California's 8th congressional district
Coverage: this seat is included in the 2026 national listing. State candidate coverage class: candidate coverage verified from the state's official list. Absence of candidate rows is not evidence that a race has no candidates — see the coverage ledger.
Candidate source
Candidate source: California Secretary of State — Certified List of Candidates for the November 3, 2026, General Election (retrieved 2026-09-28). Absence of a candidate row is never evidence that a race has no candidates.
How the candidate list was checked
Rows read from the official source: 104 · published here: 104 · left out by rule: 0 · held back for review: 0. Certified list observes 52 US House districts, all of 1-52 present; missing=[]; extra=[]; districts with !=2 candidates={}. Every district has exactly 2 candidates per CA top-two ballot. Source contains NO United States Senator contest for 2026 (CA seats: Class I term to 2031; Class III term to 2029) - task brief's 'Senate Class II' does not correspond to any 2026 CA ballot contest per the certified list.
Boundaries and sources
County–district classifications come from official block-assignment files, cross-checked against Census representations; render geometry is display-only.
Current officeholder
John Garamendi · Democratic · current term began January 3, 2025 (elected November 5, 2024)
Upcoming contests
2026-11-03 — general
John Garamendi · Democratic
Qualified for the general-election ballot
Rudy Recile · Republican
Qualified for the general-election ballot
Economic profile at this seat’s exact geography
Census economic profile: not available for this seat’s geography. Census block equivalency files show this state's district boundaries changed between the 119th Congress (the geography of the ACS 2020-2024 district product) and the 120th Congress plan governing the 2026 contest. Statistics are never transferred between different plans, even when a district number matches.
Campaign finances
2025-2026 two-year period (FEC cycle 2026). Committee totals are the FEC’s own candidate-level aggregation — never summed from committee rows here. Independent spending is reported separately and is never part of a candidate’s receipts. An FEC registration is not proof of ballot qualification; candidacy status comes verbatim from the accepted release.
General election · November 3, 2026
“No matching FEC candidate record” means no filing was located — it is never evidence that a candidacy does not exist, and never a ballot-status claim. Candidates’ coverage dates can differ; each row carries its own.
Current officeholder — Congress.gov context
John Garamendi · Democratic · California · served in 9 Congresses since 2009
Identity verified against the official Congress.gov member record (Bioguide G000559), recorded through 2026-10-04T02:54:23Z. Current officeholding is separate from 2026 candidacy status. Official member website.
Recent housing, employment, energy and infrastructure legislation
From the member's sponsored then cosponsored legislation lists (newest first, limit 30 each), the newest items whose CONFIRMED official legislative subjects intersect {Housing and Community Development, Labor and Employment, Energy, Transportation and Public Works, Water Resources Development} are selected, at most 3 sponsored and 2 cosponsored, 5 total. Items whose relevance cannot be confirmed via the official /subjects endpoint are omitted.
- HR.8653-119 — ADAPT Assets Actsponsor latest action 2026-05-04: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
- HR.10267-119 — Cabin Air Safety Act of 2026sponsor latest action 2026-09-03: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
- HR.4847-119 — Transportation Emergency Relief Extension Actsponsor latest action 2025-08-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
- HR.7977-119 — Energy Bills Relief Actcosponsor latest action 2026-03-18: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · subjects: Energy
- HR.5408-119 — Faster Labor Contracts Actcosponsor latest action 2026-06-10: Received in the Senate. · subjects: Labor and Employment
Sponsorship is a record of introduction or support — not passage, effectiveness, or economic impact.
Counties and this district
County boundaries for this seat are not published in this release. Explore individual counties on the county map.