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United States House of Representatives
Randy Villegas
U.S. Representative CA-22 (2026 D Primary Candidate · Visalia Unified School Board trustee Area 6 since Dec 2021 · College of the Sequoias political-science professor · UCSC PhD politics · Bernie/AOC/DSA-aligned progressive)
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National Rank
#8,648 of 8,966 · bottom 3.5% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
June 2, 2026
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-19
Early voting: 2026-10-06 – 2026-11-03 (All-mail state — ballots mailed to every voter)
Elections office: (916) 657-2166
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State elections site: California Secretary of State — Elections Division
Official Profile
Background: Randy Villegas, born c.1995 Bakersfield CA to Mexican immigrants; first in family to earn a college degree. AA Bakersfield College; BA political science/history CSU Bakersfield; PhD Politics UC Santa Cruz (UAW grad-student union member, participated in COLA strikes). Political science professor College of the Sequoias (Visalia); trustee Area 6 Visalia Unified School District (appointed Dec 9 2021 by 4-1 board vote, elected Nov 2022). Co-owns family auto shop in Bakersfield. 2025 American Political Science Association Community College Faculty Award. Older brother Angel is DACA recipient. No-corporate-PACs progressive-populist platform.
Race standing 2026-06-05: LEADING for #2 slot (29.8% / 12,234 vs Bains 25.7% / 10,529 — ~1,300-vote margin, uncalled by AP, ~46% ballots outstanding). KEY ENDORSEMENTS: Bernie Sanders (Nov 2025) + Ro Khanna + Pramila Jayapal + Dolores Huerta + CA DSA + Working Families Party + UAW + CTA + Indivisible + Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC + Our Revolution + Leaders We Deserve (David Hogg) + BOLD PAC. NOT endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF endorsed Bains instead) — left abortion position unstated on Issues page. FEC H6CA22190: zero AIPAC/DMFI PAC money + 94.4% individual donors + only 5.6% PAC share of $1.75M raised. HARD-TRUE foreign_policy_restraint cross-cluster (q0+q1+q3): Issues page Foreign Policy 'No More Endless Wars — Whether it's Iraq, Afghanistan, or Palestine — Americans are sick of endless wars' + 'when it comes to war or bailing out other countries, we must get our priorities straight' + ActBlue 'Randy Rejects AIPAC' explicit fundraising vehicle (https://secure.actblue.com/donate/randy-rejects-aipac) + Jan 2024 Gaza ceasefire letter signatory + Common Dreams quote affirming Gaza-as-genocide. HARD-TRUE industry_capture q2 (Issues page Environment 'corporate polluters … gas leaks, air pollution, water contamination… I will fight to hold corporate polluters accountable' + Issues page Jobs 'Break up monopolies … No corporations should be allowed to become large enough to control an entire sector' — Big-Ag/anti-trust framing, Central-Valley-specific). HARD-FALSE marriage q4 (Mar 10 2026 VUSD board pro-LGBTQ statement re Redwood HS homophobic-slur photo: 'We must fight for the dignity, and the safety, of all of our LGBTQ students, all of our staff, and our community here in Visalia and beyond'). HARD-FALSE family q0 (CTA endorsed + universal-childcare/free-public-college/'raise wages for teachers/custodians/nutritional/bus drivers as VUSD trustee' platform — opposite of universal school choice). HARD-FALSE family q2 (2022 quote: 'I'm really excited about the opportunity to expand courses like ethnic studies and make it a graduation requirement' — pro-ethnic-studies-as-graduation-requirement = pro-CRT-curriculum-mandate). HARD-FALSE econ q4 (Issues page: 'Tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders' + 'End corporate ownership of single-family homes' + Medicare for All + price caps on drugs — explicit redistributionist progressive economics opposite of opposing WEF/ESG/anti-monopoly direction, though the SAME anti-monopoly direction TRUE-aligns on industry_capture q2). NO Issues-page section on life/marriage/2A/election-integrity/IVF/AB-1955/AB-775/CBDC/Fed-audit/balanced-budget/voter-ID/SAVE-Act/border-barrier/E-Verify/birthright/constitutional-carry/red-flag/AWB/NFA/Iran-WPR/AUMF/WHO/NCVIA/PREP/raw-milk/Pentagon-audit — NULL per evidence-first rubric (Issues-page silence is honest evidence-absence; he is letting endorsers signal positions rather than stating them himself). ATTACK-AD CONTEXT (Fox News May 12 2026): unanimous VUSD-board votes approved ~$14.4M in confidential sex-abuse settlements with NDA clauses — Villegas was present + voting on the unanimous-board; campaign declined to respond. Cite-only context, NOT a clean rubric cell. ROSTER VERIFIED.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC — which explicitly includes protecting 'reproductive rights including abortion access' among its core commitments — and by Bernie Sanders and the Working Families Party, both of which mandate abortion rights advocacy from endorsed candidates; Villegas's 'fully progressive' platform opposes any restriction on abortion access.
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Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
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Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
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Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
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Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
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Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
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Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
FALSE (0)
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Campaigns explicitly against any cuts to Medicaid, Social Security, and federal nutrition programs, framing his candidacy as 'a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party' toward expanding government social spending — a posture directly at odds with the rubric's call for fiscal discipline, a balanced budget, and opposition to runaway deficit spending.
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Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
Not yet verified
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
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Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
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Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
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Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
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Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
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Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
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Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
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Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
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Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
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Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
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Sources & Evidence
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Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VillegasEncyclopedia
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.villegasforcongress.com/issuesUnclassified
www.villegasforcongress.com/issues/environmentUnclassified
www.villegasforcongress.com/issues/healthcareUnclassified
www.villegasforcongress.com/issues/housingUnclassified
secure.actblue.com/donate/randy-rejects-aipacUnclassified
www.californiadsa.org/voterguideUnclassified
leaderswedeserve.com/candidate/randy-villegas/Unclassified
indivisible.org/candidates/randy-villegas-ca-22/Unclassified
www.commondreams.org/news/randy-villegas-dcccUnclassified
www.jpost.com/us-elections/article-898061Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]VUSD board March 10 2026 re Redwood HS homophobic-slur photo: 'No child should show up to their place of learning and be confronted with hate at them – directed at them just for being who they are. We must fight for the dignity, and the safety, of all of our LGBTQ students, all of our staff, and our community here in Visalia and beyond' — explicit pro-LGBTQ-promotion-in-schools-and-community advocacy from the dais. HARD. Unclassified
VUSD board March 10 2026 re Redwood HS homophobic-slur photo: 'No child should show up to their place of learning and be confronted with hate at them – directed at them just for being who they are. We must fight for the dignity, and the safety, of all of our LGBTQ students, all of our staff, and our community here in Visalia and beyond' — explicit pro-LGBTQ-promotion-in-schools-and-community advocacy from the dais. HARD.
- [2]California Teachers Association endorsed (teachers union, structural opponent of voucher/ESA movement) + Issues page Education touts 'universal higher education and trade schools' (free public college) + raised wages for VUSD teachers/custodians/bus drivers — public-school-funding-prioritization platform opposite of universal school choice / homeschool freedom / opposing compulsory public-school attendance. HARD. Encyclopedia
California Teachers Association endorsed (teachers union, structural opponent of voucher/ESA movement) + Issues page Education touts 'universal higher education and trade schools' (free public college) + raised wages for VUSD teachers/custodians/bus drivers — public-school-funding-prioritization platform opposite of universal school choice / homeschool freedom / opposing compulsory public-school attendance. HARD.
- [3]California Teachers Association endorsed (teachers union, structural opponent of voucher/ESA movement) + Issues page Education touts 'universal higher education and trade schools' (free public college) + raised wages for VUSD teachers/custodians/bus drivers — public-school-funding-prioritization platform opposite of universal school choice / homeschool freedom / opposing compulsory public-school attendance. HARD. Unclassified
California Teachers Association endorsed (teachers union, structural opponent of voucher/ESA movement) + Issues page Education touts 'universal higher education and trade schools' (free public college) + raised wages for VUSD teachers/custodians/bus drivers — public-school-funding-prioritization platform opposite of universal school choice / homeschool freedom / opposing compulsory public-school attendance. HARD.
- [4]2022 statement on running for VUSD board: 'I'm really excited about the opportunity to expand courses like ethnic studies and make it a graduation requirement' — pro-ethnic-studies-graduation-requirement (CRT-derived curriculum mandate) + DSA-CA voter guide endorses 'DSA-aligned policies' incl ethnic-studies expansion. Opposite of opposing CRT/SOGI/comprehensive sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12. HARD. Unclassified
2022 statement on running for VUSD board: 'I'm really excited about the opportunity to expand courses like ethnic studies and make it a graduation requirement' — pro-ethnic-studies-graduation-requirement (CRT-derived curriculum mandate) + DSA-CA voter guide endorses 'DSA-aligned policies' incl ethnic-studies expansion. Opposite of opposing CRT/SOGI/comprehensive sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12. HARD.
- [5]2022 statement on running for VUSD board: 'I'm really excited about the opportunity to expand courses like ethnic studies and make it a graduation requirement' — pro-ethnic-studies-graduation-requirement (CRT-derived curriculum mandate) + DSA-CA voter guide endorses 'DSA-aligned policies' incl ethnic-studies expansion. Opposite of opposing CRT/SOGI/comprehensive sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12. HARD. Unclassified
2022 statement on running for VUSD board: 'I'm really excited about the opportunity to expand courses like ethnic studies and make it a graduation requirement' — pro-ethnic-studies-graduation-requirement (CRT-derived curriculum mandate) + DSA-CA voter guide endorses 'DSA-aligned policies' incl ethnic-studies expansion. Opposite of opposing CRT/SOGI/comprehensive sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12. HARD.
- [6]Issues page Jobs: 'Tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders' + Housing: 'End corporate ownership of single-family homes' — redistributionist progressive-populist economics. While the anti-monopoly direction aligns on industry_capture q2, the wealth-tax/state-housing-program framing aligns with WEF/ESG redistributionist economic agenda the rubric q4 opposes. SOFT-FALSE (rubric tension; flag as inferential). Unclassified
Issues page Jobs: 'Tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders' + Housing: 'End corporate ownership of single-family homes' — redistributionist progressive-populist economics. While the anti-monopoly direction aligns on industry_capture q2, the wealth-tax/state-housing-program framing aligns with WEF/ESG redistributionist economic agenda the rubric q4 opposes. SOFT-FALSE (rubric tension; flag as inferential).
- [7]Issues page Jobs: 'Tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders' + Housing: 'End corporate ownership of single-family homes' — redistributionist progressive-populist economics. While the anti-monopoly direction aligns on industry_capture q2, the wealth-tax/state-housing-program framing aligns with WEF/ESG redistributionist economic agenda the rubric q4 opposes. SOFT-FALSE (rubric tension; flag as inferential). Unclassified
Issues page Jobs: 'Tax the top 1% of income earners and wealth holders' + Housing: 'End corporate ownership of single-family homes' — redistributionist progressive-populist economics. While the anti-monopoly direction aligns on industry_capture q2, the wealth-tax/state-housing-program framing aligns with WEF/ESG redistributionist economic agenda the rubric q4 opposes. SOFT-FALSE (rubric tension; flag as inferential).
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