[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

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Goblin House Intelligence

Chuck Edwards

Republican · Representative, NC ·11

Score Components

31 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

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Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

82 → 21

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: SNAP recipient families in district: 90,000 families

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment in district: 195,415 residents

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 758,211 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 72.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 45.4 years

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 12.6% (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $65,577 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: North Carolina Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment (2024) — passed, margin 77.6% For – 22.4% Against

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 72 - Accommodation and Food Services (share 0.087)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 - Manufacturing (share 0.103)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.124)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.154)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Ingles Markets (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Buncombe County Schools (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Mission Health / HCA Healthcare (8000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: North Carolina's 11th Congressional District encompasses most of Western North Carolina across 16 counties, including Asheville and the surrounding mountain communities. The district has a population of approximately 758,000, is 84.3% White (Non-Hispanic), with a median age of 45.4 — notably older than the national a

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Voted yea on H.Con.Res. 14 (Establishing the Congressional Budget for FY2025) on 2025-02-25: As a member of both House Budget and Appropriations committees, Edwards was instrumental in crafting the framework. The resolution called for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts while raising the debt ceiling by $4 trillion and extending tax cuts that disproportionately b

primary · 2025-02-25

Voted yea on H.R. 22 (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act) on 2025-04-10: Edwards voted with the party majority (220-208) to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. Civil rights groups and the AFL-CIO opposed the bill as voter suppression. NC-11 has a growing Hispanic population (8.08%) and 5.38% foreign-born residents wh

primary · 2025-04-10

Voted yea_unverified on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Initial House Passage) on 2025-05-22: Same bill as above; Edwards supported the measure at every stage. The initial House vote was 215-214 with two Republican defectors, making Edwards' support decisive. His district was still recovering from Hurricane Helene and had 195,415 residents on Medicaid.

inferential · 2025-05-22

Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Final Passage (On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment)) on 2025-07-03: Edwards voted for a bill that nonpartisan analyses projected would cut approximately $900 billion from Medicaid over 10 years, directly harming an estimated 195,415 Medicaid recipients and 90,000 SNAP families in his district. NC-11 has a

primary · 2025-07-03

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Final Passage (On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendm	yea	2025-07-03	misaligned
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Initial House Passage	yea_unverified	2025-05-22	misaligned
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act	yea	2025-04-10	mixed
Establishing the Congressional Budget for FY2025	yea	2025-02-25	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

reversal 90/100

Platform: "In a January 2024 interview, Congressman Chuck Edwards said he sees 'no need for his office or the federal government to offer a solution' to problems"

Vote: on "In March 2026, Edwards announced he plans to introduce the 'Healthcare Accountability Act' to give t"

Edwards explicitly disavowed any federal role in addressing Mission Hospital's patient-safety crisis in January 2024, then introduced legislation in March 2026 to dramatically expand federal CMS regulatory powers over the same hospital — a complete p

position_evolution 60/100

Platform: "As a North Carolina state senator, Edwards was among Republicans who 'blocked Medicaid expansion for years' according to contemporaneous reporting."

Vote: on "On July 3, 2025, Edwards voted Yea on final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — whic"

Edwards blocked Medicaid expansion in the NC Senate for years, then supported it in 2022 citing federal incentives, then voted in 2025 to cut Medicaid by $900 billion via H.R. 1 — a sequence that undermines the premise of his 2022 stated conversion.

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "Edwards was sanctioned in April 2024 by the bipartisan House Communications Standards Commission for violating franking rules by using taxpayer-funded"

Vote: on "Edwards publicly states 'No one is above the law' and casts himself as a rule-of-law conservative."

[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Edwards was sanctioned by the House for violating franking rules by misusing taxpayer-funded communications for partisan attacks on Biden, while simultaneously positioning himself as a def

Last silence detection: Never

Access to the press — refusal to speak with Smoky Mountain News

1214d silent

Expected position: As the district's only member of Congress, Edwards would be expected to grant periodic interviews to local independent media outlets that serve his constituents. Evidence of activi

Mission Hospital patient-safety crisis (Jan 2024–Dec 2025)

730d silent

Expected position: After the NC DHHS found conditions at HCA's Mission Hospital posed 'immediate jeopardy to patients' health and safety,' constituents expected Edwards to propose or support federal r

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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