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Kamala Harris’ Lead Grows

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The latest numbers from the Secretary of State’s office show Kamala Harris with a 31,483 vote lead over Steve Cooley:

Kamala Harris: 4,127,981 (46.0%)

Steve Cooley: 4,096,498 (45.6%)

LA City Council president Eric Garcetti has been providing ongoing updates on the race and explained where these most recent ballots have come from:

These votes came from Ventura, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.  More provisionals than VBMs are now outstanding, and these will break for Harris most likely…

[Update later in the day, after Harris took the 31,000 vote lead] These came at least partially from Alameda, Alpine, Contra Costa, Del Norte, and Siskiyou.  Trends continue upward for Harris.

There are still about 774,000 ballots left to be counted statewide. 150,000 of them are in LA County, 54,000 in Orange, and 71,000 in San Diego, with plenty more scattered across the state. There’s obviously still a lot of counting left to be done, but Kamala Harris has continued to build a lead. Assuming Steve Cooley and his supporters don’t turn this into another Brooks Brothers riot and the ballots are properly counted, then I think it’s fair to expect Kamala Harris will be our next Attorney General. Obviously still a ways to go, but at least the trends are favorable.

20 thoughts on “Kamala Harris’ Lead Grows”

  1. Here’s hoping that her lead grows as the counting concludes.  Not to get all cocky, I am curious how big it would have to be for Cooley to forego a recount.

    How blue must California really be given that Democrats could sweep the statewide offices in a Republican year, even when they are massively outspent?  

  2. What are the exact numbers of Dems in the Legislature? How close to 2/3? I can’t find it anywhere.

    Thanks

  4. Her lead has shrank to 18,064 votes, Hopefully It will turn around again and go up once again.

    Kamala D. Harris (Dem) 4,158,280  	45.9%
Steve Cooley  	 (Rep) 4,140,216 	45.7%

    There are at this time 774,065 Ballots in the entire State of California to be counted still and yes Los Angeles County is down to 156,981 Ballots to be counted.

  5. Harris winning is important for more than who is the next attorney general.  As we all know, AG stands for aspiring governor.  I would rather not have Cooley in that position.

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