California’s 16th Congressional District made history in the 2024 primaries after two candidates finished in second place after receiving the exact same number of votes, sending three people for Rep. Anna Eshoo’s (D-CA) seat to the general election this November.
Democrats Evan Low and Joe Simitian each garnered 16.6% of the vote, or 30,249 votes, according to results from the office of the California secretary of state released on Friday. Results will be certified on April 12.
Low, who serves in the California State Assembly, and Simitian, the Santa Rosa County supervisor, will join fellow Democrat and first-place finisher Sam Liccardo on the general election ballot, marking the first time in California’s history that three candidates will do so since the state adopted its top-two primary system in 2012.
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