By Brian Hews
State Board of Equalization Member Betty Yee has jumped into second place in the campaign for California State Controller against former California State Assembly Speaker in late votes that were posted by state election officials late Thursday afternoon.
Yee now holds a 318 vote advantage over Perez according to election officials in Sacramento.
Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin was the top vote gatherer in the heated and expensive primary campaign. More than 35,000 votes still need to be counted statewide before the election is officially certified.
Here are the latest results.
CALIFORNIA STATE CONTROLLER
100.0% ( 22,353 of 22,353 ) precincts partially
reporting as of June 19, 2014, 4:40 p.m. 
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy D. Blair
(Party Preference: DEM)
|
198,778 |
5.0%
|
|
| John A. Pérez
(Party Preference: DEM)
|
870,217 |
21.8%
|
|
| Betty T. Yee
(Party Preference: DEM)
|
870,535 |
21.8%
|
|
| David Evans
(Party Preference: REP)
|
839,644 |
21.0%
|
|
| Ashley Swearengin
(Party Preference: REP)
|
988,198 |
24.7%
|
|
| Laura Wells
(Party Preference: GRN)
|
228,508 |
5.7%
|
|
