Harman Still Leading -- By Less Than An Eyelash

According to the most recent returns, Diane Harkey has picked up a 233 votes since the first absentees came in, with almost 40% of precincts reporting -- but Tom Harman still holds on to a 439 vote margin.

Tom Harman         28,020   38.43%
Diane Harkey         27,581   37.83%
Larry Caballero      17,305    23.74%

This is has been fascinating and confounding election watch. The conventional wisdom going into this evening -- to which I subcribed -- was the absentees vote would favor Harkey, and the Election Day vote would favor Harman. It appears it's been the other way around: Harman came head slightly ahead in the ABs, and Harkey inches upward as additonal Election Day votes are tallied.

I can't access the OC Registrar's website for some reason, so I don't know whether or not Huntington Beach precincts have come in yet. If they have Harkey is defintiely in the hunt -- if they haven't, Harman will likely hold onto his eyelash-thin lead.

UPDATE: Here's some analysis by FR Blogger Adam Probolsky.

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[Johnny Slash]

With the results down is San Diego and if Harkey can't overcome Harman in the next round, it will be...

The Night Of The Living Squishes!