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Updated: 2:29 PM PDT Apr 7, 2021 The daughter of California Secretary of State Shirley Weber was leading Tuesday in a special election to fill Weber's vacant seat in the state Assembly.Dr. Akilah Weber had 52.7% of the early ballot returns.Republican small business owner Marco Contreras, who raised the second-most campaign money behind Weber, was in second place in what is considered a safe Democratic district.He had 32.6% of the vote.Weber was one of five candidates running in the San Diego area's 79th Assembly District after her mother resigned in January to succeed Alex Padilla a...