Congress Monitor Build Handoff

Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup) Filed: 2026-05-02T23:58:55.281Z Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #78155) Resolved official: Mark DeSaulnier (entity #10997) Ingest result: 36 facts · 35 sources · 8 voting_records · 3 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": "Mark DeSaulnier", "bioguide_id": "D000623" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Career total raised (2009-2024): $4,210,405. Top contributing industry: Public Sector Unions at $325,250, followed by Building Trade Unions ($305,850), Transportation Unions ($294,604), Lawyers/Law Firms ($287,629), and Real Estate ($237,221). Labor unions dominate his fundraising — a striking contrast to most members whose top donors are corporate or financial interests.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mark-desaulnier/summary?cid=N00030709&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "Top career contributor: American Federation of Teachers at $75,000 via PAC. Other top contributors: SMART Union ($70,000), Boilermakers Union ($65,000), IBEW ($65,000), Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union ($60,250). Top 2024 cycle contributors include Mackenzie Capital Management ($12,400 individuals), and ten labor union PACs at $10,000 each. AIPAC does not appear among DeSaulnier's top 20 contributors.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mark-desaulnier/summary?cid=N00030709&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "fact_text": "DeSaulnier operates Innovate PAC, a leadership PAC. Top 2024 cycle PAC donors include AFSCME ($10,000), American Crystal Sugar ($10,000), Carpenters & Joiners Union ($10,000), IBEW ($10,000), National Air Traffic Controllers Assn ($10,000), and National Education Assn ($10,000).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00030709&cycle=2010" }, { "fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates DeSaulnier's net worth at $258,000 as of November 2025 — the 434th highest (i.e., among the very lowest) in Congress. He has approximately $0 invested in publicly traded assets that Quiver can track. OpenSecrets estimated his 2018 net worth at $103,004 to $295,000, ranked 276th in the House. He has no reported individual stock trades in any STOCK Act database.", "date_occurred": "2025-11-08", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/congresstrading/politician/Mark%20DeSaulnier-D000623/net-worth" }, { "fact_text": "DeSaulnier's father, Edward DeSaulnier, was a Massachusetts Superior Court judge and former state legislator who was disbarred in 1972 for accepting a bribe and resigned in disgrace after a Boston Globe Spotlight investigation. DeSaulnier cited his father's fall as his motivation for serving as Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee, saying: 'Rules are important, boundaries are important, and the pursuit of virtue in public office is really important.'", "date_occurred": "1972-2025", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/2025/03/28/nation/mark-desaulnier-edward-disbarred-judge-ethics/" }, { "fact_text": "DeSaulnier previously worked as a truck driver, probation officer, hotel services employee, and small business owner. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross (B.A. History, 1974). He served on the Concord City Council and as Mayor of Concord, on the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors (1994-2006), in the California State Assembly (2006-2008), and in the California State Senate (2008-2015). He chairs the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and is a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.", "date_occurred": "2015-01-03", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_DeSaulnier" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "American Federation of Teachers", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2009-2024: $75,000 via PAC. AFT is DeSaulnier's single largest career contributor. He serves on the Education and Workforce Committee.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mark-desaulnier/summary?cid=N00030709&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2009-2024: $60,250 via individual ($250) and PAC ($60,000). The IAM is among DeSaulnier's top five career contributors.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mark-desaulnier/summary?cid=N00030709&cycle=CAREER&type=I" }, { "donor_entity_name": "International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2009-2024: $65,000 via PAC. IBEW is among DeSaulnier's top five career contributors.", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mark-desaulnier/summary?cid=N00030709&cycle=CAREER&type=I" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "No falsifiable silence with the required active-on-adjacent evidence URL could be identified within the specified parameters for this official." }, "contradictions": { "no_data": true, "reason": "DeSaulnier's voting record is one of the most consistently progressive in the House, with a 100% AFL-CIO score and 98% lifetime score. No contradictions between his stated positions and legislative actions were identified. He is one of the few members of Congress who owns no individual stocks and has a net worth among the very lowest — placing him in the rare position of having no personal financial conflict-of-interest to reconcile with his policy positions." }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 2025", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072025/california-congressman-vows-to-challenge-trumps-big-ugly-bill/", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier called the OBBBA the 'Big Ugly Bill' and held a virtual town hall explaining its harms. He noted the CBO projected it would add $2.4 trillion to deficits. His district — the 5th wealthiest in America — would still see 131,000 residents lose health coverage and 18,000 households lose SNAP benefits. The AFL-CIO opposed the bill, and DeSaulnier earned a 100% AFL-CIO score for 2025. He voted nay on both the May and July versions and co-introduced the Restoring Essential Health Care Act to repeal the OBBBA's Medicaid cuts. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 2025)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/03/08/named-and-shamed-the-170-dems-who-voted-against-the-laken-riley-act/", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier was one of 170 House Democrats to vote against mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes. The 'Named and Shamed' list identified him among Democrats opposing the bill. His district is 18.4% Hispanic and 22.9% Asian, with significant immigrant communities in the East Bay. The vote was both party-aligned (majority of Democrats opposed) and constituent-aligned.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8034", "title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://ca.cair.com", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier was one of only 58 House members — and one of only 7 California House members — to vote against $26 billion in military aid to Israel. He stated he 'opposed providing more offensive weapons or funding without conditions' while affirming support for Israel's democracy. CAIR-CA thanked him for opposing what it described as funding for genocide. His top donors are labor unions, not AIPAC — AIPAC does not appear among his top 20 contributors. This was the most significant foreign-policy defection of his career and placed him in the progressive anti-war wing against 366 members who supported the bill.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 8035", "title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion aid)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2024-04-20", "roll_call_url": "https://desaulnier.house.gov/media-center/desaulnier-digest/desaulnier-digest-house-passes-crucial-funding-ukraine", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, stating this 'long overdue funding will be critical to ensuring Ukraine can defeat Vladimir Putin.' He was among the bipartisan majority (311-112). His vote reflects a consistent progressive internationalism: oppose unconditional offensive weapons transfers to one ally (Israel) while supporting defensive military aid to another (Ukraine) — a nuanced foreign policy posture that distinguishes him from both isolationist Republicans and unconditionally pro-Israel Democrats.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 38", "title": "Iran War Powers Resolution (March 2026)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2026-03-05", "roll_call_url": "https://contracosta.news/2026/03/05/desaulnier-garamendi-issue-statements-on-iran-war-powers-resolution/", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier voted yea on a bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran. He issued a forceful statement calling Trump's actions 'an illegal war' with 'no coherent strategy, goals, or endgame' that had already led to 'the deaths of half a dozen American servicemembers and over 1,000 civilians.' The resolution failed 219-212. This vote placed him in the progressive anti-war wing and reflected his insistence on congressional war powers authority.", "category": "party_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7147", "title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 (March 2026)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2026-03-27", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier voted nay on the DHS funding bill and has been one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement. He hosted an Immigration Town Hall in Danville in April 2026 to discuss 'the Trump Administration's unconstitutional immigration actions and its threats to open an ICE detention facility in Dublin.' His district's 18.4% Hispanic and immigrant communities make DHS/ICE funding a core constituent concern.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 22", "title": "SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, July 2024)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2024-07-10", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/22", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier voted nay on legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Heritage Action, which gave DeSaulnier a very low lifetime score, supported the bill. His district is majority-minority (48.9% White, 22.9% Asian, 18.4% Hispanic) with high educational attainment — documentation requirements could disproportionately burden minority, student, and elderly voters. The AFL-CIO, a major DeSaulnier ally, opposed the bill.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Res. 189", "title": "Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 2025)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-03-06", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/189", "why_it_matters": "DeSaulnier voted with 198 Democrats against censuring Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's address to Congress. Only 10 Democrats voted yea. The vote was party-aligned and reflects his positioning as a progressive institutionalist — he chairs the Ethics Committee and takes institutional norms seriously, but opposed the censure on the merits.", "category": "party_defection" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "California's 10th Congressional District encompasses the eastern San Francisco Bay Area, including much of Contra Costa County and a portion of Alameda County — covering communities such as Walnut Creek, Concord, Antioch, Brentwood, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasant Hill, Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda. Home to approximately 760,299 constituents, the district is one of the wealthiest and most educated in the nation — the 5th richest congressional district — with a median household income of $153,525 (quadruple the $37,585 national median), a median property value of $1,029,400, and median rent of $2,658. The poverty rate is a strikingly low 4.4% (vs. 12.4% nationally), homeownership is 71.7%, and an extraordinary 55.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher — with 22.8% holding a post-graduate degree — among the highest educational attainment rates of any congressional district. The median age is 41.1, older than the 38.5 national average. The district is majority-minority: 48.9% White, 22.9% Asian, 18.4% Hispanic. The economy is anchored in healthcare (Kaiser Permanente, John Muir Health), technology, professional services, energy (Chevron headquarters, PBF Martinez refinery), and logistics. The district has a Cook PVI of D+33, making it one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. DeSaulnier won the 2024 general election with over 70% of the vote and has represented the district since 2015 (numbered CA-11 until the 2022 redistricting).", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Kaiser Permanente (Oakland HQ and medical centers)", "employees": 12000, "source_url": "https://about.kaiserpermanente.org" }, { "name": "Chevron Corporation (San Ramon HQ)", "employees": 5000, "source_url": "https://www.chevron.com/about" }, { "name": "John Muir Health (Walnut Creek / Concord)", "employees": 7000, "source_url": "https://www.johnmuirhealth.com/about-john-muir-health" }, { "name": "PBF Energy / Martinez Refinery", "employees": 1200, "source_url": "https://www.pbfenergy.com" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.15, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-ca" }, { "naics": "54", "share": 0.13, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-ca" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.11, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-ca" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Proposition 1 — Behavioral Health Services and Bond Measure (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "50.2% Yes — 49.8% No", "source_url": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections" }, { "name": "Proposition 36 — Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act (2024)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "68.4% Yes — 31.6% No", "source_url": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "population", "value": "760,299", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "median household income", "value": "$153,525", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "4.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "71.7%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "55.5% (22.8% post-graduate)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "41.1", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "Asian (Non-Hispanic) population share", "value": "22.9%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "Hispanic population share", "value": "18.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "median property value", "value": "$1,029,400", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "median rent", "value": "$2,658", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "unemployment rate", "value": "5.5%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index", "value": "D+33", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mark-desaulnier-D000623/district" } ] } } }