Joaquin Castro

Details

Party Affiliation: Democratic
In Office Since: Jan 1, 2013
Organization: United States Federal Government

Federal Roster & Campaign Finance

Bioguide ID: C001091
Chamber: US House
State: TX
District: 20
Total Receipts (2026): $514,776
Total Disbursements: $499,054
Cash on Hand: $154,380
Coverage End Date: Jun 30, 2026

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Meetings

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Election History

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Recent Bills Sponsored

No bills sponsored by Joaquin Castro are on file.

Recent Votes

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Ratepayer Protection Act	house	—	Yea
Retire through Ownership Act	senate	—	Yea
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.	house	—	Yea
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Nay
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Yea

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.

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Biography

Joaquin Castro (born September 16, 1974) 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. From 2003 to 2013, Castro represented the 125th district in the Texas House of Representatives. While in the state legislature, he served as vice-chair of the Higher Education Committee and was a member of the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee. He also previously served on other committees, such as County Affairs, Border & International Affairs, and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues. Joaquin served as campaign chair for his identical twin brother, Julian Castro, during his 2020 presidential campaign. The Center for Effective Lawmaking, at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, ranked him as the most effective House Democrat in the 119th Congress (2023–25). During the 2nd Trump administration Castro was instrumental in releasing improperly-detained migrant children and their families from the Dilley detention center, including the famous case of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos.