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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-03T00:57:35.112Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #79045)
Resolved official: Mike Haridopolos (entity #10869)
Ingest result: 47 facts · 46 sources · 1 silences · 4 contradictions · 6 voting_records
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.
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"target_official": {
"name": "Mike Haridopolos",
"bioguide_id": "H001099"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 election cycle: Raised $1,695,770; Spent $1,437,607; Cash on hand $258,162; Debts $13,530. Source of Funds: Large individual contributions 75.80%, PAC contributions 21.82%, Small individual contributions (<$200) 1.71%, Other 0.66%.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00033076"
},
{
"fact_text": "Top contributing industries (2023-2024): Retired ($263,295), Health Professionals ($177,458), Real Estate ($141,171), Leadership PACs ($99,500), Insurance ($74,035).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00033076"
},
{
"fact_text": "Top contributing organizations (2023-2024): AAL Land Surveying Services ($32,894), Medical Assoc of Brevard ($25,266), Boniface Hiers Automotive Group ($20,200), Foundation Risk Partners ($19,800), Northboro Builders ($19,800).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/person/summary?cid=N00033076"
},
{
"fact_text": "Haridopolos was one of the top NRCC donors among incoming freshmen, contributing $178,800 to the NRCC and $121,200 directly to candidates and incumbents. In Q2 2025, he disclosed $451,600 fundraising with 66.3% from individual donors and $591,400 cash on hand.",
"date_occurred": "2025-07-15",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Representative+Mike+Haridopolos+has+filed+a+new+financial+disclosure+-+here%E2%80%99s+what+we+see"
},
{
"fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates Haridopolos's net worth at $8.9M (114th highest in Congress), with approximately $1.5M in publicly traded assets. His MJH Consulting business is valued at up to $5,000,000. He drew a $60,000/year salary from a client of lobbyist Frank Tsamoutales during his Florida Senate presidency.",
"date_occurred": "2025-08-16",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Representative+Mike+Haridopolos+has+filed+a+new+financial+disclosure+-+here%E2%80%99s+what+we+see"
},
{
"fact_text": "FEC candidate committee ID: C00877324 (Mike Haridopolos for Congress). Committee registered with the FEC on April 26, 2024. Total receipts: $1,741,675; Total spending: $1,401,614.",
"date_occurred": "2024-11-25",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://projects.propublica.org/itemizer/committee/C00877324/2024/"
}
],
"connections": []
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"silences": [
{
"topic": "In-person town halls and direct constituent accessibility in FL-08",
"expected_position": "As the representative of the Space Coast — encompassing Brevard and Indian River Counties — with a 77.4% homeownership rate, median age of 48.6, and 19% of residents 70+, Haridopolos would be expected to hold in-person town halls to engage constituents on Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid cuts, and DOGE-related federal worker layoffs.",
"window_start": "2025-01-03",
"window_end": "2025-10-02",
"evidence_summary": "Indian River County constituents organized an 'Empty Chair Town Hall' on April 22, 2025, because Haridopolos 'has been instructed not to hold town halls in order to avoid answering tough questions and hearing valid concerns.' He instead held only 'telephone town halls where he can vet questions and give canned responses that skirt the issues.' The group stated he had been invited but declined. On October 2, 2025, Democrats of Indian River protested that Haridopolos had 'just went on NPR and blamed Democrats for the government shutdown when they had been trying to meet with their colleagues for weeks.' During this same window, Haridopolos was publicly active with frequent Fox Business appearances, press releases on NASA and the space industry, a Merritt Island High School visit, and Port Canaveral engagements.",
"primary_url": "https://veronews.com/2025/04/15/local-indian-river-county-citizens-are-holding-an-in-person-town-hallwith-or-without-their-representative/"
}
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{
"claim_text": "Haridopolos' official House biography emphasizes that he 'championed transparency' in the Florida Legislature, stating: 'Mike quickly established himself as a capable lawmaker who stood firmly rooted in his conservative values, and pushed for greater government transparency and accountability for Floridians, leading the effort to put the state's budget online.'",
"claim_date": "2025-01-03",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://haridopolos.house.gov/about"
},
{
"claim_text": "The Florida Ethics Commission found probable cause that Haridopolos violated financial disclosure requirements. He was formally admonished by the Florida Senate in February 2011 for failing to fully disclose his financial interests for five years (2004-2008), omitting his earnings from teaching at the University of Florida, the names of his consulting firm's clients, and misstating the values of a home and mortgage. He admitted the violations and apologized.",
"claim_date": "2011-02-24",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2011/02/25/panel-senate-president-haridopolos-should-be-admonished-for-violations/26417147007/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Haridopolos publicly championed the One Big Beautiful Bill on Fox Business and in press releases, comparing Democratic opposition to 'the Soviet playbook of 1917' and claiming 'We protected the most vulnerable people on Medicaid, those people who are in nursing homes, those people who are disabled, let alone children of low-income parents and pregnant women. We did not change one thing.' He voted Yea on final passage (Roll Call 190).",
"claim_date": "2025-07-03",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://floridianpress.com/2025/07/haridopolos-compares-democrats-to-bolsheviks-ahead-of-big-beautiful-bill-vote/"
},
{
"claim_text": "The CBO projected the OBBB would cut approximately $930 billion from Medicaid over 10 years and cause millions to lose health coverage. Haridopolos' own district (FL-08) has a 10.4% poverty rate with 19% of residents aged 70+ heavily reliant on Medicare and Medicaid. Seniors and disabled populations in Brevard and Indian River Counties were directly affected by the bill's work requirements and eligibility verification provisions.",
"claim_date": "2025-07-03",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/mike-haridopolos-H001099/district"
},
{
"claim_text": "Haridopolos, as Florida Senate President, faced a $4 billion budget deficit and balanced Florida's budget 'without raising taxes,' a record he touts as a fiscal-hawk credential. He cut $308 million in taxes on small businesses and homeowners. He stated his mantra was 'Cut, Cap, Balance.'",
"claim_date": "2011-07-28",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://thecapitolist.com/mike-haridopolos-looks-to-leverage-state-level-success-during-his-congressional-run/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Haridopolos voted Yea on the OBBB, which the CBO found would add trillions to the national debt over the next decade. He did not publicly address the contradiction between his staunch fiscal-conservative pledges and supporting deficit-expanding legislation. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated the OBBB would increase the deficit by over $3 trillion.",
"claim_date": "2025-07-03",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://haridopolos.house.gov/media?page=4"
},
{
"claim_text": "Haridopolos spoke favorably of DOGE and backed Elon Musk's 'slashes to federal spending.' When a Melbourne Social Security hearings office was slated for closure, his statement assured constituents: 'Its closure will not affect anyone's benefits, nor does it reduce services.'",
"claim_date": "2025-03-24",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/03/24/social-security-hearing-office-in-melbourne-will-close-after-doge-cuts/82635052007/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Haridopolos also introduced the LEDGER Act (H.R. 4091) in June 2025 'to improve the transparency and accountability of payments made by the Department of the Treasury,' and partnered with Sen. Rick Scott on legislation 'to improve transparency in federal spending.'",
"claim_date": "2025-06-25",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://haridopolos.house.gov/media?page=4"
}
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"type": "platform_vs_vote",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Haridopolos's official biography promotes his 'transparency' record and his push to 'put the state's budget online.' Yet the Florida Ethics Commission found he violated financial disclosure requirements for five consecutive years, omitting income sources, client names, and misstating property values. The Florida Senate formally admonished him in 2011. The juxtaposition is striking: a self-branded transparency champion who was sanctioned for opacity in his own finances."
},
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"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "platform_vs_vote",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Haridopolos publicly claimed the OBBB 'did not change one thing' for 'the most vulnerable people on Medicaid' and that it 'protected' them. The CBO found the bill enacted the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history — approximately $930 billion — and would increase the uninsured population by millions. Haridopolos's district has 19% of residents aged 70+ who rely disproportionately on these programs. His public assurance that nothing changed directly contradicts the independent fiscal analysis."
},
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"claim_a_idx": 4,
"claim_b_idx": 5,
"type": "platform_vs_vote",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Haridopolos built his career on fiscal discipline credentials — balancing Florida's $4 billion shortfall without tax increases, advocating 'Cut, Cap, Balance,' and warning about 'crushing deficit spending.' He then voted for the OBBB, which CBO and independent analysts found would add over $3 trillion to the national debt. This is a direct contradiction between his fiscally conservative brand and his vote for deficit-expanding legislation."
},
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"claim_a_idx": 6,
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"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "low",
"narrative": "After championing DOGE and spending cuts, Haridopolos assured constituents that closing a Social Security hearings office would not affect services. Simultaneously, he introduced the LEDGER Act promoting transparency in government spending. The contradiction is between supporting spending-cuts that affect constituent services while branding himself as a transparency advocate through new legislation — both positions are from Haridopolos's own press releases and statements."
}
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"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190",
"why_it_matters": "Haridopolos voted Yea (218-214) and was among the bill's most vocal public champions, comparing Democrats to Bolsheviks on Fox Business and claiming Medicaid was 'protected.' His district has 19% of residents aged 70+, 10.4% poverty, and a median age of 48.6 — demographics heavily reliant on Medicare and Medicaid, precisely the programs facing the largest cuts. Haridopolos campaigned as a fiscal hawk who balanced Florida's budget without raising taxes; the CBO found the OBBB would add over $3 trillion to the national debt. He introduced the Greenlighting Growth Act (H.R. 3343) to ease capital formation for small public companies, which aligns with Financial Services Committee interests but sits in tension with the bill's broad deficit expansion. The AFL-CIO scored his vote against working people. As Subcommittee Chairman on Space and Aeronautics, he secured no specific district earmarks, but supported the bill's full legislative package.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "S. 5 / H.R. 29",
"title": "Laken Riley Act — On Passage",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-01-22",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523",
"why_it_matters": "Haridopolos voted with all Republicans to mandate ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with theft. He celebrated the bill's passage to Trump's desk on Day 3 of the presidency and called it 'common-sense' in his press statement. His district has a 96.9% citizenship rate and only 9.77% foreign-born residents — immigration enforcement has limited direct impact on his Space Coast constituents. The vote aligned with his border-security campaign platform and his national media presence as a Trump ally.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 22",
"title": "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — On Passage",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-04-10",
"roll_call_url": "https://haridopolos.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-mike-haridopolos-votes-prevent-illegal-immigrants-voting-american",
"why_it_matters": "Haridopolos issued a press release stating: 'Americans vote in American elections, period.' He voted with all Republicans (220-208) and only 4 Democrats to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. His district is 96.9% citizens — the ID requirements have limited practical impact locally. The League of Women Voters characterized the bill as a voter suppression measure. Haridopolos's press release cited 'millions of illegal immigrants' who may have driver's licenses providing 'opportunities to illegally register to vote,' echoing the national GOP messaging rather than district-specific voter integrity concerns.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 7567",
"title": "Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2026-04-30",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567",
"why_it_matters": "Haridopolos voted Yea (224-200) as part of the near-unanimous GOP support for the Farm Bill. FL-08 has minimal row-crop agricultural production — its economy is anchored by aerospace, healthcare, and tourism — making the farm provisions less salient to his district than to other Republican members. The bill preserved SNAP cuts from the OBBB which affect food-insecure families in his 10.4% poverty-rate district. Only 3 Republicans voted Nay; 14 Democrats crossed to support. Haridopolos's vote was consistent with GOP conference unity but lacked a strong constituent-agriculture nexus.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 7147",
"title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — Ending the DHS Shutdown",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2026-04-30",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mike-haridopolos-democrats-dhs-shutdown/2026/04/06/id/1251947/",
"why_it_matters": "Haridopolos was one of the most vocal Republican advocates for ending the 76-day DHS partial shutdown, calling Democrats' refusal to fund ICE and Border Patrol 'disgusting' and 'unacceptable' on Newsmax. He accused them of 'playing politics with people's lives.' He voted five times to fully fund DHS and formally requested his own congressional salary be withheld during the shutdown. His district hosts the Space Coast, which relies on Coast Guard and TSA operations for port and launch security at Cape Canaveral, giving the DHS funding fight a direct constituent-services nexus that other inland districts lacked. The vote aligned with his border-security brand and Space Coast constituency.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1526",
"title": "No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) — On Passage",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-04-11",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1526",
"why_it_matters": "Haridopolos voted with Republicans to limit federal district courts from issuing nationwide injunctions against executive actions — a key Trump priority after courts blocked immigration orders. As a freshman from a safe R+24 district, the vote aligned with the broader GOP conference. No independent statements from Haridopolos on judicial reform were identified, making this a party-line vote without evidence of individual deliberation or district-specific rationale.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
}
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"baseline": {
"district_summary": "Florida's 8th Congressional District encompasses the Space Coast region along the central Atlantic coast, including all of Brevard County and Indian River County, and a small portion of Orange County. With approximately 801,628 residents, it is a solidly Republican district (Cook PVI R+24) that Haridopolos inherited in 2024 from retiring Rep. Bill Posey. The district has a median household income of $77,332 — well above the national median — and a poverty rate of 10.4%. The population is 73.9% White (Non-Hispanic), 12.6% Hispanic, and 96.9% U.S. citizens with only 9.77% foreign-born. The median age is 48.6, significantly older than the national average of 38.5, with 19% of residents aged 70+. The economy is anchored by aerospace and defense (NASA's Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA, L3Harris), Port Canaveral (the world's second-busiest cruise port), healthcare (Health First, Parrish Medical Center), and tourism. The district is home to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Patrick Space Force Base. Haridopolos serves as Chairman of the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee — a role of direct economic importance to his district.",
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"name": "SpaceX (Cape Canaveral launch and recovery operations)",
"employees": 2000,
"source_url": "https://www.spacecoastdaily.com/2025/04/brevard-county-economic-development-council-highlights-major-employers-and-growing-aerospace-sector/"
},
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"name": "Health First Inc. (Brevard County hospital system)",
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"name": "L3Harris Technologies (Melbourne, Palm Bay)",
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