U.S. House · CA-08

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Garamendi's voting record on immigration shows a consistent pattern of supporting bills that expand legal pathways and citizenship options. He voted for such measures in 15 of 18 mapped votes.
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High confidence based on 33 mapped decisive vote(s): 29 supporting and 4 opposing with 2 absence/present vote(s).
Garamendi's recorded votes on environmental regulation show a mixed pattern, with slightly more votes aligning with stronger environmental protections than with reducing regulations.
High confidence based on 25 mapped decisive vote(s): 12 supporting and 13 opposing with 1 absence/present vote(s).
High confidence based on 19 mapped decisive vote(s): 9 supporting and 10 opposing.
High confidence based on 17 mapped decisive vote(s): 14 supporting and 3 opposing with 3 absence/present vote(s).
High confidence based on 14 mapped decisive vote(s): 14 supporting and 0 opposing with 3 absence/present vote(s).
Rep. Garamendi voted with his party 99.3% of the time. He mapped as supporting immigration, climate change, environmental protection, criminal justice reform, and LGBTQ+ rights based on recorded votes. He mapped as opposing healthcare affordability, Medicare, Medicaid, and women's rights. On economic issues, his record shows mixed patterns: he opposed minimum wage increases and government spending expansions, but supported infrastructure investment. Attendance was 51.9%, with 266 votes missed.
Supported immigration (21 of 25 mapped votes)
Supported climate change action (34 of 49 mapped votes)
Opposed healthcare affordability measures (0 of 6 mapped votes)
Opposed government spending (27 of 46 mapped votes)
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Synthesized from public voting and stance records only; not motive, corruption, electoral prospects, or district-wide opinion.
38 mapped issues • Updated May 28, 2026 • 32 non-gated high-confidence issues · 1 moderate-confidence issue · 5 limited-evidence issues · 1 evidence-gated issue · Model claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Sources: Congress.gov · FEC · public disclosures. Methodology and citations on this district record.