[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Clay Higgins

Republican · Representative, LA ·3

Score Components

36 HIGH

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

Intelligence Volume 10%

56 → 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: Unemployment Rate: 5.2% (2026 estimate, vs. 3.5% national)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+22 (Cook PVI 2023) / R+58 (LegisLetter 2026)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Commute & Transportation: 81.8% drive alone; 0.3% use public transit; mean commute 24.4 minutes

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median Age: 37.8 years (vs. 38.5 nationally); largest age cohort: 30-39 at 13.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Racial/Ethnic Composition: White (Non-Hispanic) 65.2%, Black or African American 22.6%, Hispanic 5.6%, Two or More Races 3.4%, Asian 1.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 24.4% (vs. 33.7% nationally); 13.4% lack a high school diploma

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership Rate: 70.9% (vs. 65.5% nationally); median property value $201,600; median rent $1,004

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty Rate: 13.1% (vs. 12.4% nationally)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median Household Income: $62,445 (vs. $78,538 national median); LA State: $57,852

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 770,787

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Louisiana Amendment 1 (2024) — Create a Trial Court Appointments Commission to nominate state Supreme Court candidates (2024) — passed, margin 61.2% Yes — 38.8% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Louisiana Amendment 2 (2023) — Allow local governments to waive water and sewer charges for customers affected by natural disasters (2023) — passed, margin 80.3% Yes — 19.7% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Louisiana Amendment 1 (2023) — Prohibit noncitizens from voting in state elections (2023) — passed, margin 72.5% Yes — 27.5% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 48-49 (Transportation and Warehousing — maritime commerce, port operations) (share 0)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (Health Care and Social Assistance) (share 0)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 11 (Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting — crop production, rice, sugarcane) (share 0)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 21 (Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction) (share 0)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Cargill Salt (St. Martin Parish) (500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Westlake Chemical (Lake Charles) (1000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Acadian Companies (ambulance and emergency services) (6000 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Epstein File Transparency Act — Required DOJ to release Jeffrey Epstein investig	nay	2025-11-18	deviating
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — $3.3 trillion reconciliation package with permanent	yea	2025-07-03	aligned
Laken Riley Act — Requires DHS to detain undocumented immigrants charged with th	yea	2025-01-07	deviating
Respect for Marriage Act — Federal protection for same-sex and interracial marri	nay	2022-12-08	deviating
Inflation Reduction Act — Medicare drug price negotiation, $35/month insulin cap	nay	2022-08-12	aligned
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — $1.2 trillion for roads, bridges, broad	nay	2021-11-05	deviating
National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Cap	nay	2021-05-19	deviating
Impeachment of Donald Trump — Incitement of insurrection following the January 6	nay	2021-01-13	deviating
Certification of 2020 presidential election results — Objections to Arizona and	yea	2021-01-06	deviating
American Health Care Act of 2017 — Partial ACA repeal; CBO projected 23 million	yea	2017-05-04	misaligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Higgins voted against the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, calling it '9% roads and bridges and 91% socialist garbage'"

Vote: on "Just months before voting against the infrastructure bill, Higgins announced he had secured member-d"

Higgins called the infrastructure bill 'socialist garbage' and voted against it, but simultaneously sought and celebrated federal funding for I-10 and I-49 projects in his district — projects that depended on the very type of federal infrastructure s

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "Higgins denounced the Inflation Reduction Act as a 'monstrosity' and voted against it, calling it part of the Democrats' 'insane tax increase' agenda."

Vote: on "After the IRA passed, Higgins welcomed the arrival of a $1 billion solar manufacturing plant that br"

Higgins denounced the Inflation Reduction Act as a 'monstrosity' and voted against it, but later welcomed the $1 billion solar manufacturing plant it brought to Louisiana. The Guardian identified him among Republicans who 'welcome local benefits of c

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "After voting for the American Health Care Act to repeal the ACA, Higgins claimed the Republican plan would 'retain coverage for people with pre-existi"

Vote: on "The AHCA that Higgins supported permitted states to waive essential health benefits including pre-ex"

Higgins claimed the AHCA would protect pre-existing conditions, but the CBO and independent analyses confirmed it would have permitted states to waive those very protections. Constituents protested outside his Lafayette office with signs reading 'RIP

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "Higgins has built his political brand on law enforcement and law-and-order rhetoric. His campaign logo features him in his police uniform."

Vote: on "Mother Jones investigation revealed Higgins maintained close associations with former cops accused o"

Higgins built his entire political brand on law enforcement, yet associated closely with former cops convicted of incest and investigated for sex trafficking. His field representative Jerod Prunty was arrested in a 2019 sex-trafficking sting involvin

Last silence detection: Never

Silence on the full extent of his association with convicted sex offender Leon Boudreaux

1752d silent

Expected position: As a congressman who built his brand on law-and-order rhetoric, Higgins would be expected to address his continued association with Leon Boudreaux after Boudreaux's 2021 incest conv

Shift from in-person town halls to telephone town halls while in Washington

0d silent

Expected position: As a populist representative elected on a platform of direct accountability, Higgins would be expected to maintain in-person town halls across his district. Evidence of activity on

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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