Over the past year, Roy Sekine volunteered and helped organize fundraisers to ensure that Vince Fong became the first Asian American congressman to represent his hometown of Bakersfield in California’s 20th District, which covers the state’s deeply conservative farm belt. Sekine, who’s Japanese American and a retired technology services supervisor, said he believes Fong embodies […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s “revenge tour” suffered a flat tire in its first showing. McCarthy and his well-heeled allies are seeking retribution against the Republicans who voted to remove him as speaker last year, and one way he’s tried to get back at them — aside from savaging them in the media — is […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — Rep. Nancy Mace is no stranger to an intraparty battle. Now, her role in a big Republican fight last year — the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker — is complicating her primary on Tuesday. Mace, who is both a candidate seeking her third term and her own campaign manager, […]
Vince Fong was sworn in to succeed Kevin McCarthy on Monday, bolstering the slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Fong, R-Bakersfield, will serve for at least the next seven months in the seat vacated by McCarthy, his former boss. Fong, 44, will likely win election again against Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux in […]
Voters in Idaho, Georgia, Oregon and Kentucky headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the states’ primary elections. California voters also picked a replacement for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Most of the key races were between congressional candidates, but Georgia voters also weighed in on whether to flip a seat in the […]
California Assemblymember Vince Fong won a special election Tuesday to finish out former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s term in the House, paving the way for him to claim a second victory in November’s general. With his win over fellow Republican and Tulare Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, Fong has secured a potent incumbent’s advantage heading into the November […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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, Fong defeated fellow Republican […]
Assemblyman Vince Fong will complete former Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s term after defeating Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux in Tuesday’s runoff election for California’s 20th Congressional District. Fong, R-Bakersfield, will serve in his former boss’ seat for about seven months — and potentially longer, depending on the outcome of November’s election. The Associated Press called the […]
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson’s push to advance an aid package for Ukraine in the face of vehement opposition from his own party was never going to be easy. But it has been made even more politically perilous by a pair of concessions to the far right that he inherited from his predecessor: allowing a […]
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Four and a half months on the job, House Speaker Mike Johnson is still struggling with the baggage of the tumultuous Kevin McCarthy era. The Louisiana Republican is trying to fund the government and avert a shutdown based on a budget deal McCarthy and President Joe Biden struck last year […]
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s chosen successor, California Assemblymember Vince Fong, will advance to the November election after establishing a commanding lead in the top-two primary election. The second-place winner has yet to be called, though as of Monday, Republican Mike Boudreaux was leading Democrat Marisa Wood by more than 3 points. The race to replace […]
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Kevin McCarthy’s chosen successor for his House seat Tuesday, giving Assemblymember Vince Fong a major advantage in a deep red Central Valley district. Fong, a Bakersfield Republican, has been the putative frontrunnerin the contest, buoyed by his longstanding ties to McCarthy’s political operation. But his race had also become a […]