David G. Valadao
Republican | California
Candidate Profile*
Evaluation In Progress
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
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WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2025-2026
100%
2023-2024
100%
2021
100%
2017-18
100%
2024
100%
2025-2026
100%
2025
100%
2025-26
100%
2025-26
100%
2017-18
100%, 97% (cum.)†
2015-16
95%
2021
83%
2025
68%, 72%†
2024
70%
2025
B-
2017-18
65%
2024
55%, 55%†
2023
52%
2022
C
2025
C
2025-2026
46%, 47%†
2022
45% (cum.)†
2025-2026
|100%
2023-2024
|100%
2021
|100%
2017-18
|100%
2024
|100%
2025-2026
|100%
2025
|100%
2025-26
|100%
2025-26
|100%
2017-18
|100%, 97% (cum.)†
2015-16
|95%
2021
|83%
2025
|68%, 72%†
2024
|70%
2025
|B-
2017-18
|65%
2024
|55%, 55%†
2023
|52%
2022
|C
2025-2026
|46%, 47%†
2022
|45% (cum.)†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2018
C
2024
43%
2021-2022
38%
2024
40%, 33%†
2024
33%
2024
23%, 27%†
2024
D
2019
22%
2024
20%
2017-18
18%
2022
17%
2024
12%
2024
10%, 11% (cum.)†
2025
0%, 11% (cum.)†
2023
10%
2025
12%, 9%†
2025
0%
2025-2026
0%
2026
F
2022
F
2025-26
0%
2022
F
2024
0%
2018
|C
2024
|43%
2021-2022
|38%
2024
|40%, 33%†
2024
|D
2017-18
|18%
2022
|17%
2024
|12%
2024
|10%, 11% (cum.)†
2025
|0%, 11% (cum.)†
2023
|10%
2025
|12%, 9%†
2025-2026
|0%
2026
|F
2025-26
|0%
2022
|F
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (14)
*National Rifle Association NRA-PVF
Huck PAC
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC
National Right To Life
California Republican Party
OTHER (3)
Republican Liberty Caucus
California Women's Leadership Association CWLA PAC
Log Cabin Republicans PAC
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (26)
David Valadao (2026)
WinRed (2026)
Jerry Carl (2024)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)
State Republican Party Organizations (2024)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (450)
America's Future Together (2026)
Austin Scott (2026)
Bob Onder (2026)
BrettPac (2026)
Brian Jack (2026)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (29)
American Maritime Officers (2026)
Building Trades Councils (2026)
Environmental Defense Fund (2026)
International Union of Operating Engineers (2026)
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (2026)
OTHER INFORMATION
One of 81 Republicans who joined with Democrats to preserve $315M funding for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a non-profit agency with a history of bias against conservatives.
"One of 17 Republicans who voted for H.R. 1834 to add new Affordable Care Act subsidies to cover abortion without the protections the Hyde Amendment prohibiting use of taxpayers dollars to fund abortion."
This candidate voted for H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act, which would prohibit federal health programs from using discriminatory measures known as Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs.) A vote for the bill is a pro-life position that indicates opposition to reducing or eliminating care for people with various disabilities and chronic conditions.
Candidate's D+ grade from The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
One of 149 House Republicans who voted for H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which suspended the nation's debt limit through January 1, 2025. A vote for H.R. 3746 allows the government to spend without limitation for 19 months at an expected cost of $4 trillion.
On final vote in Dec. 2022, this candidate voted in favor of HR 8404 repealing the Defense of Marriage Act
