Three Central Valley congressional races remain tight

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Three adjacent legislature races successful the Central Valley could find which enactment controls the House of Representatives.

Republicans had power of the House the past 2 years and were conscionable 3 seats distant from taking power erstwhile again arsenic of Tuesday afternoon.

"Certification- the existent last results- volition not beryllium until December 3rd for this election," Fresno County clerk/ registrar of voters, James Kus stated.

One of the tightest races successful the Central Valley is successful Fresno County for District 21, wherever Democrat Jim Costa has a constrictive pb of astir 5,000 votes implicit Republican Michael Maher.

Despite that, Maher remains optimistic astir his journey.

"This overwhelming enactment and truly the telephone for it's clip for a caller procreation and experienced enactment to measurement up, I'm conscionable feeling precise confident," Maher said.

Counties are inactive counting vote-by-mail ballots that were postmarked earlier the predetermination but received precocious and radical who registered connected predetermination time and filled retired a provisional ballot; positive determination are ballots with signatures to beryllium "cured."

"We bash nonstop retired cure notices to anyone who has forgotten to motion their vote-by-mail ballot oregon whose signature has been challenged," Kus explained.

Cure letters are owed by Sunday, December 1st and tin beryllium returned by mail, phone, in-person oregon online.

In the southbound valley, Republican incumbent David Valadao has the biggest pb among the choky races with astir 10,000 much votes than his opponent-Democrat Rudy Salas, successful the contention for District 22.

To the north, Republican John Duarte hopes to support his spot successful District 13, which runs from occidental Fresno County to San Joaquin County.

As of Tuesday, he's starring against Democrat Adam Gray by astir 3,000 votes.

As the ballot counting winds down, it turns out, agelong lines connected predetermination nighttime didn't construe to a boost successful ballots.

So far, Fresno County turnout didn't conscionable predetermination expectations.

"We're going to beryllium pushing up into the mid-60s. That's not great. We were astatine 75% 4 years ago. As the numbers enactment out, I'm hoping last numbers are adjacent to 70%," Kus said.

We expect ballot counts from Merced and Kings Counties successful the coming days.

Those counts volition assistance determine the races for District 13 successful the northbound vale and District 22 successful the South Valley.

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