Representative since 2023 · votes with their party 98% of the time. See the record · Office phone 202-225-7924
Money
$3.4M raised, $2.2M spent, $1.6M cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
57% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 57% from California · largest committee giver ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $10K
Outside groups
$203.2K supporting Garcia
Backed by
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC · Equality PAC · Planned Parenthood Action Fund and 48 more. As the campaign lists them
Sponsored most in
Government Operations and Politics, Health, Transportation and Public Works
Their wordsWhat does Garcia say they will do?
12 priorities from robertgarcia.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
12 priorities · 12 quoted statements
The most important issue facing Congress today is to defend our democracy against attacks from the extreme far-right. I strongly supported Prop 50 in California to redraw our Congressional maps in the face of Trump demanding Republican states eliminate Democratic seats across the country. We need to use all the tools available to us to fight back against Donald Trump’s undemocratic agenda.
I strongly support the Green New Deal. During my time as mayor, Long Beach worked locally to invest in green jobs and lower emissions drastically, ahead of state standards. In Congress, I am leading the Green New Deal on Transportation to electrify and modernize our public transportation fleets across the country. I have also signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge.
In 2016, I proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, ahead of our state. During the pandemic, Long Beach also became the first city in California to provide an extra $4 an hour of Hero Pay to grocery workers. We faced fierce resistance from big corporations and stood our ground, winning relief for frontline workers. That’s why I fight for a nationwide $15 minimum wage, reform overtime rules, public banks, expand paid family leave, and boost programs that help working families like the earned income tax credit.
In 2021 we also passed a guaranteed income pilot program, providing 500 single parents living in poverty and struggling to meet basic needs with $500 a month. In Congress, I introduced a bill to establish a guaranteed income pilot program for foster youths who recently aged out of the system. Every parent should be able to afford child care, and I believe every parent should be able to send their kids to a quality pre-k provider. I fight for universal child care and pre-k in Congress, and have been a staunch opponent of Trump’s cuts to the department of education and his targeting food assistance programs for families and children.
In Congress, I am fighting hard to expand pathways to citizenship for undocumented residents and fight to end legal discrimination against undocumented residents.
I believe the best approach to fixing our healthcare system is passing Medicare for All. I am a longtime supporter of Medicare for All and serve as the co-chair of Mayors 4 Medicare. I pushed for the City of Long Beach to be on the record supporting Medicare for All. Healthcare is a human right and your coverage shouldn’t depend on your employment.
Congress must take action to save lives with responsible gun safety legislation. That’s why I have introduced the AMMO Act with Senator Elizabeth Warren to require background checks for ammunition purchases and limit the amount of ammo that can be purchased. I will work to implement universal background checks and a ban on AR-15 assault weapons. We must also raise the national age requirement to own a firearm to 21 and create a strong national licensing program. Communities and schools must also receive federal support for expanded mental health programs and violence diversion programs.
In Long Beach, we launched the Long Beach College Promise giving thousands of students two years of free tuition at Long Beach Community College. In Congress, I am fighting to cancel student debt across America and for no-cost college for all our students.
We must expand affordable and accessible housing across the United States and work to build quality public housing. We need to ensure that people who are unhoused have access to shelter, services, and permanent supportive housing. Congress has an opportunity to fund significant housing development across American cities, especially along public transit and urban job centers.
Long Beach was hailed as a national model by President Biden during the covid pandemic. We were the first city in California to vaccinate 99% of seniors and our teachers. I made sure we focused on the science and led efforts to ensure low income communities had access to tests and vaccines. But the world should not have been in this position in the first place. America must be the world’s leader in pandemic prevention and biosafety and biosecurity planning. We need more funding for pandemic prevention, preparation and response — as well as strong regulations to ensure research is done safely. Dangerous pathogen research – especially dual use research – must be properly regulated in order to ensure technological advances don’t become weapons for nefarious actors.
Throughout our history, union jobs have been escalators to the middle-class. I’ll fight for changes that level the playing field between employees and employers and make it easier to join and form a union. I’ve always supported the rights of workers to organize and I am fighting to adopt the Pro Act in Congress.
I strongly believe in ending Citizens United, and support a full lobbying ban for former Members of Congress to end the revolving door between public office and corporate interests.
H.Res. 264↗ Of inquiry requesting the President transmit certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to the security clearances held by Elon Musk, members of the United States Department of Government Efficiency Service, and any other individual considered to be a member of the DOGE team. BILLSTATUS ↗
H.R. 5592↗ Validating Independence for State Initiatives on Organic Natural Substances Act of 2023 BILLSTATUS ↗
Arts, Culture, Religion2 · 5%
H.Res. 599↗ Recognizing the immense capacity of the popular arts to bring people together, inspire creativity and imagination, promote critical thinking, and instill the universal values of truth, justice, and equality. BILLSTATUS ↗
H.Res. 598↗ Recognizing the immense capacity of the popular arts to bring people together, inspire creativity and imagination, promote critical thinking, and instill the universal values of truth, justice, and equality. BILLSTATUS ↗
The CRS policy areas of Garcia’s 44 substantive sponsored measures, Congresses 117, 118, 119; the figure is how many fall in each. Sponsorship indicates legislative focus, not every policy position.GovInfo source ↗
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$3.4M
$3,394,175
Spent
$2.2M
$2,233,623
Cash on hand
$1.6M
$1,572,980
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00797795 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
66¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 9 reports ($2.2M of $3.4M). Cash on hand went from $522.8K on Mar 31, 2025 to $1.6M on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$1M$2M
Mar ’25
Sep ’25
Mar ’26
Jun ’26
Oct ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025
$274,429
$164,099
$522,757
JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025
$278,263
$224,556
$576,464
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$379,077
$125,409
$830,132
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$295,098
$174,125
$951,104
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$741,984
$343,915
$1,349,174
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026
$234,860
$435,553
$1,148,481
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$411,409
$178,423
$1,381,467
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$702,725
$485,850
$1,598,342
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$76,329
$101,692
$1,572,980
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $3,401,695 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$1,477,77043%
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$1,133,86133%
Largest donors
Joseph Kaempfer3 contributions, latest Apr 12, 2026 · MCLEAN, VA$9,000
Henry WardOne contribution on Sep 11, 2026 · CEO · CARTA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$8,500
Steven Burmeister4 contributions, latest Jul 15, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · LONG BEACH, CA$8,000
EndorsementsWho does Garcia’s campaign say backs them?
51 endorsers listed on Robert Garcia’s own campaign site: 3 parties, 37 officials, 2 unions, 9 organizations.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
Anne BraffordOne contribution on Feb 19, 2026 · CONSULTANT · SELF-EMPLOYED · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA$7,000
Sean EldridgeOne contribution on Dec 29, 2025 · PRESIDENT · STAND UP AMERICA · NEW YORK, NY$7,000
James Eleopoulos2 contributions, latest Sep 3, 2025 · SELF-EMPLOYED · BIG E PIZZA · SIGNAL HILL, CA$7,000
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria2 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2025 · Organization · ROHNERT PARK, CA$7,000
Dale Griner3 contributions, latest Sep 28, 2025 · DESIGNER · AECOM · LONG BEACH, CA$7,000
Justin HectusOne contribution on Mar 18, 2025 · MANAGING DIRECTOR · HARBOR GLOBAL · LONG BEACH, CA$7,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 10,372 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $1.2M.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$764,68322%
Committees that gave
Ernst & Young PAC4 receipts, latest Mar 4, 2026 · PAC (qualified)$10,000
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 368 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $772.3K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$25,3410.7%
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$38<0.1%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$1<0.1%
Total reported receipts $3,401,695
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $1,167,548 placed by state
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under $26.8K
$26.8K+
$107.4K+
$241.6K+
$429.5K+
none
Outlined: California, home state
Home state and away
California 57%CA 57%Elsewhere 43%
57% of the money placed by state came from inside California: $671.1K of $1.2M.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
California home6,590 contributions · 57%
$671,058
District of Columbia148 contributions · 9.7%
$113,040
New York406 contributions · 5.4%
$63,075
Virginia125 contributions · 4.2%
$48,484
Florida251 contributions · 3.9%
$45,392
Maryland171 contributions · 3.4%
$39,959
Texas356 contributions · 1.7%
$19,902
Pennsylvania277 contributions · 1.7%
$19,596
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 49 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 7,675 contributions · 36% of ranked
$387,124
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 731 contributions · 12% of ranked
A further $27,075 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($1,477,770) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $975,530
What the committees giving to Garcia’s campaign or spending on ads about Garcia are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Garcia $975,530
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$975.5KTap a slice
Groups for voting rights, LGBTQ rights, criminal-justice change and the interests of tribal nations.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$223.8K23%
Unions of teachers, firefighters, police and federal, state and local government employees.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$67.5K6.9%
Accounting, consulting and staffing firms, and business associations that name no single industry.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$64.5K6.6%
Airlines, railroads, trucking, shipping, car makers and car dealers, with their PACs and associations. Transportation unions are under Labor unions.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$60K6.2%
PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$45K4.6%
Unions of airline, rail, trucking, transit and maritime workers, including the Teamsters.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$42.5K4.4%
Farm, food and ranching companies and commodity groups, such as cattle, pork, cotton and sugar associations.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$31K3.2%
$441.3K45%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Outside spending $203,230 about Garcia
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Garciaunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $203.2K traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 14% to named individuals, 10% to organizations, 71% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Read for all 2 groups that spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
What the payments were for $2,121,196 itemized
The campaign also refunded $20,217 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$912,43643%
Filed as
DIGITAL ACQUISITION, DIGITAL ADS, TEXTING AND DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES$375,321
DIGITAL ACQUISITION, DIGITAL ADS, TEXTING AND DIGITAL CONSULTING$224,006
DIGITAL ADS & TEXTING$91,183
CDIGITAL ACQUISITION, DIGITAL ADS, TEXTING AND DIGITAL CONSULTING$84,843
DIGITAL ADVERTISING$78,725
DIGITAL ADVERTISING AND DIGITAL ACQUISITION$39,399
DESIGN SERVICES AND ADVERTISING - DIGITAL$10,000
DIGITAL CONSULTING AND DIGITAL ADS$5,846
VIDEO PRODUCTION$3,113
Paid to
Digital Strategy Group$781,200
Segment Insight LLC$59,399
Middle Seat Consulting LLC$52,500
Overland Strategies LLC$10,000
Facebook$6,225
Simah, Neeharika$3,113
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$327,00015%
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$303,93114%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$132,000
CATERING$93,168
EVENT TICKETS$19,620
CATERING, EVENT TICKETS, AND MEALS$19,094
DIGITAL ACQUISITION$12,000
EVENT CATERING$6,475
CATERING AND EVENT SPACE RENTAL$6,175
EVENT TICKETS & EVENT CATERING$4,488
EVENT SPACE RENTAL$3,934
CATERING AND EVENT SPACE$2,406
LODGING & EVENT REGISTRATION$1,775
EVENT INSURANCE$923
Paid to
Rolla Group LLC$151,707
Meyer Borst, Katharine$20,000
Fairmont Breakers Long Beach$14,327
Meyer, Katherine$12,500
555 East American Steakhouse$10,779
Digital Strategy Group$10,000
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$123,7285.8%
Filed as
SOFTWARE$64,149
TEXTING$54,178
SUBSCRIPTION$2,402
WEBSITE HOSTING$1,125
WEBSITE SERVICES$750
SOFTWARE AND OFFICE SUPPLIES$730
EMAIL SERVICES$395
Paid to
NGP VAN$63,090
Scale to Win, LLC$30,178
Grassroots Analytics, Inc.$24,000
Middle Seat Consulting LLC$1,875
Dropbox, Inc.$1,620
Canva$1,019
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$115,0445.4%
Filed as
TRAVEL$64,582
LODGING$44,733
AIRFARE$5,521
PARKING$208
Paid to
Southwest Airlines$13,558
United Airlines$13,130
KLM$12,610
Uber$11,873
HOTELS.COM$8,689
American Airlines$5,244
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$97,4424.6%
Filed as
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$54,505
DIGITAL CONSULTING$33,842
DIGITAL CONSULTING & TEXTING$9,095
Paid to
BEE Compliance LLC$54,505
Digital Strategy Group$25,342
Aisle 518$15,095
Middle Seat Consulting LLC$2,500
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$89,1754.2%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$89,175
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$88,758
Jstreetpac$401
Shopify$16
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$54,4242.6%
Filed as
PAYROLL$54,424
Paid to
Swymer, Patrick$36,641
Bonner, Dorian$15,860
Walczak, Lukas$1,924
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$46,2422.2%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$12,787
FILING FEE$11,240
PROCESSING FEES$8,581
TAXES$6,700
BANK FEES$3,427
FILING FEES$2,252
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES$1,255
Paid to
Gusto$14,042
ActBlue Technical Services$8,474
LOS Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/county Clerk$7,440
LOS Angeles County Registrar/recorder$3,800
Internal Revenue Service$3,600
Amalgamated Bank$3,427
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$22,0641%
Filed as
MEALS$18,292
MEMBER GIFT$1,631
OFFICE SUPPLIES$787
INSURANCE$489
MEMBER GIFTS$459
EQUIPMENT RENTAL$406
Paid to
Uber$1,799
Baked by Isabel$1,631
China Chilcano$1,612
Joe's Seafood$1,376
Salamander Middleburg$1,089
Condado Vanderbilt$891
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$12,7900.6%
Filed as
PRINTING$7,671
DESIGN SERVICES AND TEXTING$2,945
DESIGN SERVICES AND PRINTING$1,265
POSTAGE$876
SHIPPING$33
Paid to
Mitchell Publishing & Mailers$6,443
Overland Strategies LLC$4,970
The UPS Store$936
Usps$441
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$11,5000.5%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION REFUND TO COMMITTEE$11,500
Paid to
Equality PAC$10,000
Equality Project PAC$2,500
Barragan for Congress$0
Communications Workers of America - COPE Political Contributions Committee$0
Charter Communications Inc. PAC-$1,000
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$5,4180.3%
Filed as
CANDIDATE STATEMENT$2,296
CAMPAIGN MERCHANDISE$1,474
STAMPS$823
TRANSACTION MADE IN ERROR, RETURNED IN Q1 2026$396
PO BOX RENTAL$365
ENDORSEMENT AND PRESS RELEASE$50
NOTARY SERVICES$15
Paid to
Orange County Registrar of Voters$2,296
Bumperactive$1,474
Usps$1,188
Venmo$396
Human Rights Campaign PAC$50
The UPS Store$15
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$1<0.1%
Filed as
DIALER (PHONE BANK)$1
Paid to
California Democratic Party$1
Total itemized disbursements $2,121,196
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 1,471 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
55 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $74,477 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Digital Strategy Group15 payments · 37% of all spending
$816,542
DCCC4 payments · 9.6% of all spending
$215,000
Rolla Group LLC15 payments · 6.8% of all spending
$151,707
ActBlue Technical Services110 payments · 4.4% of all spending
$97,232
Gusto118 payments · 3.1% of all spending
$68,466
NGP VAN20 payments · 2.8% of all spending
$63,090
Segment Insight LLC7 payments · 2.7% of all spending
$59,399
Middle Seat Consulting LLC11 payments · 2.5% of all spending
$56,875
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 7,350 contributions · 31% of ranked
$352,547
Attorney127 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$68,138
CEO26 contributions · 5.3% of ranked
$59,500
Consultant82 contributions · 3.8% of ranked
$43,135
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 339 contributions · 3% of ranked
$33,138
President21 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$30,550
Self-employedWritten instead of an occupation · 102 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$27,695
Partner23 contributions · 2.4% of ranked
$26,850
A further $27,075 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($1,477,770) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
