[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Roger F. Wicker

Republican · Senator, MS

Score Components

36 HIGH

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

100 → 25

Intelligence Volume 10%

57 → 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: Veteran population: ~167,000 — significant constituency

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Drives alone to work: 81.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Average commute time: 25.6 minutes

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 38.6

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 5.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Child hunger rate: 27.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Low-income population share: 40% — highest in the nation

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 2.43% (71,500) — among the lowest in the nation

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 98.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American population share: 36.4% (1.07M) — highest percentage of any state

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 55.8% (1.63M)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 2,946,779 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median rent: $954

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median property value: $169,800

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2% — below national average of 33.7%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 70.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 14.3% (ACS) to 18.9% (Data USA 2024) — highest in the nation

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $56,447 (2024) — lowest in the nation

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Mississippi — Voter ID Amendment (2011, implemented) (2011) — passed, margin approved by voters

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Mississippi Initiative 65 — Medical Marijuana (2020, overturned by state Supreme Court in 2021) (2020) — passed (74%), margin 74% to 26% (overturned on procedural grounds)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — Cloture Vote (March 2	yea	2026-03-26	mixed
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — Ending the 43-Day Governmen	yea_unverified	2025-11-12	aligned
Major Richard Star Act — Objection to Unanimous Consent (Blocking the Bill)	nay	2025-10-08	misaligned
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Passage (Senate)	yea	2025-07-01	misaligned
Senate 2025 Budget Resolution — Laying the Groundwork for OBBB Reconciliation	yea	2025-02-21	mixed
Laken Riley Act — On Passage (Senate)	yea	2025-01-20	aligned
$95 Billion Foreign Aid Package — Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan (February 2024) and FY	yea	2024-02-13	deviating
Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — On Passage (2011, 2013)	yea_unverified	2011-12-14	misaligned

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "On March 10, 2021, Wicker tweeted about the American Rescue Plan: 'Independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief. T"

Vote: on "Wicker voted Nay on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 6, 2021, along with every other Re"

Wicker publicly took credit for securing $28.6 billion in restaurant relief from the American Rescue Plan — tweeting about the 'targeted relief' and how it would 'ensure small businesses can survive' — after voting against the $1.9 trillion bill. Eve

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "In December 2011, Wicker voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, stating: 'The federal government continues to borrow roughly 40 ce"

Vote: on "On July 1, 2025, Wicker voted Yea on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), which the CBO projecte"

Wicker co-sponsored and voted for Balanced Budget Amendments in 2011 and 2013, signed the Contract with America supporting a balanced budget, and voted for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act — all premised on prohibiting deficit spending. He then voted fo

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wicker's official website touts his advocacy for 'service members, support[ing] Mississippians in "

Vote: on "On October 8, 2025, Wicker became the only senator to block a unanimous consent vote on the Major Ri"

Wicker's official identity is built around being a champion of the military and veterans — chairing Armed Services, securing $528.7M for Mississippi bases, and authoring the FY2026 NDAA. Yet he became the only senator to block the Major Richard Star

platform_vs_vote 60/100

Platform: "Wicker authored the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (1996), which prohibits federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. He has consistently argued that "

Vote: on "A 2010 study published in Science found that embryonic stem cell research was producing the most pro"

Wicker has championed the Dickey-Wicker Amendment for nearly three decades, restricting federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on moral grounds. Mississippi consistently ranks last or near-last in health outcomes nationally — with the highe

Last silence detection: Never

In-person town halls and direct constituent accessibility — spanning years of documented refusals

226d silent

Expected position: As the senior Senator from Mississippi — the nation's poorest state with 14.3% poverty rate, 36.4% Black population, and heavy reliance on Medicaid and SNAP — Wicker would be expect

Blocking of the Major Richard Star Act for combat-injured veterans — and subsequent Facebook blocking of veteran advocates

47d silent

Expected position: As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a senator representing Mississippi home to over 167,000 veterans, Wicker would be expected to advance legislation restoring re

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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