California voters seemingly flipped one state Senate seat from red to blue, and multiple assembly races are coming down to the wire with thousands of ballots yet to be counted, as of Nov. 13.
“We still have to wait and see, but it looks like we could pick up a few seats,” Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli, the first Muslim elected to the chamber, told The Epoch Times.
The Legislature in the Golden State is made up of 80 Assembly districts and 40 Senate districts, with the Democratic Party holding a supermajority in both chambers.
Before the election, Democrats controlled the Assembly 62–17, with one seat vacant after former Assemblyman Rep. Vince Fong (R-Calif.) retired in June to run for Congress after former U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) resigned….