John Duarte takes slim lead over Adam Gray in House race, latest Valley ballot counts show

Madera County’s first election update in six days offered another tilt in a see-saw battle for 13th Congressional District in central California – a race in which neither candidate has held a lead of even one percentage point since Election Night on Nov. 8.

Republican contender John Duarte, a farmer and businessman from Hughson, regained a slim advantage Wednesday night over longtime Assemblymember Adam Gray, D-Merced, with the latest returns.

Duarte now has 60,084 votes from across Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, to take a 963-vote lead over Gray, who has garnered 59,121.

By percentages, Duarte’s has a 50.4% advantage to Gray’s 49.6% – a gap that remains subject to more change as other counties continue to process their remaining ballots.

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