John Garamendi

U.S. Representative · CA-8 · Democrat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

What Garamendi said and did, by issue

Method

By congress.gov policy area. Statements are Garamendi’s press releases on each area; bills are the ones they sponsored and how far they got; votes show how often they sided with Democrats on party-line votes, next to the party median.

Statements, bills and votes all cover the 119th Congress so far, since Jan 2025. 196 press releases counted; 8 ceremonial ones (honors, condolences, holidays) not counted.

Issue	Statements	Bills sponsored	Votes with Democrats	Closest final vote
Transportation and Public Works	26 · 13%	5Furthest: Introduced	100% of 1 · median 100%	Not voting H.R. 7084 247–164
Government Operations and Politics	45 · 23%	1Furthest: Introduced	100% of 13 · median 94%	Nay H.R. 77 212–208
Armed Forces and National Security	43 · 22%	1Furthest: Introduced	100% of 35 · median 100%	Nay H.R. 8800 216–212

Every issue Pro See all 20 issues with what Garamendi said and did on each, and the bills Garamendi spoke about and voted on, side by side.

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Bills and votes carry congress.gov’s policy areas. A press release takes the policy area of the main issue it is filed under, else the area the AI reading gave it; releases from before we read them with AI are matched by keywords in their title and first sentence. A count is a fact, not a judgment: members also legislate through amendments, appropriations and other members’ bills.