Election to be Certified on Friday

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced on Tuesday he will certify the March 3 election on Friday.

“[The] estimated number of outstanding ballots left to be counted is 3,600 – consisting of Vote by Mail and Misc. ballots.

We are scheduled to certify election results Friday, March 27,”

The certification will come nearly a month after election night.

At this point there are no local surprises.

Challenger Victor Gordo and Mayor Terry Tornek are headed to a runoff election in November. Gordo leads with 46.52 percent of the vote. Tornek trails with 41.57.

There will be no runoff in the City Council races. Gene Masuda and Steve Madison won reelection respectively in districts 4 and 6 and District 2 voters are sending Felicia Williams to the council.

Williams captured 52.86 percent of the vote. District 1 Councilman Tyron Hampton ran unopposed.