Vince Fong will represent California’s 20th Congressional District for the remainder of this Congress, and it gives him an advantage in November.
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. TheThe victory allows Fong to represent California’s 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.
Fong’s win comes as a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson’s 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. McCarthy played a substantial role in Fong’s campaign by appearing at fundraising events and helping to secure a coveted endorsement from former President Donald Trump. A political action committee tied 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.
His win will bring the Republican majority to 218-213, giving the party a bit more breathing room by increasing its current one-vote majority to two. That is sure to give Johnson a sense of relief as he navigates a historically thin majority paired with a group of hard-line conservatives who are unafraid to buck GOP leadership to get what they want.The replacement of McCarthy will chip away at the House’s efforts to fill a slew of other vacancies announced over the last few months.
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 earlier this month.
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