Below, you’ll find a list of some of the highly anticipated races in SoCal, plus details on when and where your mail-in ballot needs to be postmarked by. Plus, you’ll be able get real-time election results as they come in here.
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How to vote
- All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the June 7 primary election.
- Return your vote-by-mail ballot by mail with prepaid postage as long as it’s postmarked on or before June 7 and received by June 14, or in-person to a secure ballot drop box, to a voting location or your county elections office by 8 p.m. on June 7.
- In-person voting locations will offer voter registration, replacement ballots, accessible voting machines, and language assistance to those who need it.
- Vote centers open in all Voter’s Choice Act counties on May 28.
- Your primary Election ballot will include candidates for U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Member of State Board of Equalization, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, U.S. Representative in Congress, State Senator, State Assembly Member, as well as other local candidates.
- There are two contests for U.S. Senate on this ballot. You can vote for both contests.
How are primary elections conducted in California?
All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters in the primary election – regardless of party preference – move on to the general election. Write-in candidates for voter-nominated offices can only run in the primary election. A write-in candidate will only move on to the general election if the candidate is one of the top two vote-getters in the primary election.
Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, the top vote-getter from each qualified political party, as well as any write-in candidate who received a certain percentage of votes, moved on to the general election.
The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committee, or local office.
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Five supervisors oversee the county and two seats are up for election. Here are the details:
District 1
Hilda Solis is seeking her final term for the board after running unopposed in the 2018 primary.
This time, she’s facing the following four challengers.
The district covers major parts of central L.A. and as well as several San Gabriel Valley cities.
Solis has long been an advocate of finding solutions to combat the homeless crisis.
She helped pass Measure H in 2017, which provides $355 million annually for services to the homeless, according to her website.
District 3
This race will be one to keep an eye on.
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl is not running for reelection and this is the first election since the 2021 redistricting, which brought a portion of the San Fernando Valley into District 3 and moved others out of it.
The candidates include:
Los Angeles City Council
Races for eight of the 15 seats on the L.A. City Council are on Tuesday’s primary election ballot, with three posts up for grabs thanks to the lack of incumbents.
Elections for Districts 1, 3, 7 and 9 include only two candidates and will be decided during Tuesday’s election.
District 1
Councilman Gil Cedillo is seeking his third term to represent District 1 — which includes Glassell Park, Highland Park, Mount Washington, Westlake, Chinatown and Pico-Union. Cedillo will face community activist and public policy advocate Eunisses Hernandez.
District 3
Councilman Bob Blumenfield is running for a third term, as well, to represent Council District…
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