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Today there were only OC votes reported in CA-45. Tran won this drop with 772 votes to 689 for Steel. That gain of 83 votes puts his lead at 397. Looking good!
CD-13 had a Madera drop earlier today which helped Duarte. The GOP incumbent now leads by 348 votes (from the sos.ca.gov website.) Now Madera and Fresno are mostly done, and Gray s…
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Today there were only OC votes reported in CA-45. Tran won this drop with 772 votes to 689 for Steel. That gain of 83 votes puts his lead at 397. Looking good!
CD-13 had a Madera drop earlier today which helped Duarte. The GOP incumbent now leads by 348 votes (from the sos.ca.gov website.) Now Madera and Fresno are mostly done, and Gray should do better in the remaining votes. There are 5K remaining in Stanislaus, 11K in San Joaquin and 3K in Merced. Not all of these votes will be in the district (except all of Merced). I think Adam Gray will win this, but he hasn't yet.
Yeah, looking at the counties left I would probably rather be Gray.
But I said the same about Kamala the day before the election so what do I know.
The concerning part is that the San Joaquin updates keep coming in favoring Duarte...
Not sure if this is making an impact but as it so happens, Merced also has UC Merced. It's one of the smallest UC colleges but the students there may be a voting bloc that could make an impact on CA-13 long-term (if they aren't already doing so).
According to Gray’s camp, about nearly 6,000 ballots from the 13th district remain to be counted, with more than 85 percent of those coming from Stanislaus, Merced and San Joaquin counties, where Gray is currently running ahead.
https://www.turlockjournal.com/news/government/race-for-ca-district-13-remains-close/