John Garamendi

John Garamendi

Democrat
ChamberHouse of RepresentativesStateCAServing since2009

John Garamendi is a Democrat member of the U.S. House representing CA’s 8th district since 2009.

Term history

House of Representatives

  1. 2025 – presentCurrent
  2. 2023 – 2025
  3. 2021 – 2023

Ranges reflect service years per chamber; “present” indicates the current term.

Recent bills by topic

See the policy areas this member works on most often, then review recent sponsored and cosponsored bills with summaries and status context.
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Votes aligned with party majority

How often this member voted with most members of their party on House roll calls.
Attendance89%
99%
Voted with party majority
Compared across 553 votes 60 missedUpdated May 30, 2026
Compared with House median
+1.4 pts
Alignment percentile
71th percentile
Attendance vs House
-8.8 pts
Attendance percentile
Bottom 6%
Biggest differences by policy area
Government Operations and Politics-7.7 ptsCongress+0.6 ptsCommerce+0.6 pts
Voting with party majority by policy area

Voting activity

Daily voting activity over the last 90 days. Darker squares indicate more votes on that day.
Last 90 days • Updated May 30, 2026, 10:27 AM

Daily voting activity over the last 90 days. Darker squares indicate more votes on that day.

Last 90 days
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Mostly passedMostly failed
Summary
8 active days
50 total votes
Busiest: Apr 30 (13)
Days with votes: 8 • Max/day: 13 • Avg/active day: 6.3

Recent votes

Most recent first
Passed
Roll call 2-191Not voting
Passed
Roll call 2-190Not voting
Failed
Roll call 2-189Not voting
Failed
Roll call 2-188Nay
Failed
Roll call 2-187Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-184Nay
Failed
Roll call 2-183Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-182Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-181Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-180Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-179Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-178Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-177Yea
Passed
Roll call 2-175Yea
Failed
Roll call 2-174Nay
Passed
Roll call 2-173Nay
Failed
Roll call 2-172Yea