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GARZA, MIKE

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FEC candidate id
H4CA05075
Internal id
1516d11b-10c0-4c9a-8022-d762afc5c761
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), CA-12. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation748,393
PeopleMedian age38
IncomeMedian household income$108,648
IncomePer-capita income$65,260
IncomeIn poverty12.5%
IncomeUnemployed5.9%
IncomeGini inequality index0.509
RaceWhite alone35.0%
RaceBlack alone15.2%
RaceAsian alone20.4%
RaceHispanic or Latino23.7%
RaceTwo or more races13.2%
OriginForeign-born27.1%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home60.9%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home17.9%
EducationHigh school or higher67.8%
EducationBachelor's or higher54.1%
EducationAdvanced degree25.6%
HouseholdFamily households54.6%
HouseholdAvg household size2.45
HouseholdNever married (15+)44.7%
HousingMedian home value$1,019,900
HousingMedian gross rent$2,133
HousingSingle-family detached42.5%
HousingBuilt before 19409.3%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)6.8%
HousingVacant units8.0%
ServiceVeterans (18+)3.0%
HealthWith a disability11.7%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband92.7%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet5.1%
CommuteDrove alone44.2%
CommutePublic transit11.7%
CommuteWorked from home28.5%

Elections

Committees

Election prediction

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

P(win) = 25.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
R (major party)+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— 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.

Transfers from committees

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

DateFrom committeeTypeAmount
2022-10-19UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL …24N$3,200

Connected on the graph

Inbound (2)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2022-10-19UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNIONcommittee_contributed_to_candidate$3,20024Nfec_pas2
2022-10-19UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNIONcontributed_to$3,200pas2

Outbound (1)

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β€”principal_candidate_ofGARZA FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEβ€”candidate_committees

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