The median for State House Democrats is $40.4K. Ranks 84th of 2,082, where 1st raised the most. 425 itemized donors.
Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State House Democrats. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.
6 measures against State House Democrats. 9.1% of Venkat’s statements use bipartisan language, 3.2 times the State House Democrat average of 2.9%. The policy areas Venkat talks about and legislates on agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.
The measures on which Venkat 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.
Itemized, 2026
State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 84th of 2,082
Bipartisanship
State House Democrats average 2.9% · ranks 41st of 764
Talk-to-bills agreement
State House Democrats average 0.54 · ranks 40th of 503
Policy discussion
State House Democrats average 39% · ranks 97th of 764
From Pennsylvania, 2026
Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1710th of 1,983 State House Democrats
CSIP ideology
Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.04
Peer group: State House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Venkat, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Venkat is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
Venkat stresses bipartisanship more than 94% of State House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 9.1% of 1,428 statements, against 2.9% for the average State House Democrat; 41st of 764.
An AI model reads each of Venkat’s 1,428 statements in the PA 2025–26 session (1,428 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.
Share of statements carrying each label, the PA 2025–26 session
| Row | Venkat | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 61% | 39% |
| Credit claiming | 26% | 14% |
| Bipartisanship | 9% | 3% |
| Policy criticism | 8% | 10% |
| Personal attacks | 1% | 3% |
statements classified
1,428 posts on X.
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,428 |
The thick bar is Venkat; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Venkat does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Venkat used extreme labels in 0.1% of statements, 7.3% of the peer average. 1 statement, most often aimed at Big Ugly Bill; peers 1.0%.
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
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.
Share of statements per month, the PA 2025–26 session
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 57 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 70.2% | 21.1% | 43.9% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 61 | 3.3% | 18.0% | 75.4% | 6.6% | 22.9% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’25 | 75 | 2.7% | 12.0% | 60.0% | 12.0% | 37.3% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’25 | 62 | 0.0% | 9.7% | 61.3% | 14.5% | 32.3% | 0.0% |
| May ’25 | 80 | 0.0% | 7.5% | 56.3% | 8.8% | 31.3% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’25 | 55 | 0.0% | 12.7% | 61.8% | 12.7% | 25.4% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’25 | 58 | 3.5% | 13.8% | 62.1% | 6.9% | 20.7% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’25 | 74 | 1.4% | 25.7% | 62.2% | 12.2% | 25.7% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 77 | 0.0% | 10.4% | 61.0% | 9.1% | 28.6% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’25 | 80 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 61.3% | 13.8% | 40.0% | 1.3% |
| Nov ’25 | 58 | 1.7% | 8.6% | 48.3% | 12.1% | 25.9% | 0.0% |
| Dec ’25 | 57 | 3.5% | 7.0% | 56.1% | 7.0% | 21.1% | 0.0% |
| Jan ’26 | 59 | 1.7% | 8.5% | 78.0% | 1.7% | 27.1% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’26 | 48 | 2.1% | 6.3% | 45.8% | 10.4% | 22.9% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 69 | 1.5% | 10.1% | 43.5% | 4.3% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Apr ’26 | 61 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 54.1% | 9.8% | 16.4% | 0.0% |
| May ’26 | 72 | 0.0% | 2.8% | 51.4% | 8.3% | 25.0% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 67 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 38.8% | 14.9% | 28.4% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’26 | 59 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 72.9% | 1.7% | 10.2% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 71 | 1.4% | 2.8% | 74.7% | 2.8% | 9.9% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’26 | 69 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 72.5% | 1.5% | 11.6% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’26 | 59 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 74.6% | 8.5% | 23.7% | 0.0% |
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the PA 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Personal attacks
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Sep 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; target: Donald Trump · Source
Bipartisanship
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; credit claiming; Public Lands and Natural Resources · Source
Extreme label
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
Oct 26, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health; Immigration; Science, Technology, Communications; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Big Ugly Bill · Source
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
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 · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · target: Donald TrumpSource
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 · target: Donald Trump, Robert KennedySource
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · target: Donald TrumpSource
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · target: Ehab AkkarySource
Posts on X (state legislators)
The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.
personal attacks · target: Joe BidenSource
Newest first, the PA 2025–26 session
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,428 posts on X.
Health is what Venkat talks about most: 47% of policy statements, 3.1 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 40th 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 Venkat talks about. The bills Venkat sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
Share of policy statements by area, the PA 2025–26 session
| Row | Venkat | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 47% | 15% |
| Education | 14% | 15% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 10% | 11% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 8% | 15% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 7% | 10% |
The thick bar is the share of Venkat’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.
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 52%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.
| Area | Talks about | State House Democrats, talks about | Legislates on | State House Democrats, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 47% | 15% | 33% | 15% |
| Education | 14% | 15% | 5% | 10% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 10% | 11% | 1% | 2% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 8% | 15% | 9% | 8% |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 7% | 10% | 4% | 4% |
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 40th of 503.
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Venkat legislates on exactly the areas Venkat 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 Venkat sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Venkat sits at −0.60 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 54% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.64 to −0.56, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,402 donors and 600 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range −0.64 to −0.56. From 1,402 donors and 600 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Venkat, 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 Venkat’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
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.
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Venkat |
|---|---|---|---|
| State House Democrats | 2392 | −0.6 | 54% |
| Pennsylvania House | 203 | −0.3 | 27% |
| All State House | 5324 | +0.1 | 24% |
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 Venkat 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 Venkat.
Venkat reported $603.3K in the 2026 cycle, 14.9 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 66% of itemized individual money came from Pennsylvania.
Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.
itemized in the 2026 cycle
From 425 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.
Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (itemized) | $352.7K | 58.5% |
| PACs and other committees | $250.6K | 41.5% |
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.
Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 cycle | $1.5M |
| 2024 cycle | $824.3K |
| 2026 cycle | $603.3K |
Itemized contributions by donor state. 66% came from Pennsylvania.
State filings report no total for small gifts.
Not reported in state filings.
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | $233.3K |
| New York | $47.4K |
| California | $19.5K |
| Virginia | $7,500 |
| Ohio | $7,350 |
| Florida | $7,301 |
| Massachusetts | $5,500 |
| Maryland | $5,350 |
| Colorado | $3,400 |
| Michigan | $3,201 |
| Texas | $2,500 |
| Connecticut | $1,501 |
| Kansas | $1,500 |
| Georgia | $1,150 |
| Indiana | $1,000 |
| Illinois | $700 |
| District of Columbia | $652 |
| Tennessee | $500 |
| South Carolina | $500 |
| New Jersey | $450 |
| West Virginia | $250 |
| Minnesota | $200 |
| Louisiana | $200 |
| Vermont | $100 |
| Washington | $100 |
| Wisconsin | $100 |
| Alaska | No data |
| Maine | No data |
| New Hampshire | No data |
| Idaho | No data |
| Montana | No data |
| North Dakota | No data |
| Rhode Island | No data |
| Oregon | No data |
| Nevada | No data |
| Wyoming | No data |
| South Dakota | No data |
| Iowa | No data |
| Utah | No data |
| Nebraska | No data |
| Missouri | No data |
| Kentucky | No data |
| Delaware | No data |
| Arizona | No data |
| New Mexico | No data |
| Arkansas | No data |
| North Carolina | No data |
| Oklahoma | No data |
| Mississippi | No data |
| Alabama | No data |
| Hawaii | No data |
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
from Pennsylvania
Of itemized individual dollars
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Pennsylvania. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Venkat voted with the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats on 97.8% of party-line votes and missed none of 1,497 roll calls. Pennsylvania House on average: 95.1% party unity, 99.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Venkat voted against the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats 16 times.
1,497 roll calls Venkat could vote on in the PA 2025–26 session, compared with Pennsylvania House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Venkat voted with the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
votes against the majority of Pennsylvania House Democrats
Party unity 97.8%, Pennsylvania House average 95.1%, ranks 110th of 203. 1,497 roll calls in the PA 2025–26 session.
The thick bar is Venkat, the thin grey bar the Pennsylvania House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
| Row | Venkat | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 100% | 99.9% |
| Party unity | 97.8% | 95.1% |
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.
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the PA 2025–26 session
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | SB 1431 An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for Game Commission officers and employees; and, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers. FINAL PASSAGE | Yea | With majority | pass | D 103–0 · R 100–0Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 100 yea, 0 nay | became law |
| Oct 21, 2026 | SB 922 An Act amending the act of January 28, 1988 (P.L.24, No.11), known as the Private Academic Schools Act, further providing for application for license, for issuance and renewal of license and for promulgation of rules and regulations. FINAL PASSAGE | Yea | With majority | pass | D 101–2 · R 100–0Democrats 101 yea, 2 nay; Republicans 100 yea, 0 nay | became law |
| Oct 21, 2026 | SB 1328 An Act requiring automated external defibrillators at utility or electrical worksites; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties. FINAL PASSAGE | Yea | With majority | pass | D 103–0 · R 94–6Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 94 yea, 6 nay | became law |
| Oct 21, 2026 | SB 764 An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alteration of territory or corporate entity and dissolution, further providing for conduct of referenda and for court review of transitional plan. FINAL PASSAGE | Yea | With majority | pass | D 103–0 · R 100–0Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 100 yea, 0 nay | became law |
| Oct 21, 2026 | HB 2593 An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in general provisions relating to powers and duties of the Department of Health and its departmental administrative and advisory boards, providing for prostate health public education campaign; and FINAL PASSAGE | Yea | With majority | pass | D 103–0 · R 88–12Democrats 103 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 88 yea, 12 nay | party crossover |
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.
The colleagues who voted the same way as Venkat most often
The colleagues who voted the same way as Venkat least often
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.
PA 2025–26 session, loads in batches
Venkat sponsored 31 bills in the PA 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 639 others. 74% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania House average 40%; 20th of 171).
The bills Venkat sponsored and cosponsored in the PA 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Counts for the PA 2025–26 session
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 31 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Cosponsored | 639 | 638 | 278 | 23 | 23 |
Ink blocks are bills Venkat sponsored, ochre blocks bills Venkat cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Pennsylvania House average 40%. Ranks 20th of 171.
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Venkat, by number of shared bills in the PA 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.
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 Venkat’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| HR 663 | A Resolution designating the month of November 2026 as "Veterans and Military Families Month" in Pennsylvania. | Cosponsor | Oct 19, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Reported as committed Oct 20, 2026 |
| HR 250 | A Resolution recognizing November 11, 2026, as "Veterans Day" in Pennsylvania. | Cosponsor | Oct 15, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Reported as committed Oct 20, 2026 |
| HR 658 | A Resolution designating December 13, 2026, as the "390th Birthday of the National Guard" in Pennsylvania. | Cosponsor | Oct 15, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Reported as committed Oct 20, 2026 |
| HR 659 | A Resolution designating November 10, 2026, as the "251st Birthday of the United States Marine Corps" in Pennsylvania. | Cosponsor | Oct 15, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Reported as committed Oct 20, 2026 |
| HR 652 | A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the compensation, benefits and classification of Pennsylvania Game Commission game wardens and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission waterways conservation officers. | Cosponsor | Oct 9, 2026 | In committee | Labor and Employment(model) | Referred to Game & Fisheries Oct 9, 2026 |
A site that has not changed in 90 days. Venkat’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.
The lab crawls Venkat’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 Venkat posts with a vision model.
pages crawled
changes in 90 days
pages crawled
changes in 90 days
“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.
No images from Venkat’s posts have been described.
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
59 turns, Mar 1, 2023 to May 4, 2026
Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.
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 is the measure on which Venkat 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 …”).
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
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