Home California Elections 2022 U.S. House District 8

U.S. House District 8

2022 general election. Election concluded.

Archive: This page reflects certified results from the 2022 general election (certified January 31, 2023).

Incumbents

No incumbent is running.

Challengers

Campaign finance

Federal Election Commission filings for the 2022 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.

Every candidate below reports through Dec 31, 2022.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2022 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receipts
John Garamendi Democratic$1,146,918$1,121,448$677,300
Rudy Recile Republican$60,649$494$5,000

Each measure below has its own scale and starts at zero, so bars can be read against each other within a measure but not across measures. Every figure is reported through Dec 31, 2022.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

Highest total receipts: John Garamendi at $1,146,918. Lowest: Rudy Recile at $60,649. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,146,918.

Cash on hand

The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.

Highest cash on hand: John Garamendi at $1,121,448. Lowest: Rudy Recile at $494. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,121,448.

Direct PAC receipts

Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

Highest direct PAC receipts: John Garamendi at $677,300. Lowest: Rudy Recile at $5,000. The largest reported value sets this scale at $677,300.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate, not coordinated with the campaign and never received by it.

Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending supporting. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending opposing. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.

Where each campaign's committee money came from

Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.

Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee

Contributions each campaign received for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryJohn Garamendi DemocraticRudy Recile Republican
Labor union PACs$219,40032.4%$0
Corporate PACs$216,40032.0%$0
Trade association PACs$130,00019.2%$0
Non-connected committees$40,0125.9%$5,025100.0%
Membership organization PACs$43,0006.4%$0
Cooperative PACs$18,0002.7%$0
Corporations without capital stock$4,5000.7%$0
Leadership PACs$3,5000.5%$0
Other candidates' committees$2,0000.3%$0
Itemized total$676,812$5,025

Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced

Contributions each campaign received for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryJohn Garamendi DemocraticRudy Recile Republican
Transportation unions Labor$73,00010.9%$0
Defense Defense$69,50010.4%$0
Building trades unions Labor$41,0006.1%$0
Construction Construction$40,9006.1%$0
Public sector unions Labor$40,5006.0%$0
Agribusiness Agriculture$40,0006.0%$0
Industrial unions Labor$27,0004.0%$0
Air transport Transportation$26,0003.9%$0
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$25,0003.7%$0
Physicians and medical specialties Health$21,5003.2%$0
Food and beverage Agriculture$20,5003.1%$0
Mining Energy and natural resources$14,5002.2%$0
Telecommunications Communications and technology$14,5002.2%$0
Technology Communications and technology$14,0002.1%$0
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$11,0001.6%$0
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$10,0001.5%$0
Trucking Transportation$9,0001.3%$0
Health care unions Labor$7,5001.1%$0
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$4,5000.7%$0
Automotive Transportation$2,0000.3%$0
Media and entertainment Communications and technology$2,0000.3%$0
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$1,5000.2%$0
Committees not yet categorized$155,91223.2%$5,025100.0%
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$5,500$0
Itemized total$676,812$5,025

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.

48-hour notices reported by candidates in this race
CandidateReported on noticesNoticesCoversState
John Garamendi Democratic$121,60014May 19 to Nov 4, 2022Covered by regular reports

Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.