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David G. Valadao

U.S. House · CA-22 · Republicans · since 2025

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Candidate for U.S. House · CA-22

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Biography

Overview

David Valadao is a Republican U.S. Representative from California's 22nd congressional district (since 2023), previously representing the 21st district (2013-2019, 2021-2023). A dairy farmer and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, Valadao is a moderate Republican who was one of ten Republicans to vote for President Trump's second impeachment in 2021 and one of just two of that group to remain in Congress after the 2022 election.

Career

Valadao's legislative efforts center on agriculture and veterans services. He has sponsored bills addressing specialty crop development, agricultural equipment grants, and telehealth expansion. On healthcare, he has worked on Agent Orange exposure for Blue Water Navy veterans, teaching health centers, and Medicaid reimbursement in the Central Valley. He successfully negotiated reassurances from House leadership in 2025 to focus Medicaid cost savings on fraud rather than benefit cuts. Valadao has been recognized twice by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with its Spirit of Enterprise Award (2014, 2016). Despite his political evolution, he has been reelected in a Democratic-leaning district in 2022 and 2024, becoming one of only two House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump to survive subsequent elections.

Prior political experience

Valadao was first elected to the U.S. House in 2012, representing California's 21st district, with 58% of the vote against Democrat John Hernandez. He was reelected in 2014 (58%) and 2016 (56.7%). He narrowly lost his 2018 reelection bid to TJ Cox by 862 votes. Valadao won a rematch against Cox in 2020 by 1,754 votes (51% to 49%), despite Biden carrying the district by ten points. After redistricting, he won his new 22nd district seat in 2022 with 52% against Democrat Rudy Salas. He was reelected in 2024 with approximately 53.5% of the vote, again against Salas. Prior to Congress, he served one term in the California State Assembly (2010-2012), winning his primary with 78% and his general election with 61%.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress+0.255

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
+0.435
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 342 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
2ndU.S. House CA-222025–presentIn progressDavid G. Valadao—
1stU.S. House CA-222023–2025Term ended—David G. Valadao
4thU.S. House CA-212021–2023Term endedDavid G. ValadaoJim Costa
3rdU.S. House CA-212017–2019Term endedDavid G. ValadaoDavid G. Valadao
2ndU.S. House CA-212015–2017Term endedDavid G. ValadaoDavid G. Valadao
1stU.S. House CA-212013–2015Term ended—David G. Valadao

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

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