Election 2024 Results: Wednesday afternoon update on LA County state Senate races
The Los Angeles County Registrar released a new batch of results for a handful of state Senate races Wednesday, which voters in Los Angeles County helped decide during this general election.
While we won’t have final results until later this month, we do know that at least three of the five state Senate races will be won by non-incumbents as the current officeholders are termed out.
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Here are the semi-official results of the Nov. 5 election, which the Los Angeles County registrar’s office released around 4:30 p.m.. Wednesday. The L.A. County registrar’s office won’t finish counting ballots for days and has until Dec. 3 to certify the results of the elections.
Republican small business owner Suzette Martinez Valladares is running against Democratic workers’ rights attorney Kipp Mueller.
District 23: Republican small business owner Suzette Martinez Valladares jumped in front of Democratic workers’ rights attorney Kipp Mueller, 53% to 46%. Valladares served in the Assembly from 2020 to 2022 and was a founder of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. Mueller ran for this office in 2020 but lost to the current officeholder, Republican Sen. Scott Wilk. Wilk is not seeking reelection this year due to term limits. This district represents an area spanning from Santa Clarita and Palmdale in northern L.A. County to Wrightwood and Hesperia in San Bernardino County.
Crescenta Valley Town Councilmember Elizabeth Wong Ahlers, a Republican, is battling it out with Alhambra Mayor Sasha Renée Pérez, a Democrat, for the District 25 seat.
District 25: Alhambra Mayor Sasha Renée Pérez, a Democrat, snagged a sizable over Crescenta Valley Town Councilmember Elizabeth Wong Ahlers, a Republican, 59% to 40%. The two beat out three other candidates in the primary to advance to the general election. Whoever wins will replace Sen. Anthony Portantino, who is termed-out. Senate District 25 represents parts of the San Fernando, San Gabriel and Pomona valleys in northeastern L.A. County. It includes all or parts of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Monrovia, Glendora and Claremont.
Incumbent Sen. Henry Stern, a Democrat, is facing a challenge from Republican Lucie Volotzky.
District 27: Democratic incumbent Sen. Henry Stern had a 63%-36% lead over Republican Lucie Volotzky. Stern, of Sherman Oaks, was first elected to the Senate in 2016 and currently chairs the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies. Volotzky, a resident of Chatsworth, is a longtime business owner. The two are running to represent a district that includes western portions of the San Fernando Valley in L.A. County as well as Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Moorpark in Ventura County.
Democratic Sen. Lena Gonzalez is seeking another term, but to be reelected, she’ll have to fend off Republican Mario Paz.
District 33: Democratic Sen. Lena Gonzalez had a commanding lead over Republican Mario Paz, 67% to 32%. Gonzalez was first elected to the Senate in 2019 after five years on the Long Beach City Council. Paz, also a resident of Long Beach, is a chief financial officer and has over three decades of experience as an accountant. The district the two candidates are competing to represent includes southern L.A. County’s Long Beach as well as Lynwood, Southgate, Huntington Park, Maywood and Bell Gardens.
Democrats Laura Richardson and Michelle Chambers are vying to replace termed-out state Sen. Steven Bradford.
District 35: In a tight race, Michelle Chambers led Laura Richardson in a Democrat v. Democrat battle to replace termed-out state Sen. Steven Bradford. Richardson was out in front, 51% to 48%. Richardson, of San Pedro, is a housing advocate and small business owner who previously served on the Long Beach City Council and in the state Assembly and U.S. House of Representatives. Chambers, who lives in Compton, is a community justice advocate. She previously served on the Compton City Council and was an aide to then-U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn. Senate District 35 represents residents in South L.A. County. It includes all or parts of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Compton, Carson and San Pedro.