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Republican · Colorado House, district 65

Serving since Jan 8, 2025CO 2025–26 session

Portrait of Lori Garcia Sander, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
124
votes against the majority of Colorado House Republicans

Party unity 91.7%, in the bottom quarter of the Colorado House (average 94.7%). 2,020 roll calls in the CO 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 Sander voted with the majority of Colorado House Republicans; it is ranked within the Colorado House. The count covers every roll call where Sander voted opposite that majority.

At a glance

6 measures against the Colorado House. 77% of Sander’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans. 90% of the 29 bills Sander sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom half of the Colorado House.

The measures on which Sander sits furthest from the middle of the Colorado 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

91.7%

Colorado House average 94.7% · ranks 54th of 64 · 124 votes against the majority of Colorado House Republicans

From Colorado, 2026

77%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1971st of 2,335 State House Republicans

Out of committee

90%

Colorado House average 93% · ranks 48th of 64

Attendance

98.6%

Colorado House average 96.6% · ranks 23rd of 64 · 2,020 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.31

More liberal than 57% of State House Republicans · ± 0.05

Itemized, 2026

$28.2K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 1371st of 2,521

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Sander says

Sander claims credit less than 96% of State House Republicans. Credit claiming in 0% of 2 statements, against 13% for the average State House Republican; 764th of 792.

An AI model reads each of Sander’s 2 statements in the CO 2025–26 session (2 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 Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

0%80%
Sander
Peers
Rank
Policy criticism1 statements
50%
9%
5th of 792
Policy discussion1 statements
50%
32%
130th of 792
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
643rd of 792
Bipartisanship0 statements
0%
2%
678th of 792
Credit claiming0 statements
0%
13%
764th of 792
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Sander's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowSanderPeers
Policy criticism50%9%
Policy discussion50%32%
Personal attacks0%3%
Bipartisanship0%2%
Credit claiming0%13%
2

statements classified

2 posts on X.

posts on X: 2 (100.0%)posts on X 2
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Sander's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Sander used no extreme labels in 2 statements. The peer average is 1.4%.

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 CO 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 CO 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; 20 of them have no statements.

In Sander’s words

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

Policy criticism

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

Jan 25, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Law; Government Operations and Politics · 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 2 statements

Newest first, the CO 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: 2 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Sander talks about most: 100% of policy statements, 5.7 times the peer share. Peers give it 18%. 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 Sander talks about. The bills Sander sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Sander talks about

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

0%100%
Sander
Peers
Government Operations and Politics1 statements
100%
18%
Law1 statements
100%
3%
Agriculture and Food0 statements
0%
4%
Armed Forces and National Security0 statements
0%
5%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0 statements
0%
6%
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Policy areas Sander talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowSanderPeers
Government Operations and Politics100%18%
Law100%3%
Agriculture and Food0%4%
Armed Forces and National Security0%5%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Sander’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. 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 100%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 100% (State House Republicans 18%)100%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 11% (State House Republicans 12%)11%LawLaw, talks about: 100% (State House Republicans 3%)100%Law, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 3%)0%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 0% (State House Republicans 4%)0%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 3%)3%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 0% (State House Republicans 6%)0%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 5% (State House Republicans 4%)5%CommerceCommerce, talks about: 0% (State House Republicans 4%)0%Commerce, legislates on: 1% (State House Republicans 3%)1%
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Sander's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics100%18%11%12%
Law100%3%0%3%
Agriculture and Food0%4%3%3%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0%6%5%4%
Commerce0%4%1%3%

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 Sander legislates on exactly the areas Sander 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 Sander sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Sander sits at +0.31 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 57% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.26 to +0.36, which understates the uncertainty; from 160 donors and 295 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”.

+0.31

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.26 to +0.36. From 160 donors and 295 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Sander +0.3State House Republicans +0.4Colorado House −0.6All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Sander, 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 Sander’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 Sander sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Sander +0.3Colorado Housemedian −0.6All State Housemedian +0.1
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Sander's CSIP score of +0.31 placed against State House Republicans, Colorado House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Sander
State House Republicans2917+0.443%
Colorado House64−0.677%
All State House5324+0.168%
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 Sander 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 Sander.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Sander reported $28.2K in the 2026 cycle, below the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 77% of itemized individual money came from Colorado.

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
$28.2K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 53 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)Individuals (itemized): $13.8K (49.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)PACs and other committees: $14.4K (51.0%)
  • Individuals (itemized)49 squares$13.8K
  • PACs and other committees51 squares$14.4K
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Sources of Sander's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$13.8K49.0%
PACs and other committees$14.4K51.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2024 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $50.0K$50.0K20242026 cycle: $28.2K$28.2K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Sander's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$50.0K
2026 cycle$28.2K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 77% came from Colorado.

  1. Colorado$10.6K
  2. Arizona$900
  3. Louisiana$450
  4. North Carolina$450
  5. Pennsylvania$450

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: $250NDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $450NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $250WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $450PANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $10.6KCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: $900AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $450NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: $450LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Sander's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Colorado$10.6K
Arizona$900
New York$450
Pennsylvania$450
North Carolina$450
Louisiana$450
North Dakota$250
Wyoming$250
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo 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
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
53

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

77%

from Colorado

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$3,925 16 donors
  2. LOBBYIST$2,625 12 donors
  3. OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS$1,450 4 donors
  4. AGRICULTURE$1,000 3 donors
  5. GENERAL BUSINESS$1,000 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE$3,100
  2. REALTOR SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE (RSDC)$1,550
  3. COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY SMALL DONOR COMMITTEE$1,500
  4. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION COLORADO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$450
  5. APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF METRO DENVER POLITICAL COMMITTEE$450

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Sander voted with the majority of Colorado House Republicans on 91.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.4% of 2,020 roll calls. Colorado House on average: 94.7% party unity, 96.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Sander voted against the majority of Colorado House Republicans 124 times.

2,020 roll calls Sander could vote on in the CO 2025–26 session, compared with Colorado 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 Sander voted with the majority of Colorado House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

124

votes against the majority of Colorado House Republicans

Party unity 91.7%, Colorado House average 94.7%, ranks 54th of 64. 2,020 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Sander
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.6%
96.6%
23rd of 64
Party unity
91.7%
94.7%
54th of 64
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Sander's attendance and party unity against Colorado House.
RowSanderPeers
Attendance98.6%96.6%
Party unity91.7%94.7%
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 CO 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 13, 2026
HB 1306
Wild Horse License Plate
REPASS
YeaWith majoritypassD 41–2 · R 14–8Democrats 41 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 14 yea, 8 naybecame law · party crossover
May 13, 2026
HB 1363
Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve
REPASS
NayWith majoritypassD 42–0 · R 1–21Democrats 42 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 1 yea, 21 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
SB 169
Revisor's Bill
BILL
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 22–0Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 22 yea, 0 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1102
Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account
CONCUR
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 21–1Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 21 yea, 1 naybecame law
May 13, 2026
HB 1223
Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures
CONCUR
NayWith majoritypassD 38–5 · R 1–21Democrats 38 yea, 5 nay; Republicans 1 yea, 21 naybecame law · party 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 Sander most often

  1. Ryan ArmagostR1,045 shared votes92%
  2. Dusty JohnsonR1,973 shared votes91%
  3. Ty WinterR1,965 shared votes90%
  4. Tony HartsookR1,956 shared votes90%
  5. Carlos BarronR1,985 shared votes90%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Sander least often

  1. William LindstedtD1,041 shared votes42%
  2. Lorena GarcíaD1,956 shared votes46%
  3. Jamie JacksonD1,906 shared votes46%
  4. Yara ZokaieD1,944 shared votes47%
  5. Elizabeth VelascoD1,895 shared votes47%
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

CO 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Sander sponsored 29 bills in the CO 2025–26 session; 16 became law. Cosponsored 137 others. 90% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House average 93%; 48th of 64).

The bills Sander sponsored and cosponsored in the CO 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 CO 2025–26 session

Sponsored29 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2929Sponsored, In committee: 2626Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1919Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1818Sponsored, Became law: 1616Cosponsored137 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 137137Cosponsored, In committee: 133133Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 132132Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 122122Cosponsored, Became law: 5050IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Sander sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2926191816
Cosponsored13713313212250
How to read the blocks

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

90%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Colorado House average 93%. Ranks 48th of 64.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Rebecca Keltie13
  2. Monica Duran13
  3. James Coleman12
  4. Brandi Bradley11
  5. Ryan Gonzalez11
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 Sander’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
HJR 1032Notify Governor of AdjournmentCosponsorMay 12, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedSenate Third Reading Lay on the Table-Deemed Lost - No Amendments May 22, 2026
SJR 25Colorado Mining Association's 150th AnniversaryCosponsorApr 30, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedSigned by the President of the Senate May 13, 2026
HJR 1030Mono & Matt Road DesignationCosponsorApr 30, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedSigned by the Speaker of the House Jun 3, 2026
HCR 1003Nonmortgage Property Tax ExemptionSponsorApr 13, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely Apr 28, 2026
HR 1007Colorado 150th AnniversaryCosponsorApr 13, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedSigned by the Speaker of the House Jun 3, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Sander’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 Sander 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 Sander posted

No images from Sander’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

89 turns, Jan 22, 2025 to May 12, 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 Sander is most unusual among Colorado 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
ocd-person/d450c0d3-b829-4855-ad0d-1228c5284a4f

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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