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Rudy Salas

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Rudy Salas ran for U.S. House in CA-22 in 2026 as a Democratic (lost).

American politician (born 1977)

U.S. House - CA-22DemocraticLostVugol ID VM-BXC-99AB FEC H2CA21233

Ran for U.S. House, CA-22, 2026 · Lost to Randy Villegas (Democratic). Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia (House results table)

On the California ballot, Nov 3, 2026 United States Representative, District 22, 2 names on the official list. Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.

Link: vugol.me/p/rudy-salas

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Races

2026 · U.S. House, CA-22 · General · Democratic · on the ballot
2024 · U.S. House, CA-22 · General · Democratic · result not on file · source
2022 · U.S. House, CA-22 · General · Democratic · lost · 49,862 votes (48.5%) · source
2020 · State House / Assembly, CA District 32 · General · Democratic · won · 63,450 votes (60.0%) · source
2018 · State House / Assembly, CA District 32 · General · Democratic · won · 39,328 votes (56.6%) · source

Background

Rodolfo "Rudy" Salas is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the 32nd Assembly district, which encompasses Kings County and parts of northwestern Kern County.

Prior to being elected to the Assembly, he was on the Bakersfield City Council.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-11-14 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Salas

Campaign finance

$14,049total raised (2026 cycle)

$161,005total spent (2026 cycle)

$59,487cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Sources

Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Salas
Website and social links, Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17091363
Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2CA21233/
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudy_Salas.jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudy_Salas_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudy_Salas_(closer_crop).jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave_Min_Adam_Gray_Rudy_Salas_Derek_Tran_Will_Rollins_-2723.jpg
photo_curated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Salas

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