Congressional Update

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

CA-02: Dennis Morris and AJ Sekhon are within a couple hundred votes.  Close one.

CA-24: It's truly amazing to me that Jorgensen's lead is holding.  She has 47% of the vote and is very likely to win.  That's quite an upset to me.

CA-26: The AP has called this for Russ Warner.  On to November.

CA-40: Christina Avalos leads 55-45 with 69% of the vote in.

CA-41: With 47% of the vote in, Tim Prince has 34%, Rita Ramirez-Dean has 27%, and Pat Meagher has 26%.

CA-42: This one hurts.  The AP called the race for Ed Chau.  Here's what I have to say for the Ron Shepston campaign.  He didn't knock on a single door.  He relied on phone calls and showing up at club events and that's simply not enough.  The turnout was simply abysmal here and Chau's experience as a candidate showed himself through to win enough votes.  I'm still proud of Ron Shepston for literally coming off the blogs and into a Congressional campaign.  Bravo.

CA-43: Finally called for Joe Baca.  He had to sweat a little.

CA-45: The AP called this for Julie Bornstein.

CA-50: Cheryl Ede is running a lot stronger than I expected.  Nick Leibham is up 56-44 with 44% of the vote in.

CA-52: Mike Lumpkin's up 58-42 with 33% in.  I think he'll win it... UPDATE: The race has been called for Mike Lumpkin.