[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Valerie P. Foushee

Democratic · Representative, NC ·4

Score Components

14 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

36 → 9

Intelligence Volume 10%

53 → 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: Black population share: 19.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 54.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 37.2

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 64.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 5.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 61.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2023 estimate): 769,729

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2023 ACS): $102,949

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Constitutional Amendment — Require Citizenship to Vote in North Carolina (2024) — passed, margin 77.4% Yes, 22.6% No statewide

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Durham County Bond Referendum ($200 million for affordable housing) (2024) — passed, margin Approved by voters; specific margin unavailable in county records

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 (share 0.102)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.152)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.168)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: IBM (Research Triangle Park) (4000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Durham Public Schools (5000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (12000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Duke University and Duke University Health System (44500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: North Carolina's 4th Congressional District covers all of Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange, and Person counties, plus a portion of Caswell County. It is the most Democratic district in North Carolina (Cook PVI D+47). The population of approximately 769,729 is highly educated (61.4% hold a bachelor's degree, nearly

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Voted nay_unverified on H.R. 9494 (Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025 (CR with SAVE Act voter ID requirement)) on 2024-09-18: Foushee voted against the GOP government funding bill that included the SAVE Act's proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement. Her vote aligned with her stated commitment to protecting voting rights while h

primary · 2024-09-18 ✓ Verified

Voted nay on S. 1071 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ($901 billion defense authorization)) on 2025-12-10: Foushee was the lone North Carolina Democrat to vote against the FY2026 NDAA, joining 112 members in opposition while 312 voted in favor, including 115 Democrats. She cited the bill's ban on gender-identity data collection, restr

primary · 2025-12-10

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ($901 billion defense au	nay	2025-12-10	deviating
Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC sanctions over Netanyahu arrest warran	nay	2025-01-09	deviating
Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025 (CR with SAVE Act voter ID	nay_unverified	2024-09-18	mixed
Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21 crypto regul	nay_unverified	2024-05-22	aligned
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.1 billion Ukraine mi	yea	2024-04-20	aligned
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (standalone $17.6 billion	nay	2024-02-06	deviating
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension)	yea	2023-05-31	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "In 2022, Foushee's campaign received approximately $2 million from AIPAC's super PAC and over $800,000 in direct AIPAC giving and bundled donations. S"

Vote: on "On August 6, 2025, Foushee cosponsored the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565), which would prohibit the"

[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Foushee's 2022 campaign was massively funded by AIPAC ($2M+ in super PAC spending), and she took an AIPAC-funded trip to meet Netanyahu in 2024, voting for Israel aid. Then in August 2025,

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "In February 2026, Foushee released a campaign ad accusing primary opponent Nida Allam of refusing to file a required financial disclosure, asking 'Wha"

Vote: on "Allam had in fact filed the financial disclosure form, though it was submitted late on February 20. "

Foushee's ad claimed Allam 'refused' to file a financial disclosure, but Allam had filed it (late). Both claims are reported in the same News & Observer article, so editors may downgrade visibility.

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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