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1997 - Five bodies found during grading of Northlake development in Castaic; determined to be Jenkins graveyard [story]
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Unofficial election results for the 2024 General Election as of Friday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m.

The close race for Santa Clarita City Council shows Patsy Ayala increasing her lead over Tim Burkhart by 201 votes at the close of business Friday, 3,828 to 3,627.

Coincidentally, in the race for the Santa Clarita Community College District Trustee Area 2 race Scott Schuer’s lead over board incumbent Edel Alonso has shrunk to 201 votes, 9960 to 9759.

More absentee ballots remain to be counted.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced the third post-Election Night ballot count update for the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election.

The update includes 200,080 ballots processed since Election Night. This update includes Vote by Mail ballots returned by mail, in a Ballot Drop Box and Vote Center, and Conditional Voter Registration ballots cast on Election Day.

The total election results count is now 3,083,816, which is 53.75% of registered voters. Election results can be viewed on LAVOTE.GOV.

A large number of Vote by Mail ballots were returned on Election Day. The RR/CC continues to prioritize the timely processing of these ballots to establish a clear number of outstanding ballots in this election.

The estimate of outstanding ballots to be processed is 759,100. See the categories below:

Vote by Mail ballots: 650,000

Conditional Voter Registration ballots: 97,000

Provisional ballots: 12,100

The estimate includes Vote by Mail ballots returned to the USPS and ballots returned in a Ballot Drop Box or Vote Center on Election Day.

The number of outstanding Vote by Mail ballots will increase as the RR/CC continues to accept ballots postmarked by Election Day and received through Tuesday, Nov. 12. These ballots are not included in the estimate.

Outstanding estimates are Countywide and are not currently available by jurisdiction as ballots are received and processed in batches throughout the county.

Unofficial results for Santa Clarita Valley races:

27th Congressional District

Mike Garcia (R)

127,061

50.2%

George Whitesides (D)

126,088

49.8%

23rd State Senate District

Kipp Mueller (D)

133,339

46.8%

Suzette Martinez Valladares (R)

151,561

53.2%

40th State Assembly District

Pilar Schiavo (D)

99,028

51.6%

Patrick Lee Gipson (R)

93,046

48.4%

Santa Clarita City Council District 1

Patsy Ayala

3,828

35.25%

Tim Burkhart

3,627

33.40%

Bryce Jepsen

3,405

31.35%

Santa Clarita Community College District Area 1

Michelle Kampbell

8,365

42.67%

Darlene Trevino

11,241

57.33%

Santa Clarita Community College District Area 2

Edel Alonso

9,759

49.49%

Scott Schauer

9,960

50.51%

Santa Clarita Community College District Area 3

Fred Arnold

10,831

48.80%

Tasha Hoggatt

2,679

12.07%

Andrew Taban

8,686

39.13%

Santa Clarita Community College District Area 4

Jerry Danielson

9,113

45.02%

Sharlene Johnson

11,130

54.98%

William S. Hart Union School District Trustee Area 1

Aakash Ahuja

7,810

39.31%

Gloria Mercado-Fortine

6,400

32.21%

Linda Hovis Storli

5,657

28.47%

William S. Hart Union School District Trustee Area 4

Eric Anderson

6,935

34.98%

Erin Wilson

12,890

65.02%

Castaic Union School District

Erik Richardson

1,134

59.31%

Steven Sansone

778

40.69%

Newhall School District, Trustee Area 5

Mayra Cueller

2,001

35.40%

Suzan Solomon

3,651

64.60%

Saugus Union School District Trustee Area 3

Katherine Cooper

5,416

56.96%

Mark White

4,093

43.04%

Saugus Union School District Measure N

Yes

22,812

47.38%

No

25,335

52.62%

SCV Water Agency, Division 1

Dan Masnada

15,702

36.37%

Gary Martin

18,426

42.68%

Paula Olivares

9,043

20.95%

SCV Water Agency, Division 2

Nathan Bousfield

10,344

20.62%

Ken Cooper

21,909

43.67%

Piotr Orzechowski

17,920

35.72%

SCV Water Agency, Division 3

Kathye Armitage

20,172

60.37%

Holly Schroeder

13,244

39.63%

SCV Water Agency, Division 3

Stacy Fortner

11,829

36.23%

Kenneth Peterson

20,821

63.77%

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