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California · U.S. House · District 22 · 2026

California District 22 House race

General election in 50 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · California District 22 House race

David G. Valadao leads the field on money raised.

Candidates in the California District 22 House race, 2026 report raising $7.5M between them. David G. Valadao reports $3.4M and Randy Villegas reports $2.6M, a gap of $771,090. Of what David G. Valadao reports, 42% came from individuals and 57% from PACs. Outside groups spent against VALADAO, DAVID ($881,400) and for VALADAO, DAVID ($236,876).

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

David G. Valadao

David G. Valadao

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 57% from PACs and 42% from individuals.

42% individuals57% PACs1% other
$3.4M
raised
Randy Villegas

Randy Villegas

D
D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 93% from individuals and 7% from PACs.

93% individuals7% PACs0% other
$2.6M
raised
Jasmeet Bains

Jasmeet Bains

D
D · challenger

79% from individuals, 16% from PACs, and 5% from other sources.

79% individuals16% PACs5% other
$1.6M
raised
RS

Rudy Salas

D
D · challenger

Candidate leans on PAC money. 50% from PACs and 50% from individuals.

50% individuals50% PACs0% other
$14K
raised

Where the money came from

$237K in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Ideological / Leadership$236K
Defense & Aerospace$50K
Small donors & unclassified$30K
Agriculture$20K
Real Estate & Construction$11K
Health & Pharma$10K
Banking & Financial$10K
Insurance$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • 314 ACTION FUND · super pac$200K
  • CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC. · super pac$26K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$11K
  • AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, (ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS PAC) · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC · pac$10K
  • CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) · pac$10K
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

31%67%
31% PACs67% individuals2% other

The incumbent's record

David G. Valadao is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2025)
$0
$0 - $0. up $1.7M since 2014.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
3
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Agriculture

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Ideological / Leadership$236K
Defense & Aerospace$50K
Small donors & unclassified$30K
Agriculture$20K
Real Estate & Construction$11K
Health & Pharma$10K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

David G. Valadao
R · incumbent
David G. Valadao
vs
Randy Villegas
Randy Villegas
D · challenger
$3.4M
Raised
$2.6M
$3.4M
Cash on hand
$572K
57%
From PACs
7%
42%
From individuals
93%
Ideological / Leadership
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No