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OC Special Election Update: Which Nguyen Wins? Can Anyone Say “Recount”?

Here are the latest results from the OC Registrar of Voters:

County Supervisor First District, Short Term 
Completed Precincts: 179 of 179 
  Vote Count  Percentage 
TRUNG NGUYEN  10920  24.1% 
JANET NGUYEN  10913  24.1% 
TOM UMBERG  9728  21.4% 
CARLOS BUSTAMANTE  7475  16.5% 
MARK ROSEN  2182  4.8% 
BRETT ELLIOTT FRANKLIN  1739  3.8% 
KERMIT MARSH  1335  2.9% 
LARRY PHAN  419  0.9% 
LUPE MORENO  384  0.8% 
BENNY DIAZ  274  0.6% 

The Battle of the Nguyens is now on its way to overtime. While I usually don’t agree with OC Blog Master Jubal/Matt Cunningham, I must agree with him here on the likely reality that this is heading into Nasty Recount Land. Stay tuned for more…

UPDATE: OC Blog is reporting that Janet Nguyen’s consultant is confirming that Janet’s campaign WILL PURSUE A RECOUNT. The battle will go on!