After weeks of ballot counting, the Los Angeles County registrar’s office has certified the results of the March 5 primary election for races in which L.A. County voters got to cast ballots.
A total of 1,641,715 ballots were counted, which translated to a voter turnout rate of 28.9% in L.A. County, according to the registrar’s office.
While local contests, such as city council and board of supervisor races, have been certified by the county registrar, the California state legislature race results and the U.S. congressional race results won’t become official until the Secretary of State certifies them on April 12.
Here are the election results as of Friday, March 29 for Los Angeles area state Assembly, state Senate and U.S. House races, pulled from the Secretary of State’s website, which last updated its results shortly after 4 p.m.
For state and congressional races, the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will face off in a November runoff. If there are only two candidates, both will automatically advance to the general election.
State Assembly
District 34: Incumbent Republican Assemblymember Tom Lackey, with 66.1%, was leading in this two-person race to represent Barstow, Palmdale, Lancaster and Needles. He’ll face Democratic challenger Ricardo Ortega, a peer advocate with the Children’s Law Center of California who had 33.9%, again in November.
District 39: Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Juan Carrillo led with 53.3% in the two-person race to represent Victorville and parts of Palmdale and Lancaster. Republican challenger Paul Marsh, a former Palmdale city councilmember, had 46.7%. The two will compete again in November.
District 40: Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, with 50.2%, was the top vote-getter in the primary. She’ll face off again against Republican challenger Patrick Gipson, a former L.A. County sheriff deputy, who had 49.8%. The winner in November will represent Santa Clarita and part of the San Fernando Valley.
District 41: Former Altadena City Councilmember Michelle Del Rosario Martinez, a Republican, had 39.8% of the vote to lead the four-person race. Democrat John Harabedian, a former mayor of Sierra Madre, was next with 29.7%. The winner will replace termed-out Democratic Assemblymember Chris Holden and represent Pasadena, Altadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Monrovia and Sierra Madre in L.A. County and Rancho Cucamonga, Wrightwood, San Antonio Heights in San Bernardino County.
District 42: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin had 54.5% of the vote while Republican challenger Ted Nordblum had 45.5%. The winner in November will represent Calabasas, Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks.
District 43: San Fernando Mayor Celeste Rodriguez, a Democrat, was the top vote-getter in the primary, with 43.5% of the vote. She’ll face Republican San Fernando city commissioner Victoria Garcia, who had 23.5%.
District 44: Burbank Mayor Nick Schultz, a Democrat, will face Republican construction manager Tony Rodriguez in a November runoff to represent the Eastern San Fernando Valley and replace Democratic Assemblymember Laura Friedman, who is running for Congress. Schultz received 28.3% of the vote in the primary while Rodriguez had 25.7%. Six other candidates will not advance.
District 46: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, with 65.5% of the vote, led in the race to represent the western San Fernando Valley. His only challenger, teacher Tracy Schroeder, a Republican, had 34.5%.
District 48: Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Blanca Rubio will face off against Republican real estate business owner Dan Tran in November to represent West Covina, Baldwin Park, Glendora, Covina, Azusa, Duarte and Monrovia. Rubio was the top vote-getter in the primary, with 41.4% to Tran’s 39.5%.
District 49: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Mike Fong won the primary with 64% of the vote but will face off again in November against Republican challenger Long “David” Liu, an attorney who received 36%. The candidates are vying to represent Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, South Pasadena and Temple City.
District 51: Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur was the top vote-getter in the primary with 78.3% of the vote. In November, he’ll face off against Republican challenger Stephan Hohil, an entrepreneur who narrowly clinched the No. 2 spot with 10.9% while Shiva Bagheri, a small business owner, had 10.8%. One hundred votes separated the second and third place finishers. The winner in November will represent Hollywood, Franklin and Beachwood canyons, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica.
District 52: In the race to succeed Democratic Assemblymember Wendy Carillo, Democratic women’s rights advisor Jessica Caloza ended the primary as the top vote-getter with 29.8% of the vote. She’ll compete in November against justice advocate Franky Carrillo, a Democrat who received 26.2%. The winner will represent East Los Angeles including the neighborhoods of Lincoln Heights, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Los Feliz, Silver Lake and Echo Park.
District 53: Republican law enforcement educator Nick Wilson, with 43% of the vote, was leading in the five-person race to replace termed out Democratic Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez and represent Pomona, Ontario, Chino, Upland and Montclair. He was followed by Democrat Michelle Rodriguez, a commissioner for the California Police Officer Standards and Training Commission, who had 20.2%.
District 54: Democrat Mark Gonzalez, the district director for Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, will face Democratic nonprofit executive director John Yi in a runoff election to replace Gonzalez’s boss, termed out Democratic Assemblymember Miguel Santiago. The winner will represent Koreatown, Westlake, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Vernon and Montebello. Gonzalez ended the primary with 45.2% of the vote to Yi’s 34.5%.
District 55: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, with a commanding lead in the primary with 83.9% of the vote, will face off again in November against Republican challenger and software developer Keith Cascio, who had 16.1%. The winner will represent Crenshaw, Culver City, Ladera Heights, Mar Vista, Del Rey, Palms, Pico-Robertson, Beverly Grove and Mid-Wilshire.
District 56: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Lisa Calderon was the top vote-getter in the primary with 56.4% of the vote. She’ll face Whittier City Councilmember Jessica Martinez, a Republican who had 32.1%, in the runoff. The winner will represent the San Gabriel communities of El Monte, Hacienda Heights, La Habra Heights, La Puente, Pico Rivera and Whittier.
District 57: Small business owner Efren Martinez and educator Sade Elhawary will face off in November in what started as a five-person race to replace termed out Democratic Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer and represent South Central and Downtown Los Angeles. Martinez was the top vote-getter in the primary with 32.7% of the vote. Elhawary had 31.1%.
District 61: Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Tina Simone McKinnor ended the primary with 79.5% of the vote. She’ll face Republican challenger Alfonso Hernandez, a restaurateur who had 20.5%, in November to see who will represent Inglewood, Westchester, Lennox, Hawthorne, Westmont and Lawndale.
District 62: Lynwood Mayor Jose Luis Solache, a Democrat, with 41.4% of the vote in the primary, will advance to a runoff election against Republican Paul Jones, a retired Marine who had 34.4%. Both men are hoping to replace termed out Democratic Assemblymember Anthony Rendon to represent Bellflower, Huntington Park, Lakewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Paramount, South Gate and Walnut Park.
District 64: Democrat incumbent Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco led with 58.3% of the vote while Republican challenger Raul Ortiz Jr., a minister, had 41.7%. The two are battling it out to represent Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Downey, East Whittier, La Mirada, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, South Whittier and La Habra.
District 65: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Mike Gipson was reelected with 100% of the vote after running unopposed for this district, which stretches from the Port of Los Angeles up to Compton and includes portions of Carson and Long Beach.
District 66: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi captured 59.1% of the vote in the primary while his Republican challenger, small business owner George Barks, received 40.9%. The two will duke it out again in November to represent most of the South Bay.
District 67: Incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva led with 52.4% of the vote in the race to represent the Orange County cities of Brea, Fullerton and Buena Park as well as Cerritos in L.A. County. She and retired entrepreneur Beth Culver, a Republican who received 41%, are on track to advance to the runoff.
District 69: Democratic incumbent Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal ended the primary with 68% of the vote. He’ll face Republican challenger Joshua Rodriguez, a police officer who had 32%, in November. The winner will represent Avalon, Carson and Long Beach.
State Senate
District 23: Republican Suzette Martinez Valladares, with 32.8% of the vote, was leading, followed by Democrat Kipp Mueller, with 29.4%, in the five-person race to represent an area spanning from L.A. County’s Santa Clarita and Palmdale to San Bernardino County’s Victor Valleys.
District 25: Elizabeth Wong Ahlers, a Crescenta Valley Town Council member, was leading the five-person race with 35.7% of the vote, with Democrat Sasha Renée Pérez, the vice mayor of Alhambra, in second with 32.9%. The winner will replace Sen. Anthony Portantino, who has held the seat since 2016. The district represents Sunland-Tujunga, Glendale, Pasadena, Altadena, Atwater Village, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, South Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Duarte, Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Claremont, San Antonio Heights and Upland, plus most of Burbank.
District 27: Incumbent state Sen. Henry Stern, with 44.1% of the vote, was leading in a three-person race to represent a district that stretches from southwest San Fernando Valley to Agoura, Malibu, Moorpark and Simi Valley. Republican challenger Lucie Volotzky, a business owner, was in second place with 38.1%, putting her on track to face Stern in a runoff.
District 33: Democratic incumbent Lena Gonzalez was the top vote-getter in the primary, capturing 68.6% of the vote. She’ll face Republican Mario Paz, who had 17.1%, in a November runoff. The district includes most of Long Beach and moves into southeast L.A. cities, including Lynwood,Vernon, Huntington Park, Bell and South Gate.
District 35: With 27.8% of the vote, Democrat Laura Richardson was the top vote-getter in the primary. She’ll face Democrat Michelle Chambers, who had 24.5%, in the fall. The winner will replace termed-out state Sen. Steven Bradford in representing voters in South L.A. County.
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional District 23: Republican incumbent Rep. Jay Obernolte was leading with 63.4% of the vote, while his sole challenger, Democratic community organizer Derek Marshall, had 36.6%. The winner will represent the Inland Empire’s desert communities between the Antelope Valley and the Nevada border, which includes a small corner of L.A. County.
Congressional District 26: Democratic incumbent Rep. Julia Brownley, with 51.4% of the vote, was leading the four-person race. Republican health care investigator Michael Koslow, who was second with 33.8%, appeared to be on track to face Brownley in a runoff election. The winner will represent the south coast of Ventura County, as well as Agoura, Calabasas and Westlake Village.
Congressional District 27: Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Garcia was the top vote-getter in the primary with 54.9% of the vote. He’ll face Democratic challenger George Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff and Virgin Galactic CEO who had 32.8%, in the runoff election to represent Santa Clarita, Lancaster and Palmdale.
Congressional District 28: Democratic incumbent Rep. Judy Chu was well ahead with 62.7% of the vote. Arcadia Mayor April Verlato, a Republican, with 33.1%, was on track to advance to the runoff. The winner will represent the San Gabriel Valley communities of Alhambra, Monterey Park, Altadena and Arcadia.
Congressional District 29: Democratic Assemblymember Luz Maria Rivas captured the most votes in the primary, snatching 49.3%, followed by Republican Benito Benny Bernal, a former school bus driver, who had 26.4%. The winner in the general election will succeed retiring Rep. Tony Cardenas and represent the north central San Fernando Valley, including Sylmar, Pacoima and Panorama City.
Congressional District 30: Democratic Assemblymember Laura Friedman captured the most votes in the primary in this 15-person race to fill the seat of Rep. Adam Schiff, who is running for U.S. Senate, and to represent the Los Angeles communities of Hollywood, West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Burbank and Glendale. Friedman, who had 30.1% of the vote, will face Republican Alex Balekian, an ICU physician who had 17.4%, in the November runoff. Democratic state Sen. Anthony Portantino ended up with 13.3% while former L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer got 12.3%.
Congressional District 31: Former Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros, with 23.6%, clinched the most votes in this 10-person primary race and will face Republican lawyer Daniel Jose Bocic Martinez, who had 19.2%, in the runoff. The winner of this San Gabriel Valley seat will replace longtime Rep. Grace Napolitano. The district comprises several cities, including Azusa, El Monte, West Covina and Baldwin Park.
Congressional District 32: Democratic incumbent Rep. Brad Sherman maintained his lead with 58.6% of the vote. Talent manager Larry Thompson, a Republican, had 19.1% and was on track to join Sherman in the runoff election. The winner will represent Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Encino and Northridge.
Congressional District 34: With 51.2% of the vote, Democratic incumbent Rep. Jimmy Gomez was the leader in the primary. He’ll duke it out in the general election with children’s court attorney David Kim, another Democrat who captured 27.9%, to see who will represent a swath of Los Angeles city, including Koreatown, Westlake, Boyle Heights and Downtown L.A.
Congressional District 35: Democratic incumbent Rep. Norma Torres had the most votes in the primary, capturing 48.2%. Republican businessman Mike Cargile, who had 39.6%, was on track to join Torres in the November runoff. The winner will represent Pomona in L.A. County and Chino, Fontana, Montclair and Ontario in the Inland Empire.
Congressional District 36: At 68.5%, Democratic incumbent Rep. Ted Lieu had the most votes in the primary. He’ll face Republican investigative journalist Melissa Toomin, who had 14.9% of the vote, in November to see who gets to represent West L.A. and the South Bay.
Congressional District 37: Democratic incumbent Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove ended the primary as the leader with 72.4% of the vote. She’ll face challenger Juan Rey, a no party preference candidate who received 10.3%, in the general election. The winner will represent Southwest L.A., including the communities of Jefferson Heights, Pico-Robertson Crenshaw and Culver City.
Congressional District 38: Democratic incumbent Rep. Linda Sánchez, led with 56.2% of the vote. With 24.1%,, Republican Eric Ching, the mayor of Walnut, appeared on track to advance to the runoff election. The winner will represent Southeastern L.A. and San Gabriel Valley, including the cities of Norwalk, Whittier, Montebello and Pico Rivera.
Congressional District 42: Democratic incumbent Rep. Robert Garcia was the top vote-getter in the primary with 52.1% of the vote. He’ll face Republican business owner John Briscoe, who had 31.9%, in the runoff election to see who will represent Long Beach, Bell, Huntington Gardens and Avalon.
Congressional District 43: With 69.8% of the vote, Democratic incumbent Rep. Maxine Waters received the most votes in the primary. She’ll face Republican small business owner Steve Williams, who had 13.9%, in the general election. The winner will represent South L.A., including Inglewood, Gardena, Hawthorne and Compton.
Congressional District 44: Democratic incumbent Rep. Nanette Barragán was the top vote-getter in this two-person primary race, with 70.8% of the vote. Her sole challenger, Republican Robert Groh, had 29.2%. The two will face off again in the general election to determine who will represent South L.A. and the Harbor Area, including the cities and communities of Carson, Lynwood and San Pedro.
Congressional District 45: Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steele, maintained her lead with 54.9% of the vote. Workers’ rights advocate Derek Tran, with 15.9% and Garden Grove City Councilmember Kim Nguyen-Penaloza, with 15.6%, were duking it out for the No. 2 spot to see which Democrat would join Steele in the November runoff. District 45 represents Hawaiian Gardens and Artesia in L.A. County and the northeastern areas of Orange County.
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