WHERE
Where do David Valadao's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $4.9M
- Total spent
- $4.9M
- Cash on hand
- $46K
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$1.5M(31%)
- PACs$2.2M(45%)
- Political parties$26K(1%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$1.2M(24%)
“Other receipts” in FEC candidate totals covers transfers from other committees the candidate controls, offsets to operating expenditures, refunded contributions, and interest — not itemized donor activity. FEC's itemized filings hold the detail.
Top industries
Of $847K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.
- General Business$535K
- Agriculture & Food$96K
- Finance & Real Estate$59K
- Technology & Media$46K
- Energy & Natural Resources$35K
An additional $523Kin itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.
Vote-finance correlation
Data through Apr 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [107]
David Valadao voted on 107 bills. He received $4,253,932.11 in donations. There is no overall pattern between donations and votes. This is because no sector received donations. Valadao voted on 43 Energy/Natural Resources bills. He voted yea 83.7% of the time. He voted on 19 Finance/Insurance/Real Estate bills. He voted yea 78.9% of the time. He voted on 12 Lawyers & Lobbyists bills. He voted yea 91.7% of the time. He voted on 18 Defense bills. He voted yea 66.7% of the time.
Fewer than 5 other members of the CA House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.
This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology