Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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
Next election
Primary March 3, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
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 21ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

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$4,095,745.97
Total spent$4,018,834.44
Cash on hand$155,829.62
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $2,850,825.14PACs and other committees: $629,109.00Party committees: $15,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $556,828.18Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $43,983.65
  • Individual contributions$2,850,825.1470%
  • PACs and other committees$629,109.0015%
  • Party committees$15,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$556,828.1814%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$43,983.651%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

208 committees reported giving $674,051.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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$238,460.65
  • Independent expenditures opposing David Valadao$7,035,691.06
  • Company and union communications to members about David Valadao$1,784.13

FEC totals for the 2020 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 21, 2020 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
David Valadao (R)$4,095,745.97$155,829.622020-12-31
Terrence John (tj) Cox (D)$6,095,804.97$55,942.762020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in California (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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