California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

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California's 22nd Congressional District
Top-two primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 8, 2023
Primary: March 5, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent: David G. Valadao (D)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in California
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2024): D+5 Cook Political Report: Toss-up DDHQ and The Hill: Toss-up Inside Elections: Toss-up Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
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Incumbent David G. Valadao (R) and Rudy Salas (D) advanced from the top-two primary for California's 22nd Congressional District on March 5, 2024. Valadao and Salas received 33% and 30.5% of the vote, respectively, and competed in the general election on Nov. 5, 2024. In a top-two primary, all candidates are listed on the same ballot, and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of their partisan affiliations. Melissa Hurtado (D) and Chris Mathys (R) also ran in the primary.

Valadao and Salas ran against one another in the 2022 general election. Mathys finished in third place in the 2022 top-two primary.

Salas was the only Democrat running that year, and he won 45% of the vote in the first round of voting to advance to the general. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the Democratic Party of California endorsed Salas in 2024.

Valadao won the second spot in the 2022 general election by beating Mathys 25.6% to 23.4% to advance to the general election.

Valadao went on to defeat Salas 51.5% to 48.5%, becoming one of 14 Republicans to win in a district that President Joe Biden (D) won in 2020.

Valadao said he ran because the district needs strong and practical leadership in Congress. He said, “I’ll continue to be an independent member of Congress who will stand up to the divisive partisanship in Washington D.C., get things done to grow our local economy, and deliver more water for our farmers and communities.” Valadao campaigned on providing clean water to the district, supporting farmers and ranchers, and protecting veteran services.

Mathys said he was an America First candidate, a term often associated with the platform of former President Donald Trump (R) and candidates who say they support Trump's agenda. Mathys had criticized Valadao for voting to impeach Trump in 2021. Mathys said he believed that “life begins at conception, children should be allowed to pray in school, and family values come from our parents, and not from the socialist deep state.” He supported finishing the border wall and said he believed in limited government and fiscal responsibility. Mathys supported term limits for Congress members and said that “transparency in hospital and practitioner billing would also encourage competition resulting in lower medicine prices.”

Salas is a former member of the California state Assembly. He campaigned on lowering drug costs, increasing public safety funding, clean water infrastructure, overtime pay for farm workers, and expanding veterans’ and workers’ rights.

Hurtado was a member of the California Senate. She campaigned on improving the water supply in the district, increasing school funding, and expanding career technical education programs. On healthcare, Hurtado said she is running on protecting Medicare, bringing more healthcare professionals to the district, and lowering prescription drug costs. Hurtado said that she will increase resources for emergency response, fire safety, and law enforcement. Hurtado said she will work to create a pathway to citizenship for immigrants.

This page focuses on California's 22nd Congressional District's top-two primary. For more in-depth information on the district's general election, see the following page:

• California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024

Candidates and election results

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 22

Incumbent David G. Valadao and Rudy Salas defeated Chris Mathys and Melissa Hurtado in the primary for U.S. House California District 22 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David G. Valadao (R)	32.7	20,479
✔		Rudy Salas (D)	31.3	19,592
		Chris Mathys (R)	22.0	13,745
		Melissa Hurtado (D)	14.0	8,733

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,549
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Voting information

See also: Voting in California

Election information in California: March 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: March 5, 2024
• By mail: Postmarked by Feb. 20, 2024
• Online: Feb. 20, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: N/A
• By mail: N/A by N/A
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: March 5, 2024
• By mail: Postmarked by March 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Varies to March 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (PST)

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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David G. Valadao

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

• U.S. House of Representatives (Assumed office: 2013)
• California State Assembly (2010-2012)

Biography:  Valadao was born and raised in California, and his parents came to the U.S. from Portugal. Valadao received his diploma from Hanford High School and attended the College of the Sequoias. He worked as regional leadership council chairman for Land O'Lakes Inc. Valadao’s professional experience includes working on his family farm.

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Key Messages

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Valadao campaigned on protecting the Central Valley water supply. He said "a safe and stable water supply is critical to the Central Valley and the State’s $54 billion agriculture industry. In Congress, he will fight to address our local needs during the drought."

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Valadao said immigration is one of his top priorities. He supported developing a guest-worker program for undocumented immigrants who work in the district’s agricultural sector. Valadao said that he would work to make the border as secure as possible by supporting the use of barriers, buying and implementing technology such as autonomous cameras, and hiring more border patrol agents.

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Valadao said Salas’ agenda was too liberal. Valadao's campaign website said that he "can't sit silent and let Rudy Salas pursue a radical liberal agenda that will hurt our communities. The Central Valley needs a full-time Representative that people can be proud of and trust."

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Sources: David Valadao for Congress, "Home," accessed February 16, 2024David Valadao for Congress, "News," accessed February 16, 2024KGET.com, "Interview with 22nd Congressional District Incumbent Rep. David Valadao," accessed February 16, 2024; David Valadao for Congress

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 22 in 2024.

Melissa Hurtado

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

• California State Senate (Assumed office: 2018)
• Sanger City Council (2016-2018)

Biography:  Hurtado is the daughter of immigrant parents and the first in her family to graduate from college. She grew up in the Central Valley and returned to the valley after getting her degree at Sacramento State University.

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Key Messages

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Hurtado said that a clean and reliable water supply is important for families in the Central Valley. Her campaign website said, "Hurtado will build on her record as fierce advocate for the valley who can deliver real results to improve the Valley's water supplies."

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Hurtado's campaign website wrote about her experience as a healthcare advocate and organizer for Planned Parenthood. Hurtado said she would "fight to protect Medicare, bring more health care professionals to Valley and keep life-saving drug costs low."

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Hurtado introduced the Food for All Act to the California state Senate in 2023 which would provide older undocumented immigrants access to food assistance. On immigration, Hurtado also supported creating a pathway to citizenship for immigrants.

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On public safety, Hurtado’s campaign website said she worked in the California Senate to toughen penalties for human trafficking, secure funding for a fire training center in the Valley, and support a law to prevent fentanyl overdoses in California.

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Sources: Melissa Hurtado for Congress, "Issues," accessed February 9, 2024The Sun Gazette, "Hurtado reintroduces Food for All Act to feed undocumented immigrants," accessed February 16, 2024; Democrat Melissa Hurtado for Congress, "Home," accessed February 9, 2024Ballotpedia, "Melissa Hurtado," accessed February 9, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 22 in 2024.

Chris Mathys

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  Mathys grew up in Sanger, California. Mathys' professional experience includes running his family cattle ranch and working in commercial real estate. He served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1995. Mathys graduated from Fresno State in 2015 and received his graduate degree from the University of the Southwest in 2018. His professional experience includes managing the Mercey Cattle Ranch in Firebaugh, California.

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Key Messages

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Mathys has identified himself as an America First candidate, a term often associated with the platform of former President Donald Trump (R) and candidates who say they support Trump's agenda. Mathys said he supports school prayer, believes in family values, is anti-abortion, supports finishing the border wall, and believes in eradicating socialism.

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Mathys criticized Valadao's vote to impeach former president Donald Trump in 2021. Mathys' campaign website said, "When real courage was required, Valadao sold us out to curry favor with the liberal media."

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Sources: Mathys for Congress, "Home," accessed February 8, 2024Mathys for Congress, "Home," accessed February 8, 2024; Ballotpedia, "Chris Mathys," accessed February 8, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 22 in 2024.

Rudy Salas

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

• California State Assembly (2012-2022)
  
• Bakersfield City Council (2010-2012)

Biography:  Salas was born in Bakersfield, California. He earned bachelors' degrees in political science and history from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2000. His professional experience includes working as a counselor at California State University, Bakersfield, and as a campaign coordinator and district director for former state Sen. Dean Florez (D). He was a member of the California State Assembly, representing District 32 from 2012 to 2022.

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Key Messages

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Salas campaigned on his record in the California State Assembly, saying, "I’ve proven over the last decade that I’ve been able to deliver for Central Valley families. Whether that’s direct funding in millions of dollars to expand nursing programs, bring new buildings, public safety, clean drinking water."

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Salas has criticized Valadao’s stance on abortion. He said, "we need leadership who will protect the right to choose in federal law, instead of imposing government restrictions on women's healthcare."

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Salas said he will be an independent voice in Congress. "Even if it’s standing up to my own party — we saw that when I voted against the gas tax, for instance — people know that I will stand up for Central Valley families no matter what.”

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Sources: The Bakersfield Californian, "Rudy Salas announces bid for Congress," October 18, 2021The Bakersfield Californian, "Candidates color outside partisan lines in purple district," May 14, 2022Facebook, "Rudy Salas for Congress," June 25, 2022; Official website for Assemblymember Rudy Salas, "Biography," accessed Septembre 5, 2022Rudy Salas for Congress, "Meet Rudy," accessed February 5, 2024Ballotpedia, "Rudy Salas," accessed February 5, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 22 in 2024.

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Campaign ads

David G. Valadao

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Melissa Hurtado

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Chris Mathys

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Rudy Salas

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Endorsements

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• Rudy Salas

Election competitiveness

Polls

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Race ratings

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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Toss-up	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican	Tilt Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Republican	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Election Spending

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
David G. Valadao	Republican Party	$4,912,595	$4,915,499	$45,536	As of December 31, 2024
Rudy Salas	Democratic Party	$6,515,960	$6,323,925	$206,443	As of December 31, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.

If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.

By candidate	By election
David G. Valadao Melissa Hurtado Chris Mathys Rudy Salas	Open Secrets Federal Election Commission

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in California.

California U.S. House primary competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested top-two primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	52	52	7	241	52	42	80.8%	36	80.0%
2022	52	52	5	272	52	52	100.0%	47	100.0%
2020	53	53	4	262	53	47	88.7%	32	64.0%
2018	53	53	2	244	53	41	77.4%	39	76.5%
2016	53	53	4	202	53	40	75.5%	36	73.5%
2014	53	53	6	209	53	38	71.7%	32	68.1%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in California in 2024. Information below was calculated on 1/16/2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Two-hundred forty-one candidates filed to run for California's 52 U.S. House districts in 2024, including 125 Democrats, 88 Republicans, and 28 independent or minor party candidates. That’s 4.63 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of congressional districts in California decreased from 53 to 52 following the 2020 census, 5.2 candidates filed per district. In 2020, when the state still had 53 Congressional districts, 4.94 candidates filed per district. In 2018, 4.6 candidates filed.

The 241 candidates who ran in California in 2024 were the fewest total number of candidates since 2016, when 202 candidates ran. Forty-five incumbents—34 Democrats and 11 Republicans—ran for re-election. That was fewer than in 2022, when 47 incumbents ran. Six districts were open, one more than in 2022, and the most since 2014, when six districts were also open.

Incumbents Barbara Lee (D-12th), Adam Schiff (D-30th), and Katie Porter (D-47th) ran for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Incumbent Sen. Laphonza Butler (D) didn't run for re-election. Incumbents Grace Napolitano (D-31st), Tony Cárdenas (D-29th), and Anna Eshoo (D-16th) retired from public office. One incumbent—Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-20th)—left Congress before the end of his term. A special election was held to fill his seat before the general election.

Fifteen candidates—12 Democrats, two Republicans, and one nonpartisan—ran in the open 30th district, the most candidates running for a seat in 2024.

Forty-two primaries were contested, the fewest since 2018, when 41 were contested. All 52 primaries were contested in 2022, and 47 were in 2020. In California, which uses a top-two primary system, a primary is contested if more than two candidates file to run.

Incumbents ran in 35 of the 42 contested primaries. That’s lower than 2022, when 47 incumbents ran in contested primaries, but higher than every other year since 2014. In 2020, 32 incumbents faced contested primaries. Thirty-nine incumbents did so in 2018, 36 in 2016, and 32 in 2014.

Democratic candidates ran in every district. Republican candidates ran in every district except one—the 37th. Two Democrats, including incumbent Sydney Kamlage-Dove, one nonpartisan candidate, and one Peace and Freedom Party member ran in that district.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 22nd the 164th most Democratic district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in California's 22nd based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
55.3%	42.3%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district. The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
51.8	47.8	D+4.1

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in California, 2020

California presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 15 Democratic wins
• 15 Republican wins
• 1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	P	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

See also: Party control of California state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of California's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from California
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	43	45
Republican	0	9	9
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	52	54

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in California's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in California, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State	Shirley Weber
Attorney General	Rob Bonta

State legislature

California State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	32
	Republican Party	8
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		40

California State Assembly

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	62
	Republican Party	18
	Independent	1
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		80

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

California Party Control: 1992-2024
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
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Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Assembly	D	D	D	S	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Election context

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
California	U.S. House	All candidates	40-60	$1,740.00	12/8/2023	Source

District election history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

Regular election

See also: California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 22

Incumbent David G. Valadao defeated Rudy Salas in the general election for U.S. House California District 22 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David G. Valadao (R)	51.5	52,994
		Rudy Salas (D)	48.5	49,862

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 102,856
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 22

Rudy Salas and incumbent David G. Valadao defeated Chris Mathys and Adam Thomas Medeiros in the primary for U.S. House California District 22 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Salas (D)	45.2	25,337
✔		David G. Valadao (R)	25.6	14,331
		Chris Mathys (R)	23.4	13,111
		Adam Thomas Medeiros (R)	5.8	3,250

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,029
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Tarasevic (Independent)
• Andreas Borgeas (R)
• Jorge Sanchez Hernandez (D)

Special election

See also: California's 22nd Congressional District special election, 2022

General election

Special general election for U.S. House California District 22

Connie Conway defeated Lourin Hubbard in the special general election for U.S. House California District 22 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Connie Conway (R)	62.1	71,720
		Lourin Hubbard (D)	37.9	43,701

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 115,421
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 22

The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House California District 22 on April 5, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Connie Conway (R)	35.1	30,559
✔		Lourin Hubbard (D)	19.4	16,905
		Matt Stoll (R)	16.2	14,075
		Eric Garcia (D)	14.4	12,556
		Michael Maher (R)	8.7	7,619
		Elizabeth Heng (R)	6.2	5,391

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 87,105
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nathan Magsig (R)

2020

See also: California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 22

Incumbent Devin Nunes defeated Phil Arballo in the general election for U.S. House California District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Devin Nunes (R)	54.2	170,888
		Phil Arballo (D)	45.8	144,251

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 315,139
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 22

Incumbent Devin Nunes and Phil Arballo defeated Bobby Bliatout, Dary Rezvani, and Eric Garcia in the primary for U.S. House California District 22 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Devin Nunes (R)	56.1	94,686
✔		Phil Arballo (D)	25.0	42,218
		Bobby Bliatout (D)	13.1	22,078
		Dary Rezvani (D)	3.1	5,273
		Eric Garcia (No party preference)	2.7	4,515

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 168,770
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Heman Hill (Independent)

2018

See also: California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 22

Incumbent Devin Nunes defeated Andrew Janz in the general election for U.S. House California District 22 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Devin Nunes (R)	52.7	117,243
		Andrew Janz (D)	47.3	105,136

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 222,379
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 22

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 22 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Devin Nunes (R)	57.6	70,112
✔		Andrew Janz (D)	31.7	38,596
		Bobby Bliatout (D)	4.9	6,002
		Ricardo Franco (D)	3.6	4,365
		Brian T. Carroll (Independent)	1.3	1,591
		Bill Merryman (L)	0.9	1,137

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 121,803
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jose Sigala (D)
• Mallory Kremer (D)
• Paul Vargas (D)

Republican-held U.S. House district that Biden won

See also: U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2022 and won by Joe Biden in 2020

This is one of 14 U.S. House districts Republicans were defending that President Joe Biden (D) won in 2020. The map below highlights those districts. Hover over or click a district to see information such as the incumbent and the presidential vote counts.

2024 battleground elections

See also: Battlegrounds

This was a battleground election. Other 2024 battleground elections included:

• Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
• Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
• Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2024 (August 20 Republican primaries)

See also

California	2024 primaries	2024 U.S. Congress elections
California congressional delegation Voting in California California elections: 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018	Democratic primary battlegrounds Republican primary battlegrounds U.S. Senate Democratic primaries U.S. Senate Republican primaries U.S. House Democratic primaries U.S. House Republican primaries	U.S. Congress elections U.S. Senate elections U.S. House elections Special elections Ballot access

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Footnotes

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California's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Alex Padilla (D)

Adam Schiff (D)

Representatives

District 1

Doug LaMalfa (R)

District 2

Jared Huffman (D)

District 3

Kevin Kiley (R)

District 4

Mike Thompson (D)

District 5

Tom McClintock (R)

District 6

Ami Bera (D)

District 7

Doris Matsui (D)

District 8

John Garamendi (D)

District 9

Josh Harder (D)

District 10

Mark DeSaulnier (D)

District 11

Nancy Pelosi (D)

District 12

Lateefah Simon (D)

District 13

Adam Gray (D)

District 14

Eric Swalwell (D)

District 15

Kevin Mullin (D)

District 16

Sam Liccardo (D)

District 17

Ro Khanna (D)

District 18

Zoe Lofgren (D)

District 19

Jimmy Panetta (D)

District 20

Vince Fong (R)

District 21

Jim Costa (D)

District 22

David Valadao (R)

District 23

Jay Obernolte (R)

District 24

Salud Carbajal (D)

District 25

Raul Ruiz (D)

District 26

Julia Brownley (D)

District 27

George Whitesides (D)

District 28

Judy Chu (D)

District 29

Luz Rivas (D)

District 30

Laura Friedman (D)

District 31

Gil Cisneros (D)

District 32

Brad Sherman (D)

District 33

Pete Aguilar (D)

District 34

Jimmy Gomez (D)

District 35

Norma Torres (D)

District 36

Ted Lieu (D)

District 37

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)

District 38

Linda Sánchez (D)

District 39

Mark Takano (D)

District 40

Young Kim (R)

District 41

Ken Calvert (R)

District 42

Robert Garcia (D)

District 43

Maxine Waters (D)

District 44

Nanette Barragán (D)

District 45

Derek Tran (D)

District 46

Lou Correa (D)

District 47

Dave Min (D)

District 48

Darrell Issa (R)

District 49

Mike Levin (D)

District 50

Scott Peters (D)

District 51

Sara Jacobs (D)

District 52

Juan Vargas (D)

Democratic Party (45)

Republican Party (9)

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