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Aidan Quigley

Newcomer’s placement on Pentagon spending panel attracts notice - Roll Call

Mike Garcia Pentagon Roll Call Ken Calvert Appropriations Rayon Kay Granger Steve Womack Chris Stewart David Joyce

Rep. Mike Garcia‘s rapid ascent to a seat on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, among the most sought-after assignments on Capitol Hill, is turning heads in Washington. 

A former Navy pilot and Raytheon Technologies Corp. executive, Garcia, R-Calif., came to Congress after winning a special election in spring 2020 to replace former Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif., who resigned the previous November, winning former President Donald Trump’s endorsement along the way. 

Garcia went on to win a very tight general election in November 2020, by just 333 votes; House GOP leaders promptly named him to the Appropriations panel for the 117th Congress. He widened his victory margin last November in a redrawn district. But as one of just 18 House Republicans whose constituents backed President Joe Biden over Trump in 2020, he’s still a top Democratic target.

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