Fullerton voters may wait days or weeks to learn the winners of several races, including a tight City Council contest and a county supervisor race separated by fewer than 1,000 votes, according to the latest unofficial results from the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Go to OCvote.gov to see the most up-to-date totals.
In District 3, incumbent Dr. Shana Charles led Daniel H. Kim by 676 votes, 2,574 to 1,898, or 57.6% to 42.4%.
In City Council District 5, Oscar Valadez led Jozef Maldonado by 106 votes after Wednesday’s update, down from 221 votes on election night. Valadez had 2,155 votes, followed by Maldonado with 2,049 votes, and David Fischbein with 781 votes.
In the Fullerton School District, Amy Choi-Won led Jordan Abushawish in Trustee Area 3 with 4,140 votes to 2,293, or 64.4% to 35.6%.
In the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, Regina Cuadra led Matthew Matias in Trustee Area 1 with 4,302 votes to 2,436, or 63.8% to 36.2%. Incumbent Marilyn Buchi led Amy Dudich in Trustee Area 5 with 6,264 votes to 4,138, or 60.2% to 39.8%.
In the North Orange County Community College District, which includes Fullerton College, incumbent Barbara Dunsheath led Rama R. Maline in Trustee Area 1 with 18,749 votes to 9,044, or 67.5% to 32.5%. Chloe Serrano led Trustee Area 3 with 14,806 votes, or 62.7%, over Larry Andre with 6,099, or 25.8%, and Paul Gonzales with 2,722, or 11.5%.
Trustee Area 6 was the closest of the three. Paulette Chaffee had 7,832 votes, or 28.8%, followed by Jesus Silva with 7,342, or 27%, Zonya Townsend with 6,912, or 25.4%, and incumbent Jeffrey P. Brown with 5,119, or 18.8%.
Democrat Connor Traut led Republican Tim Shaw by 824 votes in the race for the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ 4th District seat, which includes Fullerton. Traut had 61,226 votes, or 50.3%, to Shaw’s 60,402, or 49.7%. Shaw had led by 721 votes early Wednesday.
Below are totals for congressional, legislative and statewide races that reflect Orange County ballots only.
Congress
Fullerton is divided between two congressional districts. In the 45th District, Democratic U.S. Rep. Derek Tran led Republican Chuong V. Vo with 83,112 votes to 64,114. In the 46th District, Democratic U.S. Rep. Lou Correa led Republican David Pan with 90,108 votes to 41,443.
Assembly
The city is also divided between two Assembly districts. In the 67th District, Democrat Mark Pulido led Republican Paulo Morales with 49,680 votes to 31,844. In the 59th District, Republican Assemblyman Phillip Chen led Green Party candidate Victor Hernandez with 69,738 votes to 43,267.
Senate
In state Senate District 34, which covers southern Fullerton, Democrat Avelino Valencia led Republican Rhonda Shader with 100,461 votes to 48,445.
Governor
In the race for governor, Orange County voters favored Democrat Xavier Becerra over Republican Steve Hilton, 447,588 votes to 390,739, or 53.4% to 46.6%.
lieutenant governor
In the race for lieutenant governor, Orange County voters favored Democrat Fiona Ma over Republican Gloria Romero, 440,590 votes to 387,260, or 53.2% to 46.8%.
The registrar does not call races. News organizations may project winners once a lead appears secure, but results are not official until they are certified.
The registrar plans to post updated results by 5 pm each weekday during the count. Mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day must arrive by November 10 to be counted.
The county must finish its official canvass no earlier than 5 pm on November 25 and no later than December 3. The California Secretary of State is scheduled to certify statewide results on December 11.
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December 3? wow.