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State Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, narrowly expanded his lead over Democratic challenger Kipp Mueller Thursday, with just over 2,500 votes separating the two candidates.
As of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Wilk led in the race for California’s 21st Senate District (SD-21) with an estimated 50.4% of the vote compared to Mueller’s 49.6%.
This is a slight expansion of Wilk’s lead the day before, when he held 50.25% of the vote and Mueller held 49.75%, with less than 600 votes separating the two.
When the first vote counts were reported at around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Mueller held a larger lead over Wilk, as the first round of reporting came from Democratic-leaning vote-by-mail ballots.
However, as the voting center ballots have slowly continued to be reported, Wilk gradually closed that gap, eventually overtaking Mueller following a 2:07 a.m. update from Los Angeles County.
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This race, along with battle for California’s 25th Congressional District, has been deemed a “close contest” by California state officials.
Below are the preliminary results for the race as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday
| Scott Wilk – R – Incumbent: | 147,804 | 50.40% |
| Kipp Mueller – D | 145,300 | 49.60% |
While neither campaign has officially declared victory or conceded as of Thursday afternoon Wilk joined KHTS News Director Michael Brown live on air for an interview Wednesday morning, which can be watched here.
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