Robert Garcia

American politician (1933-2017)

IncumbentU.S. House — CA-42DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-E7T-XKQT FEC H2CA47188

Running for U.S. House, CA-42, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/robert-garcia

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

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Robert Garcia — Photo — Photo · U.S. House of Representatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Robert Garcia — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, CA-42 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2026 · State House / Assembly, CA District 50 · Primary · Democratic · won · 44,497 votes · incumbent · source
2024 · U.S. House, CA-42 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, CA-42 · General · Democratic · won · 99,217 votes (68.4%) · source

Background

Robert Garcia was a United States representative from 1978 to 1990. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1965 and the New York State Senate in 1967, and then served in Congress from 1978 to 1990.

From 1978 to 1982, he represented New York's 21st congressional district when that district was located in the Upper Manhattan and the South Bronx. From 1983 to 1990, he represented New York's 18th congressional district when that district was located in the Bronx.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-26 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(New_York_politician)

In the news

Read full episode transcripts of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" from 2026CBS News · Sep 28
House Dems plan oversight of Trump administration; impeachment an optionABC News · Sep 26

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Campaign finance

$2,615,120total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,381,467cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$1,646,081total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

Campaign contact: robert@robertgarcia.com · source

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(New_York_politician)
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2CA47188/
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress_(cropped).jpg
photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery — https://robertgarcia.house.gov/about
photo_gallery — https://robertgarcia.house.gov/about/talambuhay-sa-tagalog
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Garcia_office_lottery.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rep._Robert_Garcia_-_118th_Congress.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Garcia_(25046979211).jpg

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