After days of vote counts slowly trickling in, former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim has declared victory over real estate’s choice for California insurance commissioner in a tight race. The race has yet to be officially called. Kim, a Progressive, holds a solid 400,000 vote lead over state Sen. Ben Allen, a more moderate fellow Democrat. With more than 64 percent of the ballots counted, Kim had 52.7 percent to Allen’s 47.3 percent. Kim declared her win after receiving a call Friday morning from Allen to congratulate her, the Mission Local reported. A spokesman for Allen’s campaign confirmed the call, […]
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