jun ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 23Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 22Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-05: 0.0% of 36Extreme labels, 2025-06: 3.9% of 26Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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    Monthly rates for Giral, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
    ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
    Jan ’25230.0%13.0%60.9%0.0%39.1%0.0%
    Feb ’25100.0%0.0%60.0%0.0%50.0%0.0%
    Mar ’25220.0%0.0%68.2%4.5%40.9%0.0%
    Apr ’25210.0%0.0%52.4%0.0%14.3%0.0%
    May ’25360.0%5.6%58.3%2.8%22.2%0.0%
    Jun ’25260.0%3.9%53.8%0.0%19.2%3.9%
    Jul ’25160.0%6.3%37.5%0.0%6.3%0.0%
    Aug ’251— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Sep ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Oct ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Nov ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Dec ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Jan ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Feb ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Mar ’263— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Apr ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    May ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Jun ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Jul ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Aug ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Sep ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    Oct ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
    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 PA 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%. 15 months are hatched here; 9 of them have no statements.

    In Giral’s words

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

    Bipartisanship

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

    May 5, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

    Policy criticism

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

    Jul 9, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Families · Source

    Extreme label

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

    Jun 24, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; extreme label “extreme” · 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 168 statements

    Newest first, the PA 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: 168 posts on X.

    Back to topNext: Policy

    Policy

    Health is what Giral talks about most: 19% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.71 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 18th of 503).

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

    What Giral talks about

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

    0%35%
    Giral
    Peers
    Health18 statements
    19%
    15%
    Labor and Employment16 statements
    17%
    6%
    Transportation and Public Works13 statements
    14%
    5%
    Education11 statements
    12%
    15%
    Economics and Public Finance9 statements
    10%
    11%
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    Policy areas Giral talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
    RowGiralPeers
    Health19%15%
    Labor and Employment17%6%
    Transportation and Public Works14%5%
    Education12%15%
    Economics and Public Finance10%11%
    How to read the bars

    The thick bar is the share of Giral’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House 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 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

    Talks aboutLegislates onHealthHealth, talks about: 19% (State House Democrats 15%)19%Health, legislates on: 15% (State House Democrats 15%)15%Labor and EmploymentLabor and Employment, talks about: 17% (State House Democrats 6%)17%Labor and Employment, legislates on: 7% (State House Democrats 6%)7%Transportation and PublicWorksTransportation and Public Works, talks about: 14% (State House Democrats 5%)14%Transportation and Public Works, legislates on: 6% (State House Democrats 5%)6%EducationEducation, talks about: 12% (State House Democrats 15%)12%Education, legislates on: 8% (State House Democrats 10%)8%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 10% (State House Democrats 11%)10%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 2%)2%
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    Giral's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
    AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
    Health19%15%15%15%
    Labor and Employment17%6%7%6%
    Transportation and Public Works14%5%6%5%
    Education12%15%8%10%
    Economics and Public Finance10%11%2%2%
    0.71

    talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

    State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 18th of 503.

    What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

    Back to topNext: Ideology

    Ideology

    Giral sits at −0.65 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 54% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.73 to −0.56, which understates the uncertainty; from 75 donors and 600 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”.

    −0.65

    CSIP ideal point

    Approximate range −0.73 to −0.56. From 75 donors and 600 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

    ← More liberalMore conservative →0Giral −0.6State House Democrats −0.6Pennsylvania House −0.3All State House +0.1

    The outlined dot is Giral, 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 Giral’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 Giral 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 −0.6Giral −0.6Pennsylvania Housemedian −0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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    Giral's CSIP score of −0.65 placed against State House Democrats, Pennsylvania House, All State House.
    GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Giral
    State House Democrats2392−0.646%
    Pennsylvania House203−0.323%
    All State House5324+0.121%
    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 Giral 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 Giral.

    Back to topNext: Money

    Money

    Giral reported $80.1K in the 2026 cycle, 2.0 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 93% of itemized individual money came from Pennsylvania.

    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
    $80.1K

    itemized in the 2026 cycle

    From 23 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): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)Individuals (itemized): $14.9K (18.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)PACs and other committees: $65.3K (81.5%)
    • Individuals (itemized)19 squares$14.9K
    • PACs and other committees81 squares$65.3K
    Show the data
    Sources of Giral's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
    SourceAmountShare
    Individuals (itemized)$14.9K18.5%
    PACs and other committees$65.3K81.5%
    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: $40.2K$40.2K20222024 cycle: $65.7K$65.7K20242026 cycle: $80.1K$80.1K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
    Show the data
    Giral's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
    ItemValue
    2022 cycle$40.2K
    2024 cycle$65.7K
    2026 cycle$80.1K

    Top donor states, 2026

    Itemized contributions by donor state. 93% came from Pennsylvania.

    1. Pennsylvania$13.9K
    2. Florida$500
    3. New Jersey$500

    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: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $13.9KPANew Jersey: $500NJConnecticut: 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: $500FL
    Show the data
    Giral's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
    StateValue
    Pennsylvania$13.9K
    New Jersey$500
    Florida$500
    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
    MassachusettsNo data
    OregonNo data
    NevadaNo data
    WyomingNo data
    South DakotaNo data
    IowaNo data
    IndianaNo data
    OhioNo 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
    23

    itemized donors

    People who gave more than $200

    93%

    from Pennsylvania

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

    Top donor occupations

    Itemized, 2026 cycle.

    1. SELF EMPLOYED$13.0K 12 donors

    Top committees

    PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

    1. IUPAT DC21 POLITICAL ACTION FUND$7,000
    2. GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC$5,000
    3. PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 ELECTION POLITICAL ACTION FUND$4,000
    4. LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC$3,000
    5. LAWPAC$3,000

    Top employers

    Itemized, 2026 cycle.

    No employers reported.

    Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

    Back to topNext: Votes

    Votes

    Giral voted with the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats on 99.6% of party-line votes and missed none of 1,497 roll calls. Pennsylvania House on average: 95.1% party unity, 99.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Giral voted against the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats 6 times.

    1,497 roll calls Giral could vote on in the PA 2025–26 session, compared with Pennsylvania 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 Giral voted with the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

    6

    votes against the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats

    Party unity 99.6%, Pennsylvania House average 95.1%, ranks 50th of 203. 1,497 roll calls in the PA 2025–26 session.

    Attendance and party unity

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

    80%100%
    Giral
    Peers
    Rank
    Attendance
    100%
    99.9%
    96th of 203
    Party unity
    99.6%
    95.1%
    50th of 203
    Show the data
    Giral's attendance and party unity against Pennsylvania House.
    RowGiralPeers
    Attendance100%99.9%
    Party unity99.6%95.1%
    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 PA 2025–26 session

    Key votes
    Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
    Oct 21, 2026
    SB 1431
    An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for Game Commission officers and employees; and, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers.
    FINAL PASSAGE
    YeaWith majoritypassD 103–0 · R 100–0Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 100 yea, 0 naybecame law
    Oct 21, 2026
    SB 922
    An Act amending the act of January 28, 1988 (P.L.24, No.11), known as the Private Academic Schools Act, further providing for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations.
    FINAL PASSAGE
    YeaWith majoritypassD 101–2 · R 100–0Democrats 101 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 100 yea, 0 naybecame law
    Oct 21, 2026
    SB 1328
    An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at utility or electrical worksites; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties.
    FINAL PASSAGE
    YeaWith majoritypassD 103–0 · R 94–6Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 94 yea, 6 naybecame law
    Oct 21, 2026
    SB 764
    An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alteration of territory or corporate entity and dissolution, further providing for conduct of referenda and for court review of transitional plan.
    FINAL PASSAGE
    YeaWith majoritypassD 103–0 · R 100–0Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 100 yea, 0 naybecame law
    Oct 21, 2026
    HB 2593
    An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in general provisions relating to powers and duties of the Department of Health and its departmental administrative and advisory boards, providing for prostate health public education campaign; and
    FINAL PASSAGE
    YeaWith majoritypassD 103–0 · R 88–12Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 88 yea, 12 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 Giral most often

    1. Anthony BellmonD1,497 shared votes100%
    2. Carol KazeemD1,497 shared votes100%
    3. Gina CurryD1,497 shared votes100%
    4. Darisha ParkerD1,497 shared votes100%
    5. Amen BrownD1,497 shared votes100%

    Votes least often with

    The colleagues who voted the same way as Giral least often

    1. Wendy FinkR1,497 shared votes39%
    2. Scott BargerR1,497 shared votes41%
    3. Stephenie ScialabbaR821 shared votes45%
    4. Jamie WalshR1,497 shared votes47%
    5. Stephanie BorowiczR1,497 shared votes49%
    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

    PA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

    Back to topNext: Legislation

    Legislation

    Giral sponsored 11 bills in the PA 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 1,019 others. 18% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania House average 40%; 129th of 171).

    The bills Giral sponsored and cosponsored in the PA 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 PA 2025–26 session

    Sponsored11 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1111Sponsored, In committee: 1111Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 22Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored1,019 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 1,0191,019Cosponsored, In committee: 1,0191,019Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 318318Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 4040Cosponsored, Became law: 3737IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
    Show the data
    Bills Giral sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
    RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
    Sponsored1111211
    Cosponsored1,0191,0193184037
    How to read the blocks

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

    18%

    of sponsored bills got out of committee

    Pennsylvania House average 40%. Ranks 129th of 171.

    Cosponsorship partners

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

    1. Ben Sanchez711
    2. Carol Hill-Evans662
    3. Roni Green517
    4. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz366
    5. Tarik Khan355
    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 Giral’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 2871An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for findings and declaration of policy, for right to freedom from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation, for definitions, for unlawful discriminatoCosponsorOct 21, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to State Government Oct 21, 2026
    HB 2872An Act providing funding to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the purpose of providing current service members and veterans with access to high-definition fiber tracking brain scans and supporting ongoing clinical research in this Commonwealth involving traumatic brain injuries; anCosponsorOct 21, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Oct 21, 2026
    HB 2860An Act amending the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act, in capital facilities, further providing for definitions and for administration of redevelopment assistance capital projects.CosponsorOct 19, 2026In committeeEconomics and Public Finance(model)Referred to Commerce Oct 19, 2026
    HR 250A Resolution recognizing November 11, 2026, as "Veterans Day" in Pennsylvania.CosponsorOct 15, 2026In committeeUnassignedReported as committed Oct 20, 2026
    HB 2845An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for definitions, for conditions of licensure and for prohibitions.CosponsorOct 7, 2026In committeeCommerce(model)Referred to Gaming Oversight Oct 7, 2026

    Back to topNext: Online

    Online

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

    The lab crawls Giral’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 Giral 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 Giral posted

    No images from Giral’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

    6 turns, Oct 30, 2023 to Feb 4, 2026

    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 Giral is most unusual among State House 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
    d390f1ac-1f16-478a-9e0d-462c9ed79818
    Open States
    ocd-person/d390f1ac-1f16-478a-9e0d-462c9ed79818

    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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