Tom McClintock is a conservative with libertarian leanings and a pugnacious personality. He is suspicious of federal power, intelligence agencies, and favors marijuana legalization. He has also signaled interest in attempts at overhauling policing laws in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. He considers himself a budget hawk, though he voted for the 2017 tax cut law. McClintock has spent years in politics, beginning with his election to the California Assembly in 1982 at age 26.

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