Our Lead Expands To 1,283…
Our lead has now widened to 1,283 votes out of 326,395 counted, or 0.39 percent. We are now taking 50.20 percent of the votes counted and need 48.49 percent of the remaining 42,500 ballots.
Nevada County reported 1,950 additional votes today, of which we received 45.79 percent – well above the 42.52 we had on Election Day. This loss was more than offset when Sacramento County reported 491 additional ballots counted, of which we received 54.17 percent of the vote (up from 53.10 on election day); and El Dorado County processed an additional 5,573 ballots, of which we received 52.79 percent (up from 50.34 on election day).
These results comport with our field observations that the bulk of the uncounted votes are from our stronghold precincts.
We estimate that there are still 8,600 ballots from counties where Brown has the lead and 33,900 ballots from counties where I have the lead yet to be counted.