{"id":72015,"date":"2016-06-08T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T19:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=72015"},"modified":"2016-06-08T12:55:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T19:55:51","slug":"top-two-primary-election-results-district-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/06\/08\/top-two-primary-election-results-district-races\/","title":{"rendered":"“Top-two” primary election results (district races)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Top row L to R] Steve Knight, Bryan Caforio, Kevin McCarthy, Wendy Reed. [Bottom row L to R] Scott Wilk, Johnathon Ervin, Tom Lackey, Steve Fox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Voters across California headed to the polls Tuesday, June 7, for the Primary Election. In the June “top-two” primary, all candidates for a district office are listed on the same ballot and anyone can vote for any candidate running for Congress, State Senate and State Assembly, regardless of party preference. Only the two candidates who receive the most votes in each contest will move on to the November general election.The unofficial*\u00a0election\u00a0results are in, with 100% of the precincts\u00a0partially reporting as of June 8 at 8:41 a.m. Below are the results from district races of interest to Antelope Valley voters.<\/p>\n

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25th Congressional District (includes most of the Antelope Valley)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Steve Knight [R]\u00a0………. 49.0% (46,568 votes)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Bryan Caforio [D]\u00a0………. 28.7% (27,332 votes)<\/strong>
    \nLou Vince [D]\u00a0………. 14.9% (14,197 votes)
    \nJeffrey Moffatt [R]\u00a0………. 7.3% (6,978 votes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    23rd Congressional District (includes portions of Lancaster)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    1. Kevin McCarthy [R]<\/strong>………. 56.5% (51,298 votes)<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Wendy Reed [D]\u00a0………. 26.6% (24,158 votes)
      \n<\/strong>Ken Mettler [R]\u00a0………. 12.7% (11,493 votes)
      \nGerald Morris [R]\u00a0………. 4.2% (3,853 votes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      21st\u00a0Senate District (includes the Antelope Valley)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      1. Scott Wilk\u00a0[R]\u00a0………. 47.7% (50,616 votes)<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Johnathon Ervin [D] ……..\u00a033.0% (34,962 votes)
        \n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Steve Hill [D]\u00a0………. 11.4% (12,047 votes)
        \nStar Moffatt\u00a0[R]\u00a0………. 7.9% (8,420 votes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        36th\u00a0Assembly District (includes the Antelope Valley)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        1. Tom Lackey\u00a0[R]\u00a0………. 50.1% (25,764 votes<\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. Steve Fox\u00a0[D]\u00a0………. 28.5% (14,661 votes)
          \n<\/strong>Darren W. Parker [D]\u00a0………. 15.0% (7,711 votes)
          \nOllie M. McCaulley [D]\u00a0………. 6.3% (3,246 votes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n
          * Election results change throughout the canvass period as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots, and other ballots are processed. It typically takes weeks to count and process all of the ballots.\u00a0County elections officials must report their final results to the Secretary of State by July 8, 2016. The Secretary of State then has until July 15, 2016 to certify the results of the election.<\/em><\/h5>\n
          [Source: California Secretary of State\u00a0<\/a>]<\/em>
          \n<\/span><\/h5>\n

          –<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Voters across California headed to the polls Tuesday, June 7, for the Primary Election. In the June “top-two” primary, all candidates for a district office are listed on the same ballot and anyone can vote for any candidate running for Congress, State Senate and State Assembly, regardless of party preference. Only the two candidates who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}