Garcetti Keeps Lead; Lynch Gains
With the bulk of absentee ballots counted, challenger John Lynch inched closer to Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Gil Garcetti but Garcetti still holds a slim lead, election officials said Monday.
As 85,546 more ballots were counted Monday afternoon, Lynch gained 2,117 votes on Garcetti, Registrar-Recorder Conny McCormack said.
However, with nearly 2.2 million votes counted, Garcetti maintains a lead of 3,165 votes, McCormack said.
The results Monday mean Lynch has cut by more than half the 6,836-vote lead that Garcetti held after election night. But roughly four of five absentee ballots have now been counted.
Including the Monday count, the total now adds up like this: Garcetti, 1,098,223 votes, or 50.07%. Lynch, 1,095,058 votes, or 49.93%.
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