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DemocratJohn Garamendi
U.S. Representative · California
California's 8th district
U.S. Representative from California
0 tracked promises
How they won their seat
John Garamendi won the 2024 U.S. House election in California (District 8) with 74% of the vote (201,962 votes).
- John Garamendi · Democrat74%201,962
- Rudy Recile · Republican26%71,068
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
John Garamendi's record demonstrates legislative activity related to infrastructure, military oversight, and veterans' issues, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Bridge Corrosion Prevention and Repair Act of 2025 and the Seaman Danyelle Luckey Military Medical Accountability Amendment Act of 2024. His committee memberships further emphasize transportation and armed services, indicating involvement in these areas. Focus areas (from the record): infrastructure · military oversight · veterans · transportation · environment Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against Garamendi's legislative activity, making it impossible to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's stated goals or intentions; The impact of campaign finance sources on legislative priorities is unclear. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. John Garamendi has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2019. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What John Garamendi has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 22
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$32K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$411K39%
- PAC / committee$618K58%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Coast Guard and Maritime TransportationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and EnvironmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and TransitOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency ManagementOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed Services — Strategic ForcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Armed Services — ReadinessOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
184 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $441,195, spent $439,685, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 8653: ADAPT Assets Act ↗May 4, 2026
- Sponsored HCONRES 92: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored HR 4847: Transportation Emergency Relief Extension Act ↗Aug 1, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 603: Reaffirming the principles of the United States Constitution, including separation of powers and the rule of law, and condemning efforts to undermine the same. ↗Jul 23, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4372: To amend title 10 to shorten breach reporting timelines, increase program transparency, and improve congressional oversight of Department of Defense cost overruns with respect to the cost growth for major systems, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 14, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4170: Bridge Corrosion Prevention and Repair Act of 2025 ↗Jun 26, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3963: Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act ↗Jun 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2771: Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act ↗Apr 9, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2629: Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act ↗Apr 3, 2025
- Sponsored HR 2256: National Rosie the Riveter Day Act ↗Mar 21, 2025
- Sponsored HR 728: Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act of 2025 ↗Jan 24, 2025
- Sponsored HR 429: Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act ↗Jan 15, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 184 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 242
- Nay
- 304
- Present
- 3
- Not voting
- 60
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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