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John Garamendi

D
U.S. Representative · California-8 · 111th-119th, 16 years 9 months
Overview of the Representative's office, activities, and communications.

About

Years served
17
Bills introduced
12
Enacted
0
Cosponsored
418
Committees
9

Performance & Participation

Votes CastBottom 25%
91% — Voted in 585 of 645 roll call votes this congress.
Avg 97% · Most: 100% · Least: 18%
Vote IndependenceMiddle 50%
0.9% — Voted against their own party majority 5 of 545 times.
Avg 2.1% · Most independent: 23.7% · Most party-line: 0.0%
Cosponsors AttractedMiddle 50%
277 — Attracted 277 cosponsors across 12 bills.
Avg 300 · Most: 1,868 · Least: 0
Cosponsors Attracted Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
38 — Attracted 38 cosponsors across the aisle.
Avg 60 · Most: 1,291 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships GivenTop 25%
418 — 418 bills cosponsored.
Avg 303 · Most: 1,768 · Least: 3
Cosponsorships Given Cross-AisleMiddle 50%
68 — 68 bills cosponsored across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 803 · Least: 0

Committee Assignments

9 committees · 1 leadership role
Ranking Member·Readiness Subcommittee100%
Member·Armed Services Committee33%
Member·Transportation and Infrastructure Committee0%
Member·Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Member·Strategic Forces Subcommittee0%
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Maritime Administration Chief Slams Jones Act Waiver
Legis1 · Jun 9, 2026
Your actions
District
2026 Campaign Finance
$489K
Raised
29%
Individual
71%
PAC
0%
Small $
304
Donors
Individual 29%PAC 71%Other 0%
Top PAC Donors
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
BALL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$10K
FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
Data sourced from official congressional records, CRS, and FEC filings. AllCiv Score methodology available at allciv.com/methodology.