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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-03T06:43:55.425Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #81233)
Resolved official: Scott Fitzgerald (entity #10991)
Ingest result: 35 facts · 36 sources · 2 silences · 1 contradictions · 5 voting_records · 3 skipped
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": "Scott Fitzgerald",
"bioguide_id": "F000471"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 election cycle: Raised $1,307,210. Source of funds: 59.61% PAC contributions ($781,700), 33.06% large individual contributions ($433,565), 7.32% small individual contributions ($95,942). No candidate self-financing. Top industry: Insurance at $143,452. Top contributor organization: Blackstone Group at $21,800.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/scott-fitzgerald/summary?cid=N00045434"
},
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 sector totals: Finance/Insurance/Real Estate dominated with $609,032 — more than three times the next largest sector (Ideology/Single-Issue at $146,843). Real Estate: $115,475; Securities & Investment: $102,265; Commercial Banks: $89,505; Lawyers & Lobbyists: $92,975; Misc Business: $109,866.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/sectors?spec=N&id=WI05&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "PAC contributions from Insurance industry alone totaled $114,200 in 2023-2024 — more than his entire small-dollar individual donor base ($95,942).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/scott-fitzgerald/summary?cid=N00045434"
},
{
"fact_text": "Top 2023-2024 contributing organizations: Blackstone Group $21,800, BGR Group $17,750, America's Credit Unions $17,600, Delta Defense LLC $13,200, Fisher Creek West LLC $13,200.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/scott-fitzgerald/summary?cid=N00045434"
},
{
"fact_text": "2023-2024 cycle: Only $3,500 received from PACs in direct contributions; the vast majority of PAC money flowed through other channels. Three PACs contributed directly: National Association of Residential Property Managers PAC ($2,000), Private Investor Coalition PAC ($1,000), Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida PAC ($500).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://beautifydata.com/us-campaign-donations/2023-2024/candidate-contributions-received-from-pacs/fitzgerald-scott-rep-wi-house"
},
{
"fact_text": "2025-2026 cycle to date (through 03/31/2026): Total raised $1,058,656.74. Total contributions $1,044,405.31. Other committee contributions (PACs/party) $660,000.00 — representing 63.2% of total contributions. Individual itemized contributions $350,097.98.",
"date_occurred": "2026-03-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0WI05113/?cycle=2026&election_full=false"
},
{
"fact_text": "2026 cycle: Fitzgerald Victory Fund reported $3,719,829 raised from individuals and PACs for the 2026 cycle. American Bankers Association PAC contributed $50,000.",
"date_occurred": "2026-04-28",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/F000471/rep-fitzgerald-scott-r-wi-05"
},
{
"fact_text": "Law Enforcement for a Safer America PAC spent $24,000 in independent expenditures supporting Fitzgerald's 2024 campaign. Honoring American Law Enforcement PAC spent $12,000 independently.",
"date_occurred": "2024-11-05",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/scott-fitzgerald/other-data?cid=N00045434&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "Insurance industry donors to Scott Fitzgerald for Congress include Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp ($10,000) and Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ($10,000) in the 2024 cycle via PAC channels.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=Scott+Fitzgerald+for+Congress"
}
],
"connections": [
{
"donor_entity_name": "Blackstone Group",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2024: $21,800 via individual contributions — top contributing organization to Fitzgerald's campaign committee",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/scott-fitzgerald/summary?cid=N00045434"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "JPMorgan Chase & Co",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2024: $1,000 via PAC to Scott Fitzgerald for Congress",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.transparencyusa.org/wi/candidate/scott-fitzgerald/contributors?cycle=2017-to-now&page=6"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "American Bankers Assn",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2026: $50,000 via PAC to Fitzgerald Victory Fund",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://congressmachine.com/member/F000471/rep-fitzgerald-scott-r-wi-05"
}
]
},
"silences": [
{
"topic": "Refused to complete Vote Smart's 2024 Political Courage Test",
"expected_position": "Candidates for federal office are expected to provide explicit positions on key issues to help voters make informed decisions. Vote Smart repeatedly requested responses, and most serious candidates complete this standardized nonpartisan survey.",
"window_start": "2024-01-01",
"window_end": "2024-11-05",
"evidence_summary": "Fitzgerald was actively campaigning during this period — raising $1.3M, issuing press releases on border security, participating in interviews, and engaging on social media. Vote Smart's Political Courage Test page states Fitzgerald 'is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test' and urges him to respond. Vote Smart was forced to infer many of his positions from his public record because he refused to provide direct answers on issues including budget, spending, taxes, and social safety net programs.",
"primary_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/3446/scott-fitzgerald"
},
{
"topic": "Remained silent following George Floyd's murder and on conversion therapy bans",
"expected_position": "As a sitting member of Congress representing a district that includes diverse suburban communities in the Milwaukee metro area, Fitzgerald would be expected to address major civil rights and social issues affecting his constituents.",
"window_start": "2020-06-01",
"window_end": "2021-06-30",
"evidence_summary": "Multiple tracking sources note Fitzgerald's silence on these issues. During the same period, Fitzgerald was publicly active, issuing statements on border security, voting against impeachment, and communicating on economic issues. West Allis, a city in his district, banned conversion therapy during this window, yet Fitzgerald made no public comment. He was actively posting on X about taxes, energy, and immigration enforcement.",
"primary_url": "https://www.politicalemails.org/events/"
}
],
"contradictions": {
"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "During his campaign, Fitzgerald focused on 'supporting law enforcement' as one of his three core messages alongside cracking down on illegal immigration and pushing back against 'radical liberals.'",
"claim_date": "2024-11-05",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/05/scott-fitzgerald-reelected-in-wisconsins-5th-district/75708478007/"
},
{
"claim_text": "Fitzgerald was among 121 House Republicans who voted to object to counting Biden's electors from Arizona, and among 138 who voted to object to Biden's Pennsylvania electors on January 6, 2021 — hours after a violent mob overwhelmed U.S. Capitol Police, leaving at least one person dead and injuring approximately 140 law enforcement officers.",
"claim_date": "2021-01-07",
"claim_type": "vote",
"source_url": "https://www.superiortelegram.com/news/wisconsin-us-reps-tiffany-fitzgerald-object-to-some-biden-electors"
}
],
"contradictions": [
{
"claim_a_idx": 0,
"claim_b_idx": 1,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Fitzgerald's campaign platform centered on 'supporting law enforcement,' yet his first major vote as a congressman was to object to Electoral College certification on January 6, 2021 — taken hours after U.S. Capitol Police officers were violently assaulted while defending the Capitol complex. Approximately 140 officers were injured in the attack that unfolded in connection with the election challenge Fitzgerald supported. Editorial boards called on him to resign, arguing the vote 'gave aid and comfort to an insurrection.' Both sources are from independent news outlets with different hostnames."
}
]
},
"telling_votes": [
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1834",
"title": "Breaking the Gridlock Act (three-year extension of enhanced ACA/Obamacare subsidies)",
"vote": "nay_unverified",
"vote_date": "2026-01-08",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1834/all-info",
"why_it_matters": "Fitzgerald voted against extending enhanced ACA subsidies that reduce health insurance premiums for low- and middle-income Americans. His top donor industry is Insurance ($143,452 in 2023-2024), which benefits when enhanced subsidies expire and consumers face higher premiums — potentially driving them toward alternative plans. The district poverty rate is only 6.12%, but median rent is $1,219, suggesting affordability pressure for working-class constituents. Fitzgerald's stated reason was lack of 'safeguards to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.'",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 2988",
"title": "Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2026-01-15",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2988/all-info",
"why_it_matters": "This bill restricts ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) considerations in retirement investment decisions by making it harder for shareholders to introduce ESG-related proxy proposals. Fitzgerald's third-largest donor sector is Securities & Investment ($102,265), and commercial banks contributed $89,505. The financial services industry broadly supports restricting ESG mandates. Fitzgerald stated the bill ensures 'Americans' retirement savings should be protected, not politicized.' Critics argued it takes choice away from investors and retirees and puts it 'in the hands of bureaucrats and political appointees.'",
"category": "donor_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 7567",
"title": "Farm, Food, and National Security Act (Farm Bill)",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2026-04-30",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567/all-info",
"why_it_matters": "Fitzgerald voted for the five-year farm bill, directly benefiting the dairy and agriculture sectors that are central to the WI-05 economy. Agribusiness donated $41,790 to his 2024 campaign. He cited the bill's dairy pricing reforms and safety-net updates. This vote aligned constituent economic interest with donor interest. Fitzgerald sits on Financial Services — not Agriculture — yet advocated visibly for farm-bill passage, likely reflecting the district's significant dairy-processing and agricultural footprint.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "S. 1383",
"title": "SAVE America Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility — requires proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote in federal elections)",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2026-02-11",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1383/all-info",
"why_it_matters": "The House passed this narrowly 218-213 after stripping a veterans bill and replacing its text with the SAVE Act requiring documentary proof of citizenship and government-issued photo ID for federal elections. Fitzgerald voted YEA. His district is 87% White, 97.9% U.S. citizen, with high homeownership (74.3%) and car-dependency (77% drive alone) — meaning most constituents possess the required IDs. The bill's impact falls disproportionately on urban minority voters outside his district. Fitzgerald stated 'the right to vote in federal elections should belong exclusively to American citizens.' Ideological/Single-Issue donors, at $146,843, were his second-largest sector.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 7147",
"title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations — House amendment to end DHS partial shutdown and fully fund ICE/CBP",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2026-03-27",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7147/all-info",
"why_it_matters": "Fitzgerald voted to fully fund DHS including ICE and Border Patrol after a partial shutdown. He accused Democrats of 'holding these critical border security agencies hostage.' His district is heavily white and native-born (97.9% citizen, only 4.76% foreign-born), so aggressive immigration enforcement faces minimal constituent backlash. However, the district's dairy and agricultural sectors rely significantly on immigrant labor, creating a latent economic tension between enforcement rhetoric and workforce needs that Fitzgerald's public statements do not address.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
}
],
"constituency_baseline": {
"baseline": {
"district_summary": "Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District encompasses the northern and western suburbs of Milwaukee, including all of Waukesha, Washington, and Jefferson Counties plus parts of Dodge, Walworth, and Milwaukee Counties. It is home to approximately 743,000 residents and is the most Republican district in Wisconsin (R+29 per Legisletter, historically R+14 Cook PVI). The district is overwhelmingly white (87% Non-Hispanic White) with a 97.9% U.S. citizenship rate and only 4.76% foreign-born. The median household income of $95,803 is well above the national median, the poverty rate is just 6.12%, and the homeownership rate is 74.3%. Manufacturing (75,972 workers), Health Care (57,444), and Retail Trade (43,282) are the largest employment sectors. The district is car-dependent with 77% of workers driving alone. Key industries include dairy processing, manufacturing, financial services, and health care. Fitzgerald has held this seat since 2021, succeeding 42-year incumbent Jim Sensenbrenner. Prior to Congress, Fitzgerald served 26 years in the Wisconsin State Senate including multiple terms as Majority Leader, where he was the architect of Act 10, the 2011 law sharply curtailing public-sector collective bargaining.",
"top_employers": [
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"name": "Manufacturing (sector)",
"employees": 75972,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"name": "Health Care & Social Assistance (sector)",
"employees": 57444,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"name": "Retail Trade (sector)",
"employees": 43282,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
}
],
"dominant_industries": [
{
"naics": "Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)",
"share": 0.191,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"naics": "Health Care & Social Assistance (NAICS 62)",
"share": 0.145,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"naics": "Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45)",
"share": 0.109,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"naics": "Finance & Insurance (NAICS 52)",
"share": 0.073,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
}
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"recent_ballot_measures": [
{
"name": "Constitutional Amendment — Citizenship Requirement for Voting (changing 'every' to 'only' U.S. citizens may vote)",
"year": 2024,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "Approximately 70% Yes — 30% No",
"source_url": "https://wislawjournal.com/2024/11/06/wisconsin-voters-approve-constitutional-amendment-barring-non-u-s-citizens-from-voting/"
},
{
"name": "Constitutional Amendments — Governor's Power to Spend Federal Funds (Questions 1 and 2, August 2024 primary)",
"year": 2024,
"result": "failed",
"margin": "Question 1: 57.45% No — 42.55% Yes; Question 2: 57.53% No — 42.47% Yes",
"source_url": "https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/14/wisconsin-voters-reject-ballot-questions-restricting-governors-power-over-federal-funds/74795307007/"
}
],
"demographic_anchors": [
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"label": "Median household income",
"value": "$95,803 (national median $37,585)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-fitzgerald-F000471/district"
},
{
"label": "Median property value",
"value": "$357,300",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"label": "Population foreign-born",
"value": "4.76% (approximately 35,400 residents)",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"label": "Bachelor's degree or higher",
"value": "41.0% of adults (national average 33.7%)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-fitzgerald-F000471/district"
},
{
"label": "Homeownership rate",
"value": "74.3% (national average 65.5%)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-fitzgerald-F000471/district"
},
{
"label": "Poverty rate",
"value": "6.12% (national average 12.4%)",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"label": "Largest ethnic groups",
"value": "White Non-Hispanic 87.0%, Asian Non-Hispanic 3.0%, Hispanic 6.3%",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
},
{
"label": "Partisan lean (Cook PVI-style)",
"value": "R+29 (Solid Republican)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/scott-fitzgerald-F000471/district"
},
{
"label": "U.S. citizenship rate",
"value": "97.9%",
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-wi"
}
]
}
}
}