Preliminary Results In For Palos Verdes Races

PALOS VERDES, CA— Election day has come and gone and residents of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities cast their votes for City Council and California State Assembly candidates as well as county-wide measures.

Rancho Palos Verdes

In Rancho Palos Verdes, five candidates competed for two City Council seats.

As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Steve Perestam pulled ahead of the other candidates with 6,079 votes counted so far. George Lewis and David Chura trailed close behind with 5,915 and 5,681 votes respectively.

Jeff Chen secured 4,480 votes so far and Michele Patrick Carbone secured 2,806 votes.

Palos Verdes Estates

Two City Council seats were up for grabs with neither incumbent Dawn Murdock nor Jim Roos seeking re-election.

As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Derek Lazzaro pulled ahead of the other two candidates with 4,132 votes counted so far. Craig Quinn secured 3,451 votes so far and Desiree "Dez" Myers secured 2,581 votes.

Rolling Hills Estates

The Rolling Hills Estates City Council appointed candidates Velveth Schmitz, Debby Stegura and Frank Zerunyan each to four-year terms and voted to cancel the Nov. 5 General Municipal Election.

According to the Los Angeles County Registrar, only 2,615,541 of the county's 5,736,803 registered voters' ballots had been counted as of Wednesday morning.

Real-Time Race Results For Palos Verdes/Los Angeles County: Nov. 5, 2024 General Election:

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Locally, voters in Assembly District 66, which includes Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro and Lomita, voted for two candidates. Voters chose between current Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi and Republican small business owner George Barks.

Countywide, LA County voters also weighed in on a number of ballot measures as well as the battle between incumbent George Gascón and challenger former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman.

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