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Joaquin Castro

U.S. Representative · TX-20 · Democrat

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Money and votes

2025–26 cycle · through Sep 23, 2026Method

24 PACs of the 35 that gave

Of the 35 PACs that gave to Castro and have a lobbying organization behind them, 24 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

69% · House median: 58%

88 bills

Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 88 bills. Castro voted Yea on 17, Nay on 35, and sponsored or cosponsored 36 with no recorded vote.

$73K of $153K

Those 24 PACs gave Castro $73K, 48% of all the PAC money he received.

House median: 41%

PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $592K.

A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.

Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied

  1. H.R. 5408 Faster Labor Contracts Act $30K6 PACs

    Yea on passage

    Roll 216 · 230–193

    Jun 9, 2026

  2. H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act $14.5K4 PACs

    Nay on passage

    Roll 25 · 279–141

    Jan 23, 2025

  3. H.R. 2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 2 PACs

    Nay on passage

    Roll 157 · 348–60

    May 12, 2026

Top 3 of 107 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 19 broad must-pass bills among them

Who funds Castro 48 PACs

  1. Laborers' International Union, Midwest RegionLabor union PAC · funds 23 other members87% to Democrats
  2. National Association of RealtorsMembership group PAC · funds 449 other members54% to Republicans
  3. National Beer Wholesalers AssociationTrade association PAC · funds 386 other members52% to Republicans

All 107 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro

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Campaign totals from Castro’s own reports

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$592K

raised this cycle · 28% PACs and other committees, 72% individuals (10% of the total in gifts of $200 or less), under 1% transfers and other

$129K

cash on hand, 22% of what he raised

Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 23, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.

Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 6 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.

13 of Castro’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.

Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear.