2026 elections · California

California U.S. House, district 22

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 2 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Toss-up (Cook: Toss-up; Sabato: Lean D; Inside Elections: Toss-up; DDHQ: Likely D; The Economist: Lean D). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican Incumbent

David Valadao

Raised
$4,927,602
From individuals
$1,423,592
From PACs and other committees
$1,911,533
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$3,365,587
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through June 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $592,383 to support and $8,483,843 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 19, 2026.

PAC and committee money

518 committees reported giving $2,056,896 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Defense contractorsPAC checks $21K
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $18K
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $6K
  • Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $5K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat

Randy Villegas

Raised
$2,645,566
From individuals
$2,396,296
From PACs and other committees
$190,098
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$571,792
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through June 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $3,373,525 to support and $2,619,047 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 19, 2026.

PAC and committee money

91 committees reported giving $280,908 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Money in this race (FEC)
David ValadaoRepublican$4,927,602$3,365,587$592,383$8,483,843
Randy VillegasDemocrat$2,645,566$571,792$3,373,525$2,619,047

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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