Just reflect Republicans own words back to them when they refuse to fill McCarthy’s seat.:
"It isn’t about the person, it’s about the process, it’s about the principle, I think we’ve laid down a principle that’s pretty sound…. It should go over to the voters. People spoke in the midterm election and Republicans came out on the short end of that.
In America, a democracy, you have to accept the judgment of the voters.”
Just watch their heads explode.
The bad news just keeps coming for Kevin: his protege and preferred successor for his Congressional district has been ruled ineligible to appear on the ballot in the special election by the California Secretary of State.
For anyone not clicking through, it’s because he had already filed to run for the state assembly, and state law prohibits any person from running for both, and it was past the deadline to withdraw his Assembly bid.
A judge has since ordered California to keep McCarthy’s protege on both ballots. He is still unopposed in the state race. I suspect California won’t be allowed to take him off the ballot for U.S. Congress, but they will probably be able to take him off the ballot for the assembly. (Because the federal Constitution explicitly sets the qualifications for the federal office of Representative, states are not allowed to add their own qualifications. However they are allowed to exclude federal office holders from holding state offices.)
The editorial, however, seems to say California’s law prohibiting a dual mandate might not be actionable until he wins both elections. It may end up he wins both, picks the office of his choice, and then forces the state to run a special election for the other.
~Max