A Calaveras County Supervisor Candidate Who Died in August Is on the Verge of Winning
Unofficial results published Tuesday showed Bruce Giudici, 68, with 57% of the vote and a 497-vote lead over Clyde Clapp. About 500 ballots remained to be counted countywide. He died Aug. 31, a day after falling while door-knocking, his campaign said.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Bruce Giudici spent years trying to win a seat on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors. Unofficial results now show he is on the verge of doing so, though he died in August, the Press Democrat reported, in an account by Alan Blinder of the New York Times.
Results published by county authorities Tuesday evening showed Giudici with 57% of the vote and a 497-vote lead over Clyde Clapp. Local officials believe there are about 500 ballots left to sort through countywide and do not expect another update until Friday. The current tally, the Times account said, suggests Giudici will almost certainly win. The results have not been certified.
Giudici's campaign said he had been out knocking on doors when he fell Aug. 30. He was 68 and died the next day. The campaign continued. Calaveras County, southeast of Sacramento, has about 47,000 residents. Supervisor races are formally nonpartisan.
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