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Vince Fong rose to Congress through an unusual path, winning a special election in 2024 to fill the seat left vacant by Kevin McCarthy's resignation as Speaker of the House. A former aide to McCarthy who later served in the California State Assembly, Fong represents the heavily agricultural Central Valley district that includes Bakersfield and surrounding rural communities. He has positioned himself as a business-friendly conservative focused on water rights, agricultural interests, and energy production issues critical to his inland California constituency.