SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Former Assembly Speaker John Perez on Friday called off the vote recount he requested in the race for state controller after a week of vote-counting in two California counties yielded only eight additional votes in his favor.

Perez, a Los Angeles Democrat, requested the recount in 15 counties after finishing third in the June 3 primary, just 481 votes behind fellow Democrat Betty Yee, a member of the state Board of Equalization. Nearly 4.5 million votes were cast in the race.