Joaquin Castro

U.S. Representative, Texas 20th Congressional District · Democrat

OfficeholderOn the 2026 ballotIncumbent · Texas 20th Congressional District · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Texas Secretary of State — 2026 November General Election candidate list (Candidate Bio Portal, status 'Candidate in the General Election'; certified 2026-08-28): U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 20 · read Sep 24, 2026

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Running for Texas 20th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 2 certified results. See the race

The District

What Texas 20th Congressional District covers

Covers part of Bexar County.

Map of Texas 20th Congressional District with 308 precincts

308 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: enacted plan "PLANC2333 (Texas congressional plan, 2025)" (H.B. 4, 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025); signed by Gov. Abbott Aug 29, 2025); 2026 status: In effect for the 2026 elections: a three-judge district court's preliminary injunction (Nov 18, 2025) was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec 4, 2025; used for the Mar 3, 2026 primary. Official file https://data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/planc2333 · Precinct lines: no contest override (the 2020-2024 House contests were on the prior lines); no-electorate fill where 2020 census blocks hold 0 people; no-electorate fill where 2020 census blocks hold 0 people

Key Votes

The record

Current office: U.S. Representative, Texas 20th District
House Clerk roll-call records identify the member as C001091. 22 major 119th-Congress House votes loaded (standard set); voted against the majority of the member's own party on 0 of them. Selection, not exhaustive. Checked 2026-09-24.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · U.S. House (official member site) · source
H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 216-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 278 (2026)
Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 9770 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 220-205 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 272 (2026)
Jul 21, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 6644 Housing for the 21st Century Act · voted Yes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate Adt · Passed, 358-32 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 224 (2026)
Jun 23, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
S. 2 Secure America Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 214-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 214 (2026)
Jun 9, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 2913 Ukraine Support Act · voted Yes
On Passage · Passed, 226-195 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 207 (2026)
Jun 4, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 7567 Farm, Food, and National Security Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 224-200 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 154 (2026)
Apr 30, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 7744 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 221-209 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 87 (2026)
Mar 5, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

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H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · voted No
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Passed, 217-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 53 (2026)
Feb 3, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 498 Do No Harm in Medicaid Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 215-201 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 362 (2025)
Dec 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 6703 Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 216-211 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 349 (2025)
Dec 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 4405 Epstein Files Transparency Act · voted Yes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed, 427-1 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 289 (2025)
Nov 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 5371 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 · voted No
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · Passed, 222-209 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 285 (2025)
Nov 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 231-196 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 262 (2025)
Sep 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 4275 Coast Guard Authorization Act · voted Yes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed, 399-12 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 218 (2025)
Jul 23, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
S. 1582 GENIUS Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 308-122 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 200 (2025)
Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 294-134 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 199 (2025)
Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act · voted No
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · Passed, 218-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 190 (2025)
Jul 3, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 4 Rescissions Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 214-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 168 (2025)
Jun 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 215-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 145 (2025)
May 22, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 22 SAVE Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 220-208 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 102 (2025)
Apr 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 217-213 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 70 (2025)
Mar 11, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
H.R. 29 Laken Riley Act · voted No
On Passage · Passed, 264-159 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 6 (2025)
Jan 7, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
Roll-call position (DW-NOMINATE)
Score -0.4030 over 556 recorded votes. Negative left, positive right, −1 to +1. A computed statistic, not a government record.
OSINT · Voteview (Lewis et al.) · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Scorecards

Club for Growth scorecard, 2025: 0%
0% on the Club for Growth's 2025 congressional scorecard; lifetime score 8%. The organization's own rating.
Self-published · Club for Growth · source
AFL-CIO Legislative Scorecard, 2025: 100%
100% on the AFL-CIO's 2025 Legislative Scorecard; lifetime score 98%. The organization's own rating.
Self-published · AFL-CIO · source
League of Conservation Voters scorecard, 2025: 100%
100% on LCV's 2025 National Environmental Scorecard; lifetime score 96%. The organization's own rating.
Self-published · League of Conservation Voters · source
Heritage Action for America scorecard, 119th Congress: 0%
0% on Heritage Action's 119th Congress scorecard (key votes and co-sponsorships, updated weekly while Congress is in session). The organization's own rating.
Self-published · Heritage Action for America · source

Committees and Appointments

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · Member
U.S. House, 119th Congress · Member · Subcommittees: Central Intelligence Agency; National Security Agency and Cyber; Oversight and Investigations
Official · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives — Member Data (committee assignments) · source
Committee on Foreign Affairs · Member
U.S. House, 119th Congress · Member · Subcommittees: East Asia and Pacific; Western Hemisphere
Official · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives — Member Data (committee assignments) · source

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change: Profile updated · Sep 24
Raised: $522,504cycle to date through Jun 30
Cash on Hand: $154,380cycle to date through Jun 30
Spent: $549,858cycle to date through Jun 30
Debts Owed: $0cycle to date through Jun 30
Next Report Due: Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

Hm Consulting Ltd$75,000.00
Glider Group$71,490.08
Bee Compliance Llc$43,009.85
Ngp Van Inc$41,990.59
Grassroots Analytics Inc$11,000.00

Campaign finance · Castro For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

Campaign finance · Castro For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Raised $522,504.02 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $549,858.05 · cash on hand $154,379.66 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $376,501.02 (72%); PACs and other political committees $146,000.00 (28%); Other receipts (refunds, offsets, other) $3.00 (0%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): staff, contractors and reimbursements $89,485.41; fundraising $83,847.45; general consulting $71,490.08; digital $62,167.88; compliance and treasurer $49,829.69; other $11,749.37.
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Stock trades · no periodic transaction reports filed 2024–2026
No periodic transaction reports appear in the U.S. House Clerk financial-disclosure indexes for 2024, 2025, and 2026 (searched by StateDst and surname). Index files searched as of 2026-09-24.
Official · U.S. House Clerk

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Joaquin

Google/YouTube ads · CASTRO FOR CONGRESS (supporting)
The candidate's own campaign (CASTRO FOR CONGRESS). No ads in the 2026 cycle; 3 ads Nov 2021–Apr 2022 during the 2022 cycle, $300–$600 (Google creative spend ranges; 3 text); 8 ads Jan–Nov 2020 during the 2020 cycle, $1,300–$2,500 (Google creative spend ranges; 8 text). Earlier-cycle ads are not included in 2026 totals.
Apr 27, 2022 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · source

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“Instead of giving billions of dollars more to what has become an abusive and rogue agency, Congress should work to lower the cost of healthcare, childcare, gas, and groceries. I voted no on this reckless funding bill.”

Castro Statement on Final Passage of Funding BillJun 9, 2026 · Official · castro.house.gov · source

“Masked ICE agents have detained, deported, and killed U.S. citizens. They have locked away innocent kids like 5-year-old Liam Ramos. Flush with cash from Republicans in Congress, ICE is ripping apart families and imprisoning children instead of making communities safer. As a country, we will look back on this era with shame.”

Castro Statement on Final Passage of Funding BillJun 9, 2026 · Official · castro.house.gov · source

“When you go door-to-door or business-to-business and start looking for who's speaking Spanish or which brown person is there, you're violating the Constitution. We're not going to be doing it that way. We shouldn't do it that way.”