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Robert Garcia

Robert Garcia

Democratic · CA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • Representative CA-42 2023–present

Background

  • role United States representative from New York from 1978 to 1990
  • role Represented New York's 21st district (1978–1982) and 18th district (1983–1990), covering parts of the Bronx and Upper Manhattan
  • role Elected to the New York State Assembly in 1965 and the New York State Senate in 1967

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House CA-42 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,615,120 raised
  • $1,646,081 spent
  • $1,381,467 cash on hand
$2.62M
$2.58M
$1.96M
Itemized (≥ $200)$849.01K
Unitemized (< $200)$1.11M
Other committees (PACs)$625.68K
Offsets to expenditures$17.88K
Other receipts$12.94K
$1.65M
Operating expenditures$1.33M
Contribution refunds$13.33K
Other disbursements$304.38K
Cash on hand$1.38M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Robert Garcia campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$1,704,813$1,374,250$330,562
2024$1,352,167$1,270,301$412,428
2026$2,615,120$1,646,081$1,381,467

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $2,804 ·

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 22
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 402 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 22 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 4
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Robert Garcia. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (4)

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NULL $14,250
  • WATERFORD PROPERTY COMPANY $13,200
  • SHANGRI-LA INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • CURTIN MARITIME $9,900
  • LEE ANDREWS GROUP $7,600
  • HOLLAND & KNIGHT $7,500
  • P2S INC. $6,600
  • BIG E PIZZA $6,600
  • ROSENWALD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC $6,600
  • TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $22 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $203 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Garcia, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Garcia most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Garcia connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HRES 1483Expressing support for the recognition of August 17 through August 23, 2026, as "Warehouse Worker Recognition Week", celebrating the workers in the logistics industry.cosponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10063Green New Deal for Public Housing ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9898Transportation for Reentry ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9929To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9853Right to Learn Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9741To name the District of Columbia tuition assistance grant program the "Eleanor Holmes Norton District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program".sponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9688High Court Gift Ban ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HRES 1415Celebrating the country's history of church-state separation and recognizing the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9544Save MEDICARE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1384Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must urgently take all appropriate measures to guarantee civil rights and fair political representation to all Americans.cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9437Right to Vote ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9414Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9373Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9364FAST Repairs for Wheelchairs ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9289Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9047Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9076Postal Data Privacy Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HR 9036American High-Speed Rail ActcosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 9035Ending Fossil Fuel Bailouts Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 9034Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 9031Young Adult Tax Credit ActcosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 8914No Taxpayer-Funded Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HR 8940Federal Death Penalty Prohibition ActcosponsoredMay 19, 2026
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Comparison lens (E18)

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

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