FREMONT, Calif. (Diya TV) — Rep. Aisha Wahab leads Democrat Melissa Hernandez by nearly 15,900 votes in California’s 14th Congressional District, after the two candidates appeared on the ballot together four times in five months.
Alameda County’s latest unofficial count, posted early Wednesday, gave Wahab 68,612 votes, or 56.5%, and Hernandez 52,755, or 43.5%. Wahab declared victory Wednesday, but Hernandez had not conceded, citing ballots still to be counted. The county scheduled its next results update for Friday, Nov. 6.
The four contests arose from two separate elections: the regular race for a full term and a special election to fill the seat Eric Swalwell vacated when he resigned in April. In the June 2 primary for the full term, Wahab led the field with 38.3%; Hernandez placed second with 17.2%. Both advanced to the November election…