McCarthy protégé deemed ineligible for Congress bid

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : But Fong had already qualified to run for Assembly, and state law bars a candidate from withdrawing after last Friday's filing deadline.
46% : California legislator Vince Fong's last-minute candidacy to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy runs afoul of state law, the California Secretary of State's office said Friday afternoon, putting an abrupt halt to the Bakersfield Republican's congressional bid.
44% : "I will fight the Secretary of State's misguided decision and do whatever it takes to give voters in our community a real choice in this election because the voters choose our elected officials, not Sacramento."
33% : "The Secretary of State's office has determined that Mr. Fong's filed nomination papers for Congressional District 20 were improperly submitted," it said in a statement.
21% : After a week of uncertainty, the office of Secretary of State Shirley Weber confirmed that California election law prohibits Fong from running for Congress.

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