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DemocratJohn Garamendi
U.S. Representative · California
California's 8th district
U.S. Representative from California
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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 indicates legislative activity in infrastructure, military oversight, and veteran affairs, 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 include those related to transportation and armed services. Focus areas (from the record): infrastructure · military oversight · veteran affairs · transportation · environmental management Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The available record does not provide a basis to assess alignment with declared positions or tracked promises. 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 motives or intentions; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of his priorities. 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. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 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
- 655
- Yea
- 250
- Nay
- 330
- Present
- 3
- Not voting
- 72
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Not voting
- HR1501Not voting
- HJRES1Not voting
- HRES1498Not voting
- HR9436Not voting
- HR9436Not voting
- HRES1490Not voting
- HRES1499Not voting
- HRES1499Not voting
- HR6500Not voting
- S32Not voting
- S307Not voting
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
3 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record demanding that DHS and ICE account for their use of Palantir-developed data analytics together with Clearview AI facial recognition, PenLink, L3Harris stingray and Paragon Solutions phone surveillance, and objecting to a mass surveillance ecosystem that has swept in U.S. citizens observing or protesting immigration enforcement.
SourcesLetter from Reps. Dan Goldman and Nydia M. Velazquez, Sen. Ron Wyden and 30 colleagues to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Acting Director Todd M. Lyons on Palantir-developed data surveillance contractsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
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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