2 weeks Ago By David Wilson
While the dust has settled on the majority of the national, statewide and local elections, a handful of local city council and school board races are coming down to the wire as counting continues in Los Angeles County. After posting updates on Wednesday, the L.A.
County Registrar’s Office said it estimated that the number of outstanding ballots needed to be processed was about 1.1 million. The total included about one million vote-by-mail ballots, 104,000 conditional voter registration ballots and 12,100 provisional ballots.
LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: See a chart of the latest vote counts The county said the number of outstanding vote-by-mail ballots would increase as it continues to accept ballots postmarked by Election Day and received through Tuesday, Nov. 12. One of the closest elections appeared to be in Irwindale, where four candidates ran for three available City Council seats.
As of the 4:30 p.m. update on Thursday, Nov.
7, the three incumbents, Manuel Garcia, Mark Breceda and Larry Burrola, clung to leads and no candidate had garnered 300 votes. All four candidates were separated by 52 votes with challenger Marguerite Lopez-Sapien appearing to be in fourth place behind Burrola by 27 votes. Here are the other local elections where the current margin appeared to be between four to five percentage points or closer.
In another at-large race, eight candidates vied for three available seats. As of 4:30 p.m.
, Emmanuel Estrada, Manuel Lozano and Daniel Damian appeared to be the top three vote-getters with current City Clerk Christopher Saenz running fourth behind Damian by about four percentage points. Incumbent Mayor Jessica Ancona appeared to lead by about four percentage points, or about 600 votes, as of the 4:30 p.m.
update. Challenger Marisol Cortez appeared to have garnered about 48% of the counted votes. “During this election cycle, I had the opportunity to reach beyond my district and personally connect with residents in other parts of the city,” Cortez said in a statement.
“If given the chance, I am ready to work towards a better, safer, and more inclusive El Monte. Ancona said Thursday that the election had been challenging and contentious. “My record speaks for itself — years of dedicated service, tangible results, and unwavering commitment to the city of El Monte,” Ancona said in a statement.
“I trust that as more results come in, voters will see through the noise and recognize the truth: that my administration has always been focused on serving the best interests of our community and ensuring a brighter future for all.” Fewer than 100 votes appeared to separate two candidates running for one of two available seats on the City Council. Larry Rodriguez appeared to hold a slight lead by about one percentage point over incumbent councilmember Richard Angel as of 4:30 p.
m. Thursday. As of the 4:30 p.
m. update, incumbents Linda Freedman and Nancy Renne Tragarz appeared to hold a clear lead for two of the three available seats. For the third seat, Kaylee May Law held about a four percentage point lead over the rest of the field.
A total of six candidates ran for the three available City Council seats. John Chou appeared to hold about a five percentage point lead over Chun-Yen Chen for the second and final available seat on the City Council. A total of four candidates ran for the two available seats.
Incumbent councilmember Erik Lutz appeared to hold about a three percentage point lead over Genaro Moreno for the third and final council seat available. Four candidates ran for three available seats. Incumbent councilmember Joel Angel Zamora appeared to hold a 125 vote lead over Gabriel Jimenez as of the 4:30 p.
m. update. Four candidates ran for two available seats.
Three incumbent board members, among a list of eight candidates who ran for three available seats, appeared to be trailing to Ricardo Vazques, Yvonne Juarez and Jose Mata. Incumbent Christina Lucero was the closest to retaining the seat but appeared to trail Mata by about 400 votes as of 4:30 p.m.
Incumbent board member Sue Maulucci appeared to lead challenger Steve Bennett by about 50 votes as of the latest update. Incumbent Stephanie Serrano who appeared to be trailing in early returns appeared to lead Wednesday and most recently at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday. Serrano appeared to lead by 60 votes over Joyce Garcia. As of the 4:30 p.
m. update, incumbent board member Esthela Torres de Siegrist appeared to trail Luis Guzman by about four percentage points or about 175 votes. Results appeared to show Brittany Allison leading by about 260 votes over Mark Arvidson, according to the 4:30 p.
m. update..
