[Update: 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 6]
With the majority of precincts reporting as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, the day after primary election day, the following results were in:
Governor:
Gavin Newsom (D) – 33.3%
John Cox (R) – 26.2%
Antonio Villaraigosa (D) – 13.5%
US Senate:
Dianne Feinstein (D) – 43.8%
Kevin de León (D) – 11.3%
James Bradley (R) – 8.8%
US House, District 33:
Ted Lieu (D) – 60.7%
Kenneth Wright (R) – 31.3%
Emory Rodgers (D) – 8%
LA County Sheriff:
Jim McDonnell – 47.5%
Alex Villanueva – 33.4%
Robert “Bob” Lindsey – 19.1%
Attorney General:
Xavier Becerra (D) – 45.3%
Steven C. Bailey (R) – 25.3%
Eric Earley (R) – 14.9%
Lt. Governor:
Eleni Kounalakis (D) – 23.4%
Ed Hernandez (D) – 20.8%
Cole Harris (R) – 18.3%
Secretary of State:
Alex Padilla (D) – 51.4%
Mark P. Meuser (R) – 32%
Raul Rodriguez Jr (R) – 5.3%
Insurance Commissioner
Steve Polzner (NPP) – 41.3%
Ricardo Lara (D) – 40.6%
Asif Mahmood (D) – 13%
State Assembly, 50th District:
Richard Bloom (D) – 100.0% (unopposed)
The results of California’s primary election on Tuesday, June 5, were too close to call by the time The Malibu Times went to print at 11 p.m., though the two finalists in the race for governor had already been set: Democrat Gavin Newsom with 34.4 percent of votes counted thus far and Republican John Cox with 26.1 percent. Antonio Villaraigosa was far behind at 11.6 percent. At the time, 7,289 of California’s 21,486 precincts were reporting results.
As in all primary races in California, the top two vote getters in each race, regardless of political party, will go on to the general election in November.
The top vote-getter in the senate race was already called for incumbent Dianne Feinstein with 31.4 percent of precincts reporting. As of Tuesday night, Feinstein had earned 43.6 percent of votes counted thus far, with fellow Democrat Kevin De Leon her closest competitor at merely 10.3 percent of votes.
At press time, De Leon was barely edging out GOP frontrunner James Bradley for the second spot on the November ballot, who was close behind with 9.6 percent of votes.
With only 3.6 percent of local districts reporting, the the seat of 33rd District US House incumbent Ted Lieu was still too close to call, although Democrat Lieu had earned 57.6 percent of votes counted so far, compared to Republican runner-up Kenneth Wright’s 35.9 percent. At the time, third place in that race went to Emory Rodgers, a Democrat, with 6.4 percent.
The election was not without some controversy.
With hours left to go before polls closed Tuesday, The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office announced a “printing error” that left nearly 120,000 LA County residents’ names off voter lists for this year’s primary.
“A total of 1,530 precincts of the county’s 4,357 voting locations were affected in some way, with a total of 118,522 voters’ names omitted,” a statement from the office detailed.
Those voters were encouraged to use provisional ballots to cast votes, although those votes will not be counted until days after the election.
This story will be updated in the morning.