[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

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Goblin House Intelligence

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

Republican · Representative, TN ·3

Score Components

35 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

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: Poverty rate: 9.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 68.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 77.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 788,609

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $69,771

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 4 — Remove Religious Minister Disqualification (2022) (2022) — passed, margin majority yes

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 3 — Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 80% yes to 20% no

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 1 — Right-to-Work Constitutional Amendment (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 70% yes to 30% no (swept all 95 counties)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.14)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.16)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.18)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: McKee Foods Corporation (Collegedale) (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Unum Group (Chattanooga HQ) (10000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory / Y-12 National Security Complex (8000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant (4500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (8400 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District spans East Tennessee from Chattanooga north through the Appalachian region to Oak Ridge and the Kentucky border. It includes all or parts of Hamilton, Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk, Roane, Anderson, and other counties. The district has a population of approximately 788,609 with

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[disclosure] The Tennessee Lookout projected 68,000 Tennesseans would lose health insurance due to the OBBB's Medicaid changes, and nearly 700,000 face hurdles to food assistance. Fleischmann's district has a 9.4-13.3% poverty rate and 10.2% of residents without a high school diploma.

primary · 2025-09-02

[statement] Fleischmann defended Medicaid work requirements in the OBBB, telling NewsChannel 9 that the bill was 'tightening up' requirements and 'not hurting people,' claiming 'I want poor people to move up.'

primary · 2025-05-26

No connections mapped

No voting records ingested

Last contradiction analysis: Never

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "Fleischmann campaigned throughout his career as a fiscal conservative, voting for $1.6 trillion in spending cuts in his first year, supporting balance"

Vote: on "Fleischmann voted for H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on July 3, 2025, which the Congression"

Fleischmann built his career on fiscal conservatism and balanced budgets, yet voted for the OBBB which the CBO projected would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit — while calling it a path 'toward fiscal sanity,' a term that contradicts the bill's actua

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Fleischmann voted against H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, opposing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that fun"

Vote: on "Fleischmann touted securing 'full funding for Chickamauga Lock' and strong support for Oak Ridge Nat"

Fleischmann voted against the bipartisan infrastructure law, yet touts the very projects it funds — including the Chickamauga Lock — as personal achievements, mirroring the 'Voted No, Took the Dough' pattern documented among House Republicans.

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Fleischmann defended Medicaid work requirements in the OBBB, telling NewsChannel 9 that the bill was 'tightening up' requirements and 'not hurting peo"

Vote: on "The Tennessee Lookout projected 68,000 Tennesseans would lose health insurance due to the OBBB's Med"

Fleischmann claimed Medicaid work requirements would 'tighten up' without 'hurting people,' yet the Tennessee Lookout projected 68,000 Tennesseans would lose health coverage — representing a profound disconnect between his rhetoric and the bill's pro

reversal 60/100

Platform: "Fleischmann voted to object to the certification of the 2020 Electoral College results on January 6, 2021, after amplifying Trump's lies about electio"

Vote: on "Hours after the Capitol insurrection on January 6, Fleischmann released a statement calling the viol"

Fleischmann amplified election fraud claims and voted to overturn the 2020 election, then condemned the resulting violence while voting against investigating its causes — earning an 'F' Democracy Score from Republican Accountability.

Last silence detection: Never

In-person town hall meetings and direct constituent engagement

453d silent

Expected position: As an eight-term congressman representing a district with significant poverty (9.4-13.3%) and rural communities lacking hospitals, Fleischmann would be expected to hold regular in-p

Trump administration tariffs and their impact on Tennessee manufacturers

184d silent

Expected position: As a congressman representing a district that includes Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant (4,500+ employees), McKee Foods (3,500+ employees), and a heavy manufacturing base, Fleischmann

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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