California Republicans Hope to Gain Several State Legislature Seats in Nail-Biter Races
California Republicans are hopeful they can gain four new seats in the state Legislature—one in the Senate and three in the Assembly—but the races are currently too close to call.
Riverside County
Republican Soo Yoo is leading incumbent Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva in Assembly District 67 in Riverside County by only two votes, according to preliminary Nov. 8 midterm election results.
The latest unofficial results show both Yoo and Quirk-Silva with 50.0 percent of the vote. Yoo has so far received 34,016 votes over Quirk-Silva’s 34,014.
Quirk-Silva raised about $690,000 in campaign donations as of Oct. 22, while Yoo raised approximately $350,000.
Sacramento County
Republican Josh Hoover and incumbent Democrat Ken Cooley are also in a close race for California Assembly District 7 in Sacramento County….