Federal · U.S. House
Joaquin Castro
U.S. Representative · TX-20 · Party: Democratic
468 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- TX-20
- Party
- Democratic
- Term
- Since 2013
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Joaquin Castro's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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H.Res. 1292
Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with a Subpoena Duly Issued by the Committee on the Judiciary
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S. 138
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
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H.Res. 1287
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8070) the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025; and relating to the consideration of House Report 118-527 and an accompanying resolution; and for other purposes
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H.Res. 1287
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8070) the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025; and relating to the consideration of House Report 118-527 and an accompanying resolution; and for other purposes
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H.Res. 1269
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8580) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8282) Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
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H.Res. 1269
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8580) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8282) Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
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H.R. 6983
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 South Valdosta Road in Lakeland, Georgia, as the “Nell Patten Roquemore Post Office”
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H.Res. 1215
Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to join in efforts to educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish American community
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H.R. 192
To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia
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H.R. 192
To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia
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Raised · 2025–2026
$514,776
Spent $499,054 · Cash on hand $154,380 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by Joaquin Castro's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$40,3478%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$333,42665%
- PACs and other political committees$141,00027%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$30%
For comparison, the average of the 426 House members with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $2,380,998; PACs 36% of money raised; small donors 10%; cash on hand $1,617,763.
Top PACs
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$7,500
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$7,500
- PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PAC$7,500
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$5,000
- MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$5,000
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
- MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE$5,000
The 10 largest of $141,000 from PACs and other political committees (27% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
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Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Lawyers and lobbyists$63,600
- Labor unions$33,000
- Issue and advocacy groups$25,250
- Technology and telecommunications$20,000
- Agriculture and food$12,000
- Transportation$11,250
- Retail and consumer goods$10,500
- Real estate$9,950
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 61% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- HARTMAN FOUNDATION$9,300
- THE HERRERA LAW FIRM$8,500
- OCANAS GROUP$7,000
- SERNA AND SERNA$6,111
- ORTIZ MCKNIGHT PLLC$5,500
- THEGROUP$5,000
- ESCAMILLA & PONECK LLP$4,100
- NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT LLP$3,000
- PESCADOR PUBLIC STRATEGIES LLC$2,500
- JOE A GAMEZ LAW FIRM$2,000
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (Joaquin Castro at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 2, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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