Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Robert Garcia

Official portrait of Robert Garcia
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 42nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Long Beach, CA
Born
1977
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
GARCIA, ROBERT
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 42

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 42IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2CA47188 · Principal campaign committee: ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 42$3,317,845.49General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 42$1,352,167.01Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 42$1,704,812.52Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$3,317,845.49
Total spent$2,131,931.17
Cash on hand$1,598,342.22
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,535,302.96PACs and other committees: $764,682.94Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $38.40Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $17,821.19
  • Individual contributions$2,535,302.9676%
  • PACs and other committees$764,682.9423%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$38.400%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$17,821.191%

Self-funding: $38.40 (0% of money raised): $38.40 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,608,064.5070%
  • Contributions over $200$675,358.0030%
  • Itemized from inside California$522,503.1362%
  • Itemized from other states$326,106.3438%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $74,620.00 · New York $40,639.50 · Virginia $29,402.00 · Florida $28,663.00 · Maryland $26,717.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.6M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $274,428.50APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $164,099.23JULY QUARTERLY: raised $278,263.32JULY QUARTERLY: spent $224,556.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $379,077.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $125,409.43YEAR-END: raised $295,097.63YEAR-END: spent $174,125.30APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $741,984.46APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $343,915.12PRE-PRIMARY: raised $234,860.36PRE-PRIMARY: spent $435,552.50JULY QUARTERLY: raised $411,409.01JULY QUARTERLY: spent $178,423.04OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $702,725.21OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $485,850.442025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea259
Voted nay375
Did not vote40 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored22
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored429

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10820 Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026
    Introduced Oct 15, 2026 · Latest action Oct 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 9741 To name the District of Columbia tuition assistance grant program the "Eleanor Holmes Norton District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program".
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1228 Directing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings.
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
  • H.R. 8508 Piers Reinvestment Act
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 7827 Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 5, 2026 · Latest action Mar 5, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in…
  • H.R. 6085 Stop Ballroom Bribery Act
    Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Latest action Nov 18, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, …
  • H.R. 6056 International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
    Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Latest action Nov 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.R. 5799 FALCON Act of 2025
    Introduced Oct 21, 2025 · Latest action Oct 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 5578 Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 26, 2025 · Latest action Jul 21, 2026: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465.
  • H.R. 5231 Safe Airspace for Americans Act
    Introduced Sep 9, 2025 · Latest action Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

196 committees reported giving $665,549.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Robert Garcia$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Robert Garcia$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

California U.S. House, District 42, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Robert Garcia (D)$3,317,845.49$1,598,342.222026-09-30
Brian J Burley (R)$249,676.54$5,298.762026-09-30
Noah Blom (R)$162,638.00$0.002026-09-02

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 5, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 2025
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 27–52) (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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