With some races in the primary election that concluded on Tuesday still to be decided, ballot counting continued on Thursday, March 7, in some cases bringing into slightly sharper focus what the likely outcomes might be.
In both the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles Unified School Board races, candidates must receive more than 50% of the vote to win outright and avoid a runoff. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters in each race will face off in the Nov. 5 general election.
Here are the latest results, based on an update from the L.A. County registrar’s office shortly after 4:15 p.m. Thursday. It’s unclear how many ballots remain to be counted. The registrar’s next update will be Friday afternoon. Results won’t be official until they’ve been certified by the registrar’s office, which is tentatively scheduled for late March.
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Los Angeles City Council
The leading candidates in three of the seven races – incumbents Imelda Padilla in District 6, Marqueece Harris-Dawson in District 8 and John Lee in District 12 – have declared victory, all having received well over 50% of the vote.
The races in the four other City Council districts likely won’t be decided until November.
In District 2, former Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, with 38.2% of the vote, appeared headed to a runoff against either North Hollywood Neighborhood Council member Jillian Burgos or Sam Kbushyan, who runs a public affairs firm. Burgos and Kbushyan were in a dead heat at 18.03% with Burgos ahead by just one vote — 4,396 votes for Burgos versus 4,395 votes for Kbushyan.
Burgos managed to close the gap between her and Kbushyan since Wednesday, when she trailed by 380 votes.
The winner in November will replace City Council President Paul Krekorian, who could not seek reelection due to term limits.
In District 4, Councilmember Nithya Raman was falling short of the majority of votes needed to clinch a March victory, getting 46.7% of the…
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