Friday's dump of 25,980 more #CA25 ballots from L.A. County is the first update to net votes for Christy Smith, splittng 51.5%/48.5% for Smith and bringing Mike Garcia's margin down by 790 votes to 16,860.
Another 350 #CA25 votes were also added from Ventura County, splitting 50.9%/49.1% for Smith, cutting Garcia's margin down another six votes to 16,854.
Unless I've missed something, out of nearly 90 legislative or congressional special elections held in California over the past 20+ years, only 7 have had turnout over 40%.
#CA25 is the only one that didn't take place at the same time as a statewide primary or general election.
#CA25 is the only one that didn't take place at the same time as a statewide primary or general election.
#CA25 Update - L.A. County estimates just 1,285 uncounted votes remaining (780 VBM, 220 conditional registration, 85 provisionals, 200 miscellaneous).
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