ICYMI: Valadao’s $2.9M War Chest Dominates While Democrats Fight Each Other

In case you missed it, while Socialist Randy Villegas and Progressive Jasmeet Bains burn cash tearing each other apart in a nasty primary fight, Congressman David Valadao is doing what winners do: building a massive war chest and consolidating support across the Central Valley. New filings show Valadao raised over $757,000 and now holds nearly $2.9 million cash on hand.

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Villegas, Bains neck-and-neck in cash battle. But Valadao’s war chest is ballooning.
SJV Sun
Reid Stone
Apr 19, 2026

The intra-party battle for one of the nation’s most highly-coveted Congressional seats is still a campaign finance dogfight.

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Villegas closed out the first quarter of 2026 raising $450,909.46 and ending March with $718,980.45 in the bank.

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Rep, David Valadao (R-Hanford), the longtime south Valley rep, closed out the first quarter raising $1,087,961. and expanded his war chest to $2,880,261.02.

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