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Republican · Florida House, district 2

Serving since Nov 6, 2018FL 2025–26 session

Portrait of Alex Andrade, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$56.0K
in itemized contributions in the 2024 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans

The median for State House Republicans is $10.7K. Ranks 21st of 240, where 1st raised the most. 83 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2024 cycle, ranked among State House Republicans. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against the Florida House. Andrade sits at +0.51 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 76% of State House Republicans. 83% of Andrade’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Florida, in the bottom half of State House Republicans.

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

Attendance

99.8%

Florida House average 94.0% · ranks 10th of 116 · 817 roll calls

Itemized, 2024

$56.0K

State House Republicans’ median $10.7K · ranks 21st of 240

CSIP ideology

+0.51

More conservative than 76% of State House Republicans · ± 0.06

From Florida, 2024

83%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 155th of 214 State House Republicans

Out of committee

72%

Florida House average 56% · ranks 30th of 110

Party unity

99.3%

Florida House average 94.7% · ranks 36th of 116 · 4 votes against the majority of Florida House Republicans

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Andrade says

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Andrade sits at +0.51 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 76% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.45 to +0.58, which understates the uncertainty; from 315 donors and 922 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”.

+0.51

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.45 to +0.58. From 315 donors and 922 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Andrade +0.5State House Republicans +0.4Florida House +0.4All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Andrade, 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 Andrade’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 Andrade 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 +0.4Andrade +0.5Florida Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Andrade's CSIP score of +0.51 placed against State House Republicans, Florida House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Andrade
State House Republicans2917+0.476%
Florida House116+0.466%
All State House5324+0.187%
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 Andrade 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 Andrade.

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Money

Andrade reported $56.0K in the 2024 cycle, 5.2 times the State House Republicans’ median of $10.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 83% of itemized individual money came from Florida.

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
$56.0K

itemized in the 2024 cycle

From 83 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $10.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2024 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)Individuals (itemized): $15.5K (27.6%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)PACs and other committees: $40.5K (72.4%)
  • Individuals (itemized)28 squares$15.5K
  • PACs and other committees72 squares$40.5K
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Sources of Andrade's money, 2024 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$15.5K27.6%
PACs and other committees$40.5K72.4%
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, 2020 to 2024. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2024.

2020 cycle: $235.4K$235.4K20202022 cycle: $146.4K$146.4K20222024 cycle: $56.0K$56.0K2024State House Republicans median $10.7K
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Andrade's receipts by cycle against the 2024 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$235.4K
2022 cycle$146.4K
2024 cycle$56.0K

Top donor states, 2024

Itemized contributions by donor state. 83% came from Florida.

  1. Florida$12.9K
  2. West Virginia$1,000
  3. Illinois$500
  4. Alabama$100

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: $500ILWisconsin: 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: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $1,000WVVirginia: 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: $100ALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $12.9KFL
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Andrade's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2024 cycle
StateValue
Florida$12.9K
West Virginia$1,000
Illinois$500
Alabama$100
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo 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
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo 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
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
83

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

83%

from Florida

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$3,052 38 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$1,238 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2024 cycle.

  1. FLORIDA ACRE$2,000
  2. TREEPAC PC INC$1,500
  3. ABC MERIT SHOP PC$1,000
  4. APARTMENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
  5. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS (ABC) NORTH FLORIDA PAC$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2024 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Andrade voted with the majority of Florida House Republicans on 99.3% of party-line votes and missed 0.1% of 817 roll calls. Florida House on average: 94.7% party unity, 94.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Andrade voted against the majority of Florida House Republicans 4 times.

817 roll calls Andrade could vote on in the FL 2025–26 session, compared with Florida 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 Andrade voted with the majority of Florida House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

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votes against the majority of Florida House Republicans

Party unity 99.3%, Florida House average 94.7%, ranks 36th of 116. 817 roll calls in the FL 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Andrade
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.8%
94.0%
10th of 116
Party unity
99.3%
94.7%
36th of 116
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Andrade's attendance and party unity against Florida House.
RowAndradePeers
Attendance99.8%94.0%
Party unity99.3%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 FL 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jun 2, 2026
SB 4F
Property Tax Administration
Passage, Third Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 1–26 · R 74–1Democrats 1 yea, 26 nay; Republicans 74 yea, 1 naybecame law
May 12, 2026
HB 5501E
Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions
Passage, Third Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 24–3 · R 79–0Democrats 24 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 79 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
May 12, 2026
HB 5001E
General Appropriations Act
Passage, Third Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 19–8 · R 79–0Democrats 19 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 79 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
May 12, 2026
HB 5003E
Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act
Passage, Third Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 14–12 · R 78–1Democrats 14 yea, 12 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
May 12, 2026
SB 2508E
State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System
Passage, Third Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 25–3 · R 78–0Democrats 25 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 0 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 Andrade most often

  1. Monique MillerR792 shared votes100%
  2. Kaylee TuckR791 shared votes100%
  3. Lawrence McClureR779 shared votes100%
  4. Jon AlbertR816 shared votes100%
  5. Jennifer CanadyR815 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Andrade least often

  1. Angie NixonD757 shared votes74%
  2. Michele RaynerD704 shared votes75%
  3. Ashley GanttD785 shared votes76%
  4. Felicia RobinsonD752 shared votes78%
  5. Dotie JosephD409 shared votes78%
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

FL 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Andrade sponsored 18 bills in the FL 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 6 others. 72% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House average 56%; 30th of 110).

The bills Andrade sponsored and cosponsored in the FL 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 FL 2025–26 session

Sponsored18 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1818Sponsored, In committee: 1818Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 66Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 22Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored6 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 66Cosponsored, In committee: 66Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 44Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Andrade sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1818621
Cosponsored66432
How to read the blocks

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

72%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Florida House average 56%. Ranks 30th of 110.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Linda Chaney3
  2. Fabián Basabe3
  3. Johanna López2
  4. Daryl Campbell2
  5. Susan Valdés2
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 Andrade’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 5301EHealth CareSponsorMay 5, 2026Passed both chambersHealth(model)Added to Conference Report Calendar May 28, 2026
HB 5301Health CareSponsorFeb 16, 2026Passed one chamberHealth(model)Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) Mar 13, 2026
HB 1465Restrictions on Local Government Regulations After a HurricaneSponsorJan 9, 2026In committeeEmergency Management(model)Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Mar 13, 2026
HB 1103Local Administration of Vessel RestrictionsSponsorJan 7, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Chapter No. 2026-36 Apr 21, 2026
HB 1019Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl SubstancesCosponsorJan 5, 2026Became lawEnvironmental Protection(model)Chapter No. 2026-158 Jun 17, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Andrade’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 Andrade 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 Andrade posted

No images from Andrade’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

135 turns, Apr 22, 2021 to May 29, 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 Andrade is most unusual among Florida 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

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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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