Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T07:55:15.549Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #74575)
Resolved official: John James (entity #10929)
Ingest result: 26 facts · 25 sources · 2 voting_records · 4 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.
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"target_official": {
"name": "John James",
"bioguide_id": "J000307"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "In the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. John James's campaign committee raised $6,145,454, with 27.04% from small individual contributions, 22.77% from large individual contributions, 14.06% from PAC contributions, and 36.11% from other sources. Top contributing industries: Retired ($1,264,039), Republican/Conservative ($715,973), Securities & Investment ($460,192), Real Estate ($383,381).",
"date_occurred": "2024-07-17",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00041550"
},
{
"fact_text": "Only 3.5% of James's 2024 cycle itemized individual contributions ($236,876 of $6,717,175) came from within his own district; 87.8% came from out-of-district donors and 56.3% from out-of-state.",
"date_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/races/geography?cycle=2024&id=MI10&spec=N"
},
{
"fact_text": "Defense sector contributions to James in the 2023-2024 cycle totaled $23,482 ($17,482 individuals, $6,000 PACs), a relatively small share despite his advocacy for Selfridge Air National Guard Base in his district.",
"date_occurred": "2024-07-17",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00041550&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "Pro-Israel groups contributed $125,711 to James in the 2023-2024 cycle ($120,711 individuals, $5,000 PACs), and the Republican Jewish Coalition spent heavily through outside expenditures to support his 2024 primary.",
"date_occurred": "2024-07-17",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00041550&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "Oil & Gas sector PACs contributed $30,000 to James in the 2023-2024 cycle, while Automotive PACs contributed $24,500, reflecting Michigan's industrial base.",
"date_occurred": "2024-07-17",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00041550&cycle=2024"
}
],
"connections": [
{
"donor_entity_name": "National Assn of Realtors",
"relationship_type": "pac_donor",
"description": "2024: Real Estate sector PACs contributed $15,500; National Assn of Realtors is the dominant PAC in this sector and a consistent donor to House members on both sides.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00041550&cycle=2024"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Rdv Corp",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2024: $62,700 in individual contributions from employees/owners; top contributing organization to James's campaign committee.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00041550"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Penske Corp",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2024: $27,422 in individual contributions from employees/owners, second-largest organizational donor.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00041550"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Blackstone Group",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2024: $19,800 in individual contributions; Blackstone is a major private equity firm with interests in real estate and infrastructure.",
"confidence": "secondary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00041550"
}
]
},
"silences": {
"no_data": true,
"reason": "No falsifiable silence identified with evidence of active commentary on adjacent topics during a defined window."
},
"contradictions": {
"no_data": true,
"reason": "No contradictory statements or platform-vote conflicts verified from independent primary or secondary outlets with distinct hostnames for this official."
},
"telling_votes": [
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
"title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151",
"why_it_matters": "James broke with the majority of House Republicans who opposed additional Ukraine funding (112 Republicans voted Nay, 101 voted Yea). He was the only Michigan Republican to support both the Ukraine and Israel supplemental aid packages. His district hosts Selfridge Air National Guard Base, a priority he has consistently championed for expanded missions and F-15EX funding, but the vote primarily reflected an internationalist foreign-policy stance at odds with the ascendant GOP isolationist wing.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Budget Reconciliation, 119th Congress)",
"vote": "yea_unverified",
"vote_date": "2025-05-22",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1",
"why_it_matters": "James voted with his party on this near-party-line reconciliation bill (218-214) that included deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP alongside tax cuts. MI-10 has a 7.9% poverty rate and an estimated 15-20% of constituents rely on Medicaid. Simultaneously, top donor sectors (securities/investment, real estate, and oil & gas) stood to benefit from the bill's tax provisions, creating cross-pressure between donor-aligned fiscal policy and constituent reliance on the social safety net.",
"category": "cross_pressure"
}
],
"constituency_baseline": {
"baseline": {
"district_summary": "Michigan's 10th Congressional District encompasses southern Macomb County and the cities of Rochester and Rochester Hills in Oakland County. It is a competitive suburban district with a population of approximately 775,000, anchored by middle-class and affluent communities northeast of Detroit. The district has a Cook PVI of R+3, reflecting its swing-district character — southern Macomb County tilts Democratic while central Macomb and Rochester/Rochester Hills lean Republican. The economy is historically tied to automotive manufacturing, defense (Selfridge Air National Guard Base), and healthcare. The district's median household income of $74,512 is well above the national median, poverty is relatively low at 7.9%, and homeownership stands at 72.3%. Racially, the district is 72.8% White, 13.3% Black, 6.1% Asian, and 3.0% Hispanic. John James won the seat in 2022 by just 0.5 percentage points — the third-closest House race that cycle — and won reelection in 2024 by a wider margin.",
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{
"name": "Selfridge Air National Guard Base",
"employees": 5000,
"source_url": "https://james.house.gov/about"
},
{
"name": "General Motors (Warren Technical Center)",
"employees": 25000,
"source_url": "https://www.macombcountymi.gov/about/economic-development"
},
{
"name": "Henry Ford Health System",
"employees": 12000,
"source_url": "https://www.macombcountymi.gov/about/economic-development"
},
{
"name": "Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Sterling Heights Assembly Plant)",
"employees": 8000,
"source_url": "https://www.macombcountymi.gov/about/economic-development"
},
{
"name": "McLaren Health Care (Macomb Campus)",
"employees": 4000,
"source_url": "https://www.macombcountymi.gov/about/economic-development"
}
],
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"share": 0.152,
"source_url": "https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-10-mi"
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"recent_ballot_measures": [
{
"name": "Proposal 3: Right to Reproductive Freedom",
"year": 2022,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "56.7% Yes – 43.3% No (statewide)",
"source_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/election-results/2022-election-results"
},
{
"name": "Proposal 1: Legislative Term Limits and Financial Disclosure",
"year": 2022,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "66.3% Yes – 33.7% No (statewide)",
"source_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/election-results/2022-election-results"
},
{
"name": "Proposal 2: Promote the Vote 2022 (Voting Rights)",
"year": 2022,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "60.0% Yes – 40.0% No (statewide)",
"source_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/election-results/2022-election-results"
}
],
"demographic_anchors": [
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"label": "Median household income",
"value": "$74,512 (2024)",
"source_url": "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s_10th_congressional_district"
},
{
"label": "Poverty rate",
"value": "7.9%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/john-james-J000307/district"
},
{
"label": "Bachelor's degree or higher",
"value": "30.5%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/john-james-J000307/district"
},
{
"label": "Homeownership rate",
"value": "72.3%",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/john-james-J000307/district"
},
{
"label": "Population",
"value": "775,317 (2024)",
"source_url": "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s_10th_congressional_district"
}
]
}
}
}