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September 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Our economy is sputtering

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, In just a few months, Donald Trump has managed to completely bungle our economy. The new jobs report was just released showing our economy added 50,000 FEWER jobs than expected this month – and in July, we actually lost jobs for the first time…

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September 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, This week, we continue to see the effects of this administration’s policy decisions. Inflation keeps rising and unemployment rates are at an all-time high. The conservative funding bill slashed healthcare funding, causing…

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September 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Trump can’t escape Epstein

Joaquin Castro for Congress We’re so close to forcing a vote to release the Epstein files Friend, Yesterday I signed on to a bipartisan discharge petition – led by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna –  that could force a vote on releasing the full Epstein files.  Jeffrey Epstein’…

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September 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: release the Epstein files

Joaquin Castro for Congress Sign my petition to release the full Epstein files Hey Friend, Today Congress returns from the August recess with a full agenda for September. But there’s one issue we cannot let Republicans continue to ignore… Congress MUST hold a vote on releasing th…

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August 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Before midnight?

Joaquin Castro for Congress Hey, it’s Joaquin -- I’m reaching out with a quick favor to ask. Our August fundraising deadline is TONIGHT at midnight – and I’m hoping you can chip in whatever you can. Here’s the truth: Trump and Texas Republicans illegally gerrymandered our maps –…

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August 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week. I know our community is facing many challenges. Tariffs are raising prices, ICE is detaining innocent folks, and Trump is attacking Hispanic Colleges and Universities all while the thr…

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August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Trump's National Guard deployment

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard is not about crime or law and order…it’s about control. There are no violent protests in Los Angeles. Violent crime is at a 30-year low in Washington, D.C. Yet Trump has activated thousands of Gu…

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August 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM

TRUMP: “maybe we’d like a dictator”

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Donald Trump is on an authoritarian power trip. He’s sending national guard troops into cities. He’s ordering red states to gerrymander their maps ahead of the midterms. And he just suggested that a lot of Americans would “like a dictator” in …

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August 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM

They’ve all gotta go

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Texas has been betrayed by our statewide elected politicians. Instead of defending Texas, every single Republican holding statewide office kowtowed to Donald Trump: Greg Abbott called the special session to rig our maps at Trump’s direction …

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August 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, We've made it to the end of the week. As your elected representative, it is my honor to stand with you, and it’s important that we stick together in this fight. I know there is a lot going on in our community rig…

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August 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM

They messed with Texas…

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, It’s official: the Texas House has approved their gerrymandered maps at the direction of Donald Trump. Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and the Texas Republicans who pushed this power grab should be ashamed – but they’re not. They’re happy to do Trump…

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August 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Texas is just the opening act

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, what happens in Texas, doesn't stay in Texas... For the last two weeks, Texas Democrats broke quorum in the legislature to block Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans from gerrymandering our state’s congressional maps. Thanks to their courage, the…

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August 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you are doing well. As your elected representative, it is an honor to serve you and fight against the current attacks on our democracy. Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. I jo…

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August 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM

They want to rig our maps into oblivion

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Greg Abbott is on a power trip. As Texas House Democrats continue to break quorum, blocking Trump’s plan to rig our state’s congressional maps — Greg Abbott is now threatening to steal even more seats. Abbott just gave away the whole game. Re…

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August 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM

TX Dems are WINNING

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton are doing everything in their power to force Texas House Democrats back to the state so they can pass their rigged maps for Donald Trump. But none of it is working. They’ve fined them thousands of dollars. They’ve se…

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August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM

LAST CALL | Nominate Your Favorite Latino Movies to the National Film Registry

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend,     Today is your last chance to nominate a Latino film for induction into the prestigious National Film Registry. This is about sharing our important stories with the world and giving them the recognition they deserve.  …

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August 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you are having a good week. As your elected Representative, it is an honor to stand with you and fight against anything that is a threat to the rule of law and our democracy. The fight against illegal redis…

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August 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM

This fight in Texas is so important

Joaquin Castro for Congress Really quick, Friend. Right now, Texas is at the center of one of the most important political fights in the nation. Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans are doing everything in their power to rig Texas’s congressional maps for Trump – including asking t…

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August 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM

THIS is how we fight back

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, It’s official: Texas House Democrats have left the state to break quorum and block Donald Trump and Greg Abbott from rigging Texas’s congressional maps. Trump is attempting to steal FIVE congressional seats in Texas by gerrymandering our state…

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August 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you are having a good week. As your elected Representative, it is an honor to stand with you and fight for the benefits and services San Antonians rely on. This week, I was on the ground in San Antonio and…

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August 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM

5 DAYS LEFT: Nominate Your Favorite Latino Movie to the National Film Registry

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend,     Media representation matters. Greater representation of Latinos in media means a more accurate and authentic portrayal of our community. There are currently 900 films in the National Film Registry but only roughly 3% a…

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August 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM

Really quick

Joaquin Castro for Congress Really quick, Friend. We're only a few hours away from a big end-of-the month fundraising deadline—in the middle of Donald Trump and Greg Abbott's attempted power grap of Texas's congressional maps.  If we're going to fight this effort to rig the midt…

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July 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM

BIG hearing on Friday

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, this is really important. Texas Republicans are rushing to pass their new gerrymandered maps to give Trump FIVE new congressional seats ahead of the midterms. But on Friday, August 1st at 10am there will be a Redistricting Committee Meeting at…

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July 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM

🚨 They just released their maps

Joaquin Castro for Congress TX Republicans just released their gerrymander plan BIG UPDATE, Friend: Texas Republicans just released their proposed maps to gerrymander Texas’s congressional districts ahead of the midterms – and they’re as bad as we thought. I’m going to explain mo…

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July 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Texans have had enough

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Donald Trump and Greg Abbott think they can rig our state’s congressional maps without Texans noticing. But as I traveled the state this weekend, it’s clear Texans are ready to fight back. That’s why this weekend I joined some of Texas’s top l…

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July 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week. Yesterday, I testified before the Texas legislature on Governor Abbott's gerrymandering efforts and I will continue to stand against anything that will hurt Texans.  As your elected Me…

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July 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Congressman Castro Testifies Before Texas Legislature on Redistricting

Home About Contact Media Resources Dear Friend,  Governor Greg Abbott has agreed to hold a highly unusual, unscheduled, mid-decade congressional redistricting effort that could disenfranchise minority voters to keep Republicans in office—all at President Trump’s biddin…

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July 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Fight Trump’s Texas gerrymander

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend,  The special session of the Texas Legislature is underway – and Republicans are moving full steam ahead on Trump’s plan to gerrymander our maps ahead of the midterms. If they’re successful, they could steal as many as FIVE congressional seats …

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July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Here we go

Joaquin Castro for Congress The TX special session starts today Today is the day, Friend.  The Texas Legislature convenes today for a special session — which will include a big fight over Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s attempt to gerrymander Texas’s congressional maps ahead of th…

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July 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM

🚨TRUMP & ABBOTT’S PLOT

Joaquin Castro for Congress We need you. Friend, We’re headed for a HUGE fight in Texas – and we need your help. Donald Trump has ordered Greg Abbott to gerrymander Texas’s congressional maps AHEAD of the upcoming midterms – to block Democrats from taking back the House. Greg Abb…

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July 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

    Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week. This Tuesday, I got to hear from those of you who joined our Telephone Town Hall. Thank you for joining our discussion on Trump's Big Ugly Bill, the devastating floods in Central Texas, a…

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July 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM

John Lewis’s fight lives on

Joaquin Castro for Congress Today marks 5 years since Rep. John Lewis’s passing Friend, Today marks five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who championed the idea of getting in “good trouble” to help redeem the soul of America. In honor of Rep…

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July 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Trump and Abbott are conspiring

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Donald Trump is attempting to rig Texas’s congressional maps to prevent Democrats from winning back the House. Trump has conspired with Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and Texas Republicans to redraw Texas’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midte…

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July 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM

They have to pay the price

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Trump and Republicans’ “big beautiful bill” is going to be a big, ugly disaster for the state of Texas – but we can make sure they pay the political price.  Thanks to this law: 1.7 MILLION Texans are expected to lose health insurance 32,00…

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July 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

Home About Contact Media Resources   Dear Friend, This week our community has faced many challenges. Amid the devastation, I am proud to see Texans showing up and supporting each other. As your elected Member of Congress, I am fighting to make your voices heard and push …

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July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM

A BIG new poll

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, we just got BIG news. In just 5 months, Trump has completely turned the American people against him on the issue of IMMIGRATION. Gallup just dropped a bombshell new poll on immigration and it proves that our fight against Trump’s extreme agend…

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July 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM

I’m pissed.

Joaquin Castro for Congress I'm pissed, Friend. Less than a week after Texas suffered one of the deadliest floods in state history, Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton are focused on redrawing Texas’s congressional maps to help Trump and Republicans in Congress. Abbott and Paxton’s top p…

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July 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Texas floods

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Over the past few days, Texas’s Hill Country has been devastated by catastrophic flash flooding, overwhelming towns along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, just north of San Antonio.  At least 89 people have tragically lost their lives — inc…

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July 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Congressman Castro's Update on Trump's Big Ugly Bill

Home About Contact Media Resources Dear Friend, Republicans in the House of Representatives are on the brink of passing their Big Ugly Bill that will devastate our communities in order to pay for tax cuts for the rich. It will strip healthcare from 17 million Americans—…

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June 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM

We’re halfway through

Joaquin Castro for Congress Our first big test since my announcement Friend,  There’s only a few hours left until the end-of-quarter fundraising deadline – our biggest deadline so far this year. It’s also the first deadline since I announced that I’m actively considering a run fo…

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June 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Our biggest deadline yet

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend,  Our biggest fundraising deadline of the year is on Monday at midnight. There’s two reasons why this one is SO important: First, this is the last FEC fundraising deadline for the first half of 2025 Second, this is the first deadline since …

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June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

Home About Contact Media Resources Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week. I am honored to share these updates with you and let you know what my staff and I have been up to this week. As always, if I can be of any assistance to you, please call my office in San Antonio…

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June 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Fwd: NEWS: Joaquin is considering a run for Senate

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend,  Did you see our email below? We wanted to make sure you were among the first to know that Joaquin is considering a run for U.S. Senate in Texas. Here’s the deal: Monday is the end of this fundraising quarter – and with Joaquin considering a c…

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June 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM

NEWS: Joaquin is considering a run for Senate

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend,  The San Antonio Express News just broke the story: “Rep. Joaquin Castro may run for Senate. Will it be a crowded race?” Texas will be home to one of the most competitive Senate races in the country in the 2026 midterms. And polls show that wi…

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June 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM

We can win in Texas

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, things are heating up in Texas. Poll after poll shows Ken Paxton leading by double digits in the Texas Senate race – and things are starting to get ugly, according to the Wall Street Journal. Paxton was indicted on felony charges. He was impea…

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June 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM

Iran

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Donald Trump has just opened Pandora’s box in the Middle East. That’s what I told MSNBC this weekend after President Trump launched strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran. No authorization from Congress. No debate. No explanation to the Am…

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June 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

Home About Contact Media Resources Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week. I am honored to share these updates with you and let you know what my staff and I have been up to this week. As always, if I can be of any assistance to you, please call my office in San Antonio…

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June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM

I’m on the road in Texas

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, There’s something happening in Texas… Over the past few weeks, I’ve traveled across the state to talk with Texans about their experiences in the first few months of the Trump presidency. And people are fired up. Whether it’s Trump’s reckless t…

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June 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Texas is up for grabs

Joaquin Castro for Congress Friend, Republicans are terrified that they could lose the Texas Senate seat in the upcoming midterm elections. Poll after poll shows Ken Paxton—who was indicted on three felony charges and impeached by the Texas House—consistently leading by double d…

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June 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Weekly Update from Congressman Joaquin Castro

Home About Contact Media Resources Dear Friend, I hope you had a good week. I am honored to share these updates with you and let you know what my staff and I have been up to this week. I spent this week in Washington, meeting with constituents and fighting on your beh…

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