Nov. 13, Orange County: Dem Porter takes the lead in the CA 45th
Dem Katie Porter moved ahead of Rep Incumbent Mimi Walters in the CA 45th, including Irvine.
CA 45
D Katie Porter 116,732. 50.1%
R (I) Mimi Walters. 116,471. 49.9%
The difference is a 261 vote lead for Porter. Last night, Nov. 12, it was a 1,011 vote lead for Walters. On Nov. 9, Walter’s lead was 2,020. Before that it as 4,637, and before that 6,074. So this is a steady increase for Porter. There are fluctuations from the precincts being counted.
CA 48
D Harley Rouda. 118,210. 52.3%
R (I) Dana Rohrabacher. 107,612. 47.7%
D Rouda’s lead is now 10,598 or 4.6%, a gain of 1,126 from his lead of 9,472 and 4.4% yesterday.
State Assembly District 74
D Cottie Petrie-Norris. 77,094. 51.1%
R (I) Matthew Harper. 73,664. 48.9%
The difference is now 3,430 or 2.2%. Yesterday, Petrie-Norris’s lead was 1,817 votes or 1.4%.
CA 39. It is mainly Orange County, but part Los Angeles County, with a pinch of San Bernardino.
R Young Kim. 93,452. 50.2%
D Gil Cisneros. 92,741. 49.8%
The difference is now only 711 votes, or 0.4%, by the New York Times. Last night it was 1,957 or 1.2%, from Ballotpedia.
Of the 441,011 votes to count after Election Day, 179,411 or 40.7% have been counted, and 59.3% are left to count. Last night, there were 31.3% counted, so they counted 9.4% today. So that could be 6 to 7 more days, depending on what type of counting they are doing. Next Wednesday.
So far, CNN’s House has D 225 to R 200. 10 are still not counted. 5 are in California. Democrats lead in 7. Democrats could have a pickup of 40 seats. Dems had a majority at 218.
The Senate is D 47 and R 51. Florida is being recounted, and Mississippi has a runoff.
