Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Joaquin Castro
- Office
- U.S. representative for Texas’s 20th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- San Antonio, TX
- Born
- 1974
- In Congress
- House since 2013 · 13 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- CASTRO, JOAQUIN
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Texas, District 20
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2TX35011 · Principal campaign committee: CASTRO FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Texas District 20 | $586,091.81 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Texas District 20 | $689,806.69 | Won the general election (100%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Texas District 20 | $682,068.98 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Texas District 20 | $705,568.45 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$705,568.45
Total spent$718,441.75
Cash on hand$115,747.27
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$394,996.0356%
- PACs and other committees$294,600.0042%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$82.420%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$15,890.002%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- East Asia and Pacific
- Western Hemisphere Ranking Member
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Central Intelligence Agency
- National Security Agency and Cyber
- Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
81 committees reported giving $300,587.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$6,500.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$6,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,500.00
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
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- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$5,000.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTYParty committee$4,000.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- KING & SPALDING NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY PACPAC$2,500.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- SOUTH TEXAS SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS PAC RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUGAR GROWERS, INCConnected PAC$2,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TOGETHER ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY - T.E.D. PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,012.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- ZACHRY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ZACOPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SNAKE RIVER SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$1,000.00
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PEOPLE FIRST FUTUREPAC$1,000.00
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND PAC PCAF PACConnected PAC$500.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$75.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Joaquin Castro$8,410.22
- Independent expenditures opposing Joaquin Castro$0.00
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- LATINO VICTORY FUNDSupporting$5,000.00
- UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PACSupporting$3,068.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$181.00
- UNITED WE DREAM ACTIONSupporting$130.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Texas U.S. House, District 20, 2020 · 7 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Castro (D) | $705,568.45 | $115,747.27 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mauro Everett Garza (R) | $308,032.31 | $45,851.83 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dominick Andrew Dina Sr. (R) | $19,361.50 | $1,420.88 | 2020-12-31 |
| Gary Allen (R) | $13,422.05 | $3,146.23 | 2020-06-24 |
| Anita Marie Kegley (R) | $12,172.00 | $1,271.51 | 2020-03-31 |
| Joshua Daniel Carrizales (R) | $1,454.30 | $0.00 | 2020-04-01 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CASTRO FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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