REAL-TIME RESULTS: Who Will Win Murrieta's City Council Race?

Three council seats, including that of former Mayor Alan Long, are up for grabs in Murrieta Tuesday night.

Long, 44, is one of two incumbents competing in a field of nine candidates.

Fellow Councilman Rick Gibbs is also up for re-election Tuesday, seeking a third term in office. Gibbs preceded Long as mayor. The seat is rotated annually.

Gibbs emphasized his dedication to improving local medical care and creating a more business- and military-friendly city as central components of his platform.

Other candidates are

• Matthew Alvernaz, a law enforcement officer and former Army serviceman. He is seeking to curb “over-development” in the community;
• Brian Barton, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer
• Ruthane Taylor-Burger, the city’s transportation finance director. Her interests are job creation and improving local travel corridors
• Jonathan Ingram, a small business owner
• C. Kent Leeper, a substitute teacher, who advocates restricting outside influences, protecting the city’s finances and “following the U.S. Constitution.”
• James Richardson, a local businessman
• Donna Serafin, a former computer technician who led the fight to rid the city of its red light traffic camera system. Serafin wants policies that promote “quality jobs” and preserve or enhance local services.

Below, you’ll find results from the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, updated as the agency sends out the information in real time. Be sure to refresh this page for the latest.

Here’s a tentative schedule for ballot results on Election Night and beyond:

• Polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m.
• Approximately 8:30 p.m., vote-by-mail 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.
• After 1 a.m. updated polling place results will be released every 90 minutes.
• Depending on voter turnout, polling place ballot counts will likely continue until 5 a.m. on Wednesday.