The razor-thin race for a Chula Vista City Council seat has ended in a tie, two weeks after Election Day, San Diego County officials say.
John McCann and Steve Padilla each won 18,450 votes for the District 1 seat, according to Wednesday's last tally from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. The registrar reports there aren't any other provisional ballots left to be counted that could break that tie.
Ultimately, it will be up to the city of Chula Vista to determine who takes the seat.
Padilla said his campaign is pleased with the results from the provisional ballots.
“We’re just focused on making sure every vote is counted,” Padilla said.
However, McCann told NBC 7 on Wednesday he believes what he called "dirty politics" played a role.
“We had over 900-point lead and every day it seems to continuously vanish. Obviously it raises some questions,” McCann told NBC 7.
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The registrar's office will begin making sure all the votes are accurately counted ahead of the Dec. 2 deadline for certifying results.
While Chula Vista is be the second-largest city in San Diego County, the city council race came down to the narrowest of margins as the final 1,000 county-wide provisional ballots were counted Wednesday.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
