David Valadao

Either ballot can be submitted.

Of course, Tulare County voters are part of the race for District 22 between Randy Villegas and David Valadao.

That race does have the potential to impact the balance of power in the House of Representatives.

Both Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Bernie Sanders were recently in the, uh, valley to campaign for the two candidates.

I'm not, like, an S-tier analyst of financial spreadsheets, but just, like, looking through her FEC filings, I didn't really see any evidence that she has dedicated campaign staff.

Like, if you, you know, you know, behind the curtain, like, I, I was looking through David Valadao, who's, like, one of the most at-risk Republicans in California, like very, very, very experienced campaign operation, and, like, if you look at his filings and expenditures next to Spartz's, Spartz's, like, there's no comparison.

You know, she's got a vendor for mail, she's got a vendor for media buying, like, but there's, there's, like, no recurring e- expenses to staff.

So, like, I'm not really quite sure she even has a campaign.

I...

Look, I, there was a point where I stopped voting for David Valadao in California because he was such a RINO.

I'm not telling you to vote for bad Republicans.

But we have to realize what the stakes are, otherwise we're gonna lose this country.

Well, I can't call him the ultimate survivor, 'cause Donald Trump is in the White House right now.

Um, what about David Valadao in California? Can, can he pull it off again?

Uh, no. No.

I, I, w- I mean, let's say a 6% chance.

I hope you get my point.

But overall, Dwayne Graham says Republican incumbent Representative David Valadao here asked to justify sending millions of dollars worth of weapons to Israel, gives a rather startling defense.

The response from Randy, uh, Villegas is also worth watching.

But so the incumbent, meaning this is the person that's currently in power, like realize that these people will blindly support Israel even though nobody in these co- uh, the country, as we just showed you, or a thousand other polls, do not support this country.

Today on The Breakdown, the fight for control of California's swing congressional districts and what they could tell us about Democrats' path forward beyond 2026.

This week, Central Valley Republican Congressman David Valadao and his Democratic challenger, college professor Randy Villegas, faced off in a debate.

We'll talk to Fox 40 anchor Nikki Laurenzo about the showdown in Bakersfield.

She moderated the debate and is host of the weekly show Inside California Politics.

And Vegas really went on the attack on that.

I know the pain that you are feeling at the gas pump right now.

And this is a direct result of David Valadao's vote to support the war in Iran and vote to support the war in Iran, not once, not twice, but six times, which has led to record-breaking prices for gas and diesel.

And it's unacceptable that we have a member of Congress who continues to support endless wars overseas while Valley families struggle right here at home.