Member of Congress

Joaquin Castro

U.S. Representative · TX-20 · Democrat

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

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Joaquin Castro is the U.S. Representative for TX-20 (Democrat) who serves on 7 congressional committees, including as Ranking Member of House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Western Hemisphere. In FY2026, federal awards worth $4.5B were performed in TX-20, Texas's 20th District, inferred from place-of-performance addresses. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Follow the public money trail around this seat: the federal awards performed in TX-20, and the PAC contributions reported to the FEC. Federal work in a district is shown as public context, not a claim about this member’s role in any award.

Federal spending in Texas's 20th District · FY2026 · data still posting

Inferred
Obligated for work performed here
$4.5B
Top recipient
QTC Medical Services Inc $1.9B
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Federal work in this district is shown as public context. It is not a claim about this member’s role in any award. Follow the money, not the corruption.

Committee assignments

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
↳ House Committee on Foreign Affairs: East Asia and Pacific
↳ House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Western HemisphereRanking Member
↳ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Central Intelligence Agency
↳ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: National Security Agency and Cyber
↳ House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Oversight and InvestigationsRanking Member

PAC contributions received

By election cycle, most recent first.Source

2026 cycle$119,500 from 41 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 50% of it
National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee$10,000
American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)$7,500
Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee Pak-PAC$7,500
American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee$5,000
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$5,000
Border Health Federal PAC$5,000
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners$5,000
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$5,000
Midwest Region Laborers' Political League$5,000
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$5,000
Show all 41 PACs
  1. Toyota Motor North America, Inc Political Action Committee (Toyota/Lexus PAC)$5,000
  2. National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC$4,000
  3. Democratic Conservation Alliance PAC$3,500
  4. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance Fund$3,500
  5. Walmart Inc. PAC for Responsible Government$3,500
  6. Aar Corp. PAC$2,500
  7. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund$2,500
  8. Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers$2,500
  9. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League$2,500
  10. King & Spalding Nonpartisan Committee for Good Government$2,500
  11. The Continuum Fund, Zachry Holdings, Inc. Political Action Committee$2,500
  12. US Oncology Inc. Network Political Action Committee$2,500
  13. United Services Automobile Association Employee PAC - Usaa Employee PAC$2,500
  14. AT&T Inc. Employee Federal Political Action Committee (AT&T Employee Federal PAC)$2,000
  15. American Optometric Association Political Action Committee$2,000
  16. Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$2,000
  17. American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$1,500
  18. America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association, Inc.$1,000
  19. Beef-PAC (Beef Political Action Committee of Texas Cattle Feeders Association)$1,000
  20. Build Political Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (Buildpac)$1,000
  21. Fluor Corporation Political Action Committee (Fluor PAC)$1,000
  22. Humane World Action Fund Political Action Committee$1,000
  23. Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee$1,000
  24. Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC - Msvpac$1,000
  25. Professional Aviation Safety Specialists PAC$1,000
  26. Solventum Corporation Political Action Committee$1,000
  27. Texas Instruments Incorporated Political Action Committee (Ti PAC)$1,000
  28. Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC)$1,000
  29. First Five Action Fund Political Action Committee (First Five Action PAC)$500
  30. Jstreetpac$500
  31. Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice, Inc. Texas Home Care & Hospice PAC- Federal$500
2024 cycle$219,667 from 67 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 38% of it
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$10,000
Border Health Federal PAC$10,000
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$10,000
Midwest Region Laborers' Political League$10,000
Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee$8,167
American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC)$8,000
American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)$7,500
Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education)$7,500
National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (Nmhc PAC)$7,000
American Federation of Teachers, Afl-CIO Committee on Political Education$6,000
Show all 67 PACs
  1. National Association of Postal Supervisors PAC$6,000
  2. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$6,000
  3. Toyota Motor North America, Inc Political Action Committee (Toyota/Lexus PAC)$6,000
  4. Akerman LLP PAC$5,000
  5. American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee$5,000
  6. Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners$5,000
  7. Demand Justice PAC$5,000
  8. Gulf States Toyota Inc Federal Political Action Committee$5,000
  9. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League$5,000
  10. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$5,000
  11. National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee$5,000
  12. National Elevator Constructors PAC/ Intn'l Union of Elevator Constructors (NEC PAC)$5,000
  13. National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC$4,000
  14. Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$4,000
  15. Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers$3,500
  16. Jstreetpac$2,750
  17. American Federation of Govt. Empl. Political Action Committee$2,500
  18. Delta Air Lines PAC$2,500
  19. Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. Employee Political Action Committee$2,500
  20. National Council of Textile Organizations Inc Political Action Committee$2,500
  21. AT&T Inc. Employee Federal Political Action Committee (AT&T Employee Federal PAC)$2,000
  22. Aar Corp. PAC$2,000
  23. Air Line Pilots Association PAC$2,000
  24. America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association, Inc.$2,000
  25. American Sugar Cane League of USA, Inc PAC$2,000
  26. Human Rights Campaign PAC$2,000
  27. National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Political Action Com (Narfe-PAC)$2,000
  28. National Roofing Contractors Association Roof PAC$2,000
  29. South Texas Sugar Cane Producers PAC Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc$2,000
  30. Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC)$2,000
  31. Amalgamated Sugar Company Political Action Committee$1,500
  32. Barnes & Thornburg Political Action Committee$1,500
  33. CA Luv PAC (California Leadership United for Victory PAC)$1,500
  34. Michigan Sugar Company Growers Political Action Committee$1,500
  35. Unitedemocrats PAC$1,500
  36. 150PAC.ORG$1,000
  37. American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$1,000
  38. Animal Wellness Action PAC$1,000
  39. Bracepac$1,000
  40. Dads PAC$1,000
  41. Democratic Conservation Alliance PAC$1,000
  42. Fair Shot PAC$1,000
  43. Google LLC Netpac$1,000
  44. International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$1,000
  45. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee$1,000
  46. Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC - Msvpac$1,000
  47. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Sugar PAC (Mdspac)$1,000
  48. National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$1,000
  49. National Treasury Employees Union Political Action Committee$1,000
  50. Rheem Manufacturing Company Political Action Committee (Rheem PAC)$1,000
  51. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Political Action Committee$1,000
  52. Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition PAC (Seec PAC)$1,000
  53. Televisaunivision, Inc. Employee Political Action Committee$1,000
  54. Western Sugar Cooperative PAC$1,000
  55. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Civic Action Committee (Aka Akin Gump PAC)$750
  56. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance Fund$500
  57. Sierra Club Political Committee$500
2022 cycle$246,512 from 69 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 38% of it
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$10,000
American Federation of Teachers, Afl-CIO Committee on Political Education$10,000
Border Health Federal PAC$10,000
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$10,000
Midwest Region Laborers' Political League$10,000
Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$10,000
Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education)$10,000
Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)$10,000
National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC$8,500
National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee$7,500
Show all 69 PACs
  1. Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee$7,000
  2. National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (Nmhc PAC)$7,000
  3. Jstreetpac$6,500
  4. American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)$6,000
  5. American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC)$6,000
  6. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$6,000
  7. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance Fund$5,500
  8. American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee$5,000
  9. Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners$5,000
  10. D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters)$5,000
  11. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee$5,000
  12. Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$5,000
  13. National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$5,000
  14. National Roofing Contractors Association Roof PAC$4,000
  15. International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$3,500
  16. American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Political Action Committee$3,000
  17. American Sugar Cane League of USA, Inc PAC$3,000
  18. America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association, Inc.$2,500
  19. American Medical Association Political Action Committee$2,500
  20. Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers$2,500
  21. Int'l Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Ipal)$2,500
  22. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League$2,500
  23. National Treasury Employees Union Political Action Committee$2,500
  24. Progressive Majority PAC$2,500
  25. Smart TD PAC$2,500
  26. Writers Guild of America West, Inc. PAC (Wgaw PAC)$2,500
  27. 150PAC.ORG$2,000
  28. Air Line Pilots Association PAC$2,000
  29. End Citizens United$2,000
  30. Sierra Club Political Committee$2,000
  31. Texas Instruments Incorporated Political Action Committee (Ti PAC)$2,000
  32. The Farm Credit Council Political Action Committee$2,000
  33. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$2,000
  34. Western Sugar Cooperative PAC$2,000
  35. American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$1,500
  36. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund$1,500
  37. HCA Healthcare, Inc. Good Government Fund$1,500
  38. Michigan Sugar Company Growers Political Action Committee$1,500
  39. Amalgamated Sugar Company Political Action Committee$1,000
  40. American Foreign Service Association Political Action Committee$1,000
  41. American Physical Therapy Association Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (Pt-PAC)$1,000
  42. American Seniors Housing Association (Seniors Housing PAC)$1,000
  43. Arab American Democratic Action Fund$1,000
  44. Beef-PAC (Beef Political Action Committee of Texas Cattle Feeders Association)$1,000
  45. Bracepac$1,000
  46. Brady PAC$1,000
  47. Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Political Action Committee$1,000
  48. Democratic Conservation Alliance PAC$1,000
  49. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc. PAC (Everytown PAC)$1,000
  50. Independent Bankers Association of Texas Federal PAC (Ibat Fedpac)$1,000
  51. League of Conservation Voters Action Fund$1,000
  52. Maynard Nexsen PAC$1,000
  53. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Sugar PAC (Mdspac)$1,000
  54. South Texas Sugar Cane Producers PAC Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc$1,000
  55. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Political Action Committee$1,000
  56. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Apks) Partners Political Action Committee$500
  57. Barnes & Thornburg Political Action Committee$500
  58. Population Connection Action Fund PAC Pcaf PAC$500
  59. Human Rights Campaign PAC$12
2020 cycle$289,587 from 78 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 34% of it
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$10,000
American Federation of Teachers, Afl-CIO Committee on Political Education$10,000
Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee$10,000
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$10,000
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$10,000
Midwest Region Laborers' Political League$10,000
Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$10,000
Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education)$10,000
Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)$10,000
United Services Automobile Association Employee PAC - Usaa Employee PAC$10,000
Show all 78 PACs
  1. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$9,000
  2. American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)$7,500
  3. D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters)$7,500
  4. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League$7,500
  5. National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee$7,500
  6. National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC$7,000
  7. End Citizens United$6,500
  8. Brady PAC$6,000
  9. American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$5,500
  10. National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (Nmhc PAC)$5,500
  11. American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC)$5,000
  12. American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee$5,000
  13. Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners$5,000
  14. Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers$5,000
  15. Indivisible Action$5,000
  16. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee$5,000
  17. PAC to the Future$5,000
  18. Uaw - V - Cap (Uaw Voluntary Community Action Program) 'Int'l Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw$5,000
  19. American Federation of Govt. Empl. Political Action Committee$4,000
  20. Jstreetpac$4,000
  21. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance Fund$3,500
  22. Int'l Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Ipal)$3,000
  23. National Association of Postal Supervisors PAC$3,000
  24. National Roofing Contractors Association Roof PAC$3,000
  25. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$3,000
  26. American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Political Action Committee$2,500
  27. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc. PAC (Everytown PAC)$2,500
  28. Friends of Community Oncology PAC$2,500
  29. King & Spalding Nonpartisan Committee for Good Government$2,500
  30. National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Political Action Com (Narfe-PAC)$2,500
  31. America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association, Inc.$2,000
  32. American Dental Association Political Action Committee$2,000
  33. American Sugar Cane League of USA, Inc PAC$2,000
  34. Google LLC Netpac$2,000
  35. National Treasury Employees Union Political Action Committee$2,000
  36. South Texas Sugar Cane Producers PAC Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc$2,000
  37. Together Encouraging Democracy - T.e.d. PAC$2,000
  38. Michigan Sugar Company Growers Political Action Committee$1,500
  39. Smart TD PAC$1,500
  40. Human Rights Campaign PAC$1,012
  41. Allied Pilots Association Political Action Committee$1,000
  42. Amalgamated Sugar Company Political Action Committee$1,000
  43. American Chemistry Council PAC$1,000
  44. American Hospital Association PAC$1,000
  45. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Political Action Committee$1,000
  46. American Veterinary Medical Association Political Action Committee$1,000
  47. Animal Wellness Action PAC$1,000
  48. Crop Insurance Professionals Association PAC-Cipa PAC$1,000
  49. Entertainment Software Association PAC (ESA PAC)$1,000
  50. Humane World Action Fund Political Action Committee$1,000
  51. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Sugar PAC (Mdspac)$1,000
  52. National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac)$1,000
  53. National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$1,000
  54. National Cotton Council of America Committee for the Advancement of Cotton$1,000
  55. National Council of Textile Organizations Inc Political Action Committee$1,000
  56. New Democrat Coalition Action Fund$1,000
  57. Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee Pak-PAC$1,000
  58. People First Future$1,000
  59. People Helping People$1,000
  60. Plains Cotton Growers Inc. PAC$1,000
  61. Progressive Majority PAC$1,000
  62. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Political Action Committee$1,000
  63. Televisaunivision, Inc. Employee Political Action Committee$1,000
  64. Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee$1,000
  65. Zachry Corporation Political Action Committee (Zacopac)$1,000
  66. Population Connection Action Fund PAC Pcaf PAC$500
  67. Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida (PAC)$500
  68. League of Conservation Voters Action Fund$75

contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.

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