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U.S. Representative · California 8th District
John Garamendi
DemocratDistrict D+24119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score55#133 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact John Garamendi’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2428 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0508
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 25 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 25 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 252, H.R. 452, H.R. 471, H.R. 516 and 20 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 252 Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
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
- 16.9 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on ReadinessRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Garamendi← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.312 is 0.08 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress7House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 501–550 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 3135Cold Weather Diesel Reliability Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 58
| Middle |