Final result will be out only on Saturday.
By The American Bazaar Staff
WASHINGTON, DC: California Democrat Congressman Ami Bera may still be with a chance to retain his seat in the US House of Representatives as there are anywhere between 60,000 to 100,000 votes yet to be counted in the Sacramento area’s 7th Congressional District.
The Associated Press had Bera’s opponent, Republican Doug Ose in the lead with 3,011 votes after 100% of the precincts reporting in, but Bera has not thrown the towel in as yet. And the AP has not called the race as yet.
County election officials estimate that more than 104,000 ballots remain uncounted countywide, reported the Sacramento Bee. Ose’s campaign pegged the number of uncounted ballots in the district at more than 60,000. The campaign said in a prepared statement that it anticipates having a final result on Saturday.
Politico reported that there are 70,000 ballots still to be counted.
On Wednesday, Bera noted that after Election Day two years ago he led by a slim margin but won the race by more than 9,000 votes after all of the mail and provision ballots were counted.
“We still have thousands of ballots left to count, but I feel very good about where we are today,” Bera said. “Two years ago, we were tied on election night and we ended up winning by over 9,000 votes. And just like two years ago, our grassroots campaign was the largest of any Congressional race in the country, which is why I’m confident we will again come out on top once all the votes are counted. The hard-working staff at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters are professionals and we need to let them continue to do their jobs to make sure that every vote is counted.”
The 7th district is one of a handful of pickup opportunities for California Republicans, whose candidates are clinging to narrow advantages in the Central Valley district held by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and in a Southern California seat controlled by Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego. The pair is being challenged by Republican dairyman Johnny Tacherra of Burrel and former San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio.
1 Comment
This article is implying that Bera has lost the election to
Ose, but there are over 70,000 ballots yet to be counted in Sacramento area’s 7th
Congressional District. This race is too
close to call. The Associated Press hasn’t
called the race. In fact, another
article on this website published on 11/5/14 is stated this very exact point (http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2014/11/06/congressman-ami-bera-may-still-retain-seat-thousands-votes-yet-counted/
). Maybe the staff at American Bazaar should
do a better research before they start publishing election results.