CA: Democrat Rebecca Bauer-Kahan Wins East Bay AD16 Race
In a stunning victory, Democrat Rebecca Bauer-Kahan has unseated GOP incumbent Catherine Baker in the East Bay's 16th Assembly District contest. Baker's defeat means that Republicans will have no Bay Area representatives in the state Legislature.
A victory for Bauer-Kahan had been considered a longshot, because Baker is a moderate Republican and had won the endorsements of the region's daily newspapers. But Bauer-Kahan, a progressive, benefitted from the Democratic blue wave this election cycle — and from strong voter turnout in the East Bay.
As of Nov. 16, voter turnout in Alameda County was 63.27 percent, and in Contra Costa County, it was 62.21 percent.
The sprawling 16th District runs from Lafayette and Orinda to Livermore.
Bauer-Kahan also benefitted from the surge this year in mail-in ballots. On Election Night, she was trailing Baker, but eventually passed her thanks to the huge number of voters who cast mail-in ballots.
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/11/16/democrat-rebecca-bauer-kahan-wins-east-bay-ad16-race
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