| State: | California |
| District Number: | 22 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections) |
| Representative: | David Valadao |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Hanford |
| Population: | 775,019 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $54,697[1] |
| Percent White: | 15.8 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 73.2 |
| Percent Black: | 4.5 |
| Percent Asian: | 3.6 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 1.8 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.1 |
| Cpvi: | D+5[2] |
California's 22nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is represented by David Valadao, who formerly represented California's 21st congressional district from 2013 to 2019 and 2021 to 2023. As of, this district, alongside New York's 4th, is the most Democratic-leaning congressional district represented by a Republican, with a partisan lean of D+5.[2] It was also one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.
Following redistricting in 2021, the district is still in the San Joaquin Valley. It includes most of Kings County and parts of Tulare and Kern counties. It includes the east side of Bakersfield; the west and south sides of Tulare, the south side of Hanford; and all of Porterville, Lindsay, Shafter, Wasco, Delano, McFarland, Arvin, Lamont, and Corcoran.[3] The new 22nd is a majority-Latino district.
| Year | U.S. President | U.S. Senator (Class 1) | U.S. Senator (Class 3) | Governor of California | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Clinton 41.1–35.4% | Feinstein 48.7–43.3% | Herschensohn 47.6–43.5% | — | |||
| 1994 | — | Huffington 46.9–43.5% | — | Wilson 58.2–37.7% | |||
| 1996 | Dole 44.2–44.0% | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | — | — | ?? | ?? | |||
| 2000 | Bush 48.8–44.6%[4] | Feinstein 47.8–42.7%[5] | — | — | |||
| 2002 | — | — | — | Simon 64.3–28.8%[6] | |||
| 2003 | — | — | — | Recall: Yes 76.8–23.2%[7] | |||
| Schwarzenegger 62.9–15.6%[8] | |||||||
| 2004 | Bush 67.9–31.0%[9] | — | Jones 59.7–35.5%[10] | — | |||
| 2006 | — | Mountjoy 57.3–37.4%[11] | — | Schwarzenegger 73.8–22.0%[12] | |||
| 2008 | McCain 59.7–38.3%[13] | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | — | — | Fiorina 63.9–28.8% | Whitman 58.5–34.4% | |||
| 2012 | Romney 56.6–41.6% | Emken 56.8–43.2% | — | — | |||
| 2014 | — | — | — | Kashkari 60.3–39.7% | |||
| 2016 | Trump 52.1–42.6% | — | Harris 52.7–47.3% | — | |||
| 2018 | — | de Leon 55.7–43.3% | — | Cox 56.8–43.2% | |||
| 2020 | Trump 51.6–46.2% | — | — | — | |||
| 2021 | — | — | — | Recall: Yes 58.2–41.8%[14] | |||
| 2022 | — | — | Padilla 51.2–48.8% | Dahle 52.1–47.9%[15] |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Kern | Bakersfield | 916,108 | |
| 31 | Kings | Hanford | 152,981 | |
| 107 | Tulare | Visalia | 477,433 |
| Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | District location (counties) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1943 | |||||||||
| align=left | John J. Phillips | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the . | 1943–1953 Imperial, Orange, Riverside | |||
| align=left | Joseph F. Holt | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired. | 1953–1983 Los Angeles | |||
| align=left | James C. Corman | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1975 | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to the . | ||||
Carlos J. Moorhead | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | ||||||
| 1983–1993 Los Angeles (northern L.A. suburbs) | |||||||||
| align=left | Michael Huffington | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 1993–2003 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | |||
| align=left | Andrea Seastrand | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | Elected in 1994. Lost re-election. | ||||
| align=left | Walter Capps | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1997 – October 28, 1997 | Elected in 1996. Died. | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | October 28, 1997 – March 17, 1998 | |||||||
| align=left | Lois Capps | Democratic | nowrap | March 17, 1998 – January 3, 2003 | Elected to finish her husband's term. Re-elected later in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Bill Thomas | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired. | 2003–2013 Kern, Los Angeles (Lancaster), inland San Luis Obispo | |||
| align=left | Kevin McCarthy | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Devin Nunes | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 1, 2022 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned to become CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group. | 2013–2023 Fresno, Tulare (Fresno, Clovis, Tulare, Visalia) | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 2022 – June 14, 2022 | |||||||
| align=left | Connie Conway | Republican | nowrap | June 14, 2022 – January 3, 2023 | Elected to finish Nunes' term. Redistricted to the and retired. | ||||
| align=left | David Valadao | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present Kings, Tulare, and Kern | |||