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Democrat · Pennsylvania Senate, district 36

Serving since May 5, 2025PA 2025–26 session

Portrait of James Malone, rendered as a two-tone print
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0%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Pennsylvania Senate

0% of 15 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for the Pennsylvania Senate is 24%. Ranks 49th of 49, where 1st is the highest share.

The share of bills Malone sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked within the Pennsylvania Senate. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.

At a glance

6 measures against the Pennsylvania Senate. Malone reported $858.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K). Malone voted against the majority of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats 26 times; party unity 73%, in the bottom tenth of the Pennsylvania Senate (average 93.4%).

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

Out of committee

0%

Pennsylvania Senate average 24% · ranks 49th of 49

Itemized, 2026

$858.9K

State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K · ranks 21st of 746

Party unity

73%

Pennsylvania Senate average 93.4% · ranks 47th of 50 · 26 votes against the majority of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.45

More conservative than 78% of State Senate Democrats · ± 0.06

From Pennsylvania, 2026

84%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 530th of 714 State Senate Democrats

Attendance

99.3%

Pennsylvania Senate average 98.9% · ranks 31st of 50 · 462 roll calls

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

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Malone says

Malone claims credit less than 97% of State Senate Democrats. Credit claiming in 0% of 39 statements, against 16% for the average State Senate Democrat; 321st of 329.

An AI model reads each of Malone’s 39 statements in the PA 2025–26 session (39 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 Senate Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

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

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Malone
Peers
Rank
Personal attacks1 statements
3%
2%
94th of 329
Policy discussion1 statements
3%
43%
321st of 329
Bipartisanship1 statements
3%
3%
158th of 329
Policy criticism0 statements
0%
10%
304th of 329
Credit claiming0 statements
0%
16%
321st of 329
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Malone's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowMalonePeers
Personal attacks3%2%
Policy discussion3%43%
Bipartisanship3%3%
Policy criticism0%10%
Credit claiming0%16%
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statements classified

39 posts on X.

posts on X: 39 (100.0%)posts on X 39
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Malone's statements by source
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posts on X39
How to read the bars

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

Extreme labels

Malone used no extreme labels in 39 statements. The peer average is 0.8%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the PA 2025–26 session

Statements2025-02: 172025-03: 202025-04: 02025-05: 02025-06: 02025-07: 02025-08: 02025-09: 02025-10: 02025-11: 02025-12: 02026-01: 02026-02: 02026-03: 02026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 02026-07: 22026-08: 02026-09: 02026-10: 0peak 20 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 5.0% · Mar ’25 · latest 5.0%Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2025-03: 5.0% of 20Personal 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-02: 0.0% of 17Policy criticism, 2025-03: 0.0% of 20Policy 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 5.0% · Mar ’25 · latest 5.0%Policy discussion, 2025-02: 0.0% of 17Policy discussion, 2025-03: 5.0% of 20Policy 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 5.0% · Mar ’25 · latest 5.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 5.0% of 20Bipartisanship, 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Credit claiming, 2025-02: 0.0% of 17Credit claiming, 2025-03: 0.0% of 20Credit 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 20Extreme 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: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Feb ’25Aug ’25Feb ’26Aug ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Malone, 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
Feb ’25170.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mar ’25205.0%0.0%5.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%
Apr ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
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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 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%. 19 months are hatched here; 18 of them have no statements.

In Malone’s words

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.

Mar 16, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: James Malone's opponent · Source

Policy discussion

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

Mar 11, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Economics and Public Finance; Housing and Community Development; Education · 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 · target: James Malone's opponentSource

All 39 statements

Newest first, the PA 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: 39 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Economics and Public Finance is what Malone talks about most: 100% of policy statements, 9.9 times the peer share. Peers give it 10%. 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 Malone talks about. The bills Malone sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Malone talks about

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

0%100%
Malone
Peers
Economics and Public Finance1 statements
100%
10%
Education1 statements
100%
15%
Housing and Community Development1 statements
100%
7%
Agriculture and Food0 statements
0%
5%
Armed Forces and National Security0 statements
0%
3%
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Policy areas Malone talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Democrats average.
RowMalonePeers
Economics and Public Finance100%10%
Education100%15%
Housing and Community Development100%7%
Agriculture and Food0%5%
Armed Forces and National Security0%3%
How to read the bars

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

Talks aboutLegislates onEconomics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 100% (State Senate Democrats 10%)100%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 2% (State Senate Democrats 3%)2%EducationEducation, talks about: 100% (State Senate Democrats 15%)100%Education, legislates on: 7% (State Senate Democrats 9%)7%Housing and CommunityDevelopmentHousing and Community Development, talks about: 100% (State Senate Democrats 7%)100%Housing and Community Development, legislates on: 6% (State Senate Democrats 5%)6%Agriculture and FoodAgriculture and Food, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 5%)0%Agriculture and Food, legislates on: 3% (State Senate Democrats 3%)3%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 0% (State Senate Democrats 3%)0%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 1% (State Senate Democrats 1%)1%
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Malone's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Democrats, legislates on
Economics and Public Finance100%10%2%3%
Education100%15%7%9%
Housing and Community Development100%7%6%5%
Agriculture and Food0%5%3%3%
Armed Forces and National Security0%3%1%1%

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

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Malone sits at −0.45 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more conservative than 78% of State Senate Democrats. Approximate range −0.51 to −0.39, which understates the uncertainty; from 500 donors and 199 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”.

−0.45

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.51 to −0.39. From 500 donors and 199 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Malone −0.5State Senate Democrats −0.7Pennsylvania Senate +0.2All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Malone, 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 Malone’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 Malone sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Democratsmedian −0.7Malone −0.5Pennsylvania Senatemedian +0.2All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Malone's CSIP score of −0.45 placed against State Senate Democrats, Pennsylvania Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Malone
State Senate Democrats825−0.778%
Pennsylvania Senate50+0.238%
All State Senate1909+0.134%
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 Malone 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 Malone.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Malone reported $858.9K in the 2026 cycle, 15.5 times the State Senate Democrats’ median of $55.5K. State filings report no small-donation total. 84% 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.

$858.9K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 506 itemized donors. State Senate Democrats’ median $55.5K.

Where the money came from

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

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  • Individuals (itemized)53 squares$450.3K
  • PACs and other committees47 squares$406.5K
  • Party committees$2,071
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Sources of Malone's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$450.3K52.4%
PACs and other committees$406.5K47.3%
Party committees$2,0710.2%
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, 2026 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2026 cycle: $858.9K$858.9K2026State Senate Democrats median $55.5K
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Malone's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2026 cycle$858.9K

Top donor states, 2026

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

  1. Pennsylvania$380.0K
  2. California$16.7K
  3. Texas$13.0K
  4. New Jersey$7,150
  5. Washington$5,378

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: $1,750MEVermont: $300VTNew Hampshire: $300NHWashington: $5,378WAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $3,261ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $1,486MINew York: $2,821NYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $4,486MAOregon: $300ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: $900WYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: $300IAIndiana: $398INOhio: $650OHPennsylvania: $380.0KPANew Jersey: $7,150NJConnecticut: $400CTCalifornia: $16.7KCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $100CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $750VAMaryland: $3,650MDDelaware: $916DEArizona: $4,000AZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $143NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $1,250DCOklahoma: $60OKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: $13.0KTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Malone's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Pennsylvania$380.0K
California$16.7K
Texas$13.0K
New Jersey$7,150
Washington$5,378
Massachusetts$4,486
Arizona$4,000
Maryland$3,650
Illinois$3,261
New York$2,821
Maine$1,750
Michigan$1,486
District of Columbia$1,250
Delaware$916
Wyoming$900
Virginia$750
Ohio$650
Connecticut$400
Indiana$398
Vermont$300
New Hampshire$300
Oregon$300
Iowa$300
North Carolina$143
Colorado$100
Oklahoma$60
AlaskaNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
NevadaNo data
South DakotaNo data
UtahNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
South CarolinaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
FloridaNo data
506

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

84%

from Pennsylvania

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

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$76.7K 55 donors
  2. RETIRED$13.9K 10 donors
  3. CEO$7,000 4 donors
  4. ATTORNEY$3,955 7 donors
  5. ADMINISTRATOR$2,313 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT$100.0K
  2. CITIZENS FOR HUGHES$47.0K
  3. AFSCME COUNCIL 13$37.0K
  4. FRIENDS TO ELECT CHRISTINE M TARTAGLIONE$35.0K
  5. IBEW LOCAL UNION 743$25.5K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$3,850 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Malone voted with the majority of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats on 73% of party-line votes and missed 0.6% of 462 roll calls. Pennsylvania Senate on average: 93.4% party unity, 98.9% attendance. Across all roll calls, Malone voted against the majority of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats 26 times.

462 roll calls Malone could vote on in the PA 2025–26 session, compared with Pennsylvania Senate. 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 Malone voted with the majority of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

26

votes against the majority of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats

Party unity 73%, Pennsylvania Senate average 93.4%, ranks 47th of 50. 462 roll calls in the PA 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Malone, the thin grey bar the Pennsylvania Senate average. The scale runs from 70% to 100% to show the gap.

70%100%
Malone
Peers
Rank
Attendance
99.3%
98.9%
31st of 50
Party unity
73%
93.4%
47th of 50
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Malone's attendance and party unity against Pennsylvania Senate.
RowMalonePeers
Attendance99.3%98.9%
Party unity73%93.4%
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 PA 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Oct 21, 2026
HB 2187
An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in administrative organization, further providing for criminal history background checks of employees and contractors with access to Federal tax information.
FINAL PASSAGE
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 27–0Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
Oct 21, 2026
HB 558
An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in creation of leases, statute of frauds and mortgaging of leaseholds, providing for rental applications.
FINAL PASSAGE
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 13–14Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 13 yea, 14 naybecame law · party crossover
Oct 21, 2026
HB 1098
An Act amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Law, providing for Investigation and Prosecution of Internet Crimes Against Children Program.
FINAL PASSAGE
YeaWith majoritypassD 23–0 · R 27–0Democrats 23 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
Oct 21, 2026
SB 807
An Act amending the act of November 6, 1987 (P.L.381, No.79), known as the Older Adults Protective Services Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in administration, further providing for investigations of reports of need for protective services, for immunity from civil a
FINAL PASSAGE
YeaWith majoritypassD 15–8 · R 27–0Democrats 15 yea, 8 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 nayparty crossover
Oct 21, 2026
HB 2437
An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for Statewide initiatives.
FINAL PASSAGE
YeaWith majoritypassD 22–1 · R 27–0Democrats 22 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 27 yea, 0 naybecame law
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 Malone most often

  1. Marty FlynnD454 shared votes95%
  2. Steve SantarsieroD459 shared votes95%
  3. Nick MillerD459 shared votes95%
  4. Tina TartaglioneD459 shared votes95%
  5. John KaneD452 shared votes94%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Malone least often

  1. Jarrett ColemanR459 shared votes71%
  2. Dawn KeeferR459 shared votes73%
  3. Doug MastrianoR453 shared votes76%
  4. Scott HutchinsonR459 shared votes77%
  5. Chris GebhardR459 shared votes79%
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

PA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Malone sponsored 15 bills in the PA 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 192 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Pennsylvania Senate average 24%; 49th of 49).

The bills Malone 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.

Bills by stage

Counts for the PA 2025–26 session

Sponsored15 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1515Sponsored, In committee: 1515Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored192 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 192192Cosponsored, In committee: 192192Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 2828Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 77Cosponsored, Became law: 55IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Malone sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1515000
Cosponsored1921922875
How to read the blocks

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

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Pennsylvania Senate average 24%. Ranks 49th of 49.

Cosponsorship partners

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

  1. Jay Costa152
  2. Tina Tartaglione122
  3. John Kane118
  4. Wayne Fontana116
  5. Judy Schwank108
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 Malone’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
SR 393A Resolution congratulating and expressing appreciation to the YMCA for 175 years of service to the nation.CosponsorOct 8, 2026In committeeUnassignedReferred to Rules & Executive Nominations Oct 8, 2026
SR 391A Resolution honoring the life and expressing condolences on the passing of former State Senator Franklin Kury.CosponsorOct 6, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced and adopted Oct 6, 2026
SB 509An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, further providing for maximum speed limits, providing for maximum speed limits enforced by local law enforcement officers with RADCosponsorOct 6, 2026Passed one chamberTransportation and Public Works(model)Third consideration and final passage Oct 20, 2026
SB 1456An Act amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in child protective services, further providing for exclusions from child abuse and for persons required to report suspected child abuse.CosponsorOct 6, 2026In committeeFamilies(model)Re-referred to Appropriations Oct 7, 2026
SB 1196An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for pain parity in Medicaid and for pain parity in commercial insurance.CosponsorOct 6, 2026In committeeHealth(model)First consideration Oct 6, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that has not changed in 90 days. Malone’s official site had 0 pages when last crawled.

The lab crawls Malone’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 Malone 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 Malone posted

No images from Malone’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

28 turns, May 5, 2025 to Jun 23, 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 Malone is most unusual among Pennsylvania Senate, 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/fea0b7c4-d51a-463f-964a-75722678083b

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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