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Zoe Lofgren

Democratic · Representative, CA ·18
Score Components
9 LOW
Connection Density 20%
0 → 0
Donor Influence 10%
0 → 0
Silence Risk 25%
0 → 0
Contradiction Risk 25%
18 → 5
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: Foreign-born population share: 34.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 65.5%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024 estimate): 753,842
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2024 ACS): $103,584
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 36 — Increase Sentences for Drug and Theft Crimes (2024) — passed, margin 70.0% Yes, 30.0% No
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.097)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.1)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.117)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Taylor Farms (10000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: County of Santa Clara (22000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 18th Congressional District covers all of San Benito County and parts of Santa Clara, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties, including downtown and eastern San Jose, Salinas, Hollister, Watsonville, Gilroy, and Soledad. The district is majority-minority (65.5% Hispanic) with a median household income of $103
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res. 119 (Providing for a Joint Session of Congress to receive a message from the President — Rail Workers Sick Leave Resolution) on 2022-11-30: Lofgren voted to provide seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers, aligning with labor union interests. The vote is notable because her district's agricultural workforce in the Salinas Valle
primary · 2022-11-30
Voted yea on H.R. 6679 (No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act) on 2024-01-31: Lofgren, a former immigration attorney and longtime chair of the Immigration Subcommittee, voted to restrict immigration benefits for individuals tied to Hamas. The vote placed pro-Israel donor expectations alongside her immigration advocacy record. The bill passed 422-2
primary · 2024-01-31
Voted nay_unverified on H.R. 7521 (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (TikTok ban)) on 2024-03-13: Lofgren was one of only 49 House Democrats to vote against the TikTok ban, defecting from the party majority. Her Silicon Valley district includes many tech workers and users of the platform, and her vote aligned with civil
primary · 2024-03-13 ✓ Verified
[statement] In June 2021, Lofgren opposed advancing nearly all six antitrust bills in the House Judiciary Committee markup, saying it would be a 'big mistake' to approve them and calling the package 'a grenade' rolled into the tech economy.
primary · 2021-06-23
[vote] In April 2021, Lofgren voted to approve the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust report on digital markets, which found that Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google hold monopoly power and recommended legislative remedies.
primary · 2021-04-15
Lofgren's daughter, Sheila Zoe Lofgren Collins, works as in-house corporate counsel at Google, a fact she has publicly acknowledged.
secondary · 2021-12-08
In the 2024 cycle, Lofgren raised $272,771 from the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.
secondary · 2024-11-05
The internet industry contributed $851,662 to Lofgren over her career.
secondary · 2024-12-31
No connections mapped
BillVoteDateAlignment
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (TikTok nay_unverified 2024-03-13 deviating
No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act yea 2024-01-31 mixed
Providing for a Joint Session of Congress to receive a message from the Presiden yea 2022-11-30 aligned
Last contradiction analysis: Never
position_evolution 60/100
Platform: "In April 2021, Lofgren voted to approve the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust report on digital markets, which found that Amazon, Apple, Faceb"
Vote: on "In June 2021, Lofgren opposed advancing nearly all six antitrust bills in the House Judiciary Commit"
Lofgren voted to approve the subcommittee report that documented tech monopoly harms and recommended legislative remedies, then two months later opposed all six bills arising from that same investigation, arguing they needed more study. The sources a
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:

ComponentWeightSignal
Silence Risk25%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk25%Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume10%Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence10%Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation5%Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment5%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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