{"id":2249991,"date":"2024-05-21T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T03:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vince-fong-wins-mccarthys-california-house-seat-special-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T23:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T03:50:45","slug":"vince-fong-wins-mccarthys-california-house-seat-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vince-fong-wins-mccarthys-california-house-seat-special-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Fong secures victory in special California House seat election following McCarthy&#8217;s departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvince-fong-wins-mccarthys-california-house-seat-special-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California State \u200cAssemblymember Vince Fong emerged victorious\u2063 in a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a>\u2062 to fulfill the remainder\u2062 of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s term. Fong defeated Tulare Sheriff\u200b Mike \u200dBoudreaux in a decisive head-to-head contest, securing\u2064 60.5% of the vote with 83% of the ballots counted. The Associated Press\u2064 declared Fong&#8217;s win at 11:18 p.m. EST, \u2064granting him\u2063 the opportunity to represent California&#8217;s 20th Congressional District until the end of this Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>California state assemblymember Vince Fong has won the special election to carry out the rest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3011449\/mccarthy-eyes-payback-california-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>former Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) term<\/a> after the former speaker stepped down from office at the end of last year. <\/p>\n<p>Fong defeated Tulare Sheriff Mike Boudreaux in the head-to-head contest with the state lawmaker garnering 60.5% of the vote with 83% ballots counted. The <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 11:18 p.m EST.<\/p>\n<p>The victory allows Fong to represent California\u2019s 20th Congressional District for the remainder of this Congress, and it gives him an advantage to win the general election in November for a full term. <\/p>\n<p>Fong\u2019s win comes as a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s predecessor McCarthy, who was ousted last October and retired from Congress just three months later. Fong, once a staffer under McCarthy, ran as a candidate with similar values as his onetime boss, upholding the Republican establishment. <\/p>\n<p>McCarthy played a substantial role in Fong\u2019s campaign by appearing at fundraising events and helping to secure a coveted endorsement from former President Donald Trump. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-outaising-republicans-in-key-senate-races\/\" title=\"Democrats Are Outaising Republicans in Key Senate Races\">political action committee tied<\/a> to the former speaker has also poured $450,000 into a pro-Fong super PAC to help boost his candidacy and target Boudreaux in the March primaries.<\/p>\n<p>His win will bring the Republican majority to 218-213, giving the party a bit more breathing room by increasing its current one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighter-background-check-legislation-burdens-law-abiding-citizens-wont-reduce-crime-expert\/\" title=\"Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won\u2019t Reduce Crime: Expert\">-vote majority<\/a> to two. That is sure to give Johnson (R-LA) a sense of relief as he navigates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-eyes-payback-as-former-staffer-vies-to-replace-him-in-california-election\/\" title=\"McCarthy seeks revenge as ex-aide challenges him in California race\">historically thin majority paired<\/a> with a group of hard-line conservatives who are unafraid to buck GOP leadership to get what they want.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The replacement of McCarthy will chip away at the House\u2019s efforts to fill a slew of other vacancies announced over the last few months. Those include the seats vacated by Republican Reps. Bill Johnson, Mike Gallagher, and Ken Buck, all of whom resigned from office before their terms expired. There is also the seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Donald Payne, who died late last month.<\/p>\n<p>Those races are all considered not to be competitive and will provide Republicans a little boost to their majority once they are all filled. Until then, Johnson faces pushback from some hard-line members who have repeatedly threatened his leadership, including a failed ouster attempt by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California State Assemblymember Vince Fong triumphs in special election to complete ex-Rep. Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s term. Fong clinches victory over Tulare Sheriff Mike Boudreaux with 60.5% of the vote after McCarthy&#8217;s departure at the close of last year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2249992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24117718339823-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24117718339823-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}