FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - New numbers are being reported Tuesday night in the race for California's 13th congressional district.  After weeks of counting, Democrat Adam Gray now has a slight lead over incumbent Republican John Duarte.  As of Tuesday evening, Gray now has 104,503 votes to Duarte's 104,321 votes. It's just an 182-vote difference.  This update came as Merced County Registrar of Voters Melvin Levey said they've now processed every ballot in Merced County.  "So other than those ballots that are, that are eligible to be cured, you know, there will be no other updates. And I can tell you that we are still getting those care affidavits in. And so we'll update the totals as needed. But, um, you know, but we are one step closer to having certified results, which we will have on Dec. 3," he said.  In 2022, voters saw this same exact matchup and Gray lost by 564 votes. It was the second closest in the nation during the 2022 midterm election.  It was so close and took so long to count. Both Gray and now freshman Congressman Duarte, went to orientation on Capitol Hill together, as the race was just too close to call.  Levey said they have under 1,500 ballots that are currently challenged, mostly for issues with the voter's signature.  He said state law allows the voter to fix the issue by 5 p.m. on Dec. 1, but it's up to the voter to respond. And those votes could make all the difference in a race this tight.  "The data that shows, who is eligible to cure their ballot, that is publicly available. And so campaigns can request that data from us. So they're also going out to folks to get them to cure that so that they can get their ballot counted."  And while Gray is currently leading nothing is official just yet.  "We're pretty accustomed in California to, you know, taking several weeks to get certified results were definitely a custom here in the 13th congressional district the close races," Levey said.  He also said he understands that voters are frustrated it's taking this long, but he says it all comes down to following state law, like reviewing the voters' file, and not just counting the ballot, on top of an already close race.