Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (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 22IncumbentWon the general election

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$4,912,595.46
Total spent$4,915,498.50
Cash on hand$45,535.53
Debts owed by the campaign$13,724.87
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $1,515,905.22PACs and other committees: $2,214,944.00Party committees: $25,628.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,123,956.41Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $32,161.83
  • Individual contributions$1,515,905.2231%
  • PACs and other committees$2,214,944.0045%
  • Party committees$25,628.001%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,123,956.4123%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$32,161.831%

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

560 committees reported giving $2,255,186.00 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$4,326,338.35
  • Independent expenditures opposing David Valadao$6,778,462.06
  • Company and union communications to members about David Valadao$27,975.61

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
David Valadao (R)$4,912,595.46$45,535.532024-12-31
Rudy Salas (D)$6,515,959.58$206,443.202024-12-31
Chris Mathys (R)$338,675.39$1,807.902024-12-31
Melissa Hurtado (D)$84,532.34$369.732024-11-25

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political Reportrowspan="2"November 16, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsOctober 31, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 4, 2024
  • Elections DailyNovember 4, 2024
  • CNalysisTilt DNovember 4, 2024

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Emerson CollegeOctober 22–26, 2024525 (LV)± 4.2%David Valadao 45% · Rudy Salas 47%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 23–26, 2024350 (LV)± 5.2%David Valadao 45% · Rudy Salas 45%
USC/CSUSeptember 14–21, 2024263 (LV)± 6.1%David Valadao 44% · Rudy Salas 47%
Normington, Petts & Associates (D)August 25–27, 2024400 (LV)–David Valadao 44% · Rudy Salas 46%
Change Research (D)August 10–17, 2024479 (LV)± 2.2%David Valadao 44% · Rudy Salas 38%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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 race’s Wikipedia page.

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