LINCOLN - House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy will headline a fundraising luncheon for 1st District GOP congressional candidate Mike Flood at the Country Club of Lincoln on Friday.

The $100-per-person event will include "sponsorship level" donations up to $5,800.

McCarthy will likely become Speaker of the House if Republicans gain majority control following the November elections.

Although, the California Republican has been scrutinized lately for his refusal to cooperate with subpoenas to appear before the House special committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

McCarthy had been in contact with former President Donald Trump during the day's events.

"For House Republican leaders to agree to participate in this political stunt would change the House forever," McCarthy wrote in a recent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal shared with Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who also declined to honor a subpoena to appear before the special committee.

Flood is facing off against Democratic candidate Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln in a June 28 special election to fill the last six months of former Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry after he resigned from the House due to his conviction on charges of lying to federal officials about illegal foreign campaign contributions.

Flood and Pansing Brooks will meet again in November in a rematch for election to a new two-year term, beginning in January.

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