Election 2026

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Issue record

Energy

In short

Villegas's campaign says any move to renewable energy must guarantee oil and gas workers well-paid, secure jobs; Valadao's backs more oil and gas in California alongside solar and hydro power. Valadao voted for House-passed bills barring a president from banning fracking, and for the 2025 law resuming oil and gas lease sales. That law ends wind and solar credits for plants opened after 2027, with an exception.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Randy Villegas

Says any transition to renewable energy must guarantee oil and gas workers well-paid, secure jobs.

David G. Valadao

His campaign supports expanding domestic energy, including oil and natural gas production in California alongside solar and hydro power, and blames red tape and litigation for high energy costs.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

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    David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

    He backed the 2025 oil/gas lease-sale law with limits on wind/solar credits, and a fracking-ban restriction that passed only the House. The credit cutoff has an exception.

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    His campaign supports expanding domestic energy to cut dependence on foreign energy and save money, naming oil and natural gas in California as well as solar and hydro power. He was an original cosponsor of the Protecting American Energy Production Act (H.R. 1121) in February 2023. It bars a president from declaring a moratorium on fracking unless Congress authorizes one. He voted Yea when it passed the House on March 20, 2024 (Roll Call 93, 229-188); it was then referred to a Senate committee. The same ban was in the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), which also required at least four onshore oil and gas lease sales a year in each state with land available; he voted Yea when it passed the House on March 30, 2023 (Roll Call 182, 225-204). He voted Aye on the 2025 reconciliation law (Roll Call 190), which orders the Interior Department to immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales (section 50101 of Public Law 119-21). Limit: The campaign page is undated. The same 2025 law ends the clean electricity production and investment credits for wind and solar facilities placed in service after 2027, unless construction began within 12 months of enactment (sections 70512 and 70513).

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  1. Issues: Jobs and the economyhttps://www.villegasforcongress.com/issues/jobs-the-economy

    Villegas for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled.

    candidate statement

    For: Randy Villegas: campaign position

  2. Issues: Energyhttps://valadaoforcongress.com/energy/

    Valadao for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled; undated.

    candidate statement

    For: David G. Valadao: campaign position; David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

  3. H.R. 1121, Protecting American Energy Production Act (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1121

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan; he was an original cosponsor on February 21, 2023. Passed the House on March 20, 2024 and was referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The House-engrossed text on GovInfo (BILLS-118hr1121eh) was read for the fracking moratorium ban.

    official legislative record

    For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

  4. Roll Call 93, H.R. 1121, Protecting American Energy Production Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202493

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 20, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 229-188.

    official legislative record

    For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

  5. H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise. The House-engrossed text on GovInfo (BILLS-118hr1eh) was read for section 10002 (fracking moratorium) and section 20101 (onshore lease sales).

    official legislative record

    For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

  6. Roll Call 182, H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023182

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 30, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 225-204.

    official legislative record

    For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

  7. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The enacted text, read in full from GovInfo. Used for sections 50501 (water conveyance and storage), 71112 (retroactive coverage), 71119 (community engagement requirement) and 71401 (Rural Health Transformation Program). Also used for sections 50101 (onshore lease sales), 70103, 70104, 70201 and 70202 (senior deduction, child credit, tips, overtime), and 70512 and 70513 (wind and solar credits).

    official legislative record

    For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction

  8. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Agreed to 218-214; the bill became law the next day.

    official legislative record

    For: David G. Valadao: Matches stated direction