David Valadao
Bio | David Valadao works in California’s agricultural industry, and is especially involved in the dairy industry. He previously served as the US Representative for California’s 21st district, but was unseated by incumbent TJ Cox in 2018. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of California |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, California |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election CA-21 | CA-21 | Yes | Running | 49.0% |
Campaign Financing | Based on his FEC filing, Valadao has raised about 70% of his finance via individual contributions, the remainder coming mostly from committees. |
Voting Rights | Valadao has not taken an explicit stance on voting rights. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Valadao does not support universal healthcare. Valadao has supported repealing the Affordable Care Act and is against any type of universal healthcare. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Valadao has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and is against socialized healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | For | Valadao has voted against anything which would phase out or interfere with private insurance in terms of covering healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Valadao does not support LGBT rights. Valadao has voted against the legalization of same-sex marriage and other bills which would support LGBT rights. |
| Taxes | Against | Valadao does not support raising taxes and has voted for several tax cuts. During the 115th Congress, Valado voted in favor of the HR-1 tax cut bill, and has written in favor of it. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Nuance | Though Valadao has not spoken specifically in favor of flat taxes, he has voted in favor of policies that moved the US towards a flat[er] tax rate. During the 115th Congress, Valado voted in favor of the HR-1 tax cut bill, and has written in favor of it. |
| Abortion | Against | Valado has voted in favor of policies to restrict immigration. He is rated at 100% (always votes in favor of) by the Right-To-Life Committee, and voted in favor of HR 4712, a house bill against abortion. |
| Gun Control | Against | Valadao is against stricter gun control measures. He has voted in favor of a bill which would allow expanding the concealed carry and is rated at 93% by the NRA. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on assisted suicide. He has voted in favor of a bill which would allow expanding the concealed carry and is rated at 93% by the NRA. |
| Government Interference | Against | Valado has argued for market-based solutions rather than government intervention. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Planned Parenthood has organized protests against Valadao in 2017 for his votes on healthcare. |
| Welfare | Against | Valadao does not support welfare and has voted to reduce its prevalence. Valadao has voted to increase work requirements on welfare recipients and lower the number of people receiving welfare. |
| Welfare | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | For | Valadao has voted in support of bills making it easier to seek the death penalty. In 2017, he voted towards making it easier to seek the death penalty for an assault on first responders. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on mandatory minimum prison sentences. |
| Military Spending | For | Valadao claims that the military is underfunded and that it needs to be given more money in order to be revitalized. |
| War on Terrorism | Nuance | Valadao has written in support of US military intervention in the Middle East, but does not seem to have a strong stance. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Valadao has spoken out in favor of international intervention. He has spoken out in favor of US intervention against Iran through both economic and possibly military matters, and supports what is needed to prevent other countries from gaining access to nuclear weapons/technology. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | For | Valadao supports free markets over government interference. Valadao has voted in support of rolling back regulations and letting the free market work. |
| Brexit | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on affirmative action. |
| Government Spending | Against | Valadao supports reducing the amount of government spending overall. |
| Charter Schools | For | Valadao has spoken out against the government policies benefiting public schools over charter schools and supports school-choice policies. |
| Common Core | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on the Common Core. N/A |
| Clean Energy | Against | Valadao has consistently voted against clean energy action. Though he has occasionally written in support of it, Valadao has voted against carbon taxes and the Clean Air Act. |
| Religious Freedom | For | Valadao has supported religious freedom while in Congress. He created the American Sikh Congressional Caucus along with Representative Judy Chu (CA-27) as part of an effort to "preserve religious freedom". |
| Separation of Church and State | For | He is a proponent of the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | He does not have a public position yet on slavery reparations |
| Border Control | Nuance | Valadao has spoken in favor of immigration but voted for stricter border measures. In 2018, Valadao was criticized by immigration groups for his support of the Border Security and Immigration Act, which would have tightened border security, although he has also spoken in favor of citizenship for undocumented immigrants. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | He does not have a public stance yet on such profiling. |
| DACA | For | Valadao has spoken out in favor of DACA and giving "Dreamers" a path to citizenship. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Nuance | Valadao hedged on sanctuary cities during the 2018 election—he spoke out against them, but also disagreed with economic punishments. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Nuance | In the 2018 election, Valadao claimed to support medical marijuana as a concept, but opposes current legislation and recreational use. |