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It’s the end of Election Week, and we still don’t have definitive calls on many races. That was expected — we knew from the beginning it could take days or weeks to get a clear picture of the results. But four days after Election Day, some of these counts are getting interesting.
In three L.A. City Council races, each new ballot count shows races tightening or shifting in a way that defies expectations from the initial results released Tuesday night.
L.A. City Council District 2’s second-place race just flipped
This race, led by Adrin Nazarian with 38% of the vote, is definitely going to a runoff, but the race for second place remains interesting. Jillian Burgos came from behind to overtake Sam Kbushyan. On Thursday she was ahead by just one vote, but Friday’s tally put her 422 votes ahead, with 19% of the vote.
With Nazarian so far ahead, it might seem like it doesn’t matter who comes in second. But there are instances where the runner-up in a primary has gone on to win the general.
A lot of that comes down to how different the candidates in the runoff are from each other. If they’re very similar, it’s more likely the frontrunner just becomes more of a frontrunner.
But if the top two candidates are very different and the second-place candidate has a lot in common with the other candidates who came in behind them in the primary, they could pick up a big chunk of the votes in the runoff.
Raman is inching toward 50% in L.A. City Council District 4
Will incumbent Nithya Raman make it to 50%? That’s been the overarching question for the…
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