As RedState reported, the Democratic clown car for California’s gubernatorial candidates got even busier recently with Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (CA-14) announcement that he will be in the race.
Swalwell shared the news in a late November appearance on Jimmy Kimmel, advertisement That “our state, this great state, needs a fighter and a protector. Someone who will lower prices, raise wages” while also showing off his TDS credentials.
“Our state is under attack,” he claimed, while trying to appease California’s large Hispanic population. “[Trump] “Our friends and neighbors chase immigrants through their workplaces, children’s schools, and places of worship.”
See also: We didn’t think Eric Swalwell could get any more terrible, but he proved us wrong
While there are many reasons for California voters to reject Swalwell in the gubernatorial race, another reason of particular interest may be the number of Votes that were missed In Congress this year – and what he did when he missed them:
Swalwell, who He faces a federal criminal referral Because of allegations of foreclosure and tax fraud, he missed the most votes of any active member of the House, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
It also appears that many of the absences were related to hanging out with celebrities.
Swalwell, 45, has missed 95 votes, not including missing committee hearings, out of a total of 342 roll call votes in the House this year.
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The former prosecutor who represents parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties even missed more votes than Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who He died in March.
While absences are often related to health or family concerns, Swalwell appears to have missed votes to mingle with celebrities.
Rep. Eric Swalwell now has a unique advantage. He reportedly lost more votes than Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who died in March. https://t.co/rxNqEnkPoL In fairness to Swalwell, the deceased had a less demanding agenda…
– Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 17, 2025
According to the Sacramento Bee, the total number of votes lost since the beginning of his term in Congress in 2013 is also a record. Not great:
He has the lowest attendance record of any member of California’s current 52-member congressional delegation, according to a review of House voting records and the nonpartisan website GovTrack, which collects congressional data.
Swalwell has missed more than 550 of the 7,253 votes cast since joining Congress, or 7.7%, according to a review of his congressional record and GovTrack. On average, a House member loses 2.1% of the vote, GovTrack says.
So, basically, Eric Swalwell gets paid $174,000 a year for not doing his job. If that’s not the most democratic thing California has ever seen, I don’t know what is.
California already has one absentee governor in Gavin Newsom, who has been running for president since the first year or so of Joe Biden’s only term in office. They certainly don’t need another one, especially the one they have Obvious weakness For Chinese honeypots.
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