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California's 8th district

California's 8th district has 752,326 residents on 481 mi² of land. It is represented by John Garamendi (D-CA-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $267.4M in FY2026.

Residents
752,326
Land area
481 mi²
Counties
2
Representative
John Garamendi
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Map of California's 8th district within California

Members for this district

Members who held this seat while these boundaries were in force, newest first.

Senators

The state's senators today, or on the last day of these boundaries for an older plan.

Counties

Share of the district's residents living in each county, and share of the county's residents living in the district (2020 census tracts weighted by their overlap).

  1. Contra Costa County57% of the district · 37% of the county
  2. Solano County43% of the district · 71% of the county

Federal contracts

Contract obligations attributed to the district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines.

Obligations · FY2026
$267.4M
Per resident
$355
Rank in California
43 of 52
Contract actions
1,415
New awards: 484

By fiscal year

  1. 362.1MFY2017
  2. 601.6MFY2018
  3. 458.9MFY2019
  4. 723.4MFY2020
  5. 521.3MFY2021
  6. 627.9MFY2022
  7. 553.9MFY2023
  8. 490.5MFY2024
  9. 434.2MFY2025
  10. 267.4MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Navy$61.5M23%
    Department of Defense
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$35.7M13%
    Department of Defense
  3. Department of the Air Force$35.1M13%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of the Army$30.5M11%
    Department of Defense
  5. Defense Health Agency$27.4M10%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of Veterans Affairs$26.2M9.8%
  7. Maritime Administration$13.6M5.1%
    Department of Transportation
  8. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$8.7M3.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Top recipients

  1. PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC$52.9M20%
    28 awards
  2. DESILVA GATES CONSTRUCTION LLC$22.5M8.4%
    1 award
  3. RIX INDUSTRIES$15.2M5.7%
    74 awards
  4. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$13M4.9%
    1 award
  5. GROUND LEVEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.$12.4M4.6%
    2 awards
  6. CONTRACK ECC LLC$10.9M4.1%
    1 award
  7. MATRIX PROVIDERS INC.$9.5M3.6%
    7 awards
  8. CERUS CORPORATION$8.8M3.3%
    7 awards
  9. CITY LIGHT & POWER, INC.$7.3M2.7%
    1 award
  10. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING INTERNATIONAL, LLC$6.8M2.5%
    6 awards

Other boundaries

District lines change between plans; each plan keeps its own page.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.