How Kevin McCarthy is influencing the race for his former congressional seat
7 months ago

How Kevin McCarthy is influencing the race for his former congressional seat

LA Times  

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, left, is running against Assemblymember Vince Fong for the 20th Congressional District seat recently vacated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But, he said, he would hope to follow in the footsteps of McCarthy, Thomas and Nunes, who were “able to make sure that the Central Valley had a seat at the table.” Fong is best known in Kern County, which is home to more than half of the district’s registered voters. And Fong, he said, has “got it all behind him.” For more from the Central Valley, check out my story: “How Kevin McCarthy is influencing this congressional race — without being on the ballot.” Today’s top stories After a shocking video emerged Friday showing Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Casandra Ventura in 2016, he posted a video Sunday admitting to the violence and apologizing. Today’s great photo is from Times photographer Brian van der Brug near Lake Putt, where California’s first Black land trust recently purchased 650 acres in Emigrant Gap, Calif. Have a great day, from the Essential California team Ryan Fonseca, reporter Defne Karabatur, fellow Andrew Campa, Sunday reporter Kevinisha Walker, multiplatform editor and Saturday reporter Christian Orozco, assistant editor Stephanie Chavez, deputy metro editor Karim Doumar, head of newsletters Check our top stories, topics and the latest articles on latimes.com.

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Sheriff Mike Boudreaux suspends congressional campaign for Kevin McCarthy’s former office
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sheriff Mike Boudreaux suspends congressional campaign for Kevin McCarthy’s former office

LA Times  

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, left, said he is dropping out of the race to represent California’s 20th Congressional District and endorsing his opponent, Republican Rep. Vince Fong. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, considered the outsider candidate in the Central Valley congressional race to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, said Monday that he is dropping out of the race …

California lawmaker Vince Fong wins special election to finish McCarthy’s term
7 months ago

California lawmaker Vince Fong wins special election to finish McCarthy’s term

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. LOS ANGELES — Vince Fong, a California State Assembly member backed by former President Donald Trump, won a special election Tuesday to complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. A McCarthy protege who also had the former speaker’s endorsement, …

Bakersfield legislator Vince Fong wins special election to replace Kevin McCarthy in Congress
7 months ago

Bakersfield legislator Vince Fong wins special election to replace Kevin McCarthy in Congress

LA Times  

GOP Assemblymember Vince Fong addresses supporters in March. San Joaquin Valley voters on Tuesday chose Fong, 44, to replace former Rep. Kevin McCarthy in Congress. In the race to replace former Rep. Kevin McCarthy in Congress, San Joaquin Valley voters Tuesday chose Vince Fong, a Republican state assemblyman who was endorsed by McCarthy and Donald Trump. The Associated Press called …

How Kevin McCarthy is influencing this congressional race — without being on the ballot
7 months ago

How Kevin McCarthy is influencing this congressional race — without being on the ballot

LA Times  

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, left, is running against Assemblymember Vince Fong for the 20th Congressional District seat recently vacated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “Fong is McCarthy’s heir apparent, and the scales are tilted in his favor.” Fong and Boudreaux are aligned on most major policy issues: opposing abortion, reducing illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and securing …

Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy
7 months, 1 week ago

Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. In a fundraising pitch, an election group that works to expand the House Freedom Caucus said that McCarthy “and his establishment allies” were dumping millions of dollars into the race to defeat Good. …

Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy
9 months ago

Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. Boudreaux will face state legislator Vince Fong — who is backed by former …

Trump backs Vince Fong, onetime Kevin McCarthy aide, for ex-speaker's seat in California special election
9 months ago

Trump backs Vince Fong, onetime Kevin McCarthy aide, for ex-speaker's seat in California special election

Hindustan Times  

Former president Donald Trump has backed State Assembly member Vince Fong, a onetime Kevin McCarthy aide, in California’s special election for the former speaker’s seat. Fong, as well as Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, are among a few candidates looking to fill the speaker’s seat. Donald Trump backs Vince Fong, once a Kevin McCarthy aide, for ex-speaker's seat in California …

Republican Vince Fong advances to runoff election to complete term of ex-House Speaker McCarthy
9 months ago

Republican Vince Fong advances to runoff election to complete term of ex-House Speaker McCarthy

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Republican state Legislator Vince Fong advanced to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. Fong, a onetime McCarthy aide who also has his endorsement, and Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, another Republican, were among a cluster of …

Two Republicans will face off to replace Kevin McCarthy in California’s Central Valley
9 months ago

Two Republicans will face off to replace Kevin McCarthy in California’s Central Valley

LA Times  

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, left, and state Assemblymember Vince Fong are headed for a runoff to determine who will fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Kevin McCarthy. Central Valley voters have selected two Republicans to face off in May to represent the San Joaquin Valley in Congress for the remainder of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s term. Fong congratulated …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the race to replace Kevin McCarthy
9 months, 1 week ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the race to replace Kevin McCarthy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The first -- and maybe only -- step toward filling the seat vacated by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicks off Tuesday with a special primary in California’s 20th Congressional District. A look at what to expect on election night: SPECIAL ELECTION DAY The special primary election in California’s 20th Congressional District will be held Tuesday. WHAT’S ON …

Trump weighs in on contested seat for McCarthy’s former district, endorsing Vince Fong
10 months ago

Trump weighs in on contested seat for McCarthy’s former district, endorsing Vince Fong

LA Times  

Assemblymember Vince Fong, seen at right criticizing California’s budget plan last year, has won other key endorsements, including former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s, in the race for the 20th Congressional District seat. In a show of just how contested the race for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s district has become, President Trump weighed in Tuesday, offering his endorsement for Assemblyman Vince …

Central Valley district will vote for a new member of Congress twice in two weeks
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Central Valley district will vote for a new member of Congress twice in two weeks

LA Times  

Then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy walks through the U.S. Capitol in May. Voters in California’s Central Valley will go to the polls twice in two weeks this spring to select a new representative in Congress, following the resignation of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Voters will cast ballots on March 5 in the primary election for McCarthy’s former seat in …

From Bakersfield to speaker of the House: Kevin McCarthy’s D.C. career in photos
11 months, 3 weeks ago

From Bakersfield to speaker of the House: Kevin McCarthy’s D.C. career in photos

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s last day in Congress was Sunday. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill on March 11, 2021, in Washington, D.C., about the situation at the U.S. southern border. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy leaves a news conference with two unidentified people Nov. 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C. House Minority Leader Kevin …

Assemblymember Vince Fong can run for Kevin McCarthy’s House seat, court rules
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Assemblymember Vince Fong can run for Kevin McCarthy’s House seat, court rules

LA Times  

Assemblyman 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 …

‘How the hell does that even happen?’ McCarthy exits Congress amid confusion over who can run to replace him
1 year ago

‘How the hell does that even happen?’ McCarthy exits Congress amid confusion over who can run to replace him

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the former speaker of the House, will exit Congress in a matter of days, leaving behind a lack of clarity about who will represent his Central Valley district. First, McCarthy’s former staff member, Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong, said he would not run for Congress and instead would seek reelection to his Bakersfield seat in the state Assembly. …

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet
1 year ago

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Retiring Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted former House speaker, said he is endorsing Donald Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet if the GOP front-runner were to win back the White House. McCarthy had a rocky relationship with the former president, notably when he declined to publicly support Trump’s bid for a second term, …

McCarthy’s constituents ‘don’t blame him,’ but worry about losing their voice in Congress
1 year ago

McCarthy’s constituents ‘don’t blame him,’ but worry about losing their voice in Congress

LA Times  

“Who knows what’s gonna happen next?” says Billie Jo Medders, who has known McCarthy since he was a child and worked with him at his predecessor’s office. “And then he came into our office,” said Medders, who worked for three decades for then-Rep. Bill Thomas, McCarthy’s predecessor in Congress. Who knows what’s gonna happen next?” Members of Bakersfield Republican Women …

Who will replace Bakersfield Republican Kevin McCarthy in Congress? Here are possible candidates
1 year ago

Who will replace Bakersfield Republican Kevin McCarthy in Congress? Here are possible candidates

LA Times  

U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s decision to retire is not a surprise after he became the first speaker of the House to be ousted by a vote of the chamber, and provides a rare opportunity for an ambitious California Republican to seek higher office. Politics Kevin McCarthy will retire from Congress at end of year Rep. Kevin McCarthy will give up …

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024
1 year, 2 months ago

Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstakingly building political relationships as he worked his way toward becoming speaker of the House. “Nobody can raise money like him,” said Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D. “And no matter who is the next speaker of the …

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy played with MAGA fire — and got burned
1 year, 2 months ago

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy played with MAGA fire — and got burned

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as speaker of the House on Oct. 3, 2023. It’s difficult to summon much sympathy for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who lost his dream job Tuesday when eight Republican dissidents turned on him. McCarthy didn’t help himself over the weekend when he said Democrats were the ones “willing …

Column: McCarthy’s fall was sudden, but a long time coming
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: McCarthy’s fall was sudden, but a long time coming

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy is no longer speaker of the House, following a revolt led by Rep. Matt Gaetz. So, too, do those nihilist Republicans led by McCarthy’s archnemesis, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who gleefully filed the resolution to vacate the speakership, as the process is known. Let’s see how we can bridge the differences between different groups in our party.’” …

Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in historic vote
1 year, 2 months ago

Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in historic vote

CBS News  

Kevin McCarthy says he won't run for House speaker again McCarthy says he won't run for speaker again McCarthy says he won't run for speaker again Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership position in a historic vote on Tuesday after a far-right revolt over his reliance on Democrats to pass funding to avert a government …

News Analysis: The House is in chaos again, but it’s just another week for Kevin McCarthy
1 year, 5 months ago

News Analysis: The House is in chaos again, but it’s just another week for Kevin McCarthy

LA Times  

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy stops to speak to members of the media gathered in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The hard-right House Freedom Caucus’ latest revolt against McCarthy was over the National Defense Authorization Act, the law that authorizes the annual spending for the U.S. military. At some point, the power of the …

How Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield is reacting to Trump’s indictment
1 year, 8 months ago

How Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield is reacting to Trump’s indictment

LA Times  

Greg Perrone, president of the Greater Bakersfield Republicans Assembly, sees former President Trump’s indictment Thursday as the left’s attempt to disqualify him from the 2024 election. “And he’s not the first president to have done it.” But Margaret Govea, a 60-year-old director of a university student health program who lives in Bakersfield just outside McCarthy’s district, said she thought the …

Kevin McCarthy wins his dream job, but at a humiliating and stifling cost
1 year, 11 months ago

Kevin McCarthy wins his dream job, but at a humiliating and stifling cost

LA Times  

He raised the money. That pressure became more personal and pronounced as the voting defeats mounted, with Gaetz calling McCarthy a “squatter” for using the speaker’s office before winning the post. “While he is very good at being really personable, you can’t be everything to everyone all the time,” Sacramento GOP strategist Beth Miller said of McCarthy, whom she has …

As speaker bid falters, mixed views of McCarthy in hometown
1 year, 11 months ago

As speaker bid falters, mixed views of McCarthy in hometown

Associated Press  

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s political troubles don’t stop at the Washington Beltway. Outside Ethel’s Old Corral café in the city’s Oildale neighborhood, oil field worker Zane Denio said he wasn’t following McCarthy’s day-to-day travails on Capitol Hill as he attempts to take Pelosi’s gavel. McCarthy’s “salary comes from these fields,” Denio said, waving his hand toward …

Photos: Kevin McCarthy wins House speakership on 15th vote
1 year, 11 months ago

Photos: Kevin McCarthy wins House speakership on 15th vote

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House early Saturday morning after four days and 15 ballots, resuscitating a chamber that had been paralyzed as it endured the longest struggle to elect a leader since before the Civil War. Rep. Kevin McCarthy is congratulated by other members of Congress in the House chamber after his election as speaker early …

Column: McCarthy and the GOP have only themselves to blame for their humiliation
1 year, 11 months ago

Column: McCarthy and the GOP have only themselves to blame for their humiliation

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, left, walks off after speaking with Rep. Andrew Clyde after the seventh vote for speaker. Fitting bookends framed the House Republicans’ first week of majority control/not control in a new Congress. Republican “leader” Kevin McCarthy, who’s dreamed of becoming speaker since he arrived in Washington from Bakersfield 16 years ago, sat with a game grin through his …

McCarthy vows to stay in speaker’s race, with Trump backing
1 year, 11 months ago

McCarthy vows to stay in speaker’s race, with Trump backing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there’s no scenario in which he’ll drop his bid to become House speaker despite failing to win multiple rounds of voting, a historic defeat that brought the first day of the new Congress to an abrupt, messy end. Asked if he would drop out, McCarthy said, “It’s not going to happen.” …

Republicans in Biden districts throw down the gauntlet at GOP rebels over bid to block McCarthy
1 year, 11 months ago

Republicans in Biden districts throw down the gauntlet at GOP rebels over bid to block McCarthy

Raw Story  

Republican congresspersons who represent districts that President Joe Biden won in the 2020 election are throwing down the gauntlet at opponents of Republican leader Kevin McCarthy. In a letter flagged by Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, 15 GOP lawmakers informed their intransigent Republican colleagues that they will not be happy with what happens if they are successful in …

McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on Day One
2 years ago

McCarthy’s race for speaker risks upending House on Day One

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In his quest to rise to House speaker, Kevin McCarthy is charging straight into history — potentially becoming the first nominee in 100 years unable to win the job on a first-round floor vote. “The fear is, that if we stumble out of the gate,” said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., a McCarthy ally, then the voters who sent …

'He doesn't have the votes': House GOPer serves notice to McCarthy he won't be elected speaker
2 years ago

'He doesn't have the votes': House GOPer serves notice to McCarthy he won't be elected speaker

Raw Story  

According to one high-profile member of the Republican House Freedom Caucus, current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is getting ahead of himself by blanketing the conservative news outlets and boasting about what he plans to do when he is voted House speaker in January. Speaking with MSNBC, Rep. Andy Biggs claimed that McCarthy -- with an exceedingly slim GOP margin …

Kevin McCarthy is now at the mercy of the 'loony-bin caucus': George Conway
2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin McCarthy is now at the mercy of the 'loony-bin caucus': George Conway

Raw Story  

Reflecting on the events of Thursday when various members of the House Republican caucus ran to microphones to announce how they will spend the next two years launching investigations and promoting new conspiracy theories, George Conway claimed that current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy now has his hands full. He still has to get 218 votes on the floor to …

Kevin McCarthy | The man who would be king
2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin McCarthy | The man who would be king

The Hindu  

Following the U.S. midterm elections, the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives looks to remain with a California lawmaker — but never have the former and aspiring next occupant of that role been more different from each other. Outgoing Speaker, Democratic heavyweight Nancy Pelosi, hails from the liberal and wealthy San Francisco district, whereas Republican Kevin McCarthy, the …

Kevin McCarthy Offers Dark Assurance About Marjorie Taylor Greene's Future
2 years, 1 month ago

Kevin McCarthy Offers Dark Assurance About Marjorie Taylor Greene's Future

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said this week that far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is currently banned from the chamber’s committees, will serve on committees if Republicans gain a majority advantage in Tuesday’s election. Greene was removed from committee assignments in 2021 for spreading conspiracy theories and liking a Facebook post that called for the execution …

As Kevin McCarthy’s California district gets redder, discontent brews on his right
2 years, 5 months ago

As Kevin McCarthy’s California district gets redder, discontent brews on his right

LA Times  

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has seen his California congressional district become redder since being redrawn after the 2020 census. “I don’t know one issue that Kevin McCarthy has voted on in Congress that a conservative wouldn’t respect,” said Cathy Abernathy, 71, a Kern County Republican consultant. Even with a reshaped district, Abernathy said, “the basic issues don’t change — …

Kevin McCarthy ‘clearly despises the base’: Congressional hopeful opposes GOP leader’s bid for speaker
2 years, 7 months ago

Kevin McCarthy ‘clearly despises the base’: Congressional hopeful opposes GOP leader’s bid for speaker

Raw Story  

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California is facing opposition from within his own party as he seeks to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. In Washington's 3rd congressional district, Joe Kent is challenging Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in the GOP primary after her vote to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. "McCarthy …

Amid turmoil over his comments on Trump, McCarthy warns of ‘attacks’ on Republicans
2 years, 8 months ago

Amid turmoil over his comments on Trump, McCarthy warns of ‘attacks’ on Republicans

LA Times  

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, under scrutiny for saying after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that he would urge then-President Trump to resign, alluded to the turmoil during a speech Saturday night at the California GOP convention. They’re going to attack President Trump,” he said, speaking of GOP aims to win control of the House in the November election. They’re …

McCarthy, the GOP 'leader' trying to be a Trump follower
3 years, 2 months ago

McCarthy, the GOP 'leader' trying to be a Trump follower

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy has been clawing his way upward by embracing Trump, distancing himself from Trump, and trying to embrace him again. This week was a big anniversary for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican minority leader, but one he’d rather forget. Instead McCarthy boasted that polls showed House Republicans had succeeded in undermining Hillary Clinton, the likely 2016 Democratic …

Will Kevin McCarthy’s cozying to Trump make him House speaker?
3 years, 9 months ago

Will Kevin McCarthy’s cozying to Trump make him House speaker?

LA Times  

When Donald Trump won the GOP’s 2016 presidential nomination, most Republicans kept him at arm’s length. The House minority leader’s trademark affability — he has a mental Rolodex of politicians’ favorite snacks, hometowns and kids’ names — and his abrupt pivot to become Trump’s most loyal ally in the House earned him the new president’s nickname, “My Kevin.” Now McCarthy …

Kevin McCarthy got exactly what he wanted through the Marjorie Taylor Greene vote
3 years, 10 months ago

Kevin McCarthy got exactly what he wanted through the Marjorie Taylor Greene vote

The Independent  

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