[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Mary Gay Scanlon

Democratic · Representative, PA ·5

Score Components

15 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

18 → 5

Intelligence Volume 10%

52 → 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: Median age: 40.7

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: Approximately 68%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+6 (post-2022 redistricting; previously rated D+14 to D+16 under prior lines)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: Approximately 9% district-wide (Chester city approximately 30%, creating significant internal inequality)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: Approximately 52% (well above Pennsylvania average of 33.4% and national average of 33.7%, reflecting university cluster and professional class)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: Approximately 6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Asian-American population share: Approximately 8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: Approximately 13% (concentrated in Chester and Upper Darby)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White non-Hispanic population share: Approximately 69%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: Approximately $82,400 (above Pennsylvania median of $67,587 and national median of $74,580; significant internal variation from Chester ($30K) to Radnor ($150K+))

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Pennsylvania Constitutional Amendment — No State or Local Subdivision Shall Deny Any Individual Equal Rights Because of Race or Ethnicity (2021) (2021) — passed, margin Statewide: 73% Yes — 27% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Pennsylvania Proposition 1 — Constitutional Right to Abortion (2023) (2023) — failed, margin Statewide: this was not a 2023 ballot measure — filing no_data for this specific item as no applicable Pennsylvania statewide ballot measure matching this description occurred in the covered period

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 Retail Trade (share 0.1)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 Professional Scientific and Technical Services (share 0.1)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 52 Finance and Insurance (share 0.09)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 Educational Services (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.18)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Delaware County Government (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Crozer Health (Prospect Medical Holdings, Chester area) (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Delaware County Community College (1800 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Laken Riley Act (119th Congress)	nay_unverified	2025-01-07	mixed
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024	yea_unverified	2024-04-20	mixed
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (TikTok)	yea_unverified	2024-03-13	mixed
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling)	yea_unverified	2023-05-31	mixed
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022	yea_unverified	2022-08-12	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

position_evolution 60/100

Platform: "Scanlon has consistently supported criminal justice reform legislation including reducing mandatory minimum sentences and reforming cash bail systems,"

Vote: on "Scanlon voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which included increased spending on ICE de"

Scanlon's stated platform of criminal justice reform — including critique of expanding detention and incarceration — sits in documented tension with her yes vote on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which included increased ICE detention funding that pr

Last silence detection: Never

Comcast/NBCUniversal regulatory treatment and its intersection with PA-05 constituents and Judiciary Committee jurisdiction

1460d silent

Expected position: Comcast is headquartered in Philadelphia and is one of the largest private employers in the greater Philadelphia region, including Delaware County communities in PA-05. Scanlon serv

Criminal justice reform position following her own carjacking in December 2021

388d silent

Expected position: Scanlon's December 2021 carjacking at gunpoint was a national news story and a direct personal experience with violent crime. She had been a consistent advocate for criminal justice

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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