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California's 8th district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of John Garamendi

John Garamendi

CA · District 8
DemocratRanking Member, Readiness
Raised $489,135 · 180K followers (office + personal) · missed 13.1% of votes
16.9 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on Armed Services +6 more
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Cook PVI: D+19

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population748,589
Median household income$95,876
Median age39.7
Bachelor's degree or higher31.3%
White alone23.1%
Black alone13.6%
Hispanic or Latino35.6%
Asian alone19.4%
Unemployment rate8.4%
Population density (per sq mi)1,556

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.