[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Ralph Norman

Republican · Representative, SC ·5

Score Components

31 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

4 → 1

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

Intelligence Volume 10%

54 → 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: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+27 (shifted D+3 since last redistricting)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: public transit utilization: 0.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 4.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median rent: $1,124

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $249,400

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: 23.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 65.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 40.2

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5% (10.4% lack a high school diploma)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 76.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 9.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $71,517

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 758,357 (2024 LegisLetter ACS)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: South Carolina Constitutional Amendment — Remove Constitutional Ban on Public Funding for Religious and Private Schools (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 53.2% Yes — 46.8% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.12)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.13)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.14)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Warren Norman Company (Rock Hill — real estate development, Norman's own firm) (100 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Piedmont Medical Center / MUSC Health (Rock Hill / Fort Mill area) (2000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Nutramax Laboratories (Lancaster, SC — veterinary and consumer health products) (1000 employees)

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Stacey Plaskett related Connection documented in FINDING-2026-010

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Iran War Powers Resolution (March 5, 2026)	nay	2026-03-05	deviating
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025	yea	2025-07-03	misaligned
Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 6, 2025)	yea	2025-03-06	deviating
Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)	yea	2025-01-07	deviating
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)	nay	2024-04-20	deviating
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid	nay	2024-04-20	deviating
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024	nay	2023-12-14	deviating
Objection to Electoral College Certification — January 6-7, 2021	yea	2021-01-07	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

reversal 90/100

Platform: "On July 2, 2025, Norman was a vocal opponent of the OBBBA, calling it 'poisoned by bad spending' and saying it would 'blow up the deficit' and that 'W"

Vote: on "Less than 48 hours later, Norman cast one of the pivotal votes in favor of the OBBBA on July 3, 2025"

Norman publicly blasted the OBBBA as 'poisoned by bad spending' that would 'blow up the deficit' and told NBC News there was 'no scenario' he could support it — then voted yea within 48 hours, later admitting his opposition was performative and he wo

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "On Jan 17, 2021 — three days before Biden's inauguration — Norman texted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows: 'Mark, in seeing what's happening so"

Vote: on "Norman claims fiscal conservatism and that 'my primary goal today and every day is to get our fiscal"

Norman campaigns as a defender of constitutional values and the rule of law, yet on January 17, 2021 — three days before the presidential inauguration — he texted the White House Chief of Staff urging President Trump to invoke 'Marshall Law' to preve

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "Norman previously criticized Biden's administration for being 'asleep at the wheel.' In May 2025, Norman was literally caught falling asleep in his ch"

Vote: on "Norman has refused to hold in-person town hall meetings, drawing a Change.org petition demanding he "

Norman criticized the Biden administration for being 'asleep at the wheel,' then was literally caught sleeping during the late-night Rules Committee hearing on legislation that would strip Medicaid coverage from millions — while Democrats accused Rep

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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