(The Center Square) – As numbers come in for California's congressional races, incumbents Adam Gray and Ken Calvert are pulling ahead in their races late Tuesday.
In House District 13, which includes parts of the San Joaquin Valley in the middle of the state, incumbent Rep. Adam Gray, D-Merced, defeated Kevin Lincoln II, a Republican and former mayor of Stockton. Gray led Lincoln by 42,049 voters to 27,190, or 60.7% to 39.3% with 99.2% of precincts reporting.
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