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Chris Mathys
Chris Mathys (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 22nd Congressional District. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Chris 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.[1]
Mathys has been affiliated with the National Rifle Association, American Legion, Valley Taxpayers Coalition Inc, and the Knights of Columbus.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024
California's 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
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 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David G. Valadao (R) | 53.4 | 89,484 |
 | Rudy Salas (D) | 46.6 | 78,023 | |
| Total votes: 167,507 | |||
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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 | |
| Total votes: 62,549 | |||
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Election 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 |
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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." |
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Endorsements
2022
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Total votes: 56,029 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Tarasevic (Independent)
- Andreas Borgeas (R)
- Jorge Sanchez Hernandez (D)
2020
See also: New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 2
Yvette Herrell defeated incumbent Xochitl Torres Small and Steve Jones in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Yvette Herrell (R) | 53.7 | 142,283 |
 | Xochitl Torres Small (D) | 46.3 | 122,546 | |
 | Steve Jones (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 117 | |
| Total votes: 264,946 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2
Incumbent Xochitl Torres Small advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Xochitl Torres Small | 100.0 | 48,095 |
| Total votes: 48,095 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2
Yvette Herrell defeated Claire Chase and Chris Mathys in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yvette Herrell | 44.7 | 26,968 |
 | Claire Chase | 31.5 | 19,017 | |
| Chris Mathys | 23.8 | 14,378 | |
| Total votes: 60,363 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 5
Stephen Fischmann defeated Ben L. Hall in the general election for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephen Fischmann (D) | 54.4 | 67,616 |
 | Ben L. Hall (R) | 45.6 | 56,615 | |
| Total votes: 124,231 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 5
Stephen Fischmann defeated incumbent Sandy Jones in the Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 5 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephen Fischmann | 52.4 | 13,415 |
| Sandy Jones | 47.6 | 12,201 | ||
| Total votes: 25,616 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 5
Ben L. Hall defeated Chris Mathys and Joseph Bizzell in the Republican primary for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 5 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben L. Hall | 36.1 | 5,513 |
| Chris Mathys | 35.9 | 5,486 | |
| Joseph Bizzell | 28.1 | 4,293 | ||
| Total votes: 15,292 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Chris Mathys did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Chris Mathys completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mathys' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I grew up on a farm in Sanger near Fresno, Ca where my parents instilled my love for God, family, country, and the value of hard work. My education includes graduating from Fresno State and then I received an MBA from the University of the Southwest located in Hobbs, New Mexico
My proudest achievement is serving in the army in the Southern Command in Panama. My experience in the military taught me as Americans we have the right to keep and bear arms, that freedom is not free, and for America to be strong, we must enforce our borders and make sure immigrants come to America legally to work and not take advantage of our benefits.
As part of my training in the Army and college education, I learned to speak Spanish fluently which has been very useful as I campaign throughout the district..
My business background is in commercial real estate and lending with Oro Financial of Ca. Inc. in Fresno and cattle ranching at Mercey Ranch in Firebaugh which was founded over 100 years ago by
spanish-basque settlers.I have been involved in government as a conservative member of the Fresno City Council and with the Valley Taxpayer’s Coalition, Inc. which monitored wasteful government spending. I would be honored to have your vote
- 1. Defend our conservative values making sure republicans in name only like David Valadao and Liz Cheney who voted to impeach President Trump do not represent us in congress
- 2. Voter integrity is vital in holding free and fair election. We must stop voter fraud and make sure only American citizens vote.
- 3. Building more water storage projects like the Temperance-Flat dam so farmers and ranchers have a stable water supply instead of releasing water into the ocean.
I am most passionate about reducing government mandates and regulations. Farmers and ranchers can’t get enough water and the government uses the Delta Smelt as a reason to reduce the flow of surface water. We can build a high speed rail project but don’t have the resources to build a new dam.
Finally, knowing when to quit, America does not need career politicians. Elected officials should only serve a couple of terms and then return to the private sector.,
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2020
Chris Mathys did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Chris Mathys participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Chris Mathys's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Occupation:
Las Cruces Businessman working in New Mexico, California, and Colorado. Qualified Real Estate Broker – Commercial Lender City of Residence: Las Cruces, New Mexico Relevant experience: United States Army, Conservative Republican member of the Fresno City Council, National Rifle Association, New Mexico Right to Life Committee, Knights of Columbus Education: MBA, University of the Southwest, Hobbs, New Mexico Bachelor’s Degree in political science, Fresno State As a businessman, I understand the need for excellent customer service. I realize that the money government spends comes from hard-working taxpayers. I will bring strong, Conservative leadership as your Commissioner. I will fight the environmentalists, progressives and RINOs from leading us to more expensive and unreliable sources of power.[3][4] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Consumer protection and customer service will be my highest priority. The investor-owned utilities are represented by lawyers and lobbyists. I will fight to insure consumers and small business owners are treated fairly and receive the customer service they deserve.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 27, 2021
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Chris Mathys's responses," May 7, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
