FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Republican Kevin Cookingham and Democratic Congressman Jim Costa were neck-and-neck in the Congressional District 16 primary elections on Tuesday night.
With 100% of precincts reporting, Cookingham, the former head of Clovis Adult Education, was leading - but barely - winning 39% of the total votes counted, while 37% of the votes counted had gone to Costa.
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The top two candidates in the March 3 primary will advance and square off in the general election in November
The 16th district includes parts of Fresno, Madera, and Merced counties.
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The congressional primary also includes Democrat Esmeralda Soria, who was in third place with 18.4% of the votes and progressive Democrat Kim Williams of Merced, who had 5.7% of the votes.
No matter the outcome, most of the candidates were pleased with the efforts of their campaign.