McCarthy-endorsed Vince Fong can't legally run for Congress, California secretary of state says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "Kern County spokesperson Ally Soper in a Thursday email to The Bee said the county's counsel and registrar accepted Fong's "properly filed paperwork for the 20th Congressional District, and pass(ed) it along to the California Secretary of State.
54% : The Secretary of State simply has a ministerial duty to certify the candidate lists and include all qualified candidates.
49% : "The secretary of state doesn't have the authority to determine election outcomes.
44% : Assemblyman Vince Fong cannot run to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy in the 20th Congressional District, California's secretary of state announced Friday in a ruling that will almost certainly prompt a legal challenge by the Republican candidate over his status in the Central Valley election in March.
36% : Fong, R-Bakersfield, currently represents the 32nd Assembly District but is ineligible under state law to run for Congress "because he had previously filed paperwork to run for reelection to the California State Assembly," Secretary of State Shirley Weber's office said in a statement released Friday afternoon.
30% : "As such, the Secretary of State's office has determined that Mr. Fong's filed nomination papers for Congressional District 20 were improperly submitted.

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