GARCIA, ERIC

D · house

FEC candidate id: H0CA22110
Internal id: 866e5c6b-75b1-4837-af6b-a49776b42d14
Status: challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CA-21. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	758,000
People	Median age	32
Income	Median household income	$64,764
Income	Per-capita income	$26,800
Income	In poverty	21.9%
Income	Unemployed	10.1%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.463
Race	White alone	29.3%
Race	Black alone	4.6%
Race	Asian alone	9.8%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	65.0%
Race	Two or more races	27.1%
Origin	Foreign-born	21.5%
Language	Speaks English only at home	49.5%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	42.0%
Education	High school or higher	42.8%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	17.1%
Education	Advanced degree	5.5%
Household	Family households	72.4%
Household	Avg household size	3.25
Household	Never married (15+)	43.2%
Housing	Median home value	$334,100
Housing	Median gross rent	$1,293
Housing	Single-family detached	66.9%
Housing	Built before 1940	6.4%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	13.6%
Housing	Vacant units	4.9%
Service	Veterans (18+)	3.8%
Health	With a disability	13.6%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	87.3%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	8.9%
Commute	Drove alone	72.7%
Commute	Public transit	1.0%
Commute	Worked from home	8.8%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2026	$593	$593	$0	$20,911	$590
2024	$0	$0	$0	$20,911	$0
2022	$219,071	$219,071	$0	$20,911	$213,915
2020	$2,971	$3,419	$0	$0	$1,181

Elections

2020 general house · CA-21 — running
2020 general house · CA-22 — lost_general
2022 general house · CA-22 — lost_general
2022 general house · CA-21 — running
2026 general house · CA-21 — running

Committees

COMMITTEE TO ELECT FOR CONGRESS ERIC GARCIA — principal · type H
ERIC GARCIA FOR CONGRESS — principal · type H

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 25.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
D (major party)	+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

Cycle	Support	Oppose	IEs
2022	$1,500	$0	1

Recent (latest 25)

Date	Spender	For / against	Amount	Purpose
2022-04-04	PROTECT THE VOTE	support	$1,500	Robo calls to GOTV;IE-Only Account

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
2022-04-04	PROTECT THE VOTE	24E	$1,500
2022-03-23	PALOS VERDES DEMOCRATS	24K	$425

Connected on the graph

Inbound (3)

date	from	type	amount	source
2022-04-04	PROTECT THE VOTE	supports_independently	$1,500	fec_ies
2022-04-04	PROTECT THE VOTE	contributed_to	$1,500	pas2
2022-03-23	PALOS VERDES DEMOCRATS	contributed_to	$425	pas2

Outbound (2)

date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	principal_candidate_of	COMMITTEE TO ELECT FOR CONGRESS ERIC GARCIA	—		candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	ERIC GARCIA FOR CONGRESS	—		candidate_committees

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