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John Garamendi

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John Garamendi is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in CA-08 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American businessman & politician (born 1945)

IncumbentU.S. House — CA-08DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-8KJ-BQXW FEC H0CA10149

Running for U.S. House, CA-08, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/john-garamendi

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

John Garamendi — Headshot
Headshot · github.com
John Garamendi — Portrait
Portrait · garamendi.house.gov
John Garamendi — On the trail
On the trail · garamendi.house.gov
John Garamendi — Illustration · Vugol.me
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Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

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  • 2026 · U.S. House, CA-08 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
  • 2024 · U.S. House, CA-08 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
  • 2022 · U.S. House, CA-08 · General · Democratic · won · 145,501 votes (75.7%) · incumbent · source
  • 2020 · U.S. House, CA-03 · General · Democratic · won · 176,043 votes (54.7%) · source
  • 2018 · U.S. House, CA-03 · General · Democratic · won · 134,875 votes (58.1%) · source

Background

John Raymond Garamendi is an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party who has represented areas of Northern California between San Francisco and Sacramento, including the cities of Fairfield and Vacaville in the United States House…

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of Representatives since 2009. Garamendi was the California insurance commissioner from 1991 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 1995 to 1998, and the 46th lieutenant governor of California from 2007 until his election to Congress in late 2009.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-09 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garamendi

Campaign finance

$559,375total raised (2026 cycle)
$609,629total spent (2026 cycle)
$1,214,464cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata
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  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-09 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garamendi
  • Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1340268
  • Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
  • Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0CA10149/
  • photo_headshot — https://github.com/unitedstates/images
  • photo_action — https://garamendi.house.gov/about/
  • photo_full_body — http://garamendi.house.gov

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