[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Mike Collins

Republican · Representative, GA ·10

Score Components

19 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

46 → 12

Intelligence Volume 10%

51 → 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: Uninsured rate: Approximately 14% (above national average of 8.6%; Georgia has not expanded Medicaid under the ACA, leaving a documented coverage gap among working-poor constituents)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 39.4

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: Approximately 69% (above national average of 65.5%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+26

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: Approximately 24% (below Georgia average of 33.1% and national average of 33.7%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: Approximately 16% (above Georgia average of 14% and national average of 12.4%; higher in historic middle-Georgia Black Belt counties)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: Approximately 5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: Approximately 28% (concentrated in Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, and Warren counties — historically Black Belt communities)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White non-Hispanic population share: Approximately 64%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: Approximately $56,800 (below Georgia median of $65,030 and national median of $74,580; significant variation between exurban and deep-rural counties)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Constitutional Amendment — Creation of Court of Appeals Divisions (2022) (2022) — passed, margin Statewide: 73% Yes — 27% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Amendment A — Local School Property Tax Exemptions for Certain Seniors (2024) (2024) — passed, margin Statewide: 79% Yes — 21% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 Retail Trade (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing (share 0.09)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 Manufacturing (poultry processing, textiles, food) (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 11 Agriculture Forestry Fishing and Hunting (poultry, livestock, timber) (share 0.08)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.16)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Newton Medical Center (Covington, Piedmont Healthcare) (1400 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Pilgrim's Pride / Wayne Farms (poultry processing — multiple GA-10 adjacent locations) (2500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Jackson EMC (Jackson, GA — large electric cooperative) (900 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress)	yea_unverified	2025-07-03	misaligned
Laken Riley Act (119th Congress)	yea_unverified	2025-01-07	mixed
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling)	nay_unverified	2023-05-31	deviating
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022	nay_unverified	2022-08-12	misaligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "Collins has described himself as a fiscal conservative committed to reducing government spending and the national debt, citing these as central to his"

Vote: on "Collins voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, which the Congressional Budget Office"

Collins's stated fiscal conservatism — including his nay on the Fiscal Responsibility Act for being insufficiently austere — is directly contradicted by his yes vote on the OBBBA, which CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to the deficit, representi

Last silence detection: Never

Trucking industry hour-of-service regulations and ELD mandate enforcement and their impact on small owner-operators

730d silent

Expected position: Collins is a trucking company owner whose family business is M&M Transport Services in Jackson, Georgia. Hours-of-service regulations, the Electronic Logging Device mandate, and FMC

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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