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Joaquin Castro

DemocratJoaquin Castro

U.S. Representative · Texas

Texas's 20th district

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from Texas

0 tracked promises

Texas · Texas's 20th district

Texas's 20th district

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How they won their seat

Joaquin Castro won the 2024 U.S. House election in Texas (District 20) with 100% of the vote (157,890 votes).

100%
Win share
157,890
Votes for winner
157,890
Total cast
  • Joaquin Castro · Democrat100%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Joaquin Castro's record shows a pattern of legislation related to international relations, particularly regarding Latin America and the Caribbean, as evidenced by sponsored bills like the 'Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025' and the 'Strengthening US-Caribbean Partnership Act'. Additionally, his involvement in committees related to foreign affairs and intelligence is associated with national security and diplomatic engagement. Focus areas (from the record): International Relations · National Security · Latin America · Diplomacy · Education Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. Alignment cannot be determined due to lack of available data. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any declared positions or promises that could provide context for his legislative focus. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Joaquin Castro has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Activity in office

What Joaquin Castro has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.

Votes cast
609
Voted yea
247
Voted nay
340
Bills sponsored
171
Committees
7

Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
016324864VotesJun '25: 17 YeaJun '25: 23 NayJun '25Jul '25: 9 YeaJul '25: 22 NayJul '25Sep '25: 11 YeaSep '25: 48 NaySep '25Nov '25: 8 YeaNov '25: 15 NayNov '25Dec '25: 22 YeaDec '25: 33 NayDec '25Jan '26: 22 YeaJan '26: 25 NayJan '26Feb '26: 13 YeaFeb '26: 16 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 11 YeaMar '26: 19 NayMar '26Apr '26: 22 YeaApr '26: 22 NayApr '26May '26: 16 YeaMay '26: 17 NayMay '26Jun '26: 24 YeaJun '26: 16 NayJun '26Jul '26: 8 YeaJul '26: 8 NayJul '26Jun '25: 40 totalJul '25: 33 totalSep '25: 64 totalNov '25: 23 totalDec '25: 57 totalJan '26: 47 totalFeb '26: 30 totalMar '26: 30 totalApr '26: 47 totalMay '26: 36 totalJun '26: 42 totalJul '26: 16 total
Measures voted on:463 passed145 failed1 procedural/other

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

96.6%
attendance
588 of 609 roll calls21 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Jun 25Sep 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

171bills sponsored
56 pending115 awaiting status
06131925Bills2013: 1 awaiting status120132014: 7 awaiting status720142015: 12 awaiting status1220152016: 1 awaiting status120162017: 9 awaiting status920172018: 10 awaiting status1020182019: 22 awaiting status2220192020: 17 awaiting status1720202021: 21 awaiting status2120212022: 15 awaiting status1520222023: 22 pending2220232024: 12 pending1220242025: 18 pending1820252026: 4 pending42026

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Independence

2%
Votes against own party
12 of 587 recent votes

How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.

Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 56 sponsored bills became law
56 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$682K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2026: raised $682K2026: spent $635K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $120K (18%)18%Large individual (itemized): $320K (47%)47%PAC / committee: $242K (36%)36%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$120K18%
  • Large individual (itemized)$320K47%
  • PAC / committee$242K36%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Verified record

171 sponsored bills

Facts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.

Voting record

Total votes
609
Yea
247
Nay
340
Present
1
Not voting
21

Full voting record

609 votes
120 of 609
Page 1 / 31

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Stated positions

No stated positions are on record for this official yet. A stated position is what the official says they believe on an issue — a sourced claim, separate from any assessment of what they did. Know one? Add it with a link to where it was said.

Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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