Federal candidate · 2021–2022 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 June 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (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 22IncumbentRegistered 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$3,738,008.91
Total spent$3,845,399.96
Cash on hand$48,438.57
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $1,470,683.21PACs and other committees: $1,701,895.38Party committees: $9,966.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $478,107.46Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $77,356.86
  • Individual contributions$1,470,683.2139%
  • PACs and other committees$1,701,895.3846%
  • Party committees$9,966.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$478,107.4613%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$77,356.862%

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

444 committees reported giving $1,711,100.00 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$2,186,012.61
  • Independent expenditures opposing David Valadao$7,669,597.69
  • Electioneering communications naming David Valadao$355,000.00
  • Company and union communications to members about David Valadao$23,962.64

FEC totals for the 2022 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, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
David Valadao (R)$3,738,008.91$48,438.572022-12-31
Devin G. Nunes (R)$4,226,325.20$11,189,386.642022-12-31
Rudy Salas (D)$2,953,288.73$14,408.832022-12-31
Eric Garcia (D)$219,071.35$0.002022-12-31
Elizabeth Heng (R)$204,550.25$5,245.892022-12-31
Connie Conway (R)$179,081.98$13,109.772022-12-31
Bryan Osorio (D)$162,804.74$190.502022-12-31
Lourin Hubbard (D)$99,620.99$17,238.722022-09-30
Andreas A Borgeas (R)$43,605.00$0.002022-02-11

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political Reportrowspan="2"December 21, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsDecember 28, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 7, 2022
  • Politicorowspan="3"April 5, 2022
  • RCPJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQLean ROctober 17, 2022
  • 538November 8, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
RMG ResearchJuly 30 – August 5, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%David Valadao 34% · Rudy Salas 39%
David Binder Research (D)July 13–15, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%David Valadao 35% · Rudy Salas 43%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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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