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John Garamendi
Before officeBusinessperson · Cattle rancher
File · Money Read
What the money shows
John Garamendi has an estimated net worth of $4.7M. The 2026 campaign raised $489,135. John Garamendi sits on Readiness and Strategic Forces.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$3.7M
$1.1M – $6.3M
Raised (last cycle)
$489K
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
17
Representative since 2009
Net-worth filings
15
+$840K since 2010
File — Balance
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Labor / Unions
$125K in union money · 1 roll calls · 1 bills
against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Other
$62K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Real Estate & Construction
$22K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Agriculture
$20K in corporate money from agriculture · 1 roll calls · 1 bills
against agriculture
0 bills
with agriculture
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Law & Lobbying
$17K in corporate money from law · 9 roll calls · 8 bills
Ideological / Leadership
$17K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Banking & Financial
$12K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills
Defense & Aerospace
$10K in corporate money from defense · 3 roll calls · 3 bills
against defense
0 bills
with defense
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Energy & Utilities
$10K in corporate money from energy · 10 roll calls · 9 bills
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →File C — Service
Term history
- RepresentativeCA-8D2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-8D2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-3D2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-3D2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-3D2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-3D2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-3D2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-10D2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeCA-10D2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Representative John Garamendi, CA
Born January 24, 1945.
Studied at
University of California, Berkeley · Harvard Business School [wikidata]
File — The 2026 race
California · District 08
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · California · District 08
John Garamendi has raised more than 15 times the next candidate.
Democrat John Garamendi has raised about $489K, more than 15 times any rival.
Rudy Recile reports 100% of campaign money from individuals.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
John Garamendi D · incumbent | vs | NC Nicolas Carjuzaa D · challenger |
|---|---|---|
| $489K | Raised | $33K |
| $1.2M | Cash on hand | $5K |
| 68% | From PACs | 0% |
| 32% | From individuals | 78% |
| Labor / Unions | Top donor sector | Too few to rank |
| Yes | Incumbent | No |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
Bills
Recorded votes
166 votes · 47 Yea · 106 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 166
File — The California delegation
Who else California sends to Congress
2 senators and 51 of 52 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Alex PadillaSenatorD
- Adam B. SchiffSenatorD
- James GallagherDistrict 1R
- Jared HuffmanDistrict 2D
- Kevin KileyDistrict 3I
- Mike ThompsonDistrict 4D
- Tom McClintockDistrict 5R
- Ami BeraDistrict 6D
- Doris O. MatsuiDistrict 7D
- Josh HarderDistrict 9D
- Mark DeSaulnierDistrict 10D
- Nancy PelosiDistrict 11D
- Lateefah SimonDistrict 12D
- Adam GrayDistrict 13D
- OPENDistrict 14This seat is empty right now.
- Kevin MullinDistrict 15D
- Sam T. LiccardoDistrict 16D
- Ro KhannaDistrict 17D
- Zoe LofgrenDistrict 18D
- Jimmy PanettaDistrict 19D
- Vince FongDistrict 20R
- Jim CostaDistrict 21D
- David G. ValadaoDistrict 22R
- Jay ObernolteDistrict 23R
- Salud O. CarbajalDistrict 24D
- Raul RuizDistrict 25D
- Julia BrownleyDistrict 26D
- George WhitesidesDistrict 27D
- Judy ChuDistrict 28D
- Luz M. RivasDistrict 29D
- Laura FriedmanDistrict 30D
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.District 31D
- Brad ShermanDistrict 32D
- Pete AguilarDistrict 33D
- Jimmy GomezDistrict 34D
- Norma J. TorresDistrict 35D
- Ted LieuDistrict 36D
- Sydney Kamlager-DoveDistrict 37D
- Linda T. SánchezDistrict 38D
- Mark TakanoDistrict 39D
- Young KimDistrict 40R
- Ken CalvertDistrict 41R
- Robert GarciaDistrict 42D
- Maxine WatersDistrict 43D
- Nanette Diaz BarragánDistrict 44D
- Derek TranDistrict 45D
- J. Luis CorreaDistrict 46D
- Dave MinDistrict 47D
- Darrell IssaDistrict 48R
- Mike LevinDistrict 49D
- Scott H. PetersDistrict 50D
- Sara JacobsDistrict 51D
- Juan VargasDistrict 52D
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
John Garamendi · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |