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More than two weeks after Election Day, the race between Rep. Michelle Steel and Democratic challenger Derek Tran remains too close to call as California continues to count itsAs of Thursday morning, Tran was ahead of Steele by just 314 votes. In the initial Election Day count, Steel took a sizable lead of thousands of votes, but as more ballots were counted, her lead narrowed until the race flipped in Tran’s favor.
Last week, California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson said the party recruited thousands of volunteers to monitor the state’s ballot-counting process and reach out to voters whose ballots were flagged due to technical problems with their ballots. “I know how frustrating it can be to wait on results during this long process,” she said in a public video. “But please know that the California Republican Party and our partners are committed to ensuring that our elections are fair and your vote is safe and secure. We won’t rest until the last legal ballot is counted.”During the 2022 midterm elections, it took nearly a month for the race between Democrat Adam Gray and now-Rep. John Duarte to be called.
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