Trump Falling In RivCo; Lake Elsinore, Wildomar Leaders Emerge

LAKE ELSINORE-WILDOMAR, CA — While thousands of ballots remain to be processed in Riverside County, it's two weeks post-Nov. 3 Election and most races in Lake Elsinore and Wildomar have very clear leaders.

As of Tuesday morning, approximately 45,000 timely postmarked vote-by-mail ballots and 25,000 provisional ballots remain to be processed in the county. Additionally, under state law the Riverside County Registrar of Voters must continue to accept timely postmarked ballots through Friday.

While outstanding ballots remain, in Riverside County Joe Biden (D) leads Republican President Donald Trump by nearly 77,000 votes. The current tally is 493,368 ballots cast for Biden and 416,515 for Trump.

If the lead holds, Biden may win the 2020 contest by a greater margin than Hillary Clinton (D) did four years ago. In 2016, Clinton beat Trump by just over 60,000 votes. Clinton garnered 373,695 ballots cast or 50.11 percent from county voters compared to 333,243 or 44.68 percent for Trump

Aside from national politics, key races in Lake Elsinore and Wildomar included city council seats, State Assembly District 67, Congressional District 42 and Measure Z (Lake Elsinore only). Here's how those races stand as of Tuesday.

Lake Elsinore Measure Z

Measure Z will pass. It currently has 14,570 Yes votes compared to 8,396 No votes.

Lake Elsinore City Council

District 2 incumbent Steve Manos has garnered 2,399 votes compared to 1,870 for Michael Carroll and 534 for Edwin Castro.
In District 4, incumbent Natasha Johnson ran unopposed.
Longtime incumbent Robert "Bob" Magee is ahead of Jorge Lopez by 251 votes, while Robert Kelly trails in the race for the District 5 seat.

Wildomar City Council

Longtime incumbent Bridgette Moore has a sizable lead over Kenneth "Kenny" Mayes for the District 4 seat. Moore has garnered nearly double the number of votes over the challenger.

Congressional District 42

The Associated Press has called this race, with incumbent Ken Calvert (R) the winner over Democratic challenger William "Liam" O'Mara. As of Tuesday morning, Calvert was leading by nearly 50,000 votes.

State Assembly District 67

Longtime firefighter Kelly Seyarto (R), who currently serves on the Murrieta City Council, is leading career law enforcement officer Jerry Carlos (D-Lake Elsinore) by a wide margin of more than 44,400 votes.

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