Joaquin Castro

US Representative from Texas

A Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 16, 1974; graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Tex., 1992; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1996; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2000; lawyer; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 2002-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013-present).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Positions

Latino Victory Fund A Latino “super PAC”

• Co-Chair (Oct '15→?)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 1 contribution · 1,300 USD ('07)

Hill PAC

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('08)

Bexar County Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('05)

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers/Texas State Legislative Board, Engineers Pol Ed League

• 1 contribution · 300 USD ('04)

Campaign Donors

1 / 18

Charles Butt Owns Texas based HEB grocery chain

• 6 contributions · 15,000 USD ('11→Feb 10 '16)

Carlos M Zaffirini Healthcare Consultant, Adelanto Healthcare Ventures

• 7 contributions · 13,900 USD (Jun 18 '12→Mar 30 '15)

William E Greehey Valero Energy chairman

• 4 contributions · 10,000 USD ('11→Nov 11 '13)

Graham M Weston Former chairman, Rackspace

• 4 contributions · 9,600 USD (Aug 31 '11→Sep 30 '13)

Jerome Falic CEO, Duty Free Americas

• 4 contributions · 8,700 USD (Sep 15 '11→Nov 1 '16)

Leon Falic

• 4 contributions · 8,700 USD (Sep 15 '11→Nov 1 '16)

Scott J Atlas Former partner, Vinson and Elkins; president of Atlas Counsel Search, LLC

• 9 contributions · 7,000 USD (Dec 16 '11→Aug 9 '16)

Jose Villarreal Lobbyist at Akin Gump

• 4 contributions · 7,000 USD ('11→Mar 20 '13)

Moses Mercado Lobbyist, Ogilvy Government Relations

• 10 contributions · 7,000 USD ('11→Dec 29 '15)

Simon Falic Chairman of Duty-Free Americas

• 3 contributions · 6,200 USD (Oct 15 '14→Nov 1 '16)

Memberships

Future Forum A caucus of young Members of Congress serving in the U.S. House of Representatives

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '13→Jan 3 '23)

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

New Democrat Coalition "center-left" Congressional member organization

• Member

Family

Julián Castro former HUD secretary | former Mayor of San Antonio

• twin brother

Schools

Harvard Law School

• JD (?→'00)

Stanford University One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

• BA (?→'96)

Miscellaneous Relationships

GiveGreen Fundraising and voter engagement platform supporting environmentally progressive politicians

• endorses (Oct '19→?)