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David G. Valadao

U.S. Representative · CA-22 · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
2.58· expected 1.41

Above expectations

Rank 37 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Valadao’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 29
  2. Action in committee 18
  3. Action beyond committee 9
  4. Passed chamber 6
  5. Became law 1

29 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 29 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 national policy

  • H.R. 2481 Romance Scam Prevention ActRequires financial institutions to implement measures preventing romance scams. AI-readBecame law Oct 20, 2026 · CommerceNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Valadao’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Valadao.

Valadao in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 12 missed of 674

Voted on 662 of 674 roll calls; missed 12. Higher than 53% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
94/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 207 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 464 votes that split the parties. Lower than 88% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
18/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +6

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 92% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.26

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Valadao’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Valadao’s effectiveness score.

1 national policy

How we count words
  • H.R. 2481 Romance Scam Prevention ActRequires financial institutions to implement measures preventing romance scams. AI-readCommerce · Became law Oct 20, 2026Substantive1.7k words National policy

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.