CA Secretary of State vows to appeal Fong ruling as first Republican bows out of race

Dec. 29—California will not become the third state to remove former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot — but it might be the first to have one candidate running for two seats.

Hours after she declined to remove Trump from the presidential primary ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said she will appeal a judge's decision to allow Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, to simultaneously run for Congress and the state Assembly.

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