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 in the May 21 special election in the 20th District.
FILE - Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux speaks during a news conference in Visalia, Calif., Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Boudreaux, a sheriff who promises to harden the nation’s porous borders, and a California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump, are facing off in a special U.S. House election. Tulare Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, announced Feb.
The district, which cuts through the Central Valley farm belt including parts of Bakersfield and Fresno, is the most strongly Republican House seat in heavily Democratic California. McCarthy’s dramatic fall in the House — he is the only speaker in history to be voted out of the job — left behind a messy race to succeed him that has included an ongoing lawsuit and exposed rivalries within the GOP.California’s unemployment rate is the highest in the nation.
With nine names on the ballot, it appeared unlikely any candidate would surpass that threshold to claim the seat outright.
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