Portantino Wins 25th Senate District; Barger is New 5th District Supervisor

By Susan Motander and Terry Miller

No matter who you talk to, this election has been dramatic and historic both locally and nationally.

Donald Trump will become the next president of the United States in a stunning victory Tuesday night.

The GOP nominee was elected to the White House after picking up crucial battleground states earlier, including Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.

The victories are stunning, according to all reports, for a candidate long seen as unlikely to win the presidency. Hillary Clinton’s campaign was confident it was competitive in places like Florida and North Carolina, and even sought to expand the map with recent visits to traditionally Republican states such as Arizona.

Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton got 71.48 percent of the California vote and was ahead in popular the electoral vote clinched it for Trump.

Other important and unexpected changes are taking place locally and statewide – Here’s a wrap-up of the results:

Congress   

27^th District

Judy Chu: 107,217   –   68.73%

Jack Orswell: 48,782   –   31.27%

28^th District

Adam B. Schiff: 140,287   –   77.77%

Lenore Solis: 40,106   –   22.23%

32^nd District

Grace Napolitano: 80.977   –   62.03%

Roger Hernandez: 49,567   –   37.97%

State Senate

25^th District

Anthony J. Portantino: 139,116   –   58.70%

Michael D. Antonovich: 97,878   –   41.30%

State Assembly

42nd District

Chris Holden: 70, 593   –   64.88%

Casey C. Higgins: 38,182   –   35.12%

43^rd District

Laura Friedman: 72,212   –   65.24%

Ardy Kassakhian: 38,471   –   34.76%

49^th District

Ed Chau: 58,853   –   68.73%

Peter Amundson: 24,507   –   31.27%

State Measures        

51  School Bonds – Passed

52  Medi-Cal Hospital Fee Program – Passed

53  Statewide Approval of Revenue Bonds – Failed

54  72 Hour Notice before Legislative Votes – Passed

55  Extending Tax to Fund Education – Passed

56  Cigarette Tax to Fund Healthcare – Passed

57  Lessen Requirements for Parole Eligiblity – Passed

58  Multi-lingual Education – Passed

59  Measure Re: Campaign Funding Limitations – Passed

60 Requires Condom Use in Adult Films – Passed

61 State Purchase of Prescription Drugs – Passed

62 Replaces Death Penalty – Passed

63  Background Check for Purchase of Ammo – Passed

64  Legalizing Marijuana – Passed

65  Take out Bag Sales used for Environment – Failed

66  Procedural changes re Death Penalty – Failed

67  Ban on Single Use plastic bags – Passed

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