Total votes
2,340
all sessions
Attendance
98%
52 missed
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
With party
81%
of cast votes
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
10%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
Sponsored
319
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
Co-sponsorship network
Legislative network
Legislators build coalitions through co-sponsorship. These are the 10 lawmakers Rep. Bates co-sponsors with most often: a window into their policy partnerships, their coalition within the caucus, and the rare cases where they reach across the aisle.
Top partners
10
Within party
4
Across aisle
6
Strongest tie
Mike Pushkin
Closest allies
Ranked by bills co-sponsored together across all sessions.
01
Mike Pushkin
85bills together
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02
Barbara Evans Fleischauer
85bills together
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03
Matthew Rohrbach
75bills together
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04
Sean Hornbuckle
73bills together
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05
Chad Lovejoy
72bills together
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06
Jason Barrett
70bills together
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07
Larry Rowe
67bills together
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08
Doug Skaff
63bills together
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09
Steve Westfall
63bills together
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10
Ruth Rowan
63bills together
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Across the aisle
Among Rep. Bates's top collaborators, 6 are members of a different party.
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