# Randy Villegas > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. **Randy Villegas** is a Democratic politician from California's Central Valley and the party's 2026 nominee in [[CA-22-2026]], where he is challenging Republican Rep. [[David Valadao]]. He is 31, teaches at College of the Sequoias, a community college in Visalia, and has served on the Visalia Unified School District board. He is the son of Mexican immigrants. ## 2026 campaign Villegas finished second in the June 2 top-two primary with about 32 percent of the vote, edging out Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains, a moderate Democrat backed by the national party's campaign committee, for the second November slot. He is endorsed by [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], has said he takes no corporate PAC money, and supports government-funded universal health care. He opposes the [[Iran War 2026]] and has made Valadao's 2025 vote for [[Medicaid]] cuts in the [[Big Beautiful Bill]] the center of his campaign in a district where roughly six in ten residents rely on Medi-Cal. The [[Congressional Leadership Fund]], the House Republicans' super PAC, has spent heavily against him in the general election. ## Connections - [[CA-22-2026]] · [[David Valadao]] - [[Bernie Sanders]] · [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] - [[Congressional Leadership Fund]] · [[2026 House Races Hub]]