Vince Fong reacts to special election win that sends him to Congress

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- In the adjacent fewer weeks, Vince Fong volition officially capable the unfastened spot successful the 20th Congressional District.

"Well I'm surely humbled and grateful that the voters person overwhelmingly selected maine to beryllium their dependable successful Washington, D.C.," said Fong.

The Bakersfield Republican is headed to the U.S. House of Representatives to capable the void near by Kevin McCarthy, who stepped down successful December conscionable weeks aft being ousted from the talker position.

There is small clip to celebrate.

Fong said helium inactive has a engaged fewer weeks up successful the State Assembly. He said helium volition proceed his enactment determination until helium is sworn into Congress.

"This week is simply a large week," said Fong. "We telephone it the location of root deadline, truthful each the bills successful the Assembly volition person to determination implicit to the Senate, and past the Senate bills volition determination implicit to the Assembly, truthful we're going to tackle implicit 400 bills, I think, that are near remaining."

Fong said he's determined to deed the crushed moving successful D.C., tackling issues with borderline information and vigor and h2o infrastructure successful the state. He'll besides beryllium moving to get erstwhile President Donald Trump backmost successful office, who offered his endorsement to Fong months ago.

"Well, I'll bash what we tin to enactment President Trump and marque definite that helium gets elected President," said Fong. "I privation to support our House majority. I look guardant to moving with the President erstwhile helium gets elected."

As for his opponent, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, helium offered his congratulations to Fong and said he'll proceed warring for the Valley.

"Let's fto Vince get into his presumption and fto him bash immoderate work, and you cognize for me, I proceed to absorption connected the radical of Tulare County successful the Central Valley erstwhile it comes to the sheriff's office, and I'm precise blessed for Vince and his victory," said Boudreaux.

The 2 are acceptable to look disconnected again successful November for a afloat word successful Congress. When asked if helium would stay successful the contention aft this loss, Boudreaux had this to say.

"I tin archer you there's a batch of things being discussed for maine successful my aboriginal down the scenes implicit the people of the past month," said Boudreaux. "I deliberation my absorption is going to beryllium connected California and seeing what we tin bash present successful California and the Central Valley. I deliberation I've got a bully beardown dependable to bring immoderate bully things to California what that means for our aboriginal and into November, I'm conscionable not rather sure."

He went connected to accidental we'll person coagulated answers wrong the adjacent 2 to 3 weeks.

The predetermination results volition request to beryllium certified wrong 30 days.

Fong told Action News determination were already talks underway with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson astir his swearing-in, but helium could not corroborate the details.

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