◆ The candidate record

David Valadao

Born 04/14/1977 · Hanford, CA
A
22 sourced actions
◆ The seat
OFFICE
House
DISTRICT
California · 22
PARTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY
STATUS
Incumbent
ELECTION
2026-11-03
Joint LibraryHouse BudgetHouse Appropriations
◆ The record
22
SOURCED ACTIONS
18
FLOOR VOTES
1
FEC TRANSACTIONS
22 / 0
PRO / ANTI-2A
5
SCORECARDS
2026-07-14
LATEST ACTION
Community

The record (22)

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Graded on 22 sourced actions

FEC-recorded money between Second Amendment committees and this candidate, and recorded floor votes on gun bills, each with its official source. Community sentiment below never moves this grade.

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Contact David Valadao

  • WASHINGTON, D.C. · 2465 Rayburn HOB · Washington, DC · 20515
  • CAMPAIGN · Post Office Box 839 · Hanford, CA · 93232

Interest-group scorecards (5)

How advocacy groups on both sides score this candidate, reprinted as published. These are the groups’ judgments, not ours, and they never enter the grade above.

National
0%2015-2016
3 earlier ratings
  • 2013-20140%
  • 1990-201640%
  • 1990-201480%
About this group

The mission of the Brady organization and its Million Mom March is to create a safer America by cutting gun deaths in half by 2025.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

National
62%2024
9 earlier ratings
  • 2023100%
  • 2021-202275%
  • 202169%
  • 202069%
  • 2017-201850%
  • 2015-201670%
  • 201570%
  • 201470%
  • 201390%
About this group

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

National
92%2024
7 earlier ratings
  • 202283%
  • 202092%
  • 201892%
  • 2016-202283%
  • 201693%
  • 201493%
  • 201293%
About this group

The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire. NRA relies on a very simple premise: when provided with the facts, the nation's elected officials will recognize that "gun control" schemes are an infringement on the Second Amendment and a proven failure in fighting crime. The importance of this premise lies in the knowledge that, as one U.S. Congressman put it: "The gun lobby is people."

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

California
36%2010
About this group

The NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is NRA's political action committee. The NRA-PVF ranks political candidates - irrespective of party affiliation - based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire. [...] NRA relies on a very simple premise: when provided with the facts, the nation's elected officials will recognize that "gun control" schemes are an infringement on the Second Amendment and a proven failure in fighting crime. The importance of this premise lies in the knowledge that, as one U.S. Congressman put it: "The gun lobby is people.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

National
100%2021-2022
1 earlier rating
  • 2018100%
About this group

To promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 12,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers.

The group’s description of itself, reprinted as published.

Background

Education
  • Attended, College of the Sequoias, 1996-1998
Profession
  • Chair, Regional Leadership Council, Land O' Lakes, Incorporated
  • Managing Partner, Valadao Dairy, present
Political career
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2012-present
  • Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2010-2012
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 2020
+2 more
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, 2023-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, 2022, 2024, 2026

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