Republican Vince Fong wins race to replace Kevin McCarthy, padding House GOP’s slim majority
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California Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong has won the special election to fill former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s seat, NBC News projects, a victory that will pad a narrow House majority that has given GOP leaders in Washington heartburn. Fong, who was endorsed by McCarthy and former President Donald Trump, won the race in California’s 20th District over a fellow Republican, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux. Fong, a onetime aide to McCarthy, will now serve out the rest of his former...

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