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U.S. Representative · Texas 20th District
Joaquin Castro
DemocratDistrict D+12119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score20#403 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Joaquin Castro’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2241 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4320
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 22 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 22 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 1004 and 17 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: Love Lives On Act of 2025
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMinority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
- Subcommittee on Western HemisphereRanking Member
- House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency
- Subcommittee on National Security Agency and Cyber
- Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsRanking Member
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Castro← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.403 is 0.01 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1451–1500 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 3798Safe Access to Cash Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 15
| Entrenched |
| H.R. 5172Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025 |