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 10, 2026 · How we measure
Money and votes
2025–26 cycle · through Sep 30, 2026Method46 PACs of the 83 that gave
Of the 83 PACs that gave to Garamendi and have a lobbying organization behind them, 46 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.
55% · House median: 57%
132 bills
Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 132 bills. Garamendi voted Yea on 16, Nay on 30, Present on 1, did not vote on 10, and sponsored or cosponsored 75 with no recorded vote.
$193K of $370K
Those 46 PACs gave Garamendi $193K, 52% of all the PAC money he received.
House median: 41%
PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $583K.
A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.
Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied
Top 3 of 158 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 26 broad must-pass bills among them
Who funds Garamendi 104 PACs
- Air Line Pilots AssociationLabor union PAC · funds 258 other members68% to Democrats
- Allied Pilots AssociationLabor union PAC · funds 233 other memberssplit evenly
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace WorkersLabor union PAC · funds 212 other members96% to Democrats
All 158 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro
Free account See ProCampaign totals from Garamendi’s own reports
FEC H0CA10149Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 30, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.
Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 16 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.
21 of Garamendi’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.
Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Garamendi’s leadership PAC (Make It in America PAC) is reported separately.