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Democrat · New York House, district 125

Serving since Jan 6, 2021NY 2025–26 session

Portrait of Anna Kelles, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
12%
of roll calls missed, attendance in the bottom quarter of the New York House

Attendance 88%; the average within the New York House is 93.9%. Ranks 129th of 149, where 1st has the highest attendance. 2,019 roll calls in the NY 2025–26 session.

Attendance is the share of the roll calls Kelles could vote on where a yea, nay or present was recorded, ranked within the New York House. A missed vote has many causes, from illness to campaigning; the number says how often, not why.

At a glance

6 measures against the New York House. 97% of Kelles’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the top half of State House Democrats. 14% of the 122 bills Kelles sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom half of the New York House.

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

Attendance

88%

New York House average 93.9% · ranks 129th of 149 · 2,019 roll calls

Party unity

99.6%

New York House average 92.9% · ranks 41st of 149 · 2 votes against the majority of New York House Democrats

From New York, 2026

97%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 632nd of 1,983 State House Democrats

Out of committee

14%

New York House average 20% · ranks 90th of 148

CSIP ideology

−0.65

More liberal than 54% of State House Democrats · ± 0.05

Itemized, 2026

$49.1K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 925th of 2,082

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Kelles says

Kelles stresses bipartisanship less than 88% of State House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 0% of 17 statements, against 2.9% for the average State House Democrat; 676th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Kelles’s 17 statements in the NY 2025–26 session (17 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 NY 2025–26 session

0%80%
Kelles
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion11 statements
65%
39%
66th of 764
Policy criticism4 statements
24%
10%
84th of 764
Credit claiming2 statements
12%
14%
392nd of 764
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
584th of 764
Bipartisanship0 statements
0%
3%
676th of 764
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Kelles's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowKellesPeers
Policy discussion65%39%
Policy criticism24%10%
Credit claiming12%14%
Personal attacks0%3%
Bipartisanship0%3%
17

statements classified

17 posts on X.

posts on X: 17 (100.0%)posts on X 17
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Kelles's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X17
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Kelles used extreme labels in 5.9% of statements, 6.1 times the peer average. 1 statement; peers 1.0%.

  1. “MAGA”1

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 NY 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 NY 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; 11 of them have no statements.

In Kelles’s words

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

Policy discussion

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

May 7, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance · Source

Policy criticism

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

Apr 1, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health · Source

Extreme label

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

Apr 24, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “MAGA” · 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 17 statements

Newest first, the NY 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: 17 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Agriculture and Food is what Kelles talks about most: 27% of policy statements, 5.9 times the peer share. Peers give it 4.6%. 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 Kelles talks about. The bills Kelles sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Kelles talks about

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

0%35%
Kelles
Peers
Agriculture and Food3 statements
27%
5%
Environmental Protection3 statements
27%
3%
Energy2 statements
18%
4%
Government Operations and Politics2 statements
18%
15%
Health2 statements
18%
15%
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Policy areas Kelles talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowKellesPeers
Agriculture and Food27%5%
Environmental Protection27%3%
Energy18%4%
Government Operations and Politics18%15%
Health18%15%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Kelles’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 onAgriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 27% (State House Democrats 5%)27%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 3%)5%Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental Protection, talks about: 27% (State House Democrats 3%)27%Environmental Protection, legislates on: 12% (State House Democrats 4%)12%EnergyEnergy, talks about: 18% (State House Democrats 4%)18%Energy, legislates on: 7% (State House Democrats 3%)7%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 18% (State House Democrats 15%)18%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 4% (State House Democrats 8%)4%HealthHealth, talks about: 18% (State House Democrats 15%)18%Health, legislates on: 17% (State House Democrats 15%)17%
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Kelles's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Agriculture and Food27%5%5%3%
Environmental Protection27%3%12%4%
Energy18%4%7%3%
Government Operations and Politics18%15%4%8%
Health18%15%17%15%

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Kelles sits at −0.65 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 54% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.70 to −0.60, which understates the uncertainty; from 788 donors and 871 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.65

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.70 to −0.60. From 788 donors and 871 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Kelles −0.6State House Democrats −0.6New York House −0.5All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Kelles, 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 Kelles’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 Kelles 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 −0.6Kelles −0.6New York Housemedian −0.5All State Housemedian +0.1
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Kelles's CSIP score of −0.65 placed against State House Democrats, New York House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Kelles
State House Democrats2392−0.646%
New York House150−0.540%
All State House5324+0.121%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Kelles 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 Kelles.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Kelles reported $49.1K in the 2026 cycle, above the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 97% of itemized individual money came from New York.

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
$49.1K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 293 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

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

Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)Individuals (itemized): $41.6K (84.6%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)PACs and other committees: $7,550 (15.4%)
  • Individuals (itemized)85 squares$41.6K
  • PACs and other committees15 squares$7,550
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Sources of Kelles's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$41.6K84.6%
PACs and other committees$7,55015.4%
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 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $72.9K$72.9K20202022 cycle: $43.5K$43.5K20222024 cycle: $60.7K$60.7K20242026 cycle: $49.1K$49.1K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Kelles's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$72.9K
2022 cycle$43.5K
2024 cycle$60.7K
2026 cycle$49.1K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 97% came from New York.

  1. New York$40.5K
  2. Pennsylvania$500
  3. Maryland$200
  4. California$100
  5. Utah$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: $10WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: $40.5KNYRhode Island: $35RIMassachusetts: $5MAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $500PANew Jersey: $25NJConnecticut: $50CTCalifornia: $100CAUtah: $100UTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: $200MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $85GAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Kelles's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New York$40.5K
Pennsylvania$500
Maryland$200
California$100
Utah$100
Georgia$85
Connecticut$50
Rhode Island$35
New Jersey$25
Washington$10
Massachusetts$5
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo 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
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
293

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

97%

from New York

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$12.1K 61 donors
  2. PRESIDENT$3,500 3 donors
  3. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$1,350 4 donors
  4. RETIRED$770 5 donors
  5. CONSULTANT$700 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. NYSANA-CRNA PAC$1,500
  2. AVANGRID NEW YORK PAC$1,000
  3. COZEN O'CONNOR PAC$1,000
  4. CWA DISTRICT ONE PAC$1,000
  5. STATE STREET ASSOCIATES PAC$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$1,400 10 donors
  2. TOMPKINS COUNTY$400 4 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Kelles voted with the majority of New York House Democrats on 99.6% of party-line votes and missed 12% of 2,019 roll calls. New York House on average: 92.9% party unity, 93.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Kelles voted against the majority of New York House Democrats 2 times.

2,019 roll calls Kelles could vote on in the NY 2025–26 session, compared with New York 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 Kelles voted with the majority of New York House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

2

votes against the majority of New York House Democrats

Party unity 99.6%, New York House average 92.9%, ranks 41st of 149. 2,019 roll calls in the NY 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

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

80%100%
Kelles
Peers
Rank
Attendance
88%
93.9%
129th of 149
Party unity
99.6%
92.9%
41st of 149
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Kelles's attendance and party unity against New York House.
RowKellesPeers
Attendance88%93.9%
Party unity99.6%92.9%
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 NY 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Jun 5, 2026
S 10586
Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 86–0 · R 43–0Democrats 86 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 5, 2026
S 10001
Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 85–2 · R 43–0Democrats 85 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 5, 2026
S 10655
Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 86–0 · R 43–0Democrats 86 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 43 yea, 0 naybecame law
Jun 5, 2026
S 9862
Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 64–23 · R 30–13Democrats 64 yea, 23 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 13 naybecame law · party crossover
Jun 5, 2026
S 9027
Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax
Assembly Vote
Did not vote—passD 66–21 · R 30–13Democrats 66 yea, 21 nay; Republicans 30 yea, 13 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 Kelles most often

  1. Karines ReyesD1,700 shared votes100%
  2. Maritza DavilaD1,535 shared votes100%
  3. Jonathan JacobsonD1,772 shared votes100%
  4. MaryJane ShimskyD1,772 shared votes100%
  5. Chris BurdickD1,772 shared votes100%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Kelles least often

  1. Dave DiPietroR1,737 shared votes70%
  2. Chris FriendR1,602 shared votes73%
  3. Ari BrownR1,681 shared votes78%
  4. Sam PirozzoloR1,748 shared votes78%
  5. Pat ChludzinskiR1,769 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

NY 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Kelles sponsored 122 bills in the NY 2025–26 session; 6 became law. Cosponsored 625 others. 14% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House average 20%; 90th of 148).

The bills Kelles sponsored and cosponsored in the NY 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 NY 2025–26 session

Sponsored122 billsSponsored, Introduced: 122122Sponsored, In committee: 122122Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1717Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1010Sponsored, Became law: 66Cosponsored625 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 625625Cosponsored, In committee: 625625Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 6161Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 4444Cosponsored, Became law: 99IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Kelles sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored12212217106
Cosponsored62562561449
How to read the blocks

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

14%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

New York House average 20%. Ranks 90th of 148.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Jo Anne Simon225
  2. Dana Levenberg155
  3. Linda Rosenthal150
  4. Karines Reyes141
  5. MaryJane Shimsky127
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 Kelles’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
A 11556Relates to energy efficiency and weatherizationCosponsorJun 1, 2026Passed one chamberEnergy(model)REFERRED TO RULES Jun 4, 2026
A 11560Enacts the responsible data center development actCosponsorJun 1, 2026Passed both chambersEnergy(model)RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY Jun 4, 2026
A 11491Requires liability insurance coverage for tanning facilitiesCosponsorMay 28, 2026In committeeHealth(model)REFERRED TO HEALTH May 28, 2026
A 11433Enacts the NYS ratepayer protection nuclear moratorium actCosponsorMay 15, 2026In committeeEnergy(model)PRINT NUMBER 11433A Jun 1, 2026
A 11340Provides for the types of damages that may be awarded to the persons for whose benefit an action for wrongful death is broughtCosponsorMay 11, 2026In committeeLaw(model)REFERRED TO JUDICIARY May 11, 2026

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Online

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

The lab crawls Kelles’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 Kelles 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 Kelles posted

No images from Kelles’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

1,046 turns, Jan 20, 2021 to Jun 2, 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 Kelles is most unusual among New York 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/edde17c2-c810-4ec8-97c3-4cc0ea2e32d0

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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