Joaquin Castro
- Democratic · US Representative, Texas District 20 · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election · vs. Edgardo Rafael Baez (R)
- Background
- Professor · State legislator · Attorney
- 99.8%
- Votes with own party · of 463 split votes
- 676
- Roll calls · 119th Congress
- $592K
- Raised · 2026 cycle
- $129K
- Cash on hand · through Oct 14, 2026
- 12
- Races won · in our records
- 0
- Races lost · in our records
Spectrum
1 published measureThe marker is the one published measure below. The middle means centrist on that measure’s own scale, not the middle of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score −0.696 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 1,849 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Texas District 20 · Tue, Nov 3
Edgardo Rafael Baez RepublicanJoaquin Castro Democratic (inc.)
Career
Newest first| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, TX-20 | Won | 100% | |
| 2022 | US House, TX-20 | Won · primary won 100% | 68.4% | |
| 2020 | US House, TX-20 | Won · primary won 92.1% | 64.7% | |
| 2018 | US House, TX-20 | Won · primary won 100% | 80.9% | |
| 2016 | US House, TX-20 | Won · primary won 100% | 79.7% | |
| 2014 | US House, TX-20 | Won · primary won 100% | 75.7% | |
| 2012 | US House, TX-20 | Won | 63.9% | |
| 2010 | State House, TX | Won | 78.5% |
Earlier races (4 more races)
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | State House, TX | Won | 100% | |
| 2006 | State House, TX | Won | 57.7% | |
| 2004 | State House, TX | Won | 100% | |
| 2002 | State House, TX | Won | 60.3% |
This is the record in our results files, FEC candidate lists and DIME, not a complete career. Results for other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $602K · Debts owed $0
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $592,416. Cash on hand $129,317. Spent $601,757. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Castro for Congress. No donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 270, Nay 381, Present 3, Not voting 21.
- Roll calls missed
- 3.1%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 99.8%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 463 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 462. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 8 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 311
On Passage · H J RES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
Vote: NayPassed, 214 to 208
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 310
On Passage · H R 10326
PROOF Act
Vote: NayPassed, 217 to 207
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 309
On Passage · H R 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
Vote: NayPassed, 352 to 72
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 308
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H R 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
Vote: NayPassed, 262 to 159
Sep 15, 2026 · House roll call 307
On Agreeing to the Resolution · H CON RES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
Vote: YeaPassed, 220 to 204
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 17 bills and 8 resolutions. Cosponsored 197 bills and 68 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Joaquin Castro sponsored
- Stop the Settlements ActH.R. 10642, introduced Oct 1, 2026
- Advanced Coursework Equity ActH.R. 9698, introduced Jul 15, 2026
- Securing Partner Supply Chains ActH.R. 7675, introduced Feb 25, 2026
- No Unauthorized War in Mexico ActH.R. 7059, introduced Jan 14, 2026
- United States International Development Corporation Chief Development Officer ActH.R. 6910, introduced Dec 19, 2025
More about Joaquin Castro
Offices held (7 terms and offices)
- 2013 to nowUS House, Texas District 20Democratic
Committees (7 assignments)
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Central Intelligence Agency subcommittee
- National Security Agency and Cyber subcommittee
- Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- East Asia and Pacific subcommittee
- Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere subcommittee
Background
- Professor
- State legislator
- Attorney
Sources: Official House site, Wikidata
Official pages (7 links)
Sources (13 sources)
Ballot listing, sos.state.tx.us
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 28, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2013-01-03. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits