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. Boudreaux is the Sheriff of Tulare County in the state’s Central Valley. He has been spotlighting his decades of law-and-order experience and is promising to harden the nation’s porous border. Republicans are expected to easily hold the seat, and the party’s fragile majority in the chamber was not at stake in this election.
The special election only covers the time remaining in McCarthy’s term, running through early next year. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, the top-two finishers would be matched in a May 21 election. With nine names on the ballot, it appeared unlikely any candidate would surpass that threshold to claim the seat outright. Trump endorsed Fong in February, calling him “a true Republican.
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