Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro is a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, in Congress since 2013, who voted with most Democrats on 98% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Retire through Ownership ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Water Resources Development Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- NayOn Passage — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection…Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- NayOn Passage — PROOF ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 10642 Stop the Settlements ActOct 1, 2026 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be…
- H.Res. 1573 Recognizing the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the musical heritage of the United States and designating September 2026 as "Latin Music…Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- H.Res. 1559 Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".Sep 17, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- H.R. 9698 Advanced Coursework Equity ActJul 15, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- H.R. 7675 Securing Partner Supply Chains ActMar 26, 2026 · Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4864 (116th) Global Child Thrive Act of 2020Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 892 (117th) Calling on the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to release Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 349 (116th) Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 311 (115th) Reaffirming the 40 years of relations between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the shared pursuit of economic…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 406 (118th) Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 8463 (117th) Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5274 (115th) Global Electoral Exchange ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsEast Asia and Pacific, Western Hemisphere
- House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceCentral Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency and Cyber, Oversight and Investigations
Elections Rep. Castro has won
Rep. Castro has won 7 U.S. House elections (2012–2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 30.4 to 64.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Texas’s 20th district done while Rep. Castro served?
2013 to 2021 in TX-20: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Texas’s 20th district during Castro’s time representing it (2013 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. TX-20 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2013 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2013 to now.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- San Antonio office727 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd, B-128, San Antonio, TX 78206
Phone 210-348-8216 · Fax 210-979-0737 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries C001091-san_antonio (1 office)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, castro.house.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 17 | See the 17 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.