The residents of Long Beach and South Bay area cities seem to have chosen who should represent them in their local governments.
Now it’s just a matter of waiting to officially learn who the winners are.
See the latest election results.
County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan announced the semi-final results for Tuesday’s primary early Wednesday. The registrar’s office then provided its first post-election day update around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, with more than 1 million ballots counted — nearly 18% of eligible voters.
Here’s where the local races in Avalon, Lakewood, Paramount, Gardena and Compton stood as the latest update.
Avalon
Avalon Mayor Anni Marshall led handily with new vote totals on Wednesday afternoon with about two-thirds of the votes in her bid to win reelection against challenger Daniel Felts, who had about one-third.
The mayor, who has held the position for 10 years, represents the city of about 3,700 residents.
Incumbent councilmembers Lisa Lavelle and Yesenia De la Rose ran unopposed for a full four-year term.
Treasurer Oley Olsen also ran unopposed.
Lakewood
Two four-year seats on the Lakewood City Council were up for grabs this election, with both districts in the central part of town.
In the District 3 race, challenger Jeff Wood was in a comfortable lead with 59% of the vote. Incumbent Ariel Pe was trailing with about 41%.
District 3 is bordered by Bellflower on the north and Long Beach on the south.
In District 4, business owner David Arellano had 64% of the vote over appointed Councilmember Vicki Stuckey, who had about 36%.
District 4 is bordered by Cerritos on the north, a small area of Bellflower on the northwest, Long Beach on the south and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast.
Stuckey was appointed in 2022 to complete the term of retired Councilmember Diane DuBois.
Residents began voting for councilmembers in five different districts, instead of a citywide vote, in 2022.
Paramount
Current Mayor Isabel Aguayo, and Councilmembers Brenda Olmos and Vilma Cuellar Stallings faced three challengers in their citywide bid for reelection: teacher Yesenia Maria Cuarenta, small business owner Jose De Leon and university administrative coordinator Carmen Patricia Gomez.
The incumbents are in the lead as of Wednesday afternoon. Olmos was leading the pack with 27%, followed by Aguayo at 20%, Stallings at about 17%, Cuarenta at 14%, Gomez at nearly 12% and De Leon at nearly 10%.
Gardena
Incumbents Mark Henderson and Paulette Francis were leading in a race to retain seats on the Gardena City Council against teacher Aimee Midori Yamada, and first responder and veteran Anthony Dixon.
The top-two finishers will claim the two open council seats.
Henderson had nearly 33% of the vote. Francis with around 26% and Dixon had 23.81%, while Yamada at 17.74%.
Compton
Appointed Mayor Deidre Duhart had a small lead over challenger Jasper Jackson, with Fidel Marquez in third, in the race to represent District 1 on the City Council. But Duhart did extend her lead slightly when results came in Wednesday afternoon. District 1 is the northwest portion of the city.
Duhart had 42.15% of the vote and Jackson had 39.76%, while Marquez had 18.09%.
In the District 4 race, appointed Councilmember Lillie Darden was leading in the race against challengers Alysia Rivers, Terrance Cumby and Joel Estrada.
Darden had nearly 38% of the vote, followed by Estrada with about 28%, Rivers with about 19% and Cumby with 15%.
Appointed City Clerk Vernell McDaniel, meanwhile, was trailing in her reelection bid against Compton Unified Board member Satra Zurita and business person Lynn Boone.
Zurita had about 40% of the vote, while McDaniel had nearly 33% and Boone had nearly 28%.
