Kevin McCarthy (California politician) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 05/12/2018

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Kevin McCarthy (California politician)


00:01:36 1 Early life and education
00:02:19 2 Early political career
00:03:09 3 U.S. House of Representatives
00:03:14 3.1 Elections
00:03:22 3.1.1 2006
00:03:52 3.1.2 2008
00:04:04 3.1.3 2010
00:04:22 3.1.4 2012
00:04:58 3.1.5 2014
00:05:20 3.1.6 2016
00:05:43 3.1.7 2018
00:06:22 3.2 Tenure
00:06:30 3.2.1 Committee assignments
00:06:51 3.2.2 Caucus memberships
00:07:02 3.2.3 Party leadership
00:10:24 3.2.3.1 Speaker of the House candidacy and withdrawal
00:11:59 3.2.4 Comments on House Select Committee on Benghazi
00:13:53 3.2.5 Comments on Trump and Putin
00:14:36 4 Political positions
00:14:45 4.1 Abortion
00:16:10 4.2 Donald Trump
00:16:30 4.3 Environment
00:18:22 4.4 Finance
00:18:41 4.5 George Soros
00:19:12 4.6 Health care
00:20:14 4.7 Hate crimes
00:20:44 4.8 Immigration
00:22:03 4.9 LGBT rights
00:22:41 4.10 Cannabis
00:23:05 4.11 Other issues
00:24:18 4.12 Social media censorship
00:25:16 5 Personal life



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Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician serving as the House Majority Leader since 2014 and U.S. Representative for California's 23rd congressional district since 2007. The 23rd district, numbered as the 22nd district from 2007 to 2013, is based in Bakersfield and includes large sections of Kern County and Tulare County as well as part of the Quartz Hill neighborhood in northwest Los Angeles County.
A member of the Republican Party, he was formerly chairman of the California Young Republicans and the Young Republican National Federation. McCarthy worked as district director for U.S. Representative Bill Thomas, and in 2000 was elected as a trustee to the Kern Community College District. He then served in the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2006, the last two years as Minority Leader. When Thomas retired from the U.S. House in 2006, McCarthy ran to succeed him and won the election. 
McCarthy was elected to House leadership as the Republican Chief Deputy Whip, from 2009 to 2011, and House Majority Whip, from 2011 until August 2014, when he was elected House Majority Leader to replace the outgoing Eric Cantor, who was defeated in his primary election. After announcing his candidacy for Speaker on September 28, 2015, he dropped out of the race on October 8.The Republicans lost their majority at the 2018 midterm elections, and McCarthy was elected as House Minority Leader, making him the first California Republican to hold the post.