[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

George Whitesides

Democratic · Representative, CA ·27

Score Components

19 MODERATE

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

36 → 9

Intelligence Volume 10%

54 → 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: Car-dependent commuting: 70.1% drive alone; 1.3% use public transit; mean commute 35.0 min

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index (2026 redistricting): D+3 (was EVEN prior to Proposition 50 redraw)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.4% (national: 33.7%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 6.9% (national: 3.5%) — elevated due to seasonal/defense contractor cycles

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 8.3% (national: 12.4%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median rent: $2,088/month

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 69.3% (national: 65.5%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic/Latino population share: 44.4% — largest demographic group

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population (2024 estimate): 746,656

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $102,407 (national: $37,585)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 35: Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 68% Yes to 32% No statewide

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 3: Right to Marriage (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 62% Yes to 38% No statewide

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Proposition 36: Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 71% Yes to 29% No statewide

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.1)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.12)

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

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 3364 (share 0.22)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Palmdale School District (2800 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Antelope Valley Hospital (3200 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works (Plant 42, Palmdale) (4500 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Homeowner Energy Freedom Act	nay	2026-02-25	aligned
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ($848 billion military s	nay	2025-09-10	misaligned
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (budget reconciliation — Medicaid, SNAP cuts, clean e	nay	2025-07-03	aligned
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026	nay	2025-03-04	mixed
Laken Riley Act (mandatory immigration detention for theft-related arrests)	yea	2025-01-07	mixed

Last contradiction analysis: Never

platform_vs_vote 60/100

Platform: "George Whitesides advocates for banning congressional members from trading stocks while in office, stating members should not financially benefit from"

Vote: on "George Whitesides executed 34 stock trades totaling more than $2.32 million over the three years pre"

Whitesides campaigned on banning congressional stock trading, yet executed 34 trades worth $2.32M in three years, including $3.88M in a single filing (March 24, 2025). His early-2025 portfolio 'transition' sales occurred after he had already taken of

position_evolution 60/100

Platform: "George Whitesides voted against the Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29) on January 7, 2025, being listed among the 48 House Democrats who joined Republicans to "

Vote: on "George Whitesides co-sponsored H.R. 7531, the Healthy Families Act, and voted against H.R. 1 (Budget"

Whitesides voted for the Laken Riley Act (mandatory detention for theft-related undocumented immigrants) on January 7, 2025, aligning with 47 other Democrats and all voting Republicans. Six months later, he voted against H.R. 1 budget reconciliation,

Last silence detection: Never

Whitesides has held no open, publicly announced in-person town halls since taking office in January 2025

483d silent

Expected position: As a freshman representative in a D+3 swing district (Cook PVI shifted from EVEN to D+3 under redrawn lines), Whitesides would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls to en

Princeton campus antisemitism protests — George Whitesides' silence while an alumnus and former advisory board member

61d silent

Expected position: As a prominent Princeton alumnus and sitting congressman during the 2024 nationwide campus protests, Whitesides would have been expected to address antisemitism allegations at his a

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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