3 days Ago By Linh Tat
It’s been 13 days since the Nov. 5 general election, but some races in Los Angeles County remain too close to call. Here are the latest vote counts for some of these congressional, state legislative and city races.
These numbers are based on the latest tallies from the L.A. County registrar or California Secretary of State offices and reflect results as of about 5 p.
m. Monday, Nov. 18.
The county registrar estimated it still had 43,800 ballots left to process. Its next update will be on Tuesday. LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: See a chart of the latest vote counts Congressional District 45: Democratic challenger Derek Tran and Republican Rep.
Michelle Steel remained in a dead heat at 50% each on Monday. Though their vote percentages were the same, Tran led by 102 votes — widening his lead by another 66 votes since the weekend. On Monday, Tran had 153,824 votes while Steel had 153,722 votes.
The two were also tied at 50% each during the weekend. Over the past two weeks of ballot counting, Tran has gradually cut into Steel’s initial lead of roughly 11,000 votes. He overtook the incumbent on Saturday.
This district represents voters in Hawaiian Gardens and Artesia in southeastern L.A. County, as well as northeastern Orange County.
State Senate District 35: Laura Richardson had 122,067 votes (50.56%) while Michelle Chambers had 119,383 votes (49.44%) as of Monday.
Richardson was ahead by 2,684 votes, growing her lead by 50 votes since Friday. The two are vying to represent a district that includes Carson, San Pedro, Compton, West Compton, Gardena, Harbor City, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, West Carson, Watts, Willowbrook, and Wilmington, plus parts of Inglewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Torrance. The winner in this Democrat-versus-Democrat race will replace term-limited state Sen.
Steven Bradford. Richardson previously served on the Long Beach City Council, state Assembly, and U.S.
House of Representatives while Chambers served on the Compton City Council. Compton City Council: In Compton’s Council District 1 race, incumbent Deidre Duhart and Jasper Jay Jackson remained in one of the closest races in L.A.
County. The two were separated by just 19 votes on Monday — an even narrower margin than Friday when the incumbent led by 28 votes. On Monday, Duhart had 3,122 votes (50.
15%) while Jackson had 3,103 votes (49.85%). Related Articles.
