Independent Gov.-elect Bill Walker (left) and Democratic Lt. Gov-elect Byron Mallott (right)
• AK-Gov: On Friday 26,300 more ballots were counted, and independent Bill Walker netted over 600 votes. Walker's lead over Republican Gov. Sean Parnell is now 4,634 votes, and with
only 9,800 ballots left to count, it's clear he has won. Multiple media outlets have called the race for Walker and Parnell
conceded on Saturday. Walker's victory will make him the only independent governor of any state.
Uncalled Races: At this point there are only four contests that remain uncalled: VT-Gov, AZ-02, CA-07, and CA-16.
Since no candidate took a majority in Vermont, that race will not be officially decided until January. Under state law, the legislature is required to choose the winner, but there's no real doubt that the Democratic state House and Senate will pick Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin. In Arizona's 2nd District Republican Martha McSally leads Democratic Rep. Ron Barber by 161 votes, with all the ballots counted. A mandatory recount will take place in December.
Votes are still being counted in both California contests, and it looks like we'll know the winners soon enough. You can check out our uncalled races tracker for both Golden State races to keep track of where things currently stand.
• CA-07: On Friday more ballots were counted, but the numbers barely moved. Democratic Rep. Ami Bera maintains a 697-vote lead over Republican Doug Ose, about the same as the 711-vote edge he grabbed on Wednesday.
There are reportedly 11,000 ballots left in all of Sacramento County, and we estimate that 6,500 of them are in the 7th District. For Ose to regain the lead, he'll need to win the remaining pile by a little more than 10 points, a very tough task. The county is planning to count more ballots on Tuesday. Both parties spent heavily to win this very swingy seat, but it looks like Bera has survived.
• CA-16: On Friday Democratic Rep. Jim Costa's lead over Some Dude Republican Johnny Tacherra ballooned from 86 votes to a much more secure 700 votes. There are about 4,222 ballots left district-wide, and Tacherra would need to win them by about 17 points to retake the lead. About half of the remaining ballots are in Costa-friendly Fresno County, so this looks very unlikely. The county is expected to count the rest of its ballots on Wednesday. Costa's apparent victory is shockingly weak, but it's a win all the same.