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The gap between the second and third place candidates in the race for California’s 21st State Assembly District has narrowed, according to the latest election results posted on the county website Monday.
Redwood City Mayor Giselle Hale and Republican Mark Gilham are now separated by just 516 votes, or 19% and 19.7% respectively. Last week, Gilham was up by 1,719 votes.
When asked whether the latest election results changed his confidence in his primary win, Gilham said, "Not at all."
But Hale said she was feeling "pretty good" about the latest results.
"Chevron, PG&E, and conservative super PACs spent millions to have their say," Hale said. "Now we’re hearing from San Mateo County voters. People are tired of dirty politics and will cast their vote to change that. I’m grateful in this last round of returns to see that so many of them did. We’ll continue to watch the results until every vote is counted."
The candidate with the most votes will head to Nov. 8 ballot to face off against Diane Papan, who leads with 43.25% of the vote.
