Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is suspending his campaign for Congress, endorsing Rep. Vince Fong in the November election in a video released Monday. Boudreaux announced he is dropping out on Monday — over a month after Fong, R-Bakersfield, soundly beat the Republican sheriff in the May special election for California’s 20th Congressional District by […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Early results in the runoff special election to replace Kevin McCarthy in Congress show Assemblyman Vince Fong with a big lead late Tuesday night. There were only two candidates, both Republicans. The Associated Press called the race just 17 minutes after polls closed, projecting Vince Fong to win the partial term […]
Vince Fong is now officially Congressman Fong. Fong, a Republican from Bakersfield who served in the state assembly, took on Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux for the 20th Congressional seat. Both Valley men campaigned up and down the Valley over the last several months vying for voters, donors and support. Both men won the March […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Republican side of the race to replace Kevin McCarthy in the 20th Congressional District was expected to be a friendly competition — a “gentleman’s race” between Tulare Sheriff Mike Boudreaux and Bakersfield Assemblymember Vince Fong. But it took a sharp turn in recent days with negative advertisements targeting Boudreaux and […]