[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Monica De La Cruz

Republican · Representative, TX ·15

Score Components

29 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

92 → 23

Intelligence Volume 10%

55 → 6

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: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+14 (shifted R+6 since 2020)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 6.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median rent: $992

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $169,200

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Spanish-language households: 485,578 (67.8% of households speak non-English at home)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 85.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: 22.3% (177,000 people)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 81.4% (643,000 people)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 32.9

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7% (24.5% lack a high school diploma)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 67.9%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 20.3% (LegisLetter) / 23.7% (Data USA 2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $59,751

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 790,465 (2024 Data USA)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Texas Proposition 4 — Property Tax Relief (2023) (2023) — passed, margin 83.5% Yes — 16.5% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.12)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.13)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: DHR Health / South Texas Health System (5000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District (4500 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Iran War Powers Resolution (March 2026)	nay	2026-03-05	deviating
ACA Subsidy Extension (Discharge Petition and Final Passage, January 2026)	yea	2026-01-08	aligned
Government Funding Continuing Resolution — November 2025 Shutdown Deal	yea	2025-11-12	aligned
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025	yea	2025-07-03	misaligned
Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 2025)	yea	2025-03-06	deviating
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (2025)	yea	2025-01-14	deviating
Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)	yea	2025-01-07	mixed
SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, July 2024)	yea	2024-07-12	misaligned
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid	nay	2024-04-20	deviating
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)	yea	2024-04-20	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "De La Cruz campaigned as a fiscal conservative who would protect South Texas families. She told constituents in her press release on the OBBBA that sh"

Vote: on "De La Cruz voted yea on the OBBBA (H.R. 1) on both May 22 and July 3, 2025. The CBO projected the bi"

De La Cruz publicly claimed the OBBBA 'protects Medicaid for vulnerable Americans' while the CBO projected it would cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid. Her district has 20.3% poverty, 23.7% in poverty per Data USA, and over 181,000 Medicaid

reversal 90/100

Platform: "In January 2026, De La Cruz was the ONLY Texas Republican to break with her party and join Democrats in voting for a three-year ACA subsidy extension "

Vote: on "De La Cruz consistently touted border security as her top priority and campaigned on 'finishing what"

De La Cruz voted against ACA subsidy discharge petitions twice, then flipped at the last moment to become the ONLY Texas Republican supporting a three-year ACA subsidy extension. Her campaign-season reversal — after voting for the OBBBA which cut Med

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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