[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

John Garamendi

Democratic · Representative, CA ·8

Score Components

5 LOW

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

0 → 0

Intelligence Volume 10%

46 → 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: Homeownership rate: 60.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 29.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 8.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $97,897 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 3: Constitutional Right to Marriage (Repeal Proposition 8) (2024) — passed, margin 62.6% Yes – 37.4% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom (2022) — passed, margin 66.6% Yes – 33.4% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 4831 (share 0.052)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 5617 (share 0.058)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 5417 (share 0.071)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 6113 (share 0.095)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 6221 (share 0.142)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Vallejo City Unified School District (2500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: UC Davis (25000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Travis Air Force Base (15000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Chevron Richmond Refinery (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (10000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 8th Congressional District encompasses much of Contra Costa and Solano Counties in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, including the cities of Vallejo, Fairfield, Richmond, and parts of Vacaville. The district has a population of approximately 752,539 and is a majority-minority district (36.4% Hispanic,

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Voted nay_unverified on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023) on 2023-05-31: Garamendi broke with 78% of House Democrats (165 Yes, 46 No) to oppose the bipartisan debt-ceiling deal negotiated by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy. In a district where 303,000 constituents rely on Medicare, Medicaid, or VA benefits — programs he warned were at risk —

inferential · 2023-05-31

Fairbanks Morse Defense PAC contributed $8,500 to Garamendi in the 2023-2024 election cycle. Garamendi serves as the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness.

secondary · 2024-12-31

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023	nay_unverified	2023-05-31	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

No contradictions detected

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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