Where They Stand Position from 445 bills and votes, starting from a reputation prior of Left 28 — click any issue to see the reputation, the record and the shift.
Solo view vs. Austin · 2026 vs. pick…
Courtney (you're viewing)
Federal budget, taxes and spending L-lean ▸
Business, finance and labor Left ▸
Trade and industrial policy L-lean ▸
Foreign policy, trade and defense L-lean ▸
Civil rights, gender and religion Left ▸
Elections, representation and accountability Left ▸
Federal power and civil liberties Left ▸
Energy, environment, land and agriculture Left ▸
Housing, transportation, technology and vice L-lean ▸
Track is neutral — only the dot's position and distance-from-center number carry meaning.
Odds · party to win Oct 27
Courtney (D) 97%
Austin (R/IP) 2%
Money · raised, FEC to Oct 14
Joe Courtney $924k
$401k from individuals · $286k itemized
George Austin $315k
$59k from individuals · $29k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll
What They Care About
How this is measured
Bubble size = how much of Joe Courtney's sponsored bills, cosponsorships, campaign statements and tweets go to each domain. Votes are left out because they follow committee seats; domains a member's committees handle are discounted a little. Anything from the last 6 months counts double, so a topic they are on about right now grows. Darker = they have broken with their own party more often on that topic: the share of party-line votes since 2009 where they voted against their party's majority (gray = fewer than 8 such votes). Based on 7 sponsored, 167 cosponsored, 0 statements, 452 topical tweets. Click a bubble to open what they support and the bills and tweets behind it; click it again to close.
Foreign policy, trade and defense · 14% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 25 cosponsored · 0 statements · 111 tweets · broke with their party on 47 of 611 party-line votes Foreign policy 14% Health care · 13% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 1 sponsored · 25 cosponsored · 0 statements · 94 tweets · broke with their party on 7 of 119 party-line votes Health care 13% Business, finance and labor · 12% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 2 sponsored · 14 cosponsored · 0 statements · 204 tweets · broke with their party on 18 of 338 party-line votes Business 12% Education · 12% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 4 sponsored · 12 cosponsored · 0 statements · 62 tweets · broke with their party on 4 of 88 party-line votes Education 12% Federal budget, taxes and spending · 11% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 22 cosponsored · 0 statements · 182 tweets · broke with their party on 90 of 1344 party-line votes Federal budget 11% Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 8% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 16 cosponsored · 0 statements · 34 tweets · broke with their party on 30 of 910 party-line votes Energy 8% Civil rights, gender and religion · 6% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 9 cosponsored · 0 statements · 31 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 53 party-line votes Civil rights 6% Crime and justice · 5% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 4 cosponsored · 0 statements · 100 tweets · broke with their party on 24 of 174 party-line votes Crime 5% Housing, transportation, technology and vice · 5% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 0 statements · 90 tweets · broke with their party on 8 of 203 party-line votes Housing 5% Federal power and civil liberties · 4% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 7 cosponsored · 0 statements · 54 tweets · broke with their party on 10 of 334 party-line votes Federal power 4% Guns · 4% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 10 cosponsored · 0 statements · 7 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 18 party-line votes Guns 4% Elections, representation and accountability · 3% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 11 cosponsored · 0 statements · 2 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 33 party-line votes Elections 3% Trade and industrial policy · 2% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 3 cosponsored · 0 statements · 33 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 15 party-line votes Trade 2% Immigration · 2% of Joe Courtney's priorities · 0 sponsored · 4 cosponsored · 0 statements · 6 tweets · broke with their party on 12 of 62 party-line votes 2% Rarely breaks Often breaks
Courtney (you're viewing)
George AustinRepublican / Independent Party · challenger · Right 32 from statements2%