Adam Gray declares victory in California's 13th Congressional District as counties certify results

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- In California's 13th Congressional District race, encompassing 5 counties from Fresno to Stanislaus, each ballot counts.

As of Tuesday evening, Democrat Adam Gray leads incumbent Republican John Duarte by 165 votes.

"We saw the aforesaid happening successful this legislature territory 2 years ago," said Merced County Registrar of Voters Mel Levey.

"In 2022, we had the 2nd closest legislature contention successful the country, separated by astir 500 votes. Certainly this year, we're seeing different adjacent race, the closest successful the country, successful fact."

While the contention has not been officially called by ABC News, Democrat Adam Gray declared triumph implicit Republican Incumbent John Duarte connected Tuesday night.

Gray released a connection saying he's honored to go the congressman-elect.

"The last results corroborate this territory is acceptable for autarkic and accountable enactment that ever puts the Valley's radical up of partisan politics," Gray wrote.

Levey and Fresno Co. Registrar of Voters James A. Kus person some confirmed to Action News that they person certified their predetermination results aft gathering the last statesmanlike effect deadlines for the state.

"Today is the time your ballot volition beryllium officially recorded successful the last results for Fresno county," said Kus.

Sunday was besides the past time for immoderate challenged ballots to beryllium accepted by the counties, making a quality successful the adjacent contest.

"We've had respective campaigns that were actively retired trying to cod those and person them brought in, truthful we got a clump of those some by email and electronically, but besides carnal ones returned to our bureau passim the thanksgiving weekend," said Kus.

"We saw a batch of enactment present successful Merced County with curing ballots, astir apt much enactment than we've ever seen for immoderate election," said Levey.

"I deliberation that speaks to a fewer things, 1 being the closeness of respective of the races that we had present successful the county, including the legislature 13th district."

Levey says it shows an summation successful elector engagement and radical having their dependable heard.

"Certainly we've seen a truly adjacent contention each along, and you cognize it's a contention wherever each ballot genuinely does substance and truthful we've seen the results benignant of displacement backmost and distant a small bit," said Levey.

Important dates to note, portion galore counties are certifying their results Tuesday, they inactive person until Thursday to bash so.

The authorities however, has to certify their results by December 13th, its lone past that a campaigner tin situation oregon inquire for a recall.

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