With 100 percent of precincts reporting in, preliminary results from state election officials indicate that Democrat Assemblywoman Christy Smith and Republican Mike Garcia are set to face off for the California 25th Congressional District seat.

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As of 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, officials with the California Department of State are reporting that Smith, D-Santa Clarita, has won the most votes in both the special and regular primary elections, with Garcia coming in second in both elections.

Smith earned 34.4% of votes in the special election with 26,479, and 29.8% of votes in the regular primary election with 26,305, according to state officials.

“Thank you to all the voters who turned out on primary day,” Smith said. “I’m excited to be moving on as the front runner in the special and general elections for CA25. Today as always, this race is about all of us and what’s best for the communities of our district.”

Garcia earned 28.3% of votes in the special election with 21,780, and 25.5% of votes in the regular primary election with 22,542, according to state officials.

“Our victory tonight is the result of hard work by a lot of people in our community who are tired of radical career politicians ruining our state and causing Washington to be dysfunctional,” said Garcia. “Our fight continues to protect the freedoms I served to defend and to keep radical socialists from taking over Congress and our country.”

Since neither candidates were able to attain the necessary 51% majority of votes needed in order to outright win the CA-25 seat, they will face off in a runoff on May 12.

Former Republican Congressman Steve Knight managed to come in third Tuesday, earning 14,257 votes in the special election and 17,776 votes in the regular primary. No other candidate managed to earn over 6% of the vote.

Ed. Note: Numbers shown are as of 6:45 a.m. Wednesday.

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