Electoral history of Kevin McCarthy

Before entering electoral politics, he served on the staff of Congressman Bill Thomas and was chair of the Young Republican National Federation between 1999 and 2001.

[1] In 2000, Kevin McCarthy was elected as one of two trustees for Area 3 in the Kern Community College District.

In the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections, McCarthy ran for California's 22nd congressional district.

In the 2021 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, McCarthy received 209 votes from members of the 117th Congress, though this was not enough to win the speakership.

In the 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, McCarthy prevailed on the fifteenth ballot, receiving 216 votes from members of the 118th Congress.