Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Melissa Hurtado

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · California District 22
Filing address
Sacramento, CA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HURTADO, MELISSA
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 2024 district highlighted

California, District 22

DemocraticU.S. House · California District 22ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H4CA22120 · Principal campaign committee: MELISSA HURTADO FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$84,532.34
Total spent$84,162.61
Cash on hand$369.73
Debts owed by the campaign$27,808.64
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through November 25, 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: $74,086.63PACs and other committees: $5,700.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,745.71
  • Individual contributions$74,086.6388%
  • PACs and other committees$5,700.007%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,745.716%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $2,500.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Melissa Hurtado$718.18
  • Independent expenditures opposing Melissa Hurtado$7,350.00

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

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: MELISSA HURTADO 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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