Here we go – after being behind, Mia Love is now ahead in the count, and if she pulls it out it will be a huge comeback win for her!
But in new results released later Friday, Love took a 419 vote lead over Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams. The two-term Republican congresswoman has trailed McAdams in the 4th District race since election night Nov. 6.
McAdams did gain 167 more votes than Love Friday in Salt Lake County, which includes about 85 percent of 4th District voters, but Love added 1,588 more votes in Utah County, a conservative stronghold.
She now has 129,006 votes to McAdams’ 128,587 throughout the 4th District, which includes portions of Salt Lake and Utah counties as well as Juab and Sanpete counties.
The race is now split 50.08 percent for Love and 49.92 percent for McAdams.
“This is just the start of Mia’s victory. We will continue to closely monitor the election results,” Love’s campaign manager, Dave Hansen, said.
There’s still a lot of votes left to count, but this is awesome news. Let’s hope she gets it!!!
Here’s the state of the race before she took the lead: