Posted on 12/13/2023 12:55:52 PM PST by cotton1706
On Wednesday, conservative Republican David Giglio, who's running for Congress in the 20th District in the 2024 election announced he's legally challenging Republican Vince Fong's campaign.
Giglio and his campaign attorney John M. Piece, announced the legal challenge against Fong's campaign, stating they will file a legal challenge against Kern County Election and the Secretary of State if they allow Fong to run.
Fong, who's currently a State Assemblyman representing the 32nd district, filed to run for re-election to continue to represent the 32nd district, which includes the Springville area.
But then Fong changed course and filed to run in the March 5, 2024 primary election to replace McCarthy in the 20th district, which also includes the Springville area. The deadline for Fong to withdraw his filing in the 32nd State Assembly district was last Friday and has passed. California State law prohibits candidates from running for two offices at the same time.
McCarthy announced last week he was leaving Congress at the end of the year.
Pierce of the National Constitutional Law Union released the following statement: “California Election Code 8800 makes it crystal clear that Assemblyman Fong is not allowed to withdraw from running for reelection in the State Assembly after having filed and qualified by last Friday's deadline. Furthermore, California Election Code 8003(b) and case law states that no candidate is allowed to run for two offices on the same ballot during the same election.
Kern County Elections has accepted Fong's filing to run for Congress and has left it up to the Secretary of State to decide if Fong is eligible to run. The Secretary of State issued the following statement on Tuesday night:
“Because of the unusual circumstances, we are carefully reviewing the issue. We’ll provide clarifying information as soon as possible.”
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