2020 Primary Election Results: Riverside County 42nd Assembly

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA —With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the 42nd Assembly District — which encompasses parts of both Riverside and San Bernardino counties — is still too close to call. And regardless, there will be a runoff election.

While Assemblyman Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley leads the pack, his margins are slim. Results below (If you can't view the data, visit www.voteinfo.net for the latest):

Super Tuesday's results are not final. Countywide, approximately 125,000 vote-by-mail, 50,000 provisional and 10,000 damaged ballots that require duplication still must be processed. Work on those begins Wednesday morning. Ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day and received no later than Friday also remain to be counted.

The next updated results from the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters will be posted at 6 p.m. Friday.

The top two finishers will face off in a runoff election. Although Mayes currently leads, he falls well short of the 50 percent majority needed to avoid a runoff.

The 42nd District is complicated. Mayes, who has represented the district since 2014, defected from the GOP in December. Days later, the California Republican Party Board of Directors rescinded its endorsement of Mayes, saying in a statement, "Chad has let the Republican Party down just as he let down the voters of California."

On Twitter, Mayes sought to explain his rationale for departing his old party, and while not taking a direct swipe at President Donald Trump, he referenced national "political discord."

"Really simply: It's because of my frustration with the way our political system is working today," Mayes wrote. "The political discord in the country is tearing us apart. Unfortunately, all politics is no longer local. It's national."

The 42-year-old former Yucca Valley City Council member ran without a party preference. His Republican challenger, San Jacinto Mayor Andrew Kotyuk, rushed to pull papers following Mayes' departure from the party. Kotyuk has openly voiced support for Trump.

Kotyuk is "not only a true patriot, but a strong supporter of President Trump's fight against the liberal socialists who would destroy our American economy." according to his campaign website.
Kotyuk has served on the San Jacinto City Council since 2010. Professionally, he runs a natural gas company.

On the Democratic side was Hemet lawyer Deni Antionette Mazingo, who is likely out of the race. She has notched a host of high-profile endorsements, including California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, state Controller Betty Yee and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.

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