Presidential Primary
Who Won: Hillary vs Bernie
Bernie Sanders fell short of votes in the California primary but vowed to stay in the race despite Hillary Clinton claiming the democratic presidential nomination.
Clinton led the polls with 55.8 percent of the votes, while Sanders trailed with 43.2 percent.
“I am pretty good at arithmetic and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight,” said Sanders to supporters at a rally Tuesday night. “But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get…the struggle continues.”
Clinton won the majority of central and southern California counties while Sanders won over the northern counties.
As of now in Los Angeles County, Clinton received 490,502 votes, giving her a 57 percent lead. Sanders received 434,656 votes, giving him 42 percent.
However, not all ballots have been counted. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder estimates there are around 500,000 ballots left to count just in Los Angeles County.
County officials have until July 5 to report the final results for the presidential delegates from these uncounted ballots, which include provisional and vote-by-mail ballots.
These votes could potentially change the results of the California primary.
Tuesday night, Associated Press declared Clinton the presumptive democratic nominee while she was at a rally at Long Beach City College. The news outlet reported that Clinton had enough delegates to secure the nomination. However, the referenced count included pledged superdelegates who do not formally vote until the Democratic National Convention on July 25
Currently, the delegate count stands at 269 delegates for Clinton and 206 for Sanders.
If Clinton receives the democratic nomination, she will make history as the first female nominee of a major party.
The Green Party previously nominated Cynthia McKinney in 2008 and Jill Stein in 2012.
“It may be hard to see tonight but we are all standing under a glass ceiling right now.” Clinton said at her victory speech Tuesday night. “But don’t worry, we’re not smashing this one.”
Trump-date
Donald Trump won the California Republican Primary, earning 75.3 percent of votes. From the victory, Trump won all 172 delegates that were up for grabs. The business tycoon is the presumptive republican presidential nominee, despite lacking unified support from the Republican party.
Senate Race
For the first time in state history, the runoff for the senate will be between two Democratic candidates. Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez are running for Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat, which she has held for 20 years.
Harris, who is from Oakland, is California’s state attorney general; she is the first African-American and Indian-American to hold the position. Her senate campaign has been endorsed by The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the California Democratic Party. On her website, Harris said her career has been focused on fighting human trafficking, stopping the flow of guns and and drugs into California and upholding environmental laws.
Sanchez is a congresswoman from the 46th district, representing much of Orange County. Rep. Sanchez holds senior positions on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee. She has been endorsed by The Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Los Angeles Daily News, the Westminster Police Officer’s Association and the Engineering Contractors Association. Sanchez voted against the invasion of Iraq, an action which she said was unpopular among her colleagues.
Harris led Tuesday’s primary election by a margin of 23 percent. The senate race will be determined during the November 8 election.
State, school and city measures:
State Measure 50: For the suspension of legislators, legislative constitutional amendment , SM 50 passed with 70.82 percent vote in favor to “authorize legislature to suspend members, including without salary and benefits. Prohibits suspended members from using powers of office or legislative resources.”
The Long Beach Community College District Special Election: Measure LB passed with 63.48 percent of local votes in favor of providing funds to repair LBCC facilities and classrooms and improve student resources.
Measure A: The City of Long Beach public safety, infrastructure repair and neighborhood services measure passed with 59.5 percent to maintain 911 emergency response services by establishing a “one cent (1 percent) transactions and use sales tax for six years, generating approximately $48 million annually.”
Measure B: The City of Long Beach stabilization “Rainy Day” Fund measure passed with 57.37 percent of votes in favor to “provide short-term funding for such general services into which one percent of any new general tax revenues shall be deposited and spent only to balance the budget.”