California shakeup: Kevin Kiley to run for reelection as independent, Darrell Issa to retire
Trust is earned, not demanded.
Two members of California‘s House delegation are leaving Republican politics after Democrats drew new maps that have put their seats in jeopardy.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced on Friday night that he is running for reelection as an independent this year, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) revealed he is retiring after a more than two-decade career in Congress.
Both decisions, announced shortly before a congressional filing deadline, came in response to a California redistricting push intended to box out several Republican incumbents.
Kiley steps away from GOP
Kiley, a more centrist House Republican, directly blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for spearheading the effort to draw new maps, part of a tit-for-tat with Republicans in Texas and other states.
“Gerrymandering is a plague on democracy, one that Gavin Newsom has brought back to California. But there’s a way we can fight back and protect our democracy from his partisan games: by removing partisanship from the equation,” Kiley said in a two-minute video posted on X, explaining he filed to run on the ballot without any party affiliation.
The lawmaker noted most offices in California are already nonpartisan, arguing it’s not a stretch for him to do the same. Kiley has in recent months bucked party leadership in the House, criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) handling of last year’s government shutdown and urging his colleagues to work with Democrats on Obamacare subsidy legislation. He separately urged Johnson to pass a bill clamping down on gerrymandering.
“As an elected representative, I’ve always seen my role as being an independent voice for our community, holding politicians in Sacramento and Washington accountable to serve my constituents,” he continued. “I answer to you, not party leaders. That’s the kind of representation I believe the newly-drawn Sixth District deserves.”
For the moment, Kiley is a member of the Republican House majority, but a spokesperson said on Friday night that his affiliation for the rest of his term “remains up in the air.”
Kiley currently represents California’s 3rd Congressional District, but he decided this week to run for the 6th Congressional District, in part because it’s entirely in Sacramento County, where he grew up.
Proposition 50, a redistricting ballot measure that passed last year, cut his current district into six parts, leaving him with fewer paths to return to Congress next year.
Even though the newly drawn 6th District is …
Trust is earned, not demanded.
Two members of California‘s House delegation are leaving Republican politics after Democrats drew new maps that have put their seats in jeopardy.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced on Friday night that he is running for reelection as an independent this year, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) revealed he is retiring after a more than two-decade career in Congress.
Both decisions, announced shortly before a congressional filing deadline, came in response to a California redistricting push intended to box out several Republican incumbents.
Kiley steps away from GOP
Kiley, a more centrist House Republican, directly blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for spearheading the effort to draw new maps, part of a tit-for-tat with Republicans in Texas and other states.
“Gerrymandering is a plague on democracy, one that Gavin Newsom has brought back to California. But there’s a way we can fight back and protect our democracy from his partisan games: by removing partisanship from the equation,” Kiley said in a two-minute video posted on X, explaining he filed to run on the ballot without any party affiliation.
The lawmaker noted most offices in California are already nonpartisan, arguing it’s not a stretch for him to do the same. Kiley has in recent months bucked party leadership in the House, criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) handling of last year’s government shutdown and urging his colleagues to work with Democrats on Obamacare subsidy legislation. He separately urged Johnson to pass a bill clamping down on gerrymandering.
“As an elected representative, I’ve always seen my role as being an independent voice for our community, holding politicians in Sacramento and Washington accountable to serve my constituents,” he continued. “I answer to you, not party leaders. That’s the kind of representation I believe the newly-drawn Sixth District deserves.”
For the moment, Kiley is a member of the Republican House majority, but a spokesperson said on Friday night that his affiliation for the rest of his term “remains up in the air.”
Kiley currently represents California’s 3rd Congressional District, but he decided this week to run for the 6th Congressional District, in part because it’s entirely in Sacramento County, where he grew up.
Proposition 50, a redistricting ballot measure that passed last year, cut his current district into six parts, leaving him with fewer paths to return to Congress next year.
Even though the newly drawn 6th District is …
California shakeup: Kevin Kiley to run for reelection as independent, Darrell Issa to retire
Trust is earned, not demanded.
Two members of California‘s House delegation are leaving Republican politics after Democrats drew new maps that have put their seats in jeopardy.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced on Friday night that he is running for reelection as an independent this year, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) revealed he is retiring after a more than two-decade career in Congress.
Both decisions, announced shortly before a congressional filing deadline, came in response to a California redistricting push intended to box out several Republican incumbents.
Kiley steps away from GOP
Kiley, a more centrist House Republican, directly blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for spearheading the effort to draw new maps, part of a tit-for-tat with Republicans in Texas and other states.
“Gerrymandering is a plague on democracy, one that Gavin Newsom has brought back to California. But there’s a way we can fight back and protect our democracy from his partisan games: by removing partisanship from the equation,” Kiley said in a two-minute video posted on X, explaining he filed to run on the ballot without any party affiliation.
The lawmaker noted most offices in California are already nonpartisan, arguing it’s not a stretch for him to do the same. Kiley has in recent months bucked party leadership in the House, criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) handling of last year’s government shutdown and urging his colleagues to work with Democrats on Obamacare subsidy legislation. He separately urged Johnson to pass a bill clamping down on gerrymandering.
“As an elected representative, I’ve always seen my role as being an independent voice for our community, holding politicians in Sacramento and Washington accountable to serve my constituents,” he continued. “I answer to you, not party leaders. That’s the kind of representation I believe the newly-drawn Sixth District deserves.”
For the moment, Kiley is a member of the Republican House majority, but a spokesperson said on Friday night that his affiliation for the rest of his term “remains up in the air.”
Kiley currently represents California’s 3rd Congressional District, but he decided this week to run for the 6th Congressional District, in part because it’s entirely in Sacramento County, where he grew up.
Proposition 50, a redistricting ballot measure that passed last year, cut his current district into six parts, leaving him with fewer paths to return to Congress next year.
Even though the newly drawn 6th District is …
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