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Welcome to The Stump, a special feature of Sunrise FM featuring in-depth interviews with the candidates vying to represent the Valley at the Federal, state, and even local levels.

Today's guest: Rep. George Radanovich, a 16-year veteran of the House of Representatives who retired in 2010 and is currently seeking an open Assembly seat currently held by Asm. Jim Patterson (R–Fresno).

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Welcome to The Stump, a special feature of Sunrise FM featuring in-depth interviews with the candidates vying to represent the Valley at the Federal, state, and even local levels.

Today's guest: Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, the 30th Sheriff of Tulare County and candidate for the 20th Congressional district, seeking to succeed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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Welcome to The Stump, a special feature of Sunrise FM featuring in-depth interviews with the candidates vying to represent the Valley at the Federal, state, and even local levels.

Today's guest: David Giglio, a Clovis small business owner and candidate for the 20th Congressional district who entered the race prior to Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster and retirement.

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Introducing The Stump, a special feature of Sunrise FM featuring in-depth interviews with the candidates vying to represent the Valley at the Federal, state, and even local levels.

Today's guest: Kyle Kirkland, the owner of Fresno's Club One Casino, longtime business executive, and candidate for the newly-open 20th Congressional district.

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Devin Nunes shocked Valley residents with his announcement to retire from Congress two years ago to launch a new career as CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group, operator of social network Truth Social.

Now, he joins us on Sunrise FM to talk about his transition from Capitol Hill to Truth Social, address the buzz of a Congressional comeback amid questions of Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy's future, and unveil his new passion project: Devin Nunes Wines.

The City of Reedley leapt into the national consciousness last week after media reports surfaced of a secret, illegal biologics laboratory operated by a little-known firm owned by Chinese nationals. The lab featured a bevy of infectious agents including bioengineered mice with COVID-19.

Since it was discovered in the spring, Fresno County and California public health officials, the FBI, Centers for Disease Control, and FDA have investigated the lab and worked to remove contaminated materials.

Joe Prado, the Assistant Director of Fresno County's Department of Public Health, speaks with The Sun's Daniel Gligich about the discovery, interactions with the Chinese officials operating the lab, and the legwork to abate the property.

As California spent much of the winter battered by storm after storm, water officials faced new challenges unlike recent years: an overabundance over water. Friant Water Authority chief operating officer Johnny Amaral joins Sunrise FM to talk about the ever-changing battle over control of California's water resources, the difficulties in securing water supplies, and how water agencies are preparing for the "Big Melt" of incredible Sierra snowpack.

Johnny Amaral is a longtime policy advocate in the San Joaquin Valley, joining Friant Water Authority in 2019 as its Chief of External Affairs and is currently its Chief Operating Officer. He previously served in a similar external affairs role – connecting growers, water managers, and lawmakers – at Westlands Water District. Prior to that, the Tulare native served 13 years as Chief of Staff to Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare).

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Rep. David Valadao has long been the Valley's water warrior since entering the House in 2013. 

He speaks with The Sun's Daniel Gligich on on-going battles with the Biden administration over environmental rules governing the flow of water to the Valley and delivering cheaper domestically-produced energy.

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The sudden reemergence of widespread crime – from petty to violent – has Californians of all stripes worried. For Steve Smith of the Pacific Research Institute, the genesis of this slide into crime begin with a trio of policies aimed at early release of prisoners and decriminalization of key laws.

Smith, a career police officer who has organized peacekeeping forces abroad and served as a justice administration professor, concluded a decade-long study on California's decade of criminal justice reform. The study, titled “Paradise Lost: Crime in the Golden State 2011-2021,” was released just before the tragic murder of Selma Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco, Jr. at the hands of Nathaniel Dixon, a felon released early from jail.

He speaks with Daniel Gligich on his study and the implications of a decade of reform on the Golden State.

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Rep. John Duarte's tenure in the House of Representatives kicked off with a sudden hospital collapse in Madera County and flooded rural communities in Merced County.

He speaks with The Sun's Daniel Gligich on his transition into office, crises in the Valley, and the new Speakership of Kevin McCarthy.

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