John Garamendi
DRep. CA-8 · U.S. House · 9 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Garamendi sits more conservative than 35% of the House and more liberal than 65%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Garamendisays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUNDLabor$10K
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PACLabor$10K
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECooperative$10K
- FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEELabor$10K
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)Labor$10K
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELabor$10K
- MATSON, INC. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- Labor40%
- Corporate33%
- Trade12%
- Membership7%
- Cooperative5%
- Other / unclassified3%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Labor unions$89K
- Airlines & aviation$31K
- Energy & utilities$25K
- Agriculture$22K
- Defense & aerospace$19K
- Construction & engineering$17K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 25% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleGaramendi's campaign has spent $295K across 217 reported disbursements.
- Other$152K 51%
- Payroll & admin$75K 25%
- Advertising & media$28K 10%
- Consulting & research$21K 7%
- Events & fundraising$20K 7%
- Travel & lodging$413 0%
- BANK OF AMERICA COMMERCIAL CARD$150K
- NGP VAN, INC.$25K
- PLAVIDIAN$24K
- POLITICAL COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES$21K
- WISEMAN, HILLARY$18K
- PAYCHEX$11K
- PASCALINE FINE CATERINGSAINT HELENA, CA$8K
- HALL, KATHRYNFRISCO, TX$4K
- HALL, CRAIGFRISCO, TX$1K
- NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUBWASHINGTON, DC$1K
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents California's 8th district · age 81 · from Camp Blanding.
John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville in the United States House of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for Garamendi in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Committee on Armed Services
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Rudy RecileRepublicanChallenger$8Kraised ↗
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How John actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Nay23-Jul-2026H R 8884On Passage
- Yea23-Jul-2026H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Motion to Recommit
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Motion to Recommit
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 9770On Passage
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Passage
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Motion to Recommit
- No21-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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