Al Drago Swimming pool Reuters The race to replace former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes in Central California will present voters with a well-defined choice: the candidate is a progressive Democrat who advocates universal health care and a former Trump-nominated candidate. Preliminary returns released on Friday from Tuesday’s special election showed Democrat Lurin Hubbard finishing second in the second round in June for a vacancy in the state’s rural area. He will face Connie Conway, a former Republican leader in the state Assembly and executive director of the California Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Services Service during the Trump administration. It was the top vote that went ahead earlier in the June match. With the most votes counted, Hubbard had just under 20%, with his closest rival for second place in the second round, Republican Matt Stoll, having several percentage points behind. Nunes, one of the most ardent supporters of former President Donald Trump in Congress, resigned from the 22nd District earlier this year to lead Trump’s social networking company. The seat on the GOP slope is expected to remain in Republican hands.
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Read more about CNBC political coverage: As no candidate was able to claim the majority of votes on Tuesday and win definitively, only the top two advance to the second round. The second round will coincide with the June 7th national qualifying elections. The vacancy election has been largely ignored nationwide as Democrats and Republicans focus on midterm elections that will determine control of Congress in 2023. The sudden departure of Nunes in January created an unusual situation for its former voters: The winner of the election will only serve a few months in Congress and the district will disappear next year due to redesigned boundaries.
