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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-03T08:20:22.717Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #81677)
Resolved official: Suzan K. DelBene (entity #11159)
Ingest result: 40 facts · 39 sources · 2 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": "Suzan K. DelBene",
"bioguide_id": "D000617"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "Over the 2009-2024 career cycle, DelBene raised $23,409,362. Her top contributor was Microsoft Corp at $829,852 ($787,352 individuals, $42,500 PAC). Top industry was Electronics Mfg & Equip at $1,339,496. American Israel Public Affairs Cmte ranked 3rd at $131,300 ($118,400 individuals, $12,900 PAC).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/suzan-delbene/summary?cid=N00030693&cycle=CAREER&type=I"
},
{
"fact_text": "In the 2023-2024 cycle, AIPAC was DelBene's #1 contributor at $94,400 ($89,400 individuals, $5,000 PAC). Other top contributors included Microsoft ($71,317), Amazon.com ($45,850), T-Mobile USA ($23,523), and Google Inc ($19,582).",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00030693&cycle=2012&type=I&newMem=N&recs=20"
},
{
"fact_text": "Quiver Quantitative estimates DelBene's net worth at $139.9 million as of July 2025 — the 9th highest in Congress. She has approximately $15.9 million invested in publicly traded assets. She made an estimated $13.1 million in stock market gains in a single month in mid-2025.",
"date_occurred": "2025-07-17",
"confidence": "inferential",
"source_url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/fundraising-update-representative-suzan-k-delbene-just-disclosed-5687k-new-fundraising"
},
{
"fact_text": "In 2021, DelBene's husband Kurt DelBene (also a former Microsoft executive) sold between $5 million and $25 million of Microsoft stock on September 3. DelBene disclosed the trade approximately 6 weeks later. Ethics experts and Business Insider reported this may have violated the STOCK Act's 30-day disclosure requirement. The House Ethics Committee gave her a controversial advisory that allowed a 45-day window.",
"date_occurred": "2021-09-03",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-suzan-delbene-stock-act-congress-2021-10"
},
{
"fact_text": "In June 2023, DelBene reported stock sales worth up to $5.5 million months after the transactions were executed — long after such sales are required to be reported under federal law. Fox News reported an ethics watchdog stated it 'appeared corrupt.' The NRCC highlighted the violation.",
"date_occurred": "2023-06-27",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-dem-rep-appears-violate-federal-law-late-disclosure-million-dollar-stock-sales"
},
{
"fact_text": "On February 9, 2022, DelBene entered into a forward contract to sell vested Microsoft RSU shares. On September 9, 2024, she disclosed a sale of $100,001-$250,000 in Microsoft stock to a separate trust 'not for the benefit of filer or spouse,' raising questions about the transaction's structure per Finbold.",
"date_occurred": "2024-09-09",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://finbold.com/u-s-politician-reports-highly-suspicious-microsoft-msft-stock-trade/"
},
{
"fact_text": "DelBene's 2023-2024 fundraising: $2,698,383 total ($2,578,841 individual, $119,542 PAC). Source of funds: 95.6% individual contributions, 4.4% PAC. Top industries included Electronics Mfg & Equip, Securities & Investment, Insurance, and Health Professionals.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2024&id=WA01"
}
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"connections": []
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"silences": {
"no_data": true,
"reason": "DelBene was consistently vocal across her policy portfolio, issuing frequent press releases on Israel-Gaza, Ukraine, healthcare, tech policy, and budget legislation. Her press release archive shows continuous activity. No falsifiable policy silence with active-on-adjacent evidence could be identified."
},
"contradictions": {
"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "As DCCC Chair, DelBene led the Democratic Party's intervention at the Supreme Court in NRSC v. FEC (2025) to defend campaign finance laws, stating the GOP was trying to 'rewrite campaign finance laws for their own benefit' and 'let billionaires buy our elections.'",
"claim_date": "2025-09-29",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://democrats.org/news/dnc-dscc-and-dccc-file-brief-at-the-u-s-supreme-court-to-fight-trump-and-republicans-attempt-to-rewrite-campaign-finance-laws/"
},
{
"claim_text": "In her 2012 initial campaign, DelBene self-funded $2.8 million of her own money into her race. Over her 2009-2024 career, 82.6% of her $23.4 million in campaign funds came from large individual contributions, only 18.7% from small donors, and $2.98 million from PACs. Her personal net worth ($139.9M, 9th highest in Congress) makes her among the very 'billionaire' class she criticizes.",
"claim_date": "2024-12-31",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/suzan-delbene/summary?cid=N00030693&cycle=CAREER&type=I"
},
{
"claim_text": "DelBene has repeatedly positioned herself as a champion for working families and criticized Republicans for 'tax cuts for their billionaire campaign donors.' As DCCC Chair, she stated the GOP tax bill 'rips away health care and food access from millions of children and families, all to pay for massive tax breaks for their billionaire campaign donors.'",
"claim_date": "2025-07-03",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://dccc.org/press-release/dccc-chair-statement-on-house-republicans-forfeiting-their-majority-by-passing-disastrous-tax-scam-again/"
},
{
"claim_text": "DelBene's personal fortune is built on Microsoft stock — she and her husband Kurt are both former Microsoft executives. She has failed to timely disclose up to $30.5 million in stock sales across multiple incidents (2021: up to $25M; 2023: up to $5.5M). An ethics watchdog stated her conduct 'appeared corrupt.' She has not supported legislation to ban congressional stock trading.",
"claim_date": "2023-06-27",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-dem-rep-appears-violate-federal-law-late-disclosure-million-dollar-stock-sales"
}
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"claim_b_idx": 1,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "DelBene publicly defends campaign finance laws against GOP efforts to allow more billionaire spending, yet her own campaigns have been overwhelmingly funded by large donors and her own personal fortune — mirroring the very system of wealth-driven political influence she criticizes in her DCCC role."
},
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"claim_a_idx": 2,
"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "DelBene attacks Republicans for serving billionaire donors while her own conduct — multiple STOCK Act violations on up to $30.5 million in Microsoft trades, a $139.9M net worth built on the very tech industry she oversees on Ways and Means, and opposition to a congressional stock trading ban — reflects the same conflicts she publicly condemns."
}
]
},
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"bill_id": "H.Res. 845",
"title": "Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2023-11-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/845",
"why_it_matters": "DelBene voted against censuring Tlaib despite AIPAC being her #1 2023-2024 donor ($94,400). AIPAC and 22 Democrats voted yea. The resolution passed 234-188. DelBene otherwise maintains a strongly pro-Israel voting record: she signed the 'Oppose Ceasefire Letter,' voted yea on standalone $17.6B Israel aid, and voted yea on multiple pro-Israel resolutions. This vote represents a rare break from her largest donor's position.",
"category": "donor_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Trump tax-and-spending reconciliation, adding over $3 trillion to the national debt, cutting Medicaid and SNAP)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-05-22",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1",
"why_it_matters": "DelBene's WA-01 district has a $134,799 median income and only 4.2% poverty — among the wealthiest in the nation. Her tech-sector donors (Microsoft, Amazon, Google) would broadly benefit from the bill's corporate tax cuts. Yet as DCCC Chair she led Democratic opposition, calling it 'Republicans' One Big Broken Promise.' The bill passed 215-214 with every vote decisive. Her tech-industry and high-income constituents stood to gain materially from the tax provisions she opposed.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 4",
"title": "Rescissions Act of 2025 ($9.4 billion in spending rescissions including public broadcasting and foreign aid cuts)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-06-12",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4",
"why_it_matters": "DelBene voted against eliminating federal funding for public broadcasting. Her district's 53.1% bachelor's degree attainment — the highest in Washington state — suggests strong constituent demand for public media. The bill passed narrowly (214-212) with bipartisan defections. All 213 Democrats opposed. The AFL-CIO and CWA-union flagged this as a key vote for working people.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 22",
"title": "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-04-10",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22",
"why_it_matters": "DelBene voted against legislation that opponents called a voter-suppression measure. Her district is 26% foreign-born with 15.5% Asian and 10.1% Hispanic populations — groups most affected by documentary proof requirements. The bill passed 220-208. Only 4 Democrats voted yea; 208 voted nay. The AFL-CIO flagged this as a key vote for working people.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 2550",
"title": "To nullify Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (restoring collective bargaining for ~1 million federal workers)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2025-12-11",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550",
"why_it_matters": "DelBene voted to restore union rights stripped from nearly one million federal workers by Trump's executive order. Her tech-industry donors (Microsoft, Amazon) are not traditionally aligned with labor, but her DCCC leadership role and Democratic base made this a key party-aligned vote. The AFL-CIO flagged this as a key vote for working people.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
"title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($95 billion foreign aid package including Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8035",
"why_it_matters": "DelBene voted for the comprehensive foreign aid package. Foreign Policy for America supported the bill and DelBene's vote aligned with the Democratic mainstream (all voting Democrats supported). The bill included $14.1 billion for Israel — consistent with her pro-Israel donor base ($131,300 career from AIPAC). However, she voted against the earlier standalone Israel-only aid bill, illustrating a nuanced approach to foreign aid.",
"category": "donor_aligned"
}
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"baseline": {
"district_summary": "Washington's 1st Congressional District encompasses parts of King and Snohomish counties in the northern and eastern suburbs of Seattle, including Redmond (Microsoft headquarters), Kirkland, Bellevue, and parts of Bothell, Lynnwood, and Mountlake Terrace. It is one of the wealthiest and most highly educated congressional districts in the United States, with a median household income of $134,799 — more than triple the national median of $37,585 — and 53.1% of adults holding a bachelor's degree. The poverty rate is just 4.2%. The population is 59.9% White, 21.6% Asian, and 10.1% Hispanic. The economy is dominated by the technology sector (Microsoft, Amazon, Google, T-Mobile), with the district hosting the headquarters or major campuses of several Fortune 500 companies. The district is safely Democratic (D+26) and has been represented by Suzan DelBene since 2012. DelBene won reelection in 2024 with 63.5% of the vote.",
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