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Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, holds a narrow lead over incumbent Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, for California’s 25th Congressional seat (CA-25), in a race deemed a “close contest” by the state of California.
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. Nov. 5 — Smith holds a narrow lead of 256 votes, giving Mike Garcia nearly 50 percent of the vote.
As of 7:55 a.m. Wednesday, Smith held 50.5 percent of the vote and Garcia held 49.5 percent, with less than 3,000 votes separating the two candidates.
These results come with 100 percent of the vote-by-mail ballots within Los Angeles County counted, 94.38 percent of CA-35’s Ventura precincts reporting, and 826,938 ballots from Los Angeles County’s vote centers counted.
When the first vote counts were reported at around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Smith held a larger lead over Garcia, as the first round of reporting came from Democratic-leaning vote-by-mail ballots.
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However, as the voting center ballots have slowly continued to be reported, Garcia has gradually closed that gap. This has prompted California state officials to deem the race a “close contest.”
Below are the preliminary results for the race as of 7:55 a.m.
| Mike Garcia – R – Incumbent: | 128,462 — 49.50% |
| Christy Smith – D: | 131,218 — 50.50% |
Neither campaign has officially declared victory or conceded as of Thursday afternoon.
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Terrific. Higher taxes, national lockdowns, pro-homelessness, even more crime and drug problems now coming to SCV in spades.
Don’t worry hun… Just grab your meds and that bottle of Boone’s Farm, sit down with with an old episode of “Dragnet” and have a good cry.
Just the facts Ma’am.
Agreed! Hope y’all CHOKE on it before you drown, losers! LOL! ?
Am, You are one hate filled moe-fo, I take it, you sleep alone.
No, Arn is just another useless liberal.
Newsom will try to convince Californians that being homeless is a badge of honor.
Go Christy! ??
Charles and Get_CA_SANE, whether Garcia wins or not, this is still CALIFORNIA. Wake up and smell the weed, man. You’re not going to find what you’re looking for here.