NOVEMBER 14, 2012
As the vote count at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters office extends into its second week, Scott Peters continued to see his lead in the 52nd Congressional District race grow. The previous update from the Registrar showed Peters with a 1,899 vote lead over Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray.
As of last night’s update, with approximately 210,000 mail-in and provisional ballots from around the county yet to be counted, Peters’ lead grew to 2,660, further dimming Bilbray’s reelection hopes.
On election night, the race became one of the most exciting in California for political junkies waiting up, checking for updated tallies as if checking the score for their favorite football team. As the clock ticked toward two a.m. Wednesday morning, Nov. 7, a mere 13 votes separated the two candidates, with Bilbray in the lead.
Since then, however, it has been a slow and steady climb for the Democratic challenger, who assumed the lead and has never relinquished it, extending it with each update. Although the Bilbray camp has not yet conceded the race, Peters was confident enough in the results that according to reports he has traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend an orientation for incoming freshman legislators.
http://sandiegofreepress.org/2012/11/election-update-peters-widens-gap-with-bilbray/
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