Assemblyman Vince Fong will fulfill the remainder of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's seat in Congress, keeping the GOP's razor-thin advantage.
California voters voted to advance Republican State Assemblyman Vince Fong during Tuesday's special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted last year. Fong, a former McCarthy aide endorsed by both McCarthy and former President Trump, faced off with Republican Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux as polls closed on Tuesday night.
Fong and Boudreaux advanced to Tuesday's runoff following a March special election where they emerged as the top two candidates in California's jungle primary system, with neither getting more than 50% of the vote to trigger a victor. By November, voters in the district will have voted for either candidate a total of three times. McCarthy resigned from the House in December, three months after he was voted out of the speakership.
Trump's involvement in the race casts it as a litmus test for the former president's political relevance as he presumably gears up for a potential rematch against President Joe Biden in November. 'I am proud to join California’s Republican Congressional Delegation, and give Vince Fong my Complete and Total Endorsement!' Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. 'Vince was one of only 6 Republicans in the State Assembly to stand with me, and reject the Second Impeachment Hoax.
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