[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

David Kustoff

Republican · Representative, TN ·8

Score Components

33 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

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: Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 10.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 72.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American: 17.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic): 73.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024): 767,898

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $69,163

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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 31-33 (share 0.13)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.15)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Baptist Memorial Health Care (Memphis area) (14000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Hitachi Energy (Alamo — Crockett County) (350 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: West Tennessee Healthcare (Jackson) (6000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: FedEx Corporation (Memphis HQ — adjacent to district) (30000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District covers the bulk of West Tennessee, stretching from the Mississippi River to the eastern Memphis suburbs. The district includes all or parts of Shelby, Madison, Gibson, Dyer, Weakley, Henry, Carroll, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, and surrounding counties. Major cities inclu

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Voted nay on H.R. 8404 (Respect for Marriage Act) on 2022-12-08: One of 169 House Republicans to vote against codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. Only 39 Republicans supported the landmark civil rights bill.

primary · 2022-12-08

Voted nay on H.R. 3684 (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) on 2021-11-05: One of 200 House Republicans to oppose the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that funded roads, bridges, broadband, and energy infrastructure across West Tennessee.

primary · 2021-11-05

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act	yea	2025-07-03	aligned
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024	yea	2024-04-20	deviating
Respect for Marriage Act	nay	2022-12-08	deviating
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	nay	2021-11-05	misaligned
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	nay	2021-02-27	misaligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

reversal 90/100

Platform: "Kustoff voted against the American Rescue Plan Act, joining every Republican in opposing the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package."

Vote: on "Kustoff voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, celebrating it as delivering 'the largest spending"

Kustoff opposed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan as fiscally irresponsible, yet voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill — which the CBO projected would add far more to the deficit — while calling it 'the largest spending reduction in history.' The

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "Kustoff campaigned on fiscal conservatism and fighting to 'cut taxes and regulations' to defend 'West Tennessee values.'"

Vote: on "Kustoff voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, celebrating it as delivering 'the largest spending"

Kustoff campaigns on fiscal conservatism and cutting spending, but voted for the OBBB which added trillions to the national debt while touting it as 'the largest spending reduction in history' — a statement contradicted by the CBO's own projections.

statement_vs_disclosure 60/100

Platform: "Kustoff voted in favor of H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024, providing $60.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine."

Vote: on "Kustoff made anti-Ukraine statements, saying: 'We're all for Ukraine, we support their effort agains"

Kustoff voted for every major Ukraine aid package including the $60.8 billion supplemental, yet simultaneously made anti-Ukraine statements calling to 'stop the spending' — a dual-track approach that allowed him to support Ukraine militarily while si

Last silence detection: Never

In-person constituent town halls

2248d silent

Expected position: As a five-term congressman representing 767,898 constituents in a district with a 10.2% poverty rate and significant rural hospital access issues, Kustoff would be expected to hold

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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