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Federal · Statewide General Election

United States Representative, District 8

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

On the ballot

John Garamendi — Democratic
Rudy Recile — Republican

This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).

Record in office

John Garamendi (Democratic) has served in the U.S. House since 2009 and has sponsored 13 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 of their career bills have become law. Rudy Recile has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-03.

Record details

Garamendi — Committees: Armed Services; Transportation and Infrastructure Garamendi — HR 5671 (2020): Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020 Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.

Financial info

Individuals
PACs & committees
Self-funding

John Garamendi

$489,135 raised

Individuals$154,59332%
PACs & committees$334,50068%

Rudy Recile

$8,576 raised

Individuals$8,551100%
Self-funding$25<1%

Total raised is all receipts for the 2026 cycle; the breakdown lists direct contributions, so the pieces can sum below the total. Figures are FEC filings through June 30, 2026, per the FEC bulk campaign-finance summaries, retrieved 2026-08-03.

June 2 primary — how they advanced

John Garamendi (Democratic)54.4% · 97,155 votes

Rudy Recile (Republican)27.8% · 49,599 votes

Nicolas Carjuzaa (Democratic)12.6% · 22,587 votes

Aaron Rowden (Democratic)5.2% · 9,220 votes

Source review: Very strong (98/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
unitedstates.github.io (opens in a new tab)congress-legislators — current members of Congress (unitedstates project)
api.congress.gov (opens in a new tab)Congress.gov — member sponsored legislation (Library of Congress)
fec.gov (opens in a new tab)FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)

Last updated August 3, 2026.