Whitesides had 50.4% of the vote while Garcia had 49.6%, with 2,114 votes separating the two, based on the latest vote count issued by the L.A. County registrar’s office on Saturday, Nov. 9. The next update is scheduled for late Sunday afternoon.

Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor Thursday, while Democrats insist they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted.

Votes will have to be redistributed under Maine’s ranked choice system to determine the winner of a key congressional race, election officials said. The campaigns of both Republican challenger Austin Theriault and Democratic Rep.

The Maine Secretary of State's Office says neither incumbent Jared Golden nor challenger Austin Theriault received more than half the vote in the U.S. House race.