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Incumbent Melissa Hurtado currently leads in the district by 20 votes against challenger David Shepard. Shepard says his team is considering requesting a recount.

The final update in Kern County votes filed by the county’s auditor-controller and clerk to the Kern County Board of Supervisors on Thursday put Hurtado in the lead, and potentially winning the race, by 20 votes.

Republican Leader Scott Wilk, R- Santa Clarita, and incoming Senate Minority Leader-elect Brian Jones, R-Santee issued a joint statement requesting the California State Senate to not hastily proceed with the swearing-in ceremony in the Senate District 16 race due to concerns over hundreds of ballots that have not been counted. 

JOHN LINDT: Despite opposition from an impressive who’s-who list of water districts and agencies and the Kings County Farm Bureau, the Kings County Board of Supervisors on a 3-2 vote

At the state Capitol Monday afternoon nearly all of the newly elected legislators took their oaths of office. But not present was the new member from Assembly District 47 spanning Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

This marks the first time a California governor has proclaimed a special session in six years.

At the state Capitol Monday afternoon nearly all of the newly elected legislators took their oaths of office. But not present was the new member from Assembly District 47 spanning Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

The latest unofficial election results now show that Democratic candidate Melissa Hurtado has a 12-vote lead over her Republican opponent David Shepard in the race for State Senate District 16.

At the state Capitol Monday afternoon nearly all of the newly elected legislators took their oaths of office. But not present was the new member from Assembly District 47 spanning Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

At the state Capitol Monday afternoon nearly all of the newly elected legislators took their oaths of office. But not present was the new member from Assembly District 47 spanning Riverside and San Bernardino counties.