Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-01T21:31:02.623Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #69165)
Resolved official: George Latimer (entity #10840)
Ingest result: 35 facts · 36 sources · 2 silences · 2 contradictions · 4 voting_records · 8 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": "George Latimer", "bioguide_id": "L000606" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Latimer's 2025-2026 campaign committee raised $280,886.37 total receipts, with $137,650.00 from other committee (PAC) contributions and $136,693.45 in individual contributions.", "date_occurred": "2025-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4NY16087/" }, { "fact_text": "In the 2024 cycle, George Latimer for Congress received $2,817,371 from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, representing roughly half of the $5,578,553 total payments reported. AIPAC's payment count was 4,331 discrete transactions.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "fact_text": "Latimer's campaign received $65,100 from NorPAC, $10,000 from the Carpenters & Joiners Union, $10,000 from the Laborers Union, $10,000 from the International Union of Elevator Constructors, $10,000 from the Operating Engineers Union, and $13,761 from the Joint Action Cmte for Political Affairs in the 2024 cycle.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "fact_text": "AIPAC contributed over $600,000 to Latimer's campaign by early February 2024 — 42 percent of his total $1.4 million in contributions at the time — according to FEC filings.", "date_occurred": "2024-02-01", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://theintercept.com/2024/02/01/george-latimer-aipac-donors-jamaal-bowman/" }, { "fact_text": "Latimer has received an estimated $19 million from the pro-Israel lobby during his 2024 primary campaign, according to the Track AIPAC watchdog group.", "date_occurred": "2024-06-25", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3913087/brad-lander-spurns-aipac-campaign-challenge-dan-goldman/" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $2,817,371 via 4,331 distinct payments to George Latimer for Congress; also an additional $600,000+ via AIPAC's political action committee as of February 2024, comprising 42% of Latimer's campaign contributions at the time.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "ActBlue", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $2,516,521 via 8,992 payments to George Latimer for Congress.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "NorPAC", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $65,100 via 5 payments to George Latimer for Congress.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "National Assn of Realtors", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: PAC contributions via Joint Action Cmte for Political Affairs (JAC), which aggregates donations from pro-Israel PACs including NORPAC and others. Exact Realtor-specific allocation not disaggregated in available data.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Carpenters & Joiners Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $10,000 via 2 payments to George Latimer for Congress.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Laborers Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $10,000 via 2 payments to George Latimer for Congress.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "Operating Engineers Union", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $10,000 via 5 payments to George Latimer for Congress.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" }, { "donor_entity_name": "International Union of Elevator Constructors", "relationship_type": "pac_donor", "description": "2024 cycle: $10,000 via 2 payments to George Latimer for Congress.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=George+Latimer+for+Congress" } ] }, "silences": [ { "topic": "No in-person town halls held in NY-16 district", "expected_position": "As a freshman congressman representing a politically active suburban district where even Republican neighboring Rep. Michael Lawler has held in-person town halls, Latimer would be expected to hold open district forums to hear constituent concerns.", "window_start": "2025-01-03", "window_end": "2026-05-01", "evidence_summary": "Latimer's address to the League of Women Voters at Scarsdale Golf Club was disrupted by protesters chanting about his absence from the Bronx. Local news reports and protesters have documented that Latimer has held no open in-person town halls, keeping his calendar private and limiting district appearances to familiar settings. Meanwhile, neighboring Republican Rep. Michael Lawler has held town halls in Westchester County. Latimer has been active in this period: he held telephone town halls, gave numerous floor speeches (55+ as of September 2025), and made multiple constituent event appearances, proving he was publicly communicative on his own terms but avoided open unfiltered public forums.", "primary_url": "https://newroarnews.org/poor-george-latimer/" }, { "topic": "Refusal to state that all Muslims are not Hamas", "expected_position": "When asked directly by the Westchester Black Political Conference on a Facebook post whether he believes all Muslims are members of Hamas, an elected official serving a majority-minority district with significant Muslim and Black constituencies would be expected to explicitly condemn such an association.", "window_start": "2024-02-14", "window_end": "2024-03-06", "evidence_summary": "Latimer failed to respond to the Westchester Black Political Conference's direct question 'Do you believe that all Muslims are members of HAMAS?' on Facebook. CAIR-NY and Majlis Ash Shura condemned this silence on February 14, 2024. Latimer was active on adjacent topics during this period: he debated Bowman on Israel-Palestine policy in multiple primary face-offs held May 13 and June 20, 2024, and his campaign later issued a press release stating 'everyone knows most Muslims are not members of and do not support Hamas.' However, his initial refusal to answer the direct question — the silence itself — lasted for weeks and drew formal condemnation from Muslim civil rights organizations.", "primary_url": "https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-ny-majlis-ash-shura-condemns-george-latimers-refusal-to-say-that-all-muslims-are-not-hamas/" } ], "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": "Latimer refused to answer the Westchester Black Political Conference's direct question 'Do you believe that all Muslims are members of HAMAS?' on a Facebook post, instead responding only: 'I support the release of kidnapped hostages and Hamas renouncing violence to murder Jews. What do you support?'", "claim_date": "2024-02-14", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-ny-majlis-ash-shura-condemns-george-latimers-refusal-to-say-that-all-muslims-are-not-hamas/" }, { "claim_text": "Latimer's campaign rebutted CAIR-NY's condemnation in a press release, stating 'everyone knows' most Muslims 'are not members of, and do not support Hamas.'", "claim_date": "2024-02-19", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.aledotimesrecord.com/2024/02/19/bowman-latimer-race-spins-into-rancor-over-israel/" }, { "claim_text": "Latimer signed the Westchester County Immigrant Protection Act into law in 2018, limiting county cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and barring county employees from asking about citizenship status.", "claim_date": "2018-03-20", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2018/03/20/george-latimer-signs-undocumented-immigrant-bill-into-law/12886653007/" }, { "claim_text": "Latimer voted against the Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29), a bill mandating detention of undocumented immigrants for theft-related offenses, on January 7, 2025.", "claim_date": "2025-01-07", "claim_type": "vote", "source_url": "https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/who-are-the-159-democrats-rashida-tlaib-pat-ryan-nancy-pelosi-sarah-mcbride-who-voted-against-laken-riley-act-republicansreact-article-117034884" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "position_evolution", "severity": "medium", "narrative": "Latimer initially refused to answer whether he believed all Muslims are members of Hamas, leading CAIR-NY to accuse him of 'tacitly endorsing racist and dangerous rhetoric.' Five days later, his campaign issued a statement clarifying 'everyone knows most Muslims are not members of, and do not support Hamas.' This represents a position evolution driven by public pressure, moving from silence to an explicit disavowal." }, { "claim_a_idx": 2, "claim_b_idx": 3, "type": "position_evolution", "severity": "low", "narrative": "Latimer's 2018 action as County Executive to limit local-federal immigration enforcement cooperation is not contradictory with his 2025 vote against the Laken Riley Act — both positions are consistent with a pro-immigrant rights stance. However, journalist analysis has noted tension between his local record protecting undocumented immigrants and his campaign's acceptance of substantial support from a lobby (AIPAC) that has backed Republican anti-immigration candidates." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 29", "title": "Laken Riley Act (mandatory immigration detention for theft-related offenses)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-01-07", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/29", "why_it_matters": "Latimer voted nay against mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants accused of low-level theft, aligning with his 2018 signing of the Westchester Immigrant Protection Act. 48 Democrats defected to vote yea; Latimer was among the 159 who held the progressive line on immigration. This vote aligns with constituent interest in his 29.3% Hispanic and majority-minority district but did not cross major donor pressure, as AIPAC's primary focus is foreign policy not domestic immigration enforcement.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (budget reconciliation — Medicaid cuts, clean energy repeal, tax cuts)", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1", "why_it_matters": "Latimer voted nay (218-214 final passage), calling it 'President Trump's Big, Ugly Bill' and warning of healthcare and food assistance cuts. This was a party-line vote with all 214 Democrats voting nay. The vote was constituent-aligned given NY-16's 7.9% poverty rate and 74,000+ residents who could lose Medicaid. However, with no donor cross-pressure evident (AIPAC did not take a formal position on the budget reconciliation package), the vote's primary newsworthiness is as a party-line stand rather than a cross-pressure event.", "category": "constituent_aligned" }, { "bill_id": "S. 1071 (FY2026 NDAA)", "title": "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2025-09-10", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071", "why_it_matters": "Latimer voted nay on the annual defense authorization bill, citing 'partisan poison pill amendments.' This is notable because AIPAC strongly supports robust defense funding including for Israel's Iron Dome and other cooperative defense programs — the NDAA typically includes such provisions. Latimer issued a statement that his vote was due to amendments unrelated to Israel security, but by voting nay on the entire package he opposed a bill containing Israel defense cooperation measures his largest donor supports.", "category": "donor_defection" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7148", "title": "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026", "vote": "nay", "vote_date": "2026-02-03", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148", "why_it_matters": "Latimer voted nay on the final 2026 government funding package that included foreign aid provisions supported by AIPAC. His vote was a party-defection — most Democrats (184 out of 214 voting) supported the bill. This represents a cross-pressure event: AIPAC-backed foreign aid provisions favored passage, while progressive district activists opposed the overall spending package on domestic policy grounds.", "category": "party_defection" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "New York's 16th Congressional District consists of the southern half of Westchester County and a small sliver of the northeastern Bronx, including Co-op City. With approximately 775,704 residents, it is a majority-minority district: 42.3% White, 29.3% Hispanic, 21.4% Black. The district is highly educated (49.1% hold a bachelor's degree or higher), with a median household income of $104,031 — well above the national median. Homeownership is 55.1%, lower than the national average, with median rent at $1,848 and median home value at $639,200. Key industries include healthcare, higher education, financial services, and professional services. The district leans heavily Democratic (Cook PVI D+13, shifted D+15 in 2026 rating), though it contains pockets of Republican strength in parts of northern and eastern Westchester. 21.4% of workers use public transit, among the highest in the nation.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Montefiore Medical Center", "employees": 10500, "source_url": "https://westchestercatalyst.com/2024/10/17/westchesters-top-employers-2024/" }, { "name": "NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital", "employees": 8000, "source_url": "https://westchestercatalyst.com/2024/10/17/westchesters-top-employers-2024/" }, { "name": "Westchester Medical Center Health Network", "employees": 7000, "source_url": "https://westchestercatalyst.com/2024/10/17/westchesters-top-employers-2024/" }, { "name": "Regeneron Pharmaceuticals", "employees": 13000, "source_url": "https://www.westchestergov.com/home/components/businessdirectory/businessdirectory/102/366" }, { "name": "Mastercard (Purchase HQ)", "employees": 4200, "source_url": "https://westchestercatalyst.com/2024/10/17/westchesters-top-employers-2024/" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.23, "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/" }, { "naics": "52-53", "share": 0.11, "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/" }, { "naics": "61", "share": 0.10, "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/" }, { "naics": "54", "share": 0.12, "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey/" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "New York Proposition 1 (2024): Equal Rights Amendment (codifying abortion rights and anti-discrimination protections)", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "62% Yes to 38% No statewide", "source_url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/nyregion/new-york-ballot-propositions-2024.html" }, { "name": "Westchester County Immigration Protection Act (2018): Prohibited county employees from asking about immigration status or cooperating with ICE enforcement in most cases", "year": 2018, "result": "passed", "margin": "County Board of Legislators 11-3 vote", "source_url": "https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2018/03/20/george-latimer-signs-undocumented-immigrant-bill-into-law/12886653007/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "Median household income", "value": "$104,031 (national: $37,585)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Population (2024)", "value": "775,704", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Homeownership rate", "value": "55.1% (national: 65.5%)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "49.1% (national: 33.7%)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Poverty rate", "value": "7.9% (national: 12.4%)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Hispanic/Latino population share", "value": "29.3%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Black/African American population share", "value": "21.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Public transit usage for commuting", "value": "21.4%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index (2026 rating)", "value": "D+43, Solid Seat (D shift +15)", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" }, { "label": "Median rent", "value": "$1,848/month", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/george-latimer-L000606/district" } ] } } }