By Sara Beth Williams– — Assembly District 7 incumbent and moderate Republican candidate Josh Hoover continues to battle from behind in a tight race with Democratic challenger Amy Stravensky.
State Assembly District 7: As of Friday evening, Slavensky has remained in the lead with 53 percent of the vote, up by about one percent from Wednesday. The gab between the two has widened from about 5,000 to 7,400 votes and Hoover sits at 46.9 percent of the vote. No announcement of concession has been made by Hoover’s campaign.
Hoover has been elected twice to the Assembly, and previously narrowly defeated democratic candidate and current Citrus Heights City Council member Porsche Middleton in the race for the District 7 seat in 2024, where the two were less than a percentage point away from each other…