Netflix’s newest true crime drama, “The Asunta Case,” unpacks a murder that stunned the Spanish public in the early 2010s, when a Chinese-born girl adopted by Spanish parents was found dead on a countryside road in northwestern Spain. The show ends with the parents’ conviction in court. In 2015, a jury in Santiago de Compostela […]
A California appeals court ruled Tuesday that Vince Fong, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s chosen successor, can remain on the House ballot while also running for the state Legislature, sidestepping a legal and political headache for the Republican candidate. Fong’s place competing in two races was prompted by McCarthy’s abrupt retirement announcement last December, which came […]
A Republican assemblyman is leading in the primary race to fill retired Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s shoes in California’s most Republican-filled congressional district. Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, had 37.3% of the votes that had been counted as of 10:05 p.m. on Tuesday, outpacing his competitors. The Associated Press estimated that 42% of votes in California’s […]
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 […]
Dec. 22—Assemblyman Vince Fong sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Friday in an attempt to overturn her week-old rejection of his candidacy for the state’s 20th Congressional District seat being vacated by his mentor, fellow Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy. The lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court argues Weber was wrong to conclude Fong was […]
California Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, is taking Secretary of State Shirley Weber to court, after Weber ruled that Fong is ineligible to run for Congress. Weber said he couldn’t run for a House seat because he’d already filed to run for reelection to the Assembly. Fong on Friday filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior […]
California’s chief elections officer said late Friday that Bakersfield Republican Vince Fong cannot appear on the ballot for a Central Valley congressional seat because he is already running for reelection to the state Assembly, a decision the state lawmaker vowed to challenge in court. When Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) announced his retirement earlier this month, […]