Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-04-27T02:45:42.031Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #56237) Resolved official: Blake D. Moore (entity #10988) Ingest result: 42 facts · 43 sources · 2 silences · 3 contradictions · 10 voting_records · 2 skipped

Briefing Sent

Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.

Result

{ "target_official": { "name": "Blake D. Moore", "bioguide_id": "M001213" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Blake Moore's campaign committee raised $2,464,665 in the 2023-2024 election cycle, with 59.52% from PAC contributions ($1,467,000) and only 0.18% from small individual donors ($4,478).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "fact_text": "The Real Estate industry was the top contributing industry at $190,401, with the National Association of Realtors as the single top contributor at $110,500 ($95,500 individual + $15,000 PAC).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "fact_text": "The Insurance industry contributed $176,702, overwhelmingly from PACs ($135,000) versus individuals ($41,702).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "fact_text": "Securities & Investment contributed $154,700, with $95,200 from individuals and $59,500 from PACs. Moore sits on the House Ways and Means Committee.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "fact_text": "The Pharmaceuticals/Health Products industry contributed $144,100, overwhelmingly from PACs ($117,000) versus individuals ($27,100).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "fact_text": "PAC contributions accounted for 88.30% business PACs, 9.83% ideological, and just 1.86% labor out of $1,478,306 total PAC money for 2023-2024.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/blake-moore/pacs?cid=N00046598&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Moore's campaign raised over half a million dollars in Q1 2025 alone, with corporations and PACs opening their checkbooks wide.", "date_occurred": "2025-04-16", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://utahpolitics.news/2025/04/16/corporate-cash-floods-utahs-congressional-delegation-in-latest-financial-reports/" }, { "fact_text": "Dell Technologies contributed $25,000 entirely from its PAC to Moore's campaign in the 2023-2024 cycle.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "fact_text": "ES3 Inc contributed $69,600 to Moore's campaign ($59,600 individual + $10,000 PAC).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $15,000 PAC + $95,500 individual = $110,500 via Blake Moore for Congress (C00738872)", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00046598" }, { "donor_entity_name": "AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle via Blake Moore for Congress; GOP Ukraine support profile", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://gopforukraine.com/legislator/blake-moore/" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "President Trump's January 2025 full pardons of approximately 1,600 individuals indicted or sentenced for the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack", "expected_position": "Moore voted to certify the 2020 election and stated he 'feared for his life' on January 6. As a member who broke with his party to certify the election, he would be expected to publicly oppose pardons for those who attacked the Capitol and injured 138 officers — particularly the pardon that included individuals who assaulted police officers.", "window_start": "2025-01-20", "window_end": "2025-03-01", "evidence_summary": "During this period, Moore was active holding a tele-town hall on February 25, 2025 where he addressed DOGE, federal worker layoffs at Hill Air Force Base and the IRS Ogden facility, and antitrust issues. He issued multiple press releases and appeared in media. However, when constituents and editorial boards pressed for his position on the January 6 pardons, a constituent wrote in the Standard-Examiner: 'His office told me that he had serious concerns and a statement would be forthcoming. That was weeks ago. Silence since then. We are left to conclude that Moore supports the pardons, that he is not concerned about attacks on our nation's seat of government.'", "primary_url": "https://www.standard.net/opinion/guest-commentary/2025/feb/22/guest-opinion-blake-moore-silence-is-complicity/" }, { "topic": "In-person town halls and constituent access", "expected_position": "As a sitting congressman, Moore would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls to hear from constituents. His district has significant federal workforce employment (Hill AFB, IRS Ogden processing facility) that was heavily impacted by DOGE cuts.", "window_start": "2025-01-30", "window_end": "2025-08-25", "evidence_summary": "Moore held a tele-town hall on February 25, 2025 where he fielded questions about DOGE. However, a letter from Cache Valley constituents noted: 'Our Cache Valley rep, Blake Moore, has not held an in-person town hall since Jan 30, 2025, and that was in Kaysville. He has not met directly with constituents since, and he has no scheduled town halls on his website.' House Republican leaders were encouraging members to conduct virtual calls due to protests at in-person meetings.", "primary_url": "https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/2025/aug/25/letter-constituents-deserve-more-than-silence-its-time-for-town-halls-in-cache-valley/" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Moore stated when voting for the Fiscal Responsibility Act in 2023: 'When I ran for Congress, I committed to use my role in Congress to reverse Washington's dangerous debt culture... this historic legislation could reduce our national deficit by $2.1 trillion over 6 years.'", "claim_date": "2023-05-31", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-blake-moores-statement-fiscal-responsibility-act" }, { "claim_text": "Moore voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) on July 3, 2025, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would add $2.4 trillion to the national deficit. Moore defended his vote saying the CBO estimates are 'inaccurate' and assuming optimistic 2.6% GDP growth would make the bill 'deficit neutral.' He acknowledged: 'Are we solving the deficit issue? No.'", "claim_date": "2025-07-03", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/06/07/why-blake-moore-says-big-beautiful/" }, { "claim_text": "Moore co-chaired the Better Boundaries initiative in 2017-2018, which led to Utah's Proposition 4 establishing an independent redistricting commission. He wrote about redistricting reform in graduate school and 'has long believed in redistricting reform' inspired by Ronald Reagan.", "claim_date": "2017-10-01", "claim_type": "platform", "source_url": "https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/11/21/blake-moore-utah-redistricting-commission-interview/" }, { "claim_text": "By 2025-2026, Moore faced a serious Republican primary challenge from state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, who attacked Moore for his support of the redistricting commission. Moore stated the commission 'has gone beyond its original intent' and 'strayed from its original mission.' His leadership in passing Proposition 4 was blamed by challengers for creating a 'pro-abortion Democrat' seat.", "claim_date": "2025-11-23", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51089704/blake-moore-helped-create-utah-redistricting-commission-he-says-its-gone-beyond-original-goal" }, { "claim_text": "Moore voted to certify the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden on his third day in office, stating 'voting to strip electoral votes from sovereign states is a dangerous precedent, and I did not hear anything that justified such a high bar.' He was one of the few Republicans who refused to object.", "claim_date": "2021-01-06", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-blake-moore-statement-impeachment-vote" }, { "claim_text": "Moore voted against the second impeachment of Donald Trump for inciting the January 6 insurrection, stating 'a rushed impeachment will set as dangerous a precedent as a misguided attempt to overturn state-certified elections.'", "claim_date": "2021-01-13", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-blake-moore-statement-impeachment-vote" }, { "claim_text": "Moore stated 'I demand justice for January 6th' and requested to join a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack.", "claim_date": "2021-01-13", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-blake-moore-statement-impeachment-vote" }, { "claim_text": "In September 2024, Moore said 'We were wrong' about efforts to object to the 2020 election, calling the 2022 Electoral Count Act reforms a 'good, solid reform.'", "claim_date": "2024-09-27", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/09/27/will-congress-stop-election-trump-harris-january-6/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Moore campaigned as a fiscal conservative committed to 'reversing Washington's dangerous debt culture' and voted for the FRA citing $2.1 trillion in deficit reduction, but voted for the OBBB in 2025 that the CBO projected would add $2.4 trillion in deficits — defending it with optimistic growth assumptions and acknowledging it does not solve the deficit issue." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "reversal", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Moore co-chaired the citizen initiative for independent redistricting reform and championed it for years, but faced a primary challenge in 2026 where he distanced himself from the commission he helped create, saying it had 'strayed from its original mission' after the new maps weakened his party's position." }, { "claim_a_idx": 4, "claim_b_idx": 5, "type": "platform_vs_vote", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Moore voted to certify the 2020 election against his party's majority — a principled stand — but then voted against impeaching Trump for inciting the January 6 attack, arguing process concerns while also demanding 'justice for January 6th.' He later acknowledged 'we were wrong' about the broader effort but has remained silent on Trump's 2025 pardons of January 6 defendants." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "Electoral College Certification / H.Res. 24", "title": "Certification of 2020 Presidential Election — Objections to Arizona and Pennsylvania Electors", "vote": "nay (on objections)", "vote_date": "2021-01-06", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/roll-call-votes/117th-congress/1st-session/h10", "why_it_matters": "On his third day in office, Moore was one of the few Republicans who voted to certify all states' electoral votes, refusing to object — a principled break from most of his party that later defined his independent brand.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.Res. 24 (Impeachment Article)", "title": "Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2021-01-13", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/roll-call-votes/117th-congress/1st-session/h17", "why_it_matters": "After voting to certify the election, Moore declined to impeach Trump for inciting the Capitol attack, calling it a 'snap impeachment' that would set a 'dangerous precedent' — a decision he described as 'the most painful decision I have ever made in my life.'", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1319", "title": "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2021-02-27", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172", "why_it_matters": "Opposed the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package including $1,400 stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits, voting with the unanimous Republican opposition.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 3684", "title": "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2021-11-05", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369", "why_it_matters": "Voted against the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that funded roads, bridges, and broadband — opposing significant investment that benefited northern Utah communities in his district.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8404", "title": "Respect for Marriage Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2022-12-08", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022513", "why_it_matters": "One of only 39 House Republicans to vote for codifying federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, stating: 'Our nation must see that Congress is capable of coming together to overcome our differences in a way that respects our sincerely held beliefs.'", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 3746", "title": "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2023-05-31", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/roll-call-votes/118th-congress/1st-session/h283", "why_it_matters": "Voted to suspend the debt ceiling and avoid default, praising the bill's 'commonsense work requirements to SNAP and TANF' and $2.1 trillion in projected deficit reduction. All four Utah Republicans supported the measure.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8035", "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/roll-call-votes/118th-congress/2nd-session/h151", "why_it_matters": "Voted for $60.8 billion in Ukraine aid, earning an 'A' grade from Republicans for Ukraine. Voted for every major Ukraine aid package including lend-lease, and stated 'Ukrainians, the reality is they're winning.' A rare consistent pro-Ukraine voice in the GOP.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.Res. 863", "title": "Impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas", "vote": "nay (procedural)", "vote_date": "2024-02-06", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll037.xml", "why_it_matters": "Switched his vote from 'yes' to 'no' at the last moment as a procedural move so Republicans could bring the resolution up for another vote. Moore supported impeachment substantively but his vote switch contributed to the 216-214 failure.", "category": "reversal" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://data.northjersey.com/roll-call/one-big-beautiful-bill-act/2025-house-190/", "why_it_matters": "Voted for Trump's signature reconciliation bill with CBO-estimated $2.4 trillion deficit increase. As the first-ever Utah Republican on Ways and Means, Moore was a key figure in shaping the legislation and defended it saying CBO estimates were 'inaccurate.' Constituents booed him and GOP delegates later rejected him at the 2026 convention.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20256", "why_it_matters": "Voted for legislation mandating ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft offenses. Passed with bipartisan support (264-159), and Moore's yes vote was consistent with his Republican conference position.", "category": "party_defection" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Utah's 1st Congressional District covers the northern area of Utah, including Ogden, Logan, Layton, Clearfield, Park City, and parts of Salt Lake City and Davis County. The district has a population of approximately 846,210 with a median household income of $93,425 — more than double the national median. It is predominantly White (83.6%), with a significant Hispanic population (13.8%), and has a Cook PVI of R+10. The median age is 31.9 (significantly younger than the national 38.5), and 37.9% hold a bachelor's degree. Major economic drivers include Hill Air Force Base (employing 21,000+), the IRS processing facility in Ogden, outdoor recreation and tourism (Park City), Utah State University (Logan), and a growing tech and defense contractor sector. The district has the 5th highest proportion of federal workers of any district in the U.S.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Hill Air Force Base", "employees": 21000, "source_url": "https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/hill.htm" }, { "name": "IRS Processing Facility (Ogden)", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://www.standard.net/news/government/2025/feb/25/us-rep-blake-moore-frustrated-with-doges-treatment-of-federal-workers-he-tells-constituents" }, { "name": "Utah State University (Logan)", "employees": 4000, "source_url": "https://www.usu.edu/about/" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "92", "share": 0.17, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-1-ut" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.14, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-1-ut" }, { "naics": "62", "share": 0.13, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-1-ut" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Constitutional Amendment A — Allow income tax money to be used for all state needs and eliminate state sales tax on food", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "majority yes", "source_url": "https://ltgovernor.utah.gov/carousel/public-notice-full-text-of-proposed-constitutional-amendments/" }, { "name": "Constitutional Amendment D — Legislature power to amend/repeal voter-approved ballot initiatives and ban foreign influence (voided by Utah Supreme Court)", "year": 2024, "result": "voided", "margin": "Utah Supreme Court upheld lower court ruling voiding the amendment; votes not counted", "source_url": "https://kutv.com/news/politics/ballot-measure-to-give-utah-lawmakers-final-power-over-voter-initiatives-will-remain-void" }, { "name": "Proposition 4 (2018) — Independent Redistricting Commission (Better Boundaries initiative co-chaired by Moore)", "year": 2018, "result": "passed", "margin": "50.3% yes to 49.7% no", "source_url": "https://www.ksl.com/article/51089704/blake-moore-helped-create-utah-redistricting-commission-he-says-its-gone-beyond-original-goal" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$93,425", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/blake-moore-M001213/district" }, { "label": "Population (2023)", "value": "846,210", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/blake-moore-M001213/district" }, { "label": "White alone, not Hispanic or Latino", "value": "83.6%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/blake-moore-M001213/district" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "70.1%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/blake-moore-M001213/district" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "5.5%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/blake-moore-M001213/district" } ] } } }