Ahn and Gomez appear headed to a runoff in L.A.’s congressional race
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The two top finishers among the 24 in the race will meet in a June 6 runoff.
It appeared to be a surprising victory for the relatively unknown Ahn and was a predictable one for Gomez, who had locked up dozens of endorsements from elected officials, including Becerra, who gave up his seat to become California’s attorney general earlier this year.
Complete results may not be available until Friday, when county officials are expected to release the latest tally, but with 100% of precincts reporting, Gomez was leading with 28% of the vote and Ahn with 19%. Provisional and late-arriving mail-in ballots are still to be counted.
Both Ahn and Gomez began positioning themselves Wednesday morning for what could be a costly general election.
