What’s new at StumpWatch

The Data Centers issue page now carries its first Constitutional Analysis — the legal question that sits on top of the established facts on that page about electricity use, water use and forgone tax revenue, what the courts have actually held, and what remains genuinely contested. Like every analysis on the site it is labelled as an assessment rather than a sourced fact, it states the confidence it was published at, and it names its version and publication date so you can see which one you are reading.

The Constitutional Analysis on the Government Reform, Ethics & Democracy issue was republished as a new version, re-checked against primary sources — including three 2026 Supreme Court decisions: Trump v. Slaughter, Louisiana v. Callais and Learning Resources v. Trump. The page states which version you are reading and the date it was published, and every earlier version is retained rather than deleted.

Your account settings now carry a Delete my account link. The page it opens lists exactly what goes and what stays before you confirm: your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, date of birth, gender and party affiliation are removed, every politician on your watchlist is permanently deleted, and the account can no longer be signed in to. Everything you contributed to the accountability record — promises, sources, assessments, votes, comments and revisions — stays on the site under the byline “[deleted user]”, because that record is append-only and cannot be rewritten without breaking the integrity chain that makes it trustworthy. You confirm by typing DELETE, and it cannot be undone; the Privacy Policy sets out the same terms in section 8.

The list of issues we track gained a new topic — lab-grown meat — covering FDA and USDA regulation, labelling standards, and state-level restrictions on cultivated (cell-cultured) meat products. It appears alongside the existing pinned issues on the home page and the issues list, so any promises, positions, or analyses on the topic can attach to it going forward.

The Constitutional Analysis section on every issue page now lists any court cases currently in progress on that issue, alongside the settled law and the contested questions. Each case shows its case number, court, filing date, status, and a plain-language summary; expanding a case shows its parties and any key filings on record. Every case carries a source link so the record can be checked, and when there are no logged cases yet the page says so plainly rather than showing nothing.

On the elections list and on the home page, clicking anywhere on an election card now opens that election — previously only the title itself was clickable, which was easy to miss and awkward on a phone. The links inside a card still do their own thing: a candidate's name still goes to that candidate, and the Source link still opens the original record. Keyboard users reach the card the same way as before, and the card is outlined when it has focus.

Every opinion poll listed on an issue page now shows who sponsored or funded it, alongside the pollster — information the page already recorded but did not display, and the single most important fact for judging a poll. The source counts at the top of an issue page were also reconciled with the Sources tab so the same citation set is counted the same way throughout, the evidence-quality figure now states the exact set of citations it is measured over, and the note above the source list describes plainly which citations carry an authority label and which — a claimant's own words — do not.

Every issue page now carries a button that opens the published contact details for the officials on record on that issue — office phone numbers, the official contact form or email, the mailing address of each office a member keeps (their Capitol office and each district office), their official website and their social accounts. The same detail appears on each politician's own page. Only channels an office actually publishes are shown, never a placeholder, and each one carries the date it was last confirmed so you can judge how current it is.

Issue pages gained a Constitutional Analysis section examining the issue against the Constitution — which protections are implicated, what the courts have actually held, what remains genuinely contested, and where the argument for stronger protection goes beyond current law. It is clearly labelled as an assessment rather than a sourced fact, it shows the counter-arguments that survived review rather than hiding them, and it states how many of its claims were tested and how many held up.

Each issue page can now point you to other issues that genuinely overlap with it, based on which officials are on record on both and which sources both cite — with the reason shown, so you can check it. Where no other issue overlaps enough to be worth listing, nothing is listed rather than padding the section with weak matches.

Long-form text on issue pages, the About page and the Methodology page was being squeezed into roughly half the width of the page, leaving the right-hand side empty and the reading column uncomfortably narrow. Text now uses the full width of the page. The sections on an issue page — the explainer, the officials on record, the claims we have checked, the survey and polling data, and the full source list — now appear as clearly clickable tabs with a short line explaining what sits behind them, so it is obvious there is more to read than the summary at the top.

The Bills page now leads with the most recent legislative activity instead of burying it behind undated placeholder bills, and you can re-sort by introduced date or bill number. One-click House / Senate / All buttons sit above the list, every bill shows which chamber it came from — with a combined mark once it has cleared both and a LAW badge once signed — and each row states plainly whether a plain-language AI analysis exists yet. You can also filter to just the analyzed bills.

The map gained a State Legislative detail level covering 6,783 upper- and lower-chamber districts nationwide, drawn from official U.S. Census boundary files. Switch between the lower and upper chamber for any state. Nebraska shows Senate districts only because its legislature is unicameral, and the District of Columbia shows its eight council wards.

A new Layers control lets you draw county, congressional, or state-legislative boundaries on top of whichever map you are already viewing — so you can see, for example, exactly how congressional district lines cut across county lines. Layers are outlines only and never change what the colors mean.

Almost all sitting U.S. Senators now have a set of specific, sourced campaign and in-office promises on record — each with a verbatim quote and a primary or reputable citation — so you can track what they said they'd do against what they actually do.

The home page now features an auto-cycling slideshow of recently broken promises, and a dedicated page lists every broken promise on record — each linking to the full sourced ruling.

On a lawmaker's profile, the activity section has one shared set of time-frame filters — all time, each term, or a specific year — that update every chart and tile together, so the numbers always line up.

A lawmaker's bill-success rate now counts every outcome — became law, passed a chamber, failed, vetoed, or still pending — instead of only whether a bill was enacted, with the breakdown shown.

The map has an Issue / topic view with a picker to choose an issue and a color legend; substantially-similar topics are merged into one issue so, for example, all reproductive-rights positions count together.

The donation form now accepts a custom amount alongside the preset buttons, so you can give any amount from $1 to $10,000.

The home page now leads with the interactive map so you can drill into any state, district, or county fast, with a quick way to find your own representatives up top. Below it: upcoming elections, head-to-head compare, how the record stays trustworthy, and how to help build it — the full-screen panels are gone and the donation ask now sits at the very end.

The homepage and the elections page show full details for each upcoming election — the date (with a countdown), what's on the ballot, key voter dates, and a link to the authoritative source — starting with the 2026 U.S. midterm general election (November 3, 2026).

A new "Your representatives" page shows who represents you — your two U.S. Senators, your Governor, your U.S. House member, and your state legislators — derived automatically from the state and ZIP code on your account.

On a state's page you can select a congressional district — by clicking the map or a district chip — to highlight it and load its U.S. House representative.

Each member of Congress now shows their roll-call voting totals (yea, nay, present, not voting) and most recent votes, drawn from public roll-call data.

Each lawmaker's profile includes a plain-language summary of the agenda inferred from the legislation they've sponsored — clearly labeled as inferred, never treated as a stated position, and never part of the Integrity Score.

Pick any two officials and see their records head-to-head without leaving the page, then open the full side-by-side comparison for every promise and position.

Each profile now leads with a large photo, bio, office, and a location map, above the full record — promises, stated positions, legislative record with sourced references, and disclosures.

Each official shows a small map of their home state with their congressional district (or the whole state) highlighted.

Filter the directory by Federal / State / Local, sort by first or last name, and tell state officials from federal ones at a glance.

Every source is attributed to its author. A candidate's own words (official statements, a verified X post, or a video) are treated as first-party and authoritative; third-party news is shown as context that can't override them.

Your username and Political Capital always appear with your contributions and donations (this is how the site stays publicly accountable). You can optionally also show your first name, last name, city/state, or a linked X account.

Everyone appears on the merit-based contributor leaderboard by default; you can opt out any time in your account settings.

Dedicated pages for each state, county, and congressional district with real election context and the officials who represent them.

A contact form is one click away at every step of creating an account or making a donation, so you can reach us if anything goes wrong.

Switch the site between light, dark, and system themes from an unobtrusive control in the bottom-left corner of any page.

The site opened to everyone — browse officials, the record, and the methodology.

Make a one-time or monthly donation to keep the site free, ad-free, and independent. We don't sell products or your data.

Sign up to contribute, with email verification to keep accounts genuine.

Explore presidential, Senate, and House results by state, county, and district — 2020 and 2024 — with margins, swing, turnout, and partisan lean.

Promises are rated on a reproducible, evidence-weighted scale and rolled into a signed Integrity Score — the formula is published and the data is exportable.

Anyone can propose a sourced correction to a promise, source, or position; corrections are reviewed in the open.

Compare two officials' promise records and Integrity Scores on a dedicated compare page.