WASHINGTON, Nov 7: Indian American Congressmen Ami Bera and Ro Khanna are engaged in one of the tightest Congressional races with their respective opponents in the US, which has not been called off yet.
Congressman Bera reduced the gap with his opponent by over 800 votes as counting of ballots continued in the Seventh Congressional District of California.
On the other hand, Mike Honda from the Democratic Party increased his lead over his challenger Ro Khanna by nearly 400 votes in the 17th Congressional District of California, which basically constitutes the core of Silicon Valley.
Bera is fighting to retain his seat in the US House of Representatives, Khanna is seeking to make his maiden entry into the Congress and thus become the fourth Indian American to be elected to the Congress.
As of yesterday, Bera had 62,432 votes as against 64,615 Doug Ose of the Republican Party.
The Sacramento County Registrar of Voters announced today that 79,000 ballots remain to be counted throughout the county, with Bera picking up 828 votes over his opponent.
With many votes left to tally, the race for California’s 7th Congressional District is still too close to call.
“I’m confident we have done what is needed to come out on top,” Bera said.
Ballots that have not yet been counted include vote by mail (VBM) ballots received but not yet signature verified, VBM ballots dropped off on Election Day, and provisional ballots.
In both 2010 and 2012, those same types of ballots significantly favoured Bera.
In 2012, Bera’s race was too close to call immediately after the election, but after the Registrar of Voters counted those types of ballots, Bera won with by a margin of 9,191 votes.
The Sacramento County Registrar of Voters yesterday said that Honda had 44,103 votes as against 40,173 votes of Khanna. (PTI)
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