[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Norma J. Torres

Democratic · Representative, CA ·35

Score Components

15 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

0 → 0

Contradiction Risk 25%

36 → 9

Intelligence Volume 10%

55 → 6

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: D+17

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 5.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $614,200

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Spanish-language households: 323,191

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: uninsured rate: 9.27%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment: 27.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 86.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: 28.7% (219,000 people)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 65.3% (499,000 people)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 34.6

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 56.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 11.9%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $91,136

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 764,518 (2024 Data USA)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 36 — Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 68.4% Yes — 31.6% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 1 — Behavioral Health Services and Bond Measure (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 50.2% Yes — 49.8% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 48-49 (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.14)

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

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025	nay	2025-07-03	aligned
SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, July 2024 / April 2025)	nay	2025-04-10	aligned
Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 6, 2025)	nay	2025-03-06	deviating
Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)	nay	2025-01-07	aligned
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid	yea	2024-04-20	aligned
Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (Standalone GOP bill, February 6	yea	2024-02-06	aligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 60/100

Platform: "Torres was one of only 170 Democrats to vote against the Laken Riley Act in March 2024 — a bill requiring mandatory ICE detention of undocumented immi"

Vote: on "CODEPINK and CAIR's ceasefire tracker explicitly label Rep. Norma Torres as one who 'Supports Israel"

Torres's top donors are overwhelmingly labor unions and domestic industry groups — not AIPAC. Yet she has voted consistently for unconditional military aid to Israel and against ceasefire measures, leading CODEPINK to label her 'Norma the Genocide No

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "Torres is a Guatemalan immigrant, former 911 dispatcher, and the first Guatemalan-American elected to Congress. She has been a vocal advocate for immi"

Vote: on "On June 6, 2025, Torres posted a TikTok video during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, shouting: 'ICE g"

Torres, a Guatemalan immigrant and naturalized citizen who champions immigrant rights and votes against all ICE detention bills, simultaneously told ICE agents to 'get the f--- out of L.A.' during anti-ICE riots — a demand that her critics argue cros

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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