Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

David G. Valadao

Official portrait of David G. Valadao
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for California’s 22nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Hanford, CA
Born
1977
In Congress
House since 2013 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
VALADAO, DAVID
Map of California with the current district highlighted

California, District 22

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · California District 22IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2CA20094 · Principal campaign committee: VALADAO FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · California District 22$6,058,553.27General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · California District 22$4,912,595.46Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · California District 22$3,738,008.91Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · California District 21$4,095,745.97Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$6,058,553.27
Total spent$3,705,596.37
Cash on hand$2,398,492.43
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,041,081.96PACs and other committees: $2,219,533.22Party committees: $15,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,769,331.09Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $13,607.00
  • Individual contributions$2,041,081.9634%
  • PACs and other committees$2,219,533.2237%
  • Party committees$15,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,769,331.0929%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$13,607.000%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$139,066.174%
  • Contributions over $200$3,118,868.6096%
  • Itemized from inside California$1,059,276.6334%
  • Itemized from other states$2,078,087.9166%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $439,325.27 · Texas $436,911.23 · New York $152,943.95 · Virginia $131,505.92 · Louisiana $100,332.29. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$3.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $937,470.26APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $137,086.22JULY QUARTERLY: raised $873,324.31JULY QUARTERLY: spent $331,002.36OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $633,812.03OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $223,798.05YEAR-END: raised $618,304.97YEAR-END: spent $295,814.88APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,087,960.80APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $328,445.37PRE-PRIMARY: raised $82,540.93PRE-PRIMARY: spent $82,224.80JULY QUARTERLY: raised $694,188.33JULY QUARTERLY: spent $209,178.23OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,130,951.64OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,098,046.462025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea507
Voted nay155
Did not vote12 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored37
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored332

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.Res. 1616 Recognizing the importance of biodiversity conservation, welcoming the Republic of Armenia as host of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and supporting the protection of Armenia's sovereign territory and natural heritage.
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.R. 10528 To amend the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act to include secondary schools in best practices for teaching financial literacy, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Sep 21, 2026 · Latest action Sep 21, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by t…
  • H.R. 10324 ROMA Act
    Introduced Sep 8, 2026 · Latest action Sep 8, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.Res. 1476 Supporting the designation of the week of August 2 through August 8, 2026, as "National Farmers Market Week".
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.Res. 1475 Expressing support for the designation of the first week of August as "National Community Health Center Week", and encouraging all Americans to participate by visiting their local community health center and celebrating the important partnership between health centers and the communities they serve.
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9976 SWAT Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.Res. 1390 Expressing support for the designation of June as Portuguese National Heritage Month.
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 9376 TOURS Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 9010 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
    Introduced May 22, 2026 · Latest action May 22, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
  • H.R. 9006 Locating Our Unclaimed Veterans Act
    Introduced May 21, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

506 committees reported giving $2,049,396.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting David Valadao$170,322.81
  • Independent expenditures opposing David Valadao$3,808,004.68
  • Company and union communications to members about David Valadao$8,059.90

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

California U.S. House, District 22, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
David Valadao (R)$6,058,553.27$2,398,492.432026-09-30
Randy Villegas (D)$5,465,022.04$706,800.132026-09-30
Jasmeet Bains (D)$1,580,360.09$44,355.882026-09-30
Rudy Salas (D)$14,049.48$59,487.282026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DSeptember 25, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DJuly 16, 2026
  • The EconomistLean DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Tulchin Research (D)June 15–21, 2026800 (LV)—David Valadao 44% · Randy Villegas 48%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 6–8, 2025547 (V)± 4.2%David Valadao 37% · Generic Democrat 43%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 6–8, 2025547 (V)± 4.2%David Valadao 42% · Jasmeet Bains 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in California (districts 1–26) (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: VALADAO FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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