State Controller Race Remains Undecided
A week after election day, the race for state controller is undecided, with 34,038 votes separating Democrat Steve Westly from Republican Tom McClintock.
With thousands of provisional and absentee ballots to be counted, Westly holds a tissue-thin lead over McClintock, 3,010,419 votes to 2,976,381.
Some races for the Legislature are also undecided, including the contest for a Senate seat in the San Joaquin and Salinas valleys between Republican Jeff Denham and Democrat Rusty Areias. Areias leads by 136 votes of 123,168 ballots counted.
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