John Garamendi
DDemocratCA-8 · Representative
54
/ 100
Average
Attendance89
Avg: 96
Independence2
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone11
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency63
Avg: 57
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
John Garamendi
DemocratCA-8 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.312)
John Garamendi is a Democrat Representative from CA, District 8. He has served 16 years in Congress across 9 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 98.4% of the time.
16
Years in Office
9
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
How John Compares
vs. the average House member
Party Loyalty+2.5% vs avg
98.4%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes+7.4% vs avg
11%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-7.0 vs avg
6
Avg: 13.0
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-05-13
$1,266,228
Cash on Handⓘ
$441,195
Total Receiptsⓘ
$439,685
Disbursementsⓘ
$151,653
Individual Donors
$289,500
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2009–2013House · CA-10 · Democrat
2013–2023House · CA-3 · Democrat
2023–2027House · CA-8 · DemocratCurrent
District Demographics
CA-8 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
751,024
Population
$96,779
Median Income
38.0
Median Age
29.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 30.1%Black 14.3%Hispanic 36.3%Asian 17.9%