Progressive Candidate Qualifies for Congressional Race After Tie-Breaking Recount

Progressive Candidate Qualifies for Congressional Race After Tie-Breaking Recount
Assemblyman Evan Low attends the Los Angeles Equality Awards at L.A. Live on Sept. 29, 2018. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Equality California
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California Assemblyman Evan Low, a progressive Democrat, will move on to the November ballot as a congressional candidate after winning a recount following an unprecedented tie vote in the March primary election.

Mr. Low was in a 30,249-vote tie for the state’s 16 Congressional District with Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, also a Democrat, which could have ended in a three-way contest, under California’s top-two system, in the general election with top vote getter Democrat Sam Liccardo.

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