Thread by @EvanWatsonNews

Hello all! We’re expecting updated results in the #WA03 Congressional race around 5 pm PT today

As it stands, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) leads Joe Kent (R) by about 10,000 votes

There’s an estimated 70,000 votes left to be reported, most from Clark County, but not all @KGWNews

The number of estimated votes left in this race could rise based on what’s to come from Lewis and Cowlitz counties as well - both areas that favor Kent.

The current Lewis and Cowlitz results are below.

We expect the latest Lewis drop at 4pm PT. Cowlitz around 8pm PT tonight.

Kent tweeted this morning there are about 120k votes left to count.

That’s higher than estimates I’ve seen based on turnout projections, but it’s anyone’s guess.

For context, 307k voted in #WA03 race in 2018 midterms. We’re at 219k now, and turnout is projected a little down.

We’ll get a better sense of how many #WA03 votes are left later today.

One important note: Kent is sharing a @nytimes projection that he’s “likely to win.”

However, NYT says it stopped updating this forecast on Election Night. That means Wednesday’s update isn’t accounted for

And ICYMI - here’s the latest from @MGPforCongress

She shared this last night after the latest results update, thanking elections administrators.

Because Clark County says it can only process 20k votes a day, it may be Saturday or Monday before we know a projected #WA03 winner

UPDATE: After talking with county election officials today, I estimate there are about 92,000 ballots outstanding for #WA03

Clark - 69k ballots
Cowlitz - 12k
Lewis - 6k
P/S/T/W - About 5k combined

However, expect only 30-35k in ballot results to be added tonight. @KGWNews

Yes, there could be small additions to this count (military and overseas voters, some late-arriving mail ballots)

However, 92k would put the #WA03 race at 312k votes cast.

307,226 people voted in this race in 2018. That’s right in line. Counties feel like they have a good grasp