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 dataset

Call office 202-225-1880 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2428 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0508

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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

Strong
Backs 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 dataset

On 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 Services
Minority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on ReadinessRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Minority · 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 Voteview

D median

R median

Garamendi

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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

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 551–600 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for John Garamendi on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role		Swing score ·
H.R. 5505Equal Campus Access Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	No recorded vote	58 Broke with party on 5% of 27 similar votes	Middle
H.R. 8476No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026