[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Eric Sorensen

Democratic · Representative, IL ·17

Score Components

5 LOW

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

0 → 0

Intelligence Volume 10%

50 → 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: Medicaid coverage (share of district population): ~33% (one-third of residents)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 64.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic or Latino (any race): 11.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American alone (non-Hispanic): 12.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White alone (non-Hispanic): 68.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 27.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 17.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $59,364

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: 2024 Illinois Advisory Questions: Election Worker Interference, Millionaire Tax, IVF Insurance (2024) — passed, margin Advisory only — all three favored by majority

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment 1: Workers' Rights Amendment (Right to Collective Bargaining) (2022) — passed, margin 58.5% Yes – 41.5% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Graduated Income Tax Amendment (Allow for Graduated Income Tax) (2020) — failed, margin 55% No – 45% Yes

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 8)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 12.2)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 14.6)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 15.8)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria-area facilities) (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Illinois State University (3500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: UnityPoint Health (5000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: OSF HealthCare (12000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: John Deere (Deere & Company) (83000 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (2026 Farm Bill)	nay	2026-04-30	mixed
Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026	nay	2026-03-18	mixed
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (bill to end 43-day gover	nay	2025-11-12	mixed
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation package)	nay	2025-05-22	aligned
Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention for non-citizens charged with certain c	yea	2025-01-07	deviating
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion Israel aid)	yea	2024-04-20	aligned

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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