L.A. school board races remain too close to call after latest update in vote count
Updated at 2:47 p.m. Tuesday to include details.
LOS ANGELES — As more polling stations opened in Los Angeles County, the races for four seats on the Los Angeles school board remained too close to call Tuesday afternoon, after the latest update in a vote count showed that the two leading candidates were splitting nearly evenly.
On the south side of the county, in the district represented by former Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors President Gil Cedillo, both candidates had about 58 percent of the vote, as of 1:30 p.m.
Candidate Adam McKeown had 45.4 percent of the vote, while his running mate, Anthony Amann, had 40.7 percent, according to the updated vote count. There were also five other candidates who either had less than 5 percent or were not on the ballot, and they were either not filing papers, not on the ballot or not included in the vote count.
Candidate James F. Kelly had 1.7 percent, while his running mate, Jennifer L. Lutz, had 0.3 percent.
On the west side of the county, incumbent Susan E. Williams had 44.6 percent of the vote, as of 3:15 p.m., while candidate Mary Dominguez had 43.5 percent, according to the updated vote count. She had 15,823 votes, while her running mate, Steven M. Williams, had 16,945 votes. Dominguez is not on the ballot, and she was also not included in the updated vote count.
On the north side of the county, incumbent Robert S. Martinez had 49.6 percent of the vote, as of 2:45 p.m., while challenger Eric R. Orosco had 48.5 percent, according to the updated vote count. He had 29,939 votes, while his running mate, Robert A.