Mike Garcia

Former Representative for California’s 27th District, 2020–2025 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

2.88· expected 1.38

Above expectations

Rank 22 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

How far Garcia’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

24 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 21 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (2)

1 national policy · 1 commemorative

H.R. 9468 Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Became law Sep 20, 2024 · Armed Forces and National SecurityNational policy
H.R. 292 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24355 Creekside Road in Santa Clarita, California, as the "William L. Reynolds Post Office Building".Became law May 7, 2024 · Government Operations and PoliticsCommemorative

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Garcia’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Garcia. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Garcia in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

96/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 48 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,187 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 48. Lower than 70% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

87/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 189 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 852 votes that split the parties. Lower than 89% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

25/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +9

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 88% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

+0.36

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Garcia’s bills that became law

All bills

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Garcia’s effectiveness score.

1 national policy · 1 commemorative

H.R. 9468 Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Armed Forces and National Security · Became law Sep 20, 2024SubstantiveText pending National policy
H.R. 292 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24355 Creekside Road in Santa Clarita, California, as the "William L. Reynolds Post Office Building".Government Operations and Politics · Became law May 7, 2024Ceremonial79 words Commemorative

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.