Joaquin Castro

American politician (born 1974)

IncumbentU.S. House — TX-20DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-H7K-X163 FEC H2TX35011

Running for U.S. House, TX-20, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/joaquin-castro

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · github.com

Joaquin Castro — Portrait — Portrait · castro.house.gov

Joaquin Castro — On the trail — On the trail · castro.house.gov

Joaquin Castro — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, TX-20 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2026 · State House / Assembly, TX District U_S_20 · Primary · Democratic · won · 58,260 votes (88.2%) · incumbent · source
2024 · U.S. House, TX-20 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, TX-20 · General · Democratic · won · 115,352 votes (68.4%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, TX-20 · General · Democratic · won · 175,078 votes (64.7%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, TX-20 · General · Democratic · won · 139,038 votes (80.8%) · incumbent · source

Background

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-21 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Castro

Campaign finance

$514,776total raised (2026 cycle)

$154,380cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$499,054total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-21 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Castro
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1167934
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2TX35011/
photo_headshot — https://github.com/unitedstates/images
photo_action — https://castro.house.gov/about
photo_full_body — https://castro.house.gov/

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