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Revealed: Which State Has the Worst Members of Congress

It’s the Super Bowl of bad politicians and Chris Cillizza has a winner.

Opinion

I have LONG wanted to write a “worst delegation” piece but, to be honest, legacy media outlets weren’t, like, super keen on me bashing a state or a delegation. I DO write stuff like that/this. Now, before I go member by member let me acknowledge this: “Worst” is, of course, in the eye of the beholder. My worst — just for the record — isn’t about what party dominates the delegation. And I am not going to nit-pick on things like how many bills have Members passed because, in the House, you can actually do lots of work and never have your name on the final bill. Instead, I am using a basic standard: How much negative press does each member get versus how much positive press do they generate? I also factored in the relative influence they have within the House itself. (I ruled out single-member states because the sample size is too small.) And I looked back on the historic footprint of politicians from each state to see how far things have fallen (or risen!).

To find out who really is the absolute worst (and why) go to So What on Substack.

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