[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Rudy Yakym

Republican · Representative, IN ·2

Score Components

22 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

54 → 14

Intelligence Volume 10%

56 → 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: Average commute time: 21.8 minutes

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Drives alone to work: 76.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 4.2%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 37.9

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 96.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 12%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 78.3%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 752,547 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median rent: $1,009

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median property value: $191,200

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 73.4%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 8.8% (ACS 5-Year)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $68,107 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: St. Joseph County — Battery plant incentives (GM/Samsung SDI joint venture, 2023) (2023) — approved, margin expected to bring 1,600 jobs

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 1 — Abortion ban with limited exceptions (August 2022) (2022) — passed, margin enacted by legislature

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 - Manufacturing (share 0.18)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.15)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 3362 - Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (RV industry) (share 0.12)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage	yea	2026-04-30	mixed
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026	yea	2026-04-29	mixed
Balanced Budget Amendment — On Passage (March 2026)	yea	2026-03-18	mixed
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — Ending the 43-Day Governmen	yea	2025-11-12	aligned
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment and Fin	yea	2025-07-03	aligned
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — On Passage	yea	2025-04-10	mixed
Laken Riley Act — On Passage	yea	2025-01-07	aligned
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion)	yea	2024-04-20	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

position_evolution 60/100

Platform: "On September 30, 2023, Yakym voted Nay on a continuing resolution (H.R. 5860) to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown. A constituent letter"

Vote: on "On November 12, 2025, Yakym voted Yea on the continuing resolution (H.R. 5371) to end the longest go"

Yakym voted to shut down the government in September 2023 — defying House Republican leadership — then voted to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history in November 2025. The 2023 Nay vote drew a constituent letter accusing him of voting t

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "Yakym introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J.Res. 28) as his first legislation in Congress on January 26, 2023, stating on the House floor: 'This"

Vote: on "Yakym voted Yea on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, Roll Call 190) on July 3, 2025, calling i"

[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Yakym made the Balanced Budget Amendment his very first bill in Congress — calling the national debt 'the issue of our time' and warning that the country risked 'passing off to our kids an

same_source_inconsistency 30/100

Platform: "Yakym introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J.Res. 28) as his first legislation in Congress on January 26, 2023, stating on the House floor: 'This"

Vote: on "Yakym introduced and advocated for the Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act — a bill to restore "

[auto-downgraded: both claims come from the same source host] Yakym's Balanced Budget Amendment prohibited deficit spending except in emergencies. His advocacy for the RV industry tax parity provision — which was included in the OBBB and benefited hi

Last silence detection: Never

Refusal to hold in-person town halls — spanning his entire congressional tenure and drawing protests from constituents and local officials

883d silent

Expected position: As the representative of a district where constituents, a city council member, Common Cause Indiana, and the Michiana Alliance for Democracy repeatedly demanded in-person town halls

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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