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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Some section races are inactive excessively adjacent to call, and that includes the contention to correspond northeast Fresno.
Officials mightiness not cognize who volition correspond District 6 for weeks. The latest polling numbers amusement 319 votes abstracted Nick Richardson and Roger Bonakdar.
“The remainder of it, honestly, is successful God's hands astatine this point," Fresno City Council District 6 candidate Nick Richardson said.
“Yogi Berra said it's not implicit until it's over, right? But erstwhile we bash person the results, it's going to beryllium ramp-up time," Fresno City Council District 6 campaigner Roger Bonakdar said.
More than 21,000 votes person already been counted for the contention to correspond District 6 successful Fresno City Council, but determination is inactive nary clear-cut winner.
“According to the clerk's website, determination are a batch of votes outstanding, tens of thousands for the region and a beauteous important fig expected specifically successful northeast Fresno District Six," Bonakdar said.
As of November 6, Richardson has the edge. He leads Bonakdar by 319 votes, with much votes expected by the extremity of the week.
“I deliberation a batch of radical were amazed that a grassroots run would beryllium capable to execute what we person up to this point," Richardson said.
Richardson told YourCentralValley.com what helium volition bash if helium is announced the winner.
“Number one, we're ever going to amusement up to person the conversation. Number 2 is looking radical successful the oculus each azygous clip and telling them the truth. And the 3rd happening is outworking our competition," Richardson said.
However, Bonakdar is besides hopeful that helium alternatively volition correspond Northeast Fresno successful the metropolis council.
“My halfway taxable successful moving was trying to enactment Fresno families first, to enactment nationalist information archetypal and to unafraid the aboriginal of Fresno for everyone," Bonakdar said.
The hold is on, and some candidates are thankful to beryllium successful this position.
“I person thing antagonistic to accidental astir anybody other successful this contention oregon immoderate different contention for that matter. We're staying positive, we're staying motivated, and we're keeping our chemoreceptor to the grindstone," Richardson said.
“As with astir things I've done successful my life, they've taken a bully magnitude of enactment and patience. I've got some and looking guardant to a bully result," Bonakdar said.
Whichever campaigner wins the contention for District 6 volition statesman their caller word connected Jan. 7.
