Aminoff, Quinones-Perez, Greenstein Rader Lead SMC Board Race

SANTA MONICA, CA — This story was updated at 12:19 a.m. Thursday.

Santa Monica residents have chosen they want to represent them on the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees with Susan Aminoff in the lead with 28,036 votes early Thursday, followed by Margaret Quinones-Perez with 27,020 votes and Rob Greenstein Rader has 24,100 votes, according to preliminary election results early Wednesday. Brian O'Neil has 13,123.

Many voters cast their ballots via early voting or mail-in voting due to the pandemic. Santa Monica had 71,970 registered voters, with 35,889 Santa Monica residents voting by mail and a total of 44,607 casting their ballots.

There were four candidates on the ballot for the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees:

• Susan Aminoff- Santa Monica College Trustee/Professor
• Brian O'Neil- Professor
• Margaret Quinones-Perez - Santa Monica College Trustee/Professor/Counselor
• Rob Greenstein Rader - Santa Monica College Trustee/Professor

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Two candidates in that race stopped campaigning but appeared on the ballot. Andrew Browning and Dominic Gomez decided not to campaign in the city council election.

"After much thought, the two of us have decided to withdraw from the race for Santa Monica City Council," they said in a letter to the editor published on Surf Santa Monica.

"We withdrew because it became clear that the best way to affect change in Santa Monica was to consolidate the number of candidates challenging the incumbents, incumbents who have overseen the rapid decline of our city."

They instead endorsed the “Change” slate with Phil Brock, Oscar de la Torre, Christine Parra and Mario Fonda-Bonardi.

If de la Torre is elected, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will potentially appoint another person to fill his seat, Malibu Times reports.

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