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U.S. Representative · California 42nd District
Robert Garcia
DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score32#258 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Robert Garcia’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office109 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0542
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 8 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 8 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 909, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329, H.R. 2853 and 3 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.373 (party median -0.393; rank 94 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: CA-42 is D+18CA-42 has a partisan lean of D+18 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 3.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 25th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Garcia← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.373 is 0.02 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5103Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 58
| Middle |
| H.R. 556 |