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Democrat · Colorado House, district 52

Serving since Jan 8, 2025CO 2025–26 session

Portrait of Yara Zokaie, rendered as a two-tone print
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0.63
agreement between talk and bills (0 to 1), in the top quarter of State House Democrats

Agreement 0.63 on a 0–1 scale; the average for State House Democrats is 0.54. Ranks 111th of 503, where 1st is the closest match.

How closely the mix of policy areas in Zokaie’s statements matches the mix in the bills Zokaie 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. Zokaie reported $9,451 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). 84% of Zokaie’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom half of State House Democrats.

The measures on which Zokaie 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

0.63

State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 111th of 503

Party unity

98.2%

Colorado House average 94.7% · ranks 14th of 64 · 54 votes against the majority of Colorado House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$9,451

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 1625th of 2,082

From Colorado, 2026

84%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1408th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Out of committee

97%

Colorado House average 93% · ranks 22nd of 64

CSIP ideology

−0.69

More liberal than 61% of State House Democrats · ± 0.06

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

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What Zokaie says

Zokaie criticizes policies more than 86% of State House Democrats. Policy criticism in 22% of 195 statements, against 10% for the average State House Democrat; 107th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Zokaie’s 195 statements in the CO 2025–26 session (195 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 CO 2025–26 session

0%80%
Zokaie
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion118 statements
61%
39%
100th of 764
Credit claiming46 statements
24%
14%
167th of 764
Policy criticism42 statements
22%
10%
107th of 764
Personal attacks7 statements
4%
3%
181st of 764
Bipartisanship4 statements
2%
3%
363rd of 764
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Zokaie's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowZokaiePeers
Policy discussion61%39%
Credit claiming24%14%
Policy criticism22%10%
Personal attacks4%3%
Bipartisanship2%3%
195

statements classified

195 posts on X.

posts on X: 195 (100.0%)posts on X 195
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Zokaie's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X195
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Zokaie used extreme labels in 3.6% of statements, 3.7 times the peer average. 7 statements, most often aimed at detention centers; peers 1.0%.

  1. “fascist”3
  2. “extreme”2
  3. “far right”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. detention centers1
  2. Donald Trump1
  3. fascism1
  4. Republicans1
  5. Trump1
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

Statements2025-01: 112025-02: 82025-03: 72025-04: 72025-05: 12025-06: 62025-07: 52025-08: 132025-09: 62025-10: 52025-11: 112025-12: 12026-01: 172026-02: 122026-03: 122026-04: 82026-05: 152026-06: 112026-07: 92026-08: 62026-09: 172026-10: 7peak 17 · Jan ’26Personal attackspeak 15.4% · Aug ’25 · latest 5.9%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: 15.4% of 13Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: 5.9% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2026-03: 8.3% of 12Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: 5.9% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 53.8% · Aug ’25 · latest 17.6%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 18.2% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: 53.8% of 13Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: 27.3% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: 5.9% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-02: 16.7% of 12Policy criticism, 2026-03: 33.3% of 12Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: 40.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-06: 36.4% of 11Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: 17.6% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 76.9% · Aug ’25 · latest 76.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 54.5% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: 76.9% of 13Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: 63.6% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: 58.8% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-02: 41.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2026-03: 50.0% of 12Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: 73.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-06: 45.5% of 11Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: 76.5% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 9.1% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 9.1% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 12Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 6.7% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 41.7% · Feb ’26 · latest 17.6%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 27.3% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: 30.8% of 13Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: 18.2% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: 11.8% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-02: 41.7% of 12Credit claiming, 2026-03: 25.0% of 12Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: 20.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-06: 36.4% of 11Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: 17.6% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 9.1% · Jan ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 9.1% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-02: 8.3% of 12Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 12Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Zokaie, 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 ’25110.0%18.2%54.5%9.1%27.3%9.1%
Feb ’258— (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 ’257— (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 ’257— (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 ’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)
Jun ’256— (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 ’255— (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 ’251315.4%53.8%76.9%0.0%30.8%0.0%
Sep ’256— (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 ’255— (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 ’25110.0%27.3%63.6%0.0%18.2%0.0%
Dec ’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)
Jan ’26175.9%5.9%58.8%0.0%11.8%0.0%
Feb ’26120.0%16.7%41.7%0.0%41.7%8.3%
Mar ’26128.3%33.3%50.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%
Apr ’268— (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 ’26150.0%40.0%73.3%6.7%20.0%6.7%
Jun ’26110.0%36.4%45.5%0.0%36.4%0.0%
Jul ’269— (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 ’266— (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 ’26175.9%17.6%76.5%0.0%17.6%0.0%
Oct ’267— (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 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%. 13 months are hatched here.

In Zokaie’s words

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

Credit claiming

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

Sep 16, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Science, Technology, Communications; Families · Source

Policy criticism

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

Sep 20, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Finance and Financial Sector; Law · Source

Extreme label

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

Jul 18, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Immigration; extreme label “extreme” aimed at detention centers · 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.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · EducationSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · Taxation · target: JWSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · credit claiming · target: Cesar ChavezSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · policy discussion · International Affairs · Armed Forces and National Security · target: TrumpSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

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

    personal attacks · target: Representative ArmagostSource

All 195 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: 195 posts on X.

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Policy

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues is what Zokaie talks about most: 18% of policy statements, 1.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.63 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 111th 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 Zokaie talks about. The bills Zokaie sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Zokaie talks about

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

0%35%
Zokaie
Peers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues21 statements
18%
10%
Taxation19 statements
16%
4%
Health16 statements
14%
15%
Immigration15 statements
13%
4%
Economics and Public Finance14 statements
12%
11%
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Policy areas Zokaie talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowZokaiePeers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues18%10%
Taxation16%4%
Health14%15%
Immigration13%4%
Economics and Public Finance12%11%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Zokaie’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 onCivil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 18% (State House Democrats 10%)18%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 13% (State House Democrats 4%)13%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 16% (State House Democrats 4%)16%Taxation, legislates on: 15% (State House Democrats 7%)15%HealthHealth, talks about: 14% (State House Democrats 15%)14%Health, legislates on: 10% (State House Democrats 15%)10%ImmigrationImmigration, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 4%)13%Immigration, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 1%)2%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 12% (State House Democrats 11%)12%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 2% (State House Democrats 2%)2%
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Zokaie's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues18%10%13%4%
Taxation16%4%15%7%
Health14%15%10%15%
Immigration13%4%2%1%
Economics and Public Finance12%11%2%2%
0.63

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 111th of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

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

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Ideology

Zokaie sits at −0.69 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 61% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.75 to −0.63, which understates the uncertainty; from 491 donors and 293 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”.

−0.69

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.75 to −0.63. From 491 donors and 293 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Zokaie −0.7State House Democrats −0.6Colorado House −0.6All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Zokaie, 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 Zokaie’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 Zokaie 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 −0.6Zokaie −0.7Colorado Housemedian −0.6All State Housemedian +0.1
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Zokaie's CSIP score of −0.69 placed against State House Democrats, Colorado House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Zokaie
State House Democrats2392−0.639%
Colorado House64−0.636%
All State House5324+0.118%
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 Zokaie 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 Zokaie.

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Money

Zokaie reported $9,451 in the 2026 cycle, 23% of the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 84% 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
$9,451

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 63 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.

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  • Individuals (itemized)71 squares$6,701
  • PACs and other committees29 squares$2,750
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Sources of Zokaie's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$6,70170.9%
PACs and other committees$2,75029.1%
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 Democrats’ median for 2026.

2024 cycle: $143.6K$143.6K20242026 cycle: $9,451$9,4512026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Zokaie's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2024 cycle$143.6K
2026 cycle$9,451

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 84% came from Colorado.

  1. Colorado$5,631
  2. Louisiana$450
  3. California$250
  4. New Jersey$50
  5. Illinois$50

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: $30WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $50MNIllinois: $50ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $50NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: $25OHPennsylvania: $10PANew Jersey: $50NJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: $250CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $5,631CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: $25WVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: $30MDDelaware: 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: $450LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: $50FL
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Zokaie's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Colorado$5,631
Louisiana$450
California$250
Minnesota$50
Illinois$50
New York$50
New Jersey$50
Florida$50
Washington$30
Maryland$30
Ohio$25
West Virginia$25
Pennsylvania$10
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
ConnecticutNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
VirginiaNo 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
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
63

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

84%

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. NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED$1,249 8 donors
  2. ATTORNEY/LEGAL$750 3 donors
  3. GOVERNMENT/CIVIL$335 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES$2,000
  2. ANDREW FOR COLORADO LEADERSHIP FUND$250
  3. COLORADO INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY ALLIANCE$250
  4. CONSERVATION COLORADO ACTION FUND (CCVAF)$150
  5. REBEKAHPAC (REBEKAH STEWART FOR COLORADO)$100

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Zokaie voted with the majority of Colorado House Democrats on 98.2% of party-line votes and missed 2.5% of 2,020 roll calls. Colorado House on average: 94.7% party unity, 96.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Zokaie voted against the majority of Colorado House Democrats 54 times.

2,020 roll calls Zokaie 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 Zokaie voted with the majority of Colorado House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

54

votes against the majority of Colorado House Democrats

Party unity 98.2%, Colorado House average 94.7%, ranks 14th of 64. 2,020 roll calls in the CO 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Zokaie
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.5%
96.6%
39th of 64
Party unity
98.2%
94.7%
14th of 64
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Zokaie's attendance and party unity against Colorado House.
RowZokaiePeers
Attendance97.5%96.6%
Party unity98.2%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
Did not vote—passD 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
YeaWith 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 Zokaie most often

  1. Kenny NguyenD943 shared votes98%
  2. Jennifer BaconD1,890 shared votes97%
  3. Mandy LindsayD1,932 shared votes97%
  4. Jenny WillfordD1,914 shared votes97%
  5. Elizabeth VelascoD1,874 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Zokaie least often

  1. Ken DeGraafR1,778 shared votes31%
  2. Scott BottomsR1,738 shared votes32%
  3. Ron WeinbergR1,926 shared votes32%
  4. Stephanie LuckR1,924 shared votes33%
  5. Max BrooksR1,967 shared votes37%
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

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Legislation

Zokaie sponsored 66 bills in the CO 2025–26 session; 39 became law. Cosponsored 236 others. 97% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House average 93%; 22nd of 64).

The bills Zokaie 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

Sponsored66 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6666Sponsored, In committee: 6565Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 5454Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 5151Sponsored, Became law: 3939Cosponsored236 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 236236Cosponsored, In committee: 235235Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 233233Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 216216Cosponsored, Became law: 150150IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Zokaie sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored6665545139
Cosponsored236235233216150
How to read the blocks

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

97%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Colorado House average 93%. Ranks 22nd of 64.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Mandy Lindsay42
  2. Jennifer Bacon41
  3. Kyle Brown36
  4. Cathy Kipp35
  5. Javier Mabrey34
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 Zokaie’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
HB 1433Funding to Sustain Fire-Related ServicesCosponsorMay 5, 2026Became lawHealth(model)Governor Signed Jun 1, 2026
SB 190Release Information About Peace Officer Use of ForceCosponsorMay 4, 2026Became lawCrime and Law Enforcement(model)Governor Signed Jun 3, 2026
HB 1430Transportation Funding AdjustmentsCosponsorMay 1, 2026Became lawTransportation and Public Works(model)Governor Signed Jun 4, 2026
HJR 1030Mono & Matt Road DesignationCosponsorApr 30, 2026Passed both chambersUnassignedSigned by the Speaker of the House Jun 3, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

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

The lab crawls Zokaie’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 Zokaie 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 Zokaie posted

No images from Zokaie’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

14 turns, Mar 20, 2025 to May 13, 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 Zokaie 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
e8a7d2a2-1907-450d-8c61-8c328839e922
Open States
ocd-person/e8a7d2a2-1907-450d-8c61-8c328839e922

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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