I actually think it’s funny how Republicans are rapidly losing their majority because of their own doing
I wouldn’t count on the seat being filled with a Democrat. Bakersfield is… “special”.
That’s their master plan!
Do nothing and get nothing accomplished, then slowly have their members retire so a month before the Election they become the Minority in Congress. With the Dems now the Majority they campaign on the Democrats not getting anything thing done and that Republicans should be elected to get things working again!
I want to add the /s but I seriously think this is their plan.
Bwa ha ha ha! Creating their own well deserved comeuppance.
This seems a little strange:
- Primary for regular seat: March 5
- Primary for temporary replacement: March 19
- General Election for temporary replacement: May 21
- General Election for regular seat: November 7
Not in California, there’s so many elections. In 2022 a similar situation happened here in San Francisco where a state assembly member retired and there was the same primary, main, primary, main election. Also the primary for everything but the president is open and the main acts as a runoff for the top two, this is why they’ll do a primary on every election whereas in other states the parties would just nominate someone. So in the state assembly race it was an open field for the first primary, than the same 2 nearly identical Democrats for the next three elections.
Then there was also having to vote for newsom twice within a year because of the recall.
It’s nearly all vote by mail these days and they automatically send a ballot to anyone registered though so it’s not that bad.
Do they have to replace him or can the House GOP just be down a vote?
States usually have laws to handle vacancies since it isn’t in the best interest of a constituency to leave their position vacant.
In this case, though…
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Gavin Newsom on Monday set the date for a special election to fill the vacancy left by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who resigned from Congress last month.
Newsom set the primary for the special election in the state’s 20th Congressional District for March 19, a contest that will include candidates of any party.
McCarthy’s resignation, which came months after he was ousted as House speaker, opened up a crowded primary in the safely Republican district.
Meanwhile, the election to win McCarthy’s seat for a full term in November will already be underway, with a primary set for March 5.
Several state and local GOP officials, including Assemblymember Vince Fong, former congressional candidate David Giglio and Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, are already vying for the seat.
McCarthy announced in December that he was leaving Congress to “serve America in new ways,” after he became the first speaker in U.S. history to be ousted from his post two months earlier.
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I wonder why it’s a “safely Republican” district?
