Troy Edgar gets the most votes in the 72nd Assembly District

The votes counts and percentages were released by the California Secretary of State.

The new “jungle” primary sends the top two vote-getters on to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.

In the 72nd Assembly District, two Republicans will advance to the general — if the count holds up under any challenges that may be advanced.

Troy Edgar claimed the biggest piece of the pie with 13,735 votes representing 28.5%.

Second-place proved to be a real slugfest, with Republcian Travis Allen taking 9,579 votes (19.9%), Democrat Joe Dovinh 9,351 votes (19.4%) and Long Pham 8,767 (18.2%).

So Travis Allen beat out Joe Dovinh by 228 votes, a tenth of a percentage point.

The remaining contender, Democrat Albert Ayala, trailed Long Pham by 1983 votes, receiving 6,784 (14.1%).

UPDATE: As of 5:05 p.m., Travis Allen retained his second-place finish with 10,093 votes (20.0%). Joe Dovinh was third with 9,728 (19.3%) and Long Pham was fourth with 9,111 (18.1%).

65th Assembly District

The neighboring 65th Assembly District contest was much quieter, with only two candidates. Despite Republican Chris Norby taking 22,480 votes (58.5%) to Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva’s count of 15,950 (41.5%), both will advance to the general election. It seems likely that Norby will retain a seat in the Assembly in November.

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Courtesy photo of Troy Edgar.

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