Here are updated vote counts for some of these congressional, state legislative and city races. They’re based on the latest tallies from the L.A. County registrar or California Secretary of State offices and reflect results through shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21.

It takes 218 seats to have a majority in the House, which Republicans crossed last week. The GOP has currently 218 seats to Democrats’ 213, with four races still uncalled. More on that below. But, as The Associated Press reports, the GOP’s majority is thin and a highly functioning House isn’t guaranteed.

Republicans have retained the House majority, but this race, along with two others that remain too close to call, will determine how narrow it is.

Walnut City Council: As of the 4:52 p.m. update, incumbents Linda Freedman and Nancy Renne Tragarz appeared to hold a clear lead for two of the three available seats. For the third seat, Kaylee May Law held about a four percentage point lead over the rest of the field. A total of six candidates ran for the three available City Council seats.

Derek Tran increased his lead Tuesday over Rep. Michelle Steel to 314 votes in the race for the 45th Congressional District seat in Orange and Los Angeles counties, according to […]