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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 · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 252, H.R. 452, H.R. 471, H.R. 842, H.R. 909 and 5 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.312 (party median -0.393; rank 62 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 7 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: CA-8 is D+24CA-8 has a partisan lean of D+24 (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
- 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 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 629Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 65
| Middle |
| H.R. 1326DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act |