Jim Nielsen, a Republican candidate for the District 4 Senate Seat, will have to run in a special election in January 2013 against Michael Harrington, a Democratic candidate from Magalia, Calif., after failing to take the required number of votes to win the seat outright. Nielsen, who resides in Gerber, Calif., captured 49.8 percent of the vote, according to the official canvas results posted on the California Secretary of State’s website Thursday evening. Nielsen will have to face off against Harrington, who gathered 27.8 percent of the vote. In order to win the seat and avoid the Jan. 8, 2013, …