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California House race, District 22

David Valadao holds this seat and is running to keep it against Randy Villegas.

The November ballot

Valadao
$4.9M
Villegas
$2.6M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

David Valadao

Republican · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 79,757 votes

  • David ValadaoAdvanced40.74%32,491
  • Randy VillegasAdvanced32.36%25,808
  • Jasmeet Bains26.9%21,458

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$9.2M
Outside money
$8M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Valadao$145K
Opposing Valadao$451K
Supporting Villegas$2M
Opposing Villegas$2.3M

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%$97KSmall donors$779K29%
27%$1.3MLarge donors$1.6M61%
39%$1.9MPACs$190K7%
32%$1.6MOther$59K2%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 20 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 20 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing. The groups named here account for $7.5M of the $8M total; the rest is smaller filers.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+7 in 2024

  • David G. ValadaoWon53.4%
  • Rudy Salas46.6%

167,507 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
781K
Median household income
$59K
Unemployment
10.1%
Living below the poverty line
22.7%
Without health insurance
9.8%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.