Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T02:17:44.436Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74276)
Resolved official: Jeff Crank (entity #10872)
Ingest result: 25 facts · 24 sources · 1 contradictions · 3 voting_records · 1 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": "Jeff Crank", "bioguide_id": "C001137" }, "donor_mapping": { "facts": [ { "fact_text": "Representative Jeff Crank raised $1,115,240 in the 2023-2024 election cycle, with 56.46% from large individual contributions and 31.88% from PAC contributions.", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00028132&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Top contributing industry in the 2023-2024 cycle was Retired at $152,170, followed by Leadership PACs ($109,800), Real Estate ($53,441), and Oil & Gas ($33,181).", "date_occurred": "2024-12-31", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00028132&cycle=2024" }, { "fact_text": "Americans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC arm of billionaire Charles Koch's conservative advocacy network, endorsed Crank in the 2024 GOP primary and pledged to put the 'full weight of our grassroots capabilities' behind his candidacy.", "date_occurred": "2024-02-23", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://gazette.com/2024/02/23/republican-jeff-crank-endorsed-by-koch-networks-americans-for-prosperity-action-in-colorados-5th-cd-48905a58-872b-5d45-82ea-59e9937bbaa0/" }, { "fact_text": "Crank served as Colorado State Director for Americans for Prosperity from May 2009 to August 2013, and later served as president of Aegis Strategic, a Koch-linked political consulting firm that identified and groomed free-market candidates.", "date_occurred": "2013-08-01", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/koch-brothers-candidate-training-recruiting-aegis-strategic/" }, { "fact_text": "The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group endorsed Crank in the 2024 primary, citing his commitment to vote for a national abortion ban.", "date_occurred": "2024-05-28", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/05/anti-abortion-group-endorses-crank/56022/" } ], "connections": [ { "donor_entity_name": "Americans for Prosperity", "relationship_type": "major_donor", "description": "AFP Action super PAC spent heavily on independent expenditures supporting Crank's 2024 primary campaign against Trump-endorsed Dave Williams, contributing to his 2.5-point primary victory.", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://gazette.com/2024/02/23/republican-jeff-crank-endorsed-by-koch-networks-americans-for-prosperity-action-in-colorados-5th-cd-48905a58-872b-5d45-82ea-59e9937bbaa0/" } ] }, "silences": { "no_data": true, "reason": "Unable to identify a recent, falsifiable silence with verifiable adjacent-activity evidence for this freshman representative. Crank has maintained a highly active public communications presence since taking office, leaving few identifiable policy gaps." }, "contradictions": { "claims": [ { "claim_text": ""The fight is going to be on if that happens" — Crank promised to battle the Trump administration if it decided to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama.", "claim_date": "2025-01-28", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/space-command-top-priority-for-representative-jeff-crank" }, { "claim_text": ""Colorado has continually tried to poke the eye of Donald Trump. I'm not going to do that" — Crank explained why he declined to aggressively fight the Trump administration's decision to move Space Command, instead pursuing 'consolation' missions for Colorado Springs.", "claim_date": "2025-09-23", "claim_type": "statement", "source_url": "https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/16/space-command-trump-republicans-colorado-congress/" } ], "contradictions": [ { "claim_a_idx": 0, "claim_b_idx": 1, "type": "reversal", "severity": "high", "narrative": "In January 2025, Crank vowed to fight Trump if Space Command moved from his district — a facility tied to 1,400 jobs and $1 billion in annual economic impact. By September 2025, after Trump announced the relocation, Crank declined to fight, saying 'Colorado has continually tried to poke the eye of Donald Trump. I'm not going to do that.' The Colorado Sun reported he chose 'flight over fight' while Democratic state officials pursued lawsuits. Both sources are independent outlets." } ] }, "telling_votes": [ { "bill_id": "H.R. 1", "title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-07-03", "roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190", "why_it_matters": "Cross-pressure vote: Crank voted YEA on legislation that included $785 billion in Medicaid cuts over a decade, directly affecting his district where Health Care & Social Assistance is the largest employment sector (48,172 workers) and where 8.54% of residents live in poverty. Crank had told constituents in March that 'people won't lose' Medicaid, yet voted for a bill flagged by Reuters as cutting Medicaid by $785 billion by 2035. Meanwhile, the bill's permanent tax cuts aligned with his top donor sectors — Real Estate ($53,441), Oil & Gas ($33,181), and his Koch-network allies. Constituent healthcare interests pulled against donor and party tax priorities.", "category": "cross_pressure" }, { "bill_id": "H. Con. Res. 14", "title": "Establishing the Congressional Budget for FY 2025 and Setting Forth Budgetary Levels for FY 2026-2034", "vote": "yea", "vote_date": "2025-02-25", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/14", "why_it_matters": "Against constituent interest: This budget resolution set the framework for massive spending cuts including $880 billion in reductions over a decade. CO-05 has a median household income of $90,465 but a poverty rate of 8.54%, and 5.5% of residents rely on Medicaid. Crank's vote approved a framework that EMILYs List warned could 'undermine health care for nearly 130,000 people in his district.' Constituents protested outside his Colorado Springs office specifically over this vote.", "category": "against_constituent" }, { "bill_id": "H.R. 7006", "title": "Financial Services and General Government and National Security Appropriations Act, 2026", "vote": "yea_unverified", "vote_date": "2026-01-14", "roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7006", "why_it_matters": "Against constituent interest: Crank voted against extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies in this appropriations package. CO-05 has 48,172 workers in healthcare, the district's top employment sector, and approximately 5.5% of residents lack health insurance. Crank stated he 'cannot support an extension of the ACA subsidies without serious reform,' opposing a measure that directly benefited district healthcare consumers and providers.", "category": "against_constituent" } ], "constituency_baseline": { "baseline": { "district_summary": "Colorado's 5th Congressional District encompasses Colorado Springs and its suburbs in El Paso County, including Cimarron Hills and Fort Carson. The district is home to approximately 734,906 residents with a median household income of $90,465 — well above the national median. The district is heavily influenced by the military and defense sectors (aerospace and defense account for at least 40% of the local economy), with 40,682 veterans of the Gulf War era. The population is 65.6% White, 18.8% Hispanic, and 5.5% Black, with a median age of 35. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+14, making it one of the most Republican districts in Colorado. Major employers include military installations (Fort Carson, Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base, U.S. Air Force Academy), healthcare systems, and the tourism/hospitality sector centered on the Broadmoor and Pikes Peak region.", "top_employers": [ { "name": "Health Care & Social Assistance", "employees": 48172, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "name": "Retail Trade", "employees": 38504, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "name": "Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services", "employees": 36906, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" } ], "dominant_industries": [ { "naics": "62", "share": 0.139, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "naics": "44-45", "share": 0.111, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "naics": "54", "share": 0.107, "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" } ], "recent_ballot_measures": [ { "name": "Colorado Amendment 79 — Constitutional Right to Abortion", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "61.6% Yes — 38.4% No", "source_url": "https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-ballot-results-mountain-lion-hunting-ban-abortion-22449989/" }, { "name": "Colorado Springs Ballot Issue 2C — Sales Tax Extension for Road Improvements", "year": 2024, "result": "passed", "margin": "73.5% Yes — 26.5% No", "source_url": "https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/05/southern-colorado-2024-general-election-results-colorado-springs-el-paso-county-congressional-races/" }, { "name": "Colorado Proposition 131 — All-Candidate Primary and Ranked Choice Voting", "year": 2024, "result": "failed", "margin": "53.6% No — 46.4% Yes", "source_url": "https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-ballot-results-mountain-lion-hunting-ban-abortion-22449989/" } ], "demographic_anchors": [ { "label": "median household income", "value": "$90,465", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "label": "poverty rate", "value": "8.54%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "label": "bachelor's degree or higher", "value": "42.0%", "source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/jeff-crank-C001137/district" }, { "label": "homeownership rate", "value": "66.0%", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" }, { "label": "median age", "value": "35", "source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-5-co" } ] } } }