REAL-TIME RESULTS: Orange County's 2016 Primary Election

By RENEE SCHIAVONE

ORANGE COUNTY, CA - With voter registration across California at an all-time high, millions of people were expected to head to the polls to cast their votes in Tuesday's presidential primary election.

As of the May 23 voter registration deadline, the California Secretary of State reported that 17,915,053 Californians were registered to vote, which accounts for 72.29 percent of the state's eligible voting population. What's more, that's the highest ever total statewide voter registration heading into a primary election, according to the state.

Not surprisingly, there are far more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state, with 44.82 percent for the former and 27.29 for the latter.

Here in Orange County, 1,395,380 people are registered to vote. The county's party-split skews to the right of the state average, with 33.50 percent Democrat and 39.97 percent Republican.

“In the 45 days leading up to the voter registration deadline, there was a huge surge in voter registration—total statewide voter registration increased by nearly 650,000," Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. "Part of this surge was fueled through social media, as Facebook sent a reminder to all California users to register to vote. It is clear that Californians are engaged and excited about this election. Now the next step is to turn out and vote!”

MAJOR ELECTIONS

The races that will be on all ballots in California are those for the presidential primary, senate and Proposition 50.

Here in Orange County, voters will also weigh in on several local congressional and judicial races as well as two countywide ballot measures.

Measure A is a campaign finance watchdog measure that asks voters to "establish a Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission consisting of five members selected by the Board of Supervisors, to provide oversight of the county’s campaign reform ordinance.”

If Measure B passes, all future ballot measures would include a cost estimate, letting voters know how much it would cost in tax dollars. Under Measure B, the county's auditor-controller will prepare a fiscal impact statement to appear on the ballot with the measure.

Countywide elections Tuesday include the First District County Board of Supervisors race, three judicial elections, three county school board elections and races in the 29th State Senate district as well as the 55th Assembly district.

In a series of Congressional races, several of Orange County's longest serving legislators are expected to easily defend their seats.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez is widely expected to qualify for the runoff election to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer. She is expected to square off against Kamala Harris, making it the first time a California senate race featured two democrats, women and minorities.

REAL-TIME RESULTS

Now that everyone's registered, and presumably cast their votes by now, the question on everyone's minds is: So who won?

Patch is here to help you find the results to all your local elections. Choose from the drop-down menu in the below table for real-time results from across Orange County. Be sure to continue refreshing throughout the night for the latest.

Can't see the widget below? Click here for Orange County Elections Results.

Here’s a tentative schedule for Orange County's ballot results on Election night and beyond:

• 8 p.m.: Polls close
• Approximately 8:30 p.m.: vote-by-mail and mid-day pick up results will be released.
• Approximately 9 p.m., early voting results will be released. This will result only in minimal change to vote totals.
• Approximately 10 p.m.: first polling place results will be released as workers continue transporting ballots from around the county to Riverside for counting. This update will include polling place ballots arriving to the registrar’s office for tabulation prior to 9:30 p.m.
• Hourly polling place results will be updated until 1 a.m.

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