Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-04-22T00:04:12.599Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress
Resolved official: Tom Cole (entity #3664)
Ingest result: 25 facts · 25 sources · 1 silences · 1 contradictions · 4 voting_records · 6 skipped
Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.
{ "target_official": { "name": "Tom Cole", "bioguide_id": "C001053" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Rep. Tom Cole's campaign raised $19,971,118 over his career (2001-2024), with top industry being Oil & Gas at $1,385,070.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "fact_text": "Cole's top career contributor is the Chickasaw Nation at $263,011, all from individuals.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "fact_text": "Cole's leadership PAC, COLE PAC, contributed $390,120 to federal candidates in the 2019-2020 cycle, 100% to Republicans.", "date_occurred": "2020-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/emergent-biosolutions/C00404392/summary/2020" }, { "fact_text": "In the 2025-2026 cycle through December 2025, Cole's campaign reported total receipts of $2,445,031.13, with $931,579.00 from PACs and other committees.", "date_occurred": "2025-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2OK04055/?tab=summary" }, { "fact_text": "Cole's 2023-2024 top contributors included AIPAC ($552,806) and Chickasaw Nation ($42,200).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00025726&cycle=2002" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Chickasaw Nation", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2001-2024: $263,011 via Cole for Congress", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Devon Energy", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2001-2024: $153,280 via Cole for Congress", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "RTX Corp", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2001-2024: $129,500 via Cole for Congress", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "National Beer Wholesalers Assn", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2001-2024: $119,500 via Cole for Congress", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "LegalShield", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2001-2024: $118,416 via Cole for Congress", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2023-2024: $552,806 via Cole for Congress", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00025726&cycle=2002" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "Voting to Overturn 2020 Election Results", "expected_position": "As a senior Republican and former NRCC Chairman, Cole would be expected to clearly and publicly explain his objection to certifying Arizona's electoral votes on January 6, 2021.", "window_start": "2021-01-06", "window_end": "2021-01-10", "evidence_summary": "Cole objected to Arizona's electoral votes but has not provided a detailed public justification for this action, which many of his constituents and observers found surprising. He was active in media appearances during this period, but focused on condemning the violence rather than explaining the constitutional basis for his objection.", "primary_url": "https://www.normantranscript.com/news/2022/jan/05/what-happened-was-terrible-inexcusable-cole-objected-to-election-results-but-condemns-insurrectionists/" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Cole told House colleagues that the case for Trump's second impeachment was a solid one.", "claim_date": "2021-01-13", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.rawstory.com/gop-rep-tom-cole-firmly-backed-impeaching-trump-then-flinched-book/" }, { "claim_text": "Cole voted against the second impeachment of Donald Trump.", "claim_date": "2021-01-13", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.mccarvillereport.com/archives/46014" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "statement_vs_vote", "severity": "high", "narrative": "Cole privately acknowledged the strength of the case for Trump's impeachment but publicly voted against it, demonstrating a disconnect between his private assessment and public action." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 2670", "title": "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2023-07-14", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023340", "why_it_matters": "As a senior appropriator and now Chair of the full committee, Cole's vote for a defense bill that included controversial culture war amendments (on abortion, DEI, and LGBTQ+ rights) aligned with his party's base and defense industry donors (RTX Corp: $129,500) rather than the broader, more diverse interests of his district, which includes a significant military and civilian workforce at Tinker AFB and Fort Sill.", "category": "donor_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 34", "title": "Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 (Ryan Budget)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2011-04-15", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011277", "why_it_matters": "Cole voted for a budget that would have fundamentally transformed Medicare into a voucher system and made deep cuts to Medicaid, programs on which many of his district's 14.7% poverty-rate constituents rely.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1628", "title": "American Health Care Act of 2017 (ACA repeal)", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2017-05-04", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017256", "why_it_matters": "Voting to repeal the ACA threatened health coverage for millions, including thousands in his district, while aligning with his top career donor industry (Oil & Gas) and Republican leadership. This vote earned him a 0% rating from the Alliance for Retired Americans.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7147", "title": "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026", "vote": "aye", "vote_date": "2026-03-27", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026108", "why_it_matters": "As Appropriations Chairman, this vote advanced a DHS funding bill aligned with party leadership and security-focused donors, but includes immigration enforcement measures that may not address the labor needs of his district's agricultural and manufacturing sectors.", "category": "donor_aligned" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Oklahoma's 4th congressional district is a largely suburban and rural district in south-central Oklahoma, encompassing 15 counties including the cities of Norman, Moore, Lawton/Fort Sill, and parts of Oklahoma City. The district has a population of approximately 804,000, with a median household income of $67,010 and a poverty rate of 14.7%. The population is 68.3% White (Non-Hispanic), 10.8% Hispanic, 5.8% Native American, and 7.5% Black. The economy is driven by military installations (Tinker AFB, Fort Sill), oil and gas, agriculture, and the University of Oklahoma in Norman. The district leans heavily Republican, with a Cook PVI of R+17, and has been represented by Tom Cole since 2003.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Tinker Air Force Base", "employees": 26000, "source_url": "https://www.tinker.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/387789/tinker-air-force-base/" }, { "name": "University of Oklahoma", "employees": 12000, "source_url": "https://www.ou.edu/about/facts" }, { "name": "Fort Sill", "employees": 20000, "source_url": "https://sill-www.army.mil/" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "928110 - National Security", "share": 0.25, "source_url": "https://www.tinker.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/387789/tinker-air-force-base/" }, { "naics": "211120 - Crude Petroleum Extraction", "share": 0.15, "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00025726&newMem=N" }, { "naics": "611310 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools", "share": 0.1, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-ok" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Oklahoma State Question 820 (2023) - Legalize Recreational Marijuana", "year": 2023, "result": "failed", "margin": "38% Yes - 62% No", "source_url": "https://oklahoma.gov/elections/election-results/2023-election-results.html" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median Household Income", "value": "$67,010", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-ok" }, { "label": "Population", "value": "804,349", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-cole-C001053/district" }, { "label": "Poverty Rate", "value": "14.7%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-4-ok" }, { "label": "Racial/Ethnic Composition", "value": "68.3% White (Non-Hispanic), 10.8% Hispanic, 7.5% Black, 5.8% Native American", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-cole-C001053/district" }, { "label": "Homeownership Rate", "value": "64.7%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/tom-cole-C001053/district" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index", "value": "R+17", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=7737659" } ] } } }