Joaquin Castro represents Texas’ 20th Congressional District and serves on both the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
First elected to Congress in 2012, Castro was the 2013 co-president for the House freshman Democrats and now serves in House Democratic Leadership as Chief Deputy Whip and a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. Castro is also a founding co-chair of the Congressional Pre-K Caucus, the U.S.-Japan Caucus, and the Congressional Caucus on ASEAN. He has been called “a rising star in his party” by the The Texas Tribune and one of the top 50 politicos to watch by POLITICO.