The public record, made legible

What they said.
How they voted.

One source-first record of campaign language, official action, money, and context for the 2026 midterms.

Issue No. 01

September 2026

WORDS

Campaign promises and public statements, dated and sourced.

RECORD

Votes, bills, filings, and money from official records.

2026 MIDTERMS

119TH CONGRESS

PRIMARY SOURCES

HUMAN REVIEW

Words and record

Evidence belongs together.

A comparison is useful only when readers can inspect both sides and understand the limits of the relationship.

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The publishing standard

Human reviewed

Public words

A dated quotation from an official site, speech, verified social account, or interview, shown with enough context to understand it.

Original source

Official record

A named roll call, bill action, filing, or other primary record, with the original government source attached.

Official record

A human-reviewed note explains what the two records do and do not establish. No automated verdict is published.

Research desk

Coverage taking shape.

These are research queues, not race ratings or predictions. Source counts reflect logged documents, not published conclusions.

View every desk

U.S. House

Collecting

California

District 22

Official records, candidate statements, and campaign-finance sources are being assembled.

U.S. House

Reviewing

New York

District 17

The first evidence sets are in source review before publication.

U.S. House

Collecting

Pennsylvania

District 7

The research desk is mapping candidates, public statements, and congressional records.

U.S. House

Collecting

Nebraska

District 2

Campaign and official data sources are connected; editorial comparisons are pending.

Official activity

Latest House roll calls.

A direct feed from Congress.gov. These records are factual inputs, not editorial judgments.

Source: Congress.gov API, 119th Congress

Our method

Trust is built in the footnotes.

Full methodology

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Start with primary sources

Official votes, filings, transcripts, and first-party statements come before summaries or commentary.

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Keep context attached

A quotation is not separated from its date, venue, surrounding language, or source.

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Show the limits

A vote can involve compromises and procedural effects. We explain those limits instead of flattening every vote into a slogan.

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Review before publishing

Automation gathers and organizes records. A human reviews every interpretive comparison and correction.

Built for inspection

Not a score. A record.

Original sources stay one click away.

Interpretive comparisons require human review.

Automated research is provenance-tracked.