There's still one undecided House race, and the Democrat just took the lead
Election Day was nearly three weeks ago, and one House race still needs to be called: California's 21st Congressional District.
The district covers portions of Fresno, Kern, Kings, and Tulare counties, and it's currently represented by Republican Rep. David Valadao. On Nov. 6, the incumbent was ahead of Democrat TJ Cox by about 4,400 votes, but as more ballots were counted, that lead got smaller. On Monday, after Kern County updated its results, Cox jumped ahead of Valadao by 436 votes.
There are still several thousand ballots left to count, the Los Angeles Times reports, and under California state law, county officials have until Dec. 7 to certify their results. If Cox, an engineer and owner of two nut-processing companies, wins, it will give Democrats 46 of California's 53 House seats.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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