Newport Mesa Unified Governing Board Winners: Election 2020

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Newport-Mesa Unified School District added three new governing board members to their board in the Nov. 3 election.

As of Tuesday night, voters cast their ballots toward the Trustee Areas 1, 3 and 6, making their voices heard.

In Trustee Area 1, challenger Lea Ersoylu made an early showing, earning 53.4 percent of the votes over incumbent Vicki Snell, who earned 46.6 percent of the vote. Thus far, just over 10,000 votes have been counted in this election.

In Trustee Area 3, Carol Crane made a strong showing with 65.4 percent of the ballots counted as compared to her challenger Charles Kent Booker, who received 34.6 percent of the votes counted. Thus far, just over 13,000 ballots have been tabulated in this election.

In Trustee Area 6, voters had a wider field of candidates to choose from. Krista Weigand earned 49.8 percent of the votes counted as of 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. She leads Amy Peters who earned 38.5 percent of the votes cast. Trailing were Xeon Ralf Muller II with 7.7 percent and Alexis Zavouris who earned 4 percent of ballots counted. Thus far, just over 11,00 ballots have been tabulated in this election.

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The last votes were tallied at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. Votes were anticipated to be updated at 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Registrar of Voters Office.

Due to the switch to vote centers, instead of voting precincts, there is no way to immediately track how many ballots cast on Tuesday remain to be counted.

State law also allows the counting of mail ballots received as late as 17 days after election day, the OC Registrar of Voters says.

As votes are counted, results fluctuate until the Registrar of Voters declares a winner. A timeline was established by Registrar Neal Kelley's office, showcasing how and when counts will be updated in Orange County.

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