Assemblymember Vince Fong can run for Kevin McCarthy’s House seat, court rules
LA TimesAssemblyman Vince Fong at the Capitol on May 18, 2017, in Sacramento. Bakersfield Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong can run in a Central Valley congressional race to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Sacramento County judge ruled Thursday. California California elections officials say Assemblymember Vince Fong can’t run for Congress in Bakersfield The California Secretary of State said that Bakersfield Republican Vince Fong cannot run for Kevin McCarthy’s seat in Congress because he is already running for re-election to the California State Assembly. But Fong should not be disqualified, Chang wrote, despite a state law saying that no person may run for “more than one office at the same election.” Fong argued that the law has not been applicable since 2010, when California voters changed the state’s primary system, scrapping party nominations for a setup that lets the top two vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of their party affiliation. California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson said in a statement that the ruling puts “an end to Democrats’ political games.” “The Sacramento Democrat machine tried and failed to interfere in a district that heavily favors Republicans,” she said in the statement.
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