[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Judy Chu

Democratic · Representative, CA ·28

Score Components

10 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

18 → 5

Intelligence Volume 10%

50 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 36.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Asian (non-Hispanic) population: 38.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 56.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 48.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 9.84%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $107,786 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 3: Constitutional Right to Marriage (Repeal Proposition 8) (2024) — passed, margin 61.1% Yes – 38.9% No (statewide)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom (2022) — passed, margin 66.6% Yes – 33.4% No (statewide)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 5617 (share 0.058)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 4451 (share 0.082)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 5417 (share 0.105)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 6113 (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 6221 (share 0.152)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: East West Bank (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Pasadena Unified School District (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Huntington Memorial Hospital (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (5000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (7000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 28th Congressional District encompasses the west San Gabriel Valley and portions of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, anchored by the cities of Pasadena, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead, and San Gabriel. It has a population of approximately 743,000 and is a safe Democratic seat (D+30 Cook

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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Budget Reconciliation (Concurrence in Senate Amendment)) on 2025-07-03: Chu voted with all 212 Democrats on the 218-214 party-line final vote, but the bill's content created a cross-pressure documented in her official statement: she called it 'the largest cut to health care in U.S. history' that would 'kick 1

primary · 2025-07-03

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 (Senate Amendment — Ended 42-	nay	2025-11-12	mixed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Budget Reconciliation (Concurrence in Senate Amendm	nay	2025-07-03	mixed
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.38 billion military a	nay	2024-04-20	deviating
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (TikTok	yea	2024-03-13	mixed
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Agreement)	nay	2023-05-31	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 60/100

Platform: ""I believe that healthcare is a human right. And like all rights, that means it applies to everyone, not just a few, regardless of where you live or h"

Vote: on "Rep. Chu and her spouse actively traded Astrana Health Inc. (ASTH) stock, a $1.6 billion healthcare "

Chu is a prominent Medicare for All champion who calls healthcare a 'human right,' yet she and her spouse actively trade stock in a for-profit healthcare company (Astrana Health) while she serves on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. The same-da

Last silence detection: Never

No active silences

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

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:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

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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