Born and raised in the Central Valley, Assemblymember Salas is a lifelong Valley resident, who worked his way from laboring in the fields with his father to graduating from UCLA and becoming the first Latino Bakersfield City Councilmember in its 112 year history.
Rudy Salas’ record shows his commitment to the Central Valley's economic development and job procurement. He has voted to raise the minimum wage, led the fight for farm workers to get overtime pay, and promoted economic growth and development throughout the Central Valley.
He’ll do the same in Congress. Rudy will fight to expand job training and apprenticeship programs to give everyone access to the skills needed to fill good jobs, further invest in our infrastructure to extend broadband access to all communities, and ensure good roads and bridges that can get crops and goods to market and work to level the playing field so that small businesses and entrepreneurs have equal access to the capital they need to grow.
Rudy will also work to fight inflation and reduce the cost of living by fixing our broken supply chain, ramping up domestic energy production to lower gas prices, and cracking down on corporations that rip off Californians by price gouging.
David Valadao voted to keep a $7.25 federal minimum wage and has put large corporations ahead of California small businesses at every turn. He even voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, opposing critical investments that will improve our supply chain, strengthen our water resources, and expand broadband access.