Joaquin Castro
Democrat · TX-20 · U.S. House
TX-20 — U.S. House
Safe D 100%Joaquin Castro is on the ballot. Joaquin Castro vs. Edgardo Rafael Baez. Runs on a newly enacted district map.
Bio
Joaquin Castro is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio. He currently serves on the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.6 years
- First took office
- 2013 (7 terms)
- Seniority
- 116 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 51
- San Antonio, TX · 210-348-8216
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Joaquin Castro's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Joaquin Castro (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Castrosits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Congressional Progressive Caucusstrongly left · 93 members
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Hispanic Caucusstrongly left · 40 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
"Shut Down Dilley": Rep. Joaquin Castro on "Abusive" ICE Family Jail, Targeting of Military FamiliesCalls to shut down the ICE jail known as the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas continue to grow following the detention and deportation of 5-year-old Liam Tadeo and his father Victor Martinez Nieto to Mexico. According to the family’s lawyer…
Democracy Now! · Yesterday
Rep. Castro: Dems Will Win Because 'Trump Is Not Popular in Texas'On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “State of Play,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said the Democratic Party’s candidates will win the midterms because President Donald Trump “is not popular in Texas.” Host Peter Alexander said, “No Democrat has won a The post R…
Breitbart News · August 27, 2026
The Worst of The WorstWell damn, we sure feel safer knowing ICE pulled 5-year-old Liam Tadeo and his construction worker dad Victor off Austin's streets on their way to a soccer game before Liam could start kindergarten the next day; also that they were held at a family concentrat…
Common Dreams · August 26, 2026
Lawmakers Call For Closure of Detention Camp Where 100+ Children Are Held...In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy, identified as Liam Tadeo, and his father were taken by ICE…
Democracy Now! · August 24, 2026
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