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DemocratJoaquin Castro
U.S. Representative · Texas
Texas's 20th district
U.S. Representative from Texas
0 tracked promises
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).
- Joaquin Castro · Democrat100%157,890
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.
Showing 2023. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
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.
- Bills sponsored
- 22
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
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.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$120K18%
- Large individual (itemized)$320K47%
- PAC / committee$242K36%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — East Asia and PacificOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Western HemisphereOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — Central Intelligence AgencyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — National Security Agency and CyberOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — Oversight and InvestigationsOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
171 sponsored billsFacts 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.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9698: Advanced Coursework Equity Act ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7675: Securing Partner Supply Chains Act ↗Feb 25, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1012: Recognizing and honoring Cristina M. Rodríguez for her historic appointment as dean of Yale Law School. ↗Jan 21, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7059: No Unauthorized War in Mexico Act ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6910: United States International Development Corporation Chief Development Officer Act ↗Dec 19, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 969: Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week". ↗Dec 19, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6736: ARMAS Act of 2025 ↗Dec 16, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6563: Terrorist Watchlist Modification Review Act ↗Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6562: United States Development Finance Corporation Effectiveness Act ↗Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6347: Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025 ↗Dec 2, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 653: Expressing support for the Japanese Diet's Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific and for continued United States-Japan interparliamentary collaboration to advance democracy in the region. ↗Aug 15, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4489: Sunshine on Solar Lending Act ↗Jul 17, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 171 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 247
- Nay
- 340
- Present
- 1
- Not voting
- 21
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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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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