Along with all the other seats Los Angeles County voters were voting on by Tuesday’s March 5 election, they were considering state Senate seats.
Like all seats above the municipal level, the top two vote-getters, regardless of party preference, in each race for state Senate will move on to the November general election for the right to represent vast districts across L.A. County.
Each state Senate district represents roughly close to a million people. The state Senate itself — the “Upper house” at the state Capitol in Sacramento — is comprised of 40 members, each elected to 4-year terms.
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In L.A. County, races garnered more interest this year because longtime incumbents were seeking higher office. That opened up the seats to an array of new candidates. So, two L.A. County seats are guaranteed a fresh face come November.
The Secretary of State released the first round of early mail-in votes, consistently of vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day, shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. Subsequent waves of results will include of ballots cast at vote centers and in drop boxes. The results are unofficial until April 12.
Here is where the race’s stood as of 8:30 p.m.
District 23
Republican James Hamburger jumped to an early lead with 29% of the vote in the race to represent an area spanning from L.A. County’s Santa Clarita and Palmdale to San Bernardino County’s Victor Valleys. Democrat Kipp Mueller was at 28.5%; Suzette Martinez Valladares, a Republican, was at 23.2%. Trailing behind was Democrat Blanca Gomez, with 13.5%; and Ollie M. McCaulley, a Democrat, had 5.8%.
District 25
Elizabeth Wong Ahlers, a Crescenta Valley Town Council member, had 55.2% of the vote; Democrat Sasha Renee Perez, vice mayor of Alhambra, had 31.19%, followed by Democrat Yvonne Yiu, a city councilmember for Monterey Park, at 14.9%; Democrat Sandra Armenta, a Rosemead city councilmember, had 10%; and Democrat Teddy…
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