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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.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4284Small Cemetery Conveyance ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 48
| Middle |