CA-04: Don't Look Now...

[ccharles000]

http://swingstateproject.com

...but Charlie Brown has cut Tom McClintock's lead from 1,248 to 533 votes:

Tom McClintock (R): 168,868
Charlie Brown (D): 168,335
CQ has more on this crapshoot:


McClintock's campaign on Thursday estimated that 35,000 absentee and provisional ballots remained to be counted, and neither campaign expects the count to be completed this week. McClintock and Brown are both scheduled to attend freshman orientation next week in Washington, D.C.
The rules for vote reporting in California make it virtually impossible to get an exact reading on the number of votes still outstanding. All or portions of nine counties make up the 4th District in the state's northeastern corner, and counties are not required to provide updates to California's secretary of state regarding their progress in the canvass. Those counties that do report such numbers, but are divided between congressional districts, generally do not break down the number of still-uncounted ballots by district.

The McClintock campaign says that this latest batch of votes came from Nevada County, which went big for Brown on election day. They're confidently projecting a victory for the carpetbagging blockhead, but I guess we'll see. There are a lot of votes left on the table, and not much we know about where they're coming from.

[AlCzervik]

1. Yes!!!!!!! McClintock is awful and he has run for just about everything, get a job Tom.

[dubeskin]

2. It's looking good

In fact, I'm quite amused that I still see yard signs for both candidates, because it's far from over. In fact, I'd be surprised if this is done by the end of this month. No matter who wins, I think there's probably still going to be a recount, just because the difference will be so minuscule.

But it would rock if Brown took it. To see such a red district put in a Democrat...especially one I worked to elect!

[No Elephants]

3. So far, in all the really close races, early results favored the Pub. Why is that?

[davidpdx]

4. Wow, lots of close races this time around

It lends new meaning to the term nailbiter.