Kevin McCarthy's hand-picked successor can't run for the departing lawmaker's seat because he's already running in another race, California officials say

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45% : Fong, who has compiled a conservative record in the California Assembly, said in a statement he would challenge the Secretary of State's determination "imminently" and charged that it was an "unprecedented interference in the candidate filing process.
38% : But the California Secretary of State's office on Friday said Fong, who had previously filed to run for reelection in the Bakersfield-based 32nd state Assembly district, could not run for the soon-to-be-open congressional seat.
35% : And California state law does not allow for candidates to appear on the same ballot for two different contests, which Secretary of State Shirley Weber's office said in a statement.
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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