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Democrat Adam Gray Takes Lead in Tight California Congressional Race

The former Assemblyman leads incumbent Rep. John Duarte by just 182 votes in the Central California district.
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Democrat Adam Gray Takes Lead in Tight California Congressional Race
On Nov 5, Election Day, students at the University of California, San Diego, line up at a campus vote center. Courtesy Phillip Zhu
Kimberly Hayek
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Former Democratic state Assemblyman Adam Gray has taken the lead over Republican incumbent Rep. John Duarte in the razor thin race for California’s 13th Congressional District by just 182 votes.

Duarte had been leading by 202 votes Tuesday evening, but as of Wednesday morning Gray took a narrow lead. Close elections are nothing new for the district and the candidates. In 2022, the two men faced each other in a midterm election decided by 564 votes.
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.