Despite dropping out of the secretary of state race and being charged in a federal indictment, state Sen. Leland Yee was receiving more than 10% of the vote.
California State Sen. Leland Yee gets into an awaiting car as he leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Building after a court appearance on March 31 in San Francisco.
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LOS ANGELES — A California state senator charged in a federal indictment was receiving more than 10% of the vote in Tuesday's primary election for secretary of state.
Sen. Leland Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, dropped out of the race after being charged in a federal indictment in March with conspiracy to traffic in firearms, after the deadline for removing names from the ballot.
Yee, who has a history of supporting gun control, was accused of accepting money from an undercover officer in return for introducing the undercover officer to an arms dealer. According to a federal criminal complaint, Yee discussed with the undercover officer to bring weapons worth up to $2.5 million from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines into the United States.
With 19% of precincts reporting late Tuesday, Yee had received 204,748 votes, or just more than 10%.
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