Member of Congress · 119th Congress
John Garamendi
John Garamendi is a Democratic U.S. representative from California, in Congress since 2009, who voted with most Democrats on 99% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 1 bill become law since 2013.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Retire through Ownership ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Water Resources Development Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Passage — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection…Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Passage — PROOF ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Con.Res. 119 Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Corps, and commending its volunteers and contributions to global peace, friendship, and…Sep 21, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 10267 Cabin Air Safety Act of 2026Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 9980 American Food for American Schools Act of 2026Jul 30, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- H.R. 8653 ADAPT Assets ActMay 4, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.Con.Res. 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 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5671 (116th) Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020Became law
- H.R. 1456 (117th) Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2022Passed a chamber
- H.R. 550 (116th) Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4996 (117th) Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1585 (111th) Honoring and recognizing the exemplary service and sacrifice of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 349th Air Mobility Wing, the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5326 (115th) Maritime Technical Corrections Act of 2018Reported from committee
- H.R. 6206 (115th) Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5879 (115th) Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018222 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- House Committee on Armed ServicesReadiness, Strategic Forces
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureCoast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Highways and Transit, Water Resources and Environment
Elections Rep. Garamendi has won
Rep. Garamendi has won 8 U.S. House elections (2010–2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.5 to 51.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has California’s 8th district done while Rep. Garamendi served?
2023 to 2024 in CA-8: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.5 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in California’s 8th district during Garamendi’s time representing it (2023 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. CA-8 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Garamendi’s term so far (2023 and 2024) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Fairfield office1261 Travis Boulevard, Suite 100, Fairfield, CA 94533
Phone 707-438-1822 · Fax 707-438-0523 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Vallejo office420 Virginia Street, Suite #1c, Vallejo, CA 94590
Phone 707-645-1888 · Fax 707-438-0523 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Richmond office440 Civic Center Plaza, 2nd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804
Phone 510-620-1001 · Fax 707-438-0523 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries G000559-fairfield, G000559-vallejo, G000559-richmond (3 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, garamendi.house.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 12 | See the 12 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.