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CA-22 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED

David G. Valadao

CA-22 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 47.9. V0.9 replaces the flat 0.70 cap with the same partial-coverage rule the Democratic route uses: 65% of the route's evidence is available, so the weighted mean of 55.7 is scaled by 0.860, moving the score +6.1. V0.10 refreshes incumbent finance from the FEC candidate summary through 2026-06-30, leaving the score unchanged.

Priority score47.9#2,271 of 5,726Tie of 3

THE MEMBER

Record

David G. Valadao is the current Republican House member for CA-22. The retained congressional history records 11.6 cumulative years of House service through the source cutoff.

First House service
Jan 3, 2013
District changes
1
Alignment gap
Not in this score
Bioguide record
V000129

THE DISTRICT

CA-22

CA-22 recorded a R+5.8 presidential margin in 2024. The incumbent reported $3,365,587 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. This route surfaces potentially competitive Republican-held districts without inventing Democratic-primary, AIPAC, or alignment evidence.

2024 presidential margin
R+5.8
Cash on hand
$3,365,587
Receipts / disbursements
$4,927,602 / $1,607,550
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Republican-held flip screen
Baseline score
59.7

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

General-election competitiveness

76.7

The retained 2024 presidential result was R+5.8. A tied district begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.

Democratic primary

Not in this score

Not applicable to this Republican-held general-election route; no Democratic-primary value is imputed.

AIPAC support

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained candidate-level AIPAC model covers the Democratic incumbent field.

Incumbent alignment

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained alignment trackers cover Democratic incumbents.

Cash vulnerability

8.6

The FEC candidate summary snapshot (2026-06-30) reports $3,365,587 cash on hand, replacing the $3,365,587 release aggregate. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

State Democratic primary contestation

Not in this score

No retained state-legislative Democratic primary catalog records uncontested contests for this state, so the component is omitted and the available weight is renormalized.

HOUSE HISTORY

Recorded service

2013–2015CA-21Completed term
2015–2017CA-21Completed term
2017–2019CA-21Completed term
2021–2023CA-21Completed term
2023–2025CA-22Completed term
2025–nowCA-22Current at source cutoff

Formula v0.9 Republican-held route: renormalized 0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state Democratic primary contestation (65% of component weight available) × 0.860 coverage multiplier; the former flat 0.70 cap is removed; v0.10 refreshes cash vulnerability from the FEC candidate summary snapshot

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record