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Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro

DemocratTX-20 · Representative
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro

DemocratTX-20 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.401)
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Joaquin Castro is a Democrat Representative from TX, District 20. He has served 13 years in Congress across 7 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 98% of the time.

13
Years in Office
7
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
9 votes against party
3.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
470 total votes
6
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Joaquin Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.0% vs avg
98%
Avg: 96.0%
Missed Votes-0.4% vs avg
3.2%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-1.2 vs avg
6
Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

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Central Intelligence Agency SubcommitteeMemberEast Asia and Pacific SubcommitteeMemberForeign Affairs CommitteeMemberIntelligence (Permanent Select) CommitteeMemberNational Security Agency and Cyber SubcommitteeMemberOversight and Investigations SubcommitteeRanking MemberWestern Hemisphere SubcommitteeRanking Member

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-02-11

$81,901
Cash on Handⓘ
$286,271
Total Receiptsⓘ
$343,028
Disbursementsⓘ
$197,768
Individual Donors
$88,500
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2013–2027House · TX-20 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

TX-20 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

784,135
Population
$61,570
Median Income
32.7
Median Age
25.1%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 45.5%Black 6.1%Hispanic 70.6%Asian 3.7%