[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

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Goblin House Intelligence

Pete Stauber

Republican · Representative, MN ·8

Score Components

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Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

0 → 0

Intelligence Volume 10%

33 → 3

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: rural population share: 61.53%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population (2024 estimate): 727,411

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $74,635

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 321113 (share 0.06)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 212210 (share 0.08)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: U.S. Steel Minnesota Ore Operations (1800 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Essentia Health (5200 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Minnesota's 8th Congressional District covers the northeastern portion of the state, anchored by Duluth and encompassing the Iron Range mining region. The district is predominantly rural (61.5%) with a population of approximately 727,000. Historically a Democratic stronghold due to labor union presence in mining, the

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Voted yea_unverified on H.R.2882 (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024) on 2024-02-05: This omnibus spending bill included provisions affecting mining regulations in Minnesota's 8th district, where sulfide-ore copper mining near the Boundary Waters is a contentious constituent issue; the bill's passage aligned with donor interests in extractive indu

inferential · 2024-02-05

For the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. Pete Stauber's top contributing industry sectors were Energy/Natural Resources ($257,493), Ideology/Single-Issue ($230,065), and Misc Business ($180,328), based on Federal Election Commission data compiled by OpenSecrets.

secondary · 2024-12-31

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024	yea_unverified	2024-02-05	mixed

Last contradiction analysis: Never

No contradictions detected

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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