BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Incumbent Judith Manouchehri and challenger David Cienfuegos emerged as the early leaders Tuesday night in a five-way race for two seats on the Beverly Hills Unified School District Governing Board.
Results released at 10:24 p.m. Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office showed Manouchehri leading with 4,909 votes, or 31.3%, followed by Cienfuegos with 4,306 votes, or 27.5%.
Challenger Jackie R. Kruger was in third place with 3,013 votes, or 19.2%, followed by Kimberly Lifschitz with 2,568 votes, or 16.4%. Jared Gonzales trailed with 863 votes, or 5.5%.
Manouchehri was the only incumbent seeking reelection. Current board member Rachelle Marcus did not seek another term.
The school board contest was the only city-level race on the ballot in Beverly Hills this election.
The results remain preliminary, with ballots still to be counted in the coming days. County election officials are scheduled to release their first post-Election Night update Wednesday between 4 and 5 p.m.
Beverly Hills voters also weighed in on countywide contests, including the race for Los Angeles County sheriff and two county ballot measures.
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There was one city-level race on the ballot in Beverly Hills: The election for Beverly Hills Unified School District Governing Board.
There's a five-way race for two seats. Judith Manouchehri is the only incumbent running. Current board member Rachelle Marcus is not seeking reelection.
Also running is Jared Gonzales, Jackie R. Kruger, Kimberly Lifschitz and David Cienfuegos.
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There is one countywide race.
Incumbent Sheriff Robert Luna is facing former sheriff Alex Villanueva, whom Luna defeated in 2022.
Voters considered two county-level ballot questions.
Measure A would prohibit strikes by district attorney investigators, medical examiners, and lifeguards and other employees in the county fire, sheriff's and medical examiner's departments, while establishing a binding arbitration process for resolving labor disputes with public safety employee unions.
Measure E would increase the independence of the upcoming county Ethics Commission and Office of Ethics Compliance. It would grant ethics officials the power to investigate misconduct by county officials, candidates, lobbyists and contractors; issue subpoenas and fine violators up to $15,000 per offense.
The governor's race was somewhat anticlimactic following a chaotic primary with a crowded field of candidates roiled when the frontrunner was forced to step down amid sexual assault allegations. Since then, Becerra maintained a steady lead over Hilton in the polls.
In the final days of the election, a new SurveyUSA poll showed Becerra with a 22-point lead.
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All 52 of California's Congressional seats were on the ballot.
Congressional races across California were under intense scrutiny following voter approval of Proposition 50, a partisan redistricting measure expected to reshape the state's political map. Thanks to the redistricting, only a handful of districts were truly competitive. Democrats hoped to flip as many as five Republican House seats in a bid to overturn the GOP's slim House majority.
Democrats think they can flip as many as five seats, with four seeming very much in reach, according to the polls. Both parties are spending like control of the House is on the line.
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There were 14 statewide propositions on the ballot this week. Arguably, the most hot-button ballot initiatives involve taxation. Proposition 40 is the highly discussed billionaire tax, while Propositions 41 and 42 aim to counter the measure. Proposition 3 also addresses taxes on the state's highest earners.
Click here for real-time results for all of California's ballot measures.
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