[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS
Legislative Integrity Monitor
Goblin House Intelligence
Congress → Officials → Kathy Castor

Kathy Castor

Democratic · Representative, FL ·14

Kathy Castor is the Democratic U.S. Representative (FL's 14th congressional district). The platform has 8 voting records on file (2008-2024) and 51 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Score Components
29 LOW
Connection Density 20%
0 → 0
Donor Influence 15%
61 → 9
Silence Risk 25%
48 → 12
Contradiction Risk 25%
0 → 0
Intelligence Volume 15%
66 → 10
Constituency Deviation 0%
21 → 0
Voting Misalignment 0%
0 → 0
% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.
Castor chaired the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, created by Speaker Pelosi in January 2019. The committee had investigatory and advisory authority but no legislative jurisdiction. H.R. 9 was routed through the standing Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs committees rather than through Castor's own committee, structurally limiting her legislative power over her signature issue.
primary · 2019-01-01 ✓ Verified
The Republican-controlled Senate never brought H.R. 9 to a vote. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell read the bill a second time on May 7, 2019 and placed it on the Senate Legislative Calendar, where it died. The bill had zero path to enactment, making it a messaging vehicle.
primary · 2019-05-07 ✓ Verified
Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), whose Sarasota/Bradenton district faces coastal climate vulnerability comparable to Castor's Tampa Bay district, was one of only three House Republicans to vote YEA. His same-state defection, driven by shared Florida geographic risk, received minimal attention compared to Fitzpatrick and Stefanik in national coverage.
primary · 2019-05-02 ✓ Verified
Castor was the sole lead sponsor of H.R. 9, introduced on March 27, 2019. Congress.gov (the official legislative database) and Castor's own May 2, 2019 press release both confirm her sponsorship. The bill attracted 224 cosponsors, including 223 Democrats and 1 Republican (Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania).
primary · 2019-03-27 ✓ Verified
Kathy Castor voted YEA on Roll Call 184 (H.R. 9, Climate Action Now Act) on May 2, 2019. The House Clerk's official XML roll records 'Castor (FL)Aye' at line 13. The vote passed 231–190 with 228 Democrats and 3 Republicans (Fitzpatrick PA, Stefanik NY, Buchanan FL) in support. The prior 'yea_unverified' designation is superseded by primary evidence.
primary · 2019-05-02 ✓ Verified
Castor voted against both President George W. Bush (who proposed TARP) and her own party's presidential nominee Barack Obama (who supported it), making her Nay vote a rare dual-defection from leaders of both parties.
secondary · 2008-10-23 ✓ Verified
By 2010, Castor had consolidated her TARP opposition into the canonical formulation 'did not address the root causes of the economic crisis or provide enough accountability,' which she used in her June 30, 2010 official statement on the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).
primary · 2010-06-30 ✓ Verified
Castor's October 3, 2008 statement on the Senate-amended bill first introduced the 'root causes' framing: 'The bailout bill does not address the fundamental root causes of the economic crisis or the concerns I have consistently expressed'—she also criticized the lack of mandatory mortgage 'workout' provisions and taxpayer protections.
primary · 2008-10-03 ✓ Verified
Castor's September 29, 2008 statement explaining her first Nay vote cited insufficient help for middle-class families, lack of taxpayer protections, and her experience assisting hundreds of Tampa Bay families at foreclosure workshops—it did not mention 'root causes.'
primary · 2008-09-29 ✓ Verified
Castor voted 'No' a second time on H.R. 1424 (the Senate-amended TARP bill), Roll Call 681, October 3, 2008—the bill passed 263-171 and was signed into law by President Bush the same day; Castor was again the sole Florida Democrat to vote Nay.
primary · 2008-10-03 ✓ Verified
Kathy Castor voted 'No' on H.R. 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (TARP), Roll Call 674, September 29, 2008—the bill failed 205-228 with Democrats voting 140-95 in favor and Castor as the sole Florida Democrat to vote Nay.
primary · 2008-09-29 ✓ Verified
Castor has maintained a consistent 14-year record of securing federal water infrastructure funding for Tampa Bay through every biennial WRDA/WRRDA bill since at least 2014, when she announced the WRRDA provided Port Tampa Bay 'new leverage in moving vital dredging projects.'
primary · 2014-05-21 ✓ Verified
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed H.R. 8812 by a 61-2 vote and the Senate EPW Committee approved its version unanimously, making the final floor votes overwhelmingly bipartisan and diminishing the individual significance of any single member's Yea vote—the committee markup and Castor's provision-insertion negotiations were the more journalistically significant events.
secondary · 2024-06-27 ✓ Verified
Section 1145 of WRDA 2024 broke a 12-year stalemate on Florida beach renourishment by directing the Army Corps to accept less-than-perpetual easements, providing a two-year window for Florida's enumerated hurricane and storm damage reduction projects to continue under previously authorized agreements, and expressing a sense of Congress that the minimum estate for such projects should not exceed the 50-year project…
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Section 1145 of WRDA 2024 broke a 12-year stalemate on Florida beach renourishment by directing the Army Corps to accept less-than-perpetual easements, providing a two-year window for Florida's enumerated hurricane and storm damage reduction projects to continue under previously authorized agreements, and expressing a sense of Congress that the minimum estate for such projects should not exceed the 50-year project life—directly addressing the issue that had halted virtually all federal beach projects in Pinellas County since 2012.
secondary · 2025-01-02 ✓ Verified
Castor secured four Tampa Bay-specific provisions in WRDA 2024: a $420 million authorization for Port Tampa Bay Deep Draft Navigation (one of only four navigation projects in the country), a MacDill Air Force Base climate resilience project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, a Pinellas County beach renourishment provision addressing the long-standing Army Corps perpetual easement dispute, and flexibility…
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Castor secured four Tampa Bay-specific provisions in WRDA 2024: a $420 million authorization for Port Tampa Bay Deep Draft Navigation (one of only four navigation projects in the country), a MacDill Air Force Base climate resilience project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, a Pinellas County beach renourishment provision addressing the long-standing Army Corps perpetual easement dispute, and flexibility language for St. Pete Harborage Marina channel access.
primary · 2024-12-10 ✓ Verified
Castor voted Yea a second time on the Senate-amended Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act on December 10, 2024, which passed 399-18 and was signed into law by President Biden on January 4, 2025.
secondary · 2024-12-10 ✓ Verified
Kathy Castor voted Yea on H.R. 8812 (Roll Call 358), Water Resources Development Act of 2024, July 22, 2024—the bill passed 359-13 with 182 Democrats and 177 Republicans voting Yea.
primary · 2024-07-22 ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 41.5%
secondary ✓ Verified
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 28%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 56.6%
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American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00797670/
Cox Enterprises Inc. PAC donor $10,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00477653/
U.S. Travel Association PAC donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00457754/
The Mosaic Company PAC donor $7,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00455766/
Charter Communications Inc. PAC donor $8,500 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00426775/
Solar Energy Industries Association PAC (Solarpac) donor $6,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00421982/
American College Of Ob-Gyns PAC donor $6,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00364158/
T-Mobile PAC, Inc. Political Action Committee (T-PAC) donor $9,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00361758/
American Academy Of Dermatology Association Political Action Committee (Skinpac) donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00359539/
PAC Of The American Association Of Orthopaedic Surgeons--PAC Of Aaos donor $7,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00343137/
Iheartmedia, Inc. - Clear Channel Outdoor PAC donor $10,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00279216/
Auto Care Association Political Action Committee donor $7,500 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00250753/
Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal PAC - Federal donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00248716/
National Air Traffic Controllers Assoc PAC donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00238725/
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company - PAC donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00171843/
Guidewell Mutual Holding Corp PAC donor $7,500 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00161141/
New York Life Insurance Company PAC donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00158881/
National Emergency Medicine PAC / American College Of Emergency Physicians donor $7,500 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00140061/
National Multifamily Housing Council PAC donor $5,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00130773/
At&T Inc. Federal PAC donor $6,000 to Kathy Castor's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00109017/
BillVoteDateAlignment
PROOF Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Ratepayer Protection Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood… Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Water Resources Development Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Retire through Ownership Act Not Voting 2026-09-16 unknown
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
GUARD Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Whistleblower Protection Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act Yea 2026-09-03 unknown
Protecting Domestic Mining Act Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require… Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms… Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
AGOA Extension Act Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Local Access to Courts Act Yea 2026-08-31 unknown
Last contradiction analysis: Never
No contradictions detected
Last silence detection: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:39:58 GMT (via scheduled run)
other / unclassified
American Osteopathic Information Association, Office Of The Commissioner Of Major League Baseball PAC, Supporting House Problem Solvers - Shp PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other / unclassified
party & leadership pacs
AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America, Leadership Opportunity Innovation Service PAC, Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United For Victory PAC), Democratic Majority Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest…
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AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America, Leadership Opportunity Innovation Service PAC, Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United For Victory PAC), Democratic Majority Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: party & leadership pacs
ideological & single-issue
EMILY's List, Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. PAC, Elect Democratic Women (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $8,500 (2026)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
colleagues' leadership pacs
PAC To The Future, Democrats Win Seats (Dws PAC), Clean PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, A Love Supreme PAC, Budwinski PAC, Innovation For Good PAC, Elect Every Democrat PAC, Fair Shot PAC, Leadership Opportunity Innovation Service PAC, Ca…
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PAC To The Future, Democrats Win Seats (Dws PAC), Clean PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, A Love Supreme PAC, Budwinski PAC, Innovation For Good PAC, Elect Every Democrat PAC, Fair Shot PAC, Leadership Opportunity Innovation Service PAC, Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United For Victory PAC), Democratic Majority Fund, AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $6,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
corporate pacs, industry unlisted
The Mosaic Company PAC, S&P Global Inc. Political Action Committee, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation PAC - Dtcc PAC, Document Storage Systems, Inc. (Dss PAC) (amounts: $7,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area…
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The Mosaic Company PAC, S&P Global Inc. Political Action Committee, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation PAC - Dtcc PAC, Document Storage Systems, Inc. (Dss PAC) (amounts: $7,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: corporate pacs, industry unlisted
Southern Glazer'S Wine And Spirits PAC Alcohol & tobacco $10,000 (2026)
Democratic Majority Fund Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United For Victory PAC) Colleagues' leadership PACs $10,000 (2026)
Leadership Opportunity Innovation Service PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
Elect Every Democrat PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
Innovation For Good PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $10,000 (2026)
Siemens Energy, Inc. PAC Oil, gas & mining $5,000 (2026)
Democratic Majority Fund Party & leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
Budwinski PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $6,000 (2026)
A Love Supreme PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $5,000 (2026)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC Law & lobbying firms $5,000 (2026)
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC (Booz Allen PAC) Defense & aerospace $7,000 (2024)
Elect Democratic Women Ideological & single-issue $8,500 (2026)
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (Dss PAC) Corporate PACs, industry unlisted $5,000 (2026)
TopicPriorityAlignmentDeviation
Mining & Domestic Resource Extraction 55 40 40
Judicial Structure & Constitutional Amendments 45 35 35
Energy Costs & Utility Regulation 90 55 35
Socialism Condemnation & Ideological Messaging 50 30 30
War Powers & Military Engagement 65 75 25
Impeachment & Presidential Oversight 70 85 15
Government Accountability & Anti-Fraud 80 85 15
Climate Resilience & Coastal Flooding 95 88 12
Healthcare Access & ACA Protections 85 88 12
Education & Early Childhood 78 90 10
Environmental Protection & Water Quality 88 90 10
Wildlife & Natural Habitat Conservation 82 92 8
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Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

ComponentWeightSignal
Contradiction Risk30%Stated positions contradicted by the record (recent findings boosted)
Donor Influence20%Distinct documented donors (FEC Schedule A PACs); inferred donors do not count
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups; donor links excluded
Silence Risk15%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Intelligence Volume15%Documented facts from verified sources
Constituency Deviation0%Shown, not weighted — a model estimate, not a record
Voting Misalignment0%Shown, not weighted — needs platform commitments almost nobody has; the roll-call record on /votes is the vote signal

Each component is the member's standing among all scored members of Congress, and the weighted sum is the overall score. Tiers are ranks: Critical is the top 5%, High the next 10%, Elevated the next 20%, Moderate the next 30%, and Low the rest.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains.
$7.1BDonor Contributions
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Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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