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Midterms 2026 · US House

CA-22 House race: David Valadao vs Randy Villegas

How the candidates in the California's 22nd district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Toss-up

DV

David Valadao

Republican · incumbent

Absolutes0.3
Threat & fear0.2
Vague promise0.1

Hostility this week 0.3 / 10, 0.4 below their usual 0.7.

Audience impact, 30 days: +1.7 leans reassuring

19 Oct 2026 · Congressional Record

On July 1, 1996, the plan was established to ensure that working families and vulnerable residents in the Central Valley could see a doctor close to home. Three decades later, Kern Family Health Care serves as the county's only public and locally governed…

Audience impact +5 reassures or unites

16 Oct 2026 · KVPR (Central California)

People who have the ability to work have the ability to either volunteer in their community, go to school or get a job and they can continue to get their benefits. We need people to actually put in and make a fair effort to try to cover their expenses and be…
Absolutes

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

14 Oct 2026 · Office of Rep. Valadao

The proposed rulemaking would fundamentally reshape the nationwide Head Start program by eliminating performance standards that have been central to its success for decades. While the administration describes the proposal as an effort to modernize the program…

Audience impact −1 leans negative

9 Oct 2026 · Congressional Record

The namesake of the historic park, Colonel Allen Allensworth, was born into slavery in Kentucky in 1842. He escaped, served in the [[Page E1049]] U.S. Navy during the Civil War, and became an ordained Baptist minister. As a minister, he saw the need for…
Threat & fear

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

All statements from David Valadao →

RV
Absolutes1.1
Threat & fear0.2
Labeling0.1

Hostility this week 0.0 / 10, 1.2 below their usual 1.2.

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.8 leans reassuring

20 Oct 2026 · latimes.com

confidence in our election process and the steps being taken to address and prevent duplicate ballots from being counted.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

19 Oct 2026 · dailykos.com

We deserve better than a chickenshit representative. We deserve somebody who’s actually going to stand up for working families, who’s going to stand up for our immigrant communities, and who’s actually going to walk the walk when it comes to supporting…

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

16 Oct 2026 · KVPR (Central California)

He publicly promised that he would not cut Medicaid. And when push came to shove, he was the deciding vote on this big ‘B.S.’ bill that is going to rip away health care from Valley families to give $1.1 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans in this…

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

14 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

The issues that we are talking about on this campaign are actually popular across the political spectrum. I think [Gray] is somebody who shows up for the Central Valley and I am somebody who shows up for the Central Valley.

Audience impact 0 neutral

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