West Hollywood 2017 Election Results: Incumbents Have The Lead In Early Returns

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA -- In Tuesday's election, 10 candidates were vying for two seats on the West Hollywood City Council and it looked like an incumbent may return to as the mayor based on early voting results.

Mayor pro tempore John Heilman was leading the pack with 28.1 percent of the votes, follow by incumbent John J. Duran with 23.9 percent, Steve Martin with 15.9 percent and Cynthia Blatt with 14.1 percent. The rest were in the single digits.

If Heilman were reelected, he will rotate to the mayor seat on the council.

In the countywide election, the fate of a proposed quarter-cent Los Angeles County sales tax to fund anti-homelessness programs remained too close to call Wednesday.

With nearly 70 percent of precincts reporting from Tuesday's election, Measure H had 65.4 percent of the vote, but it needs a two-thirds majority to pass.

The Board of Supervisors has declared homelessness a countywide emergency and chose the sales tax hike over a number of other funding alternatives, including a millionaire's tax, a parcel tax and a special tax on marijuana.

The turnout for Tuesday's election was one of the lowest in recent years. As of 5 p.m., an estimated 9.16 percent of voters had cast ballots in the countywide election, according to the county registrar's office. The estimate is based on a random sampling of 30 polling places.

Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder-County Clerk Dean Logan told KNX Newsradio late Tuesday afternoon that at the current pace, turnout would likely wind up at about 12 percent after polls close at 8 p.m. and vote-by-mail ballots are tallied.

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