Election results: Wallis takes 12-vote lead over Holstege with few ballots left

With nearly all ballots counted, Republican Greg Wallis took a microscopic 12-vote lead this week over Democrat Christy Holstege in the race for a seat in the California State Assembly.

Holstege, a member of the Palm Springs City Council, was leading in initial results on Election Day, but she and Wallis have been separated by razor-thin margins in recent weeks as more ballots have been counted.

The latest vote count updates Tuesday showed Wallis with 84,420 votes to Holstege’s 84,408. Roughly 500 mail ballots and 500 provisional ballots in Riverside County were still to be processed, with another update expected Thursday when the registrar of voters certifies the results.

Part of the district is also in San Bernardino County, which had 3,200 mail ballots remaining, plus 1,000 provisional ballots and 225 other ballots that need to be reviewed. The San Bernardino County registrar of voters said it planned to issue another vote count update Wednesday afternoon.

The fact there are more ballots remaining in San Bernardino County then Riverside County could favor Wallis, given that he so far has been winning about 64% of votes in San Bernardino, while Holstege has had an 8% edge in Riverside County. However, it is not known how many of the remaining ballots to be counted come from Assembly District 47 as both counties contain other districts.