In These Races, Candidates Are Separated By Few Votes

Two weeks after the Nov. 5 election, a few races in Los Angeles County are still too tight to call (as reported on Daily Breeze).

Democrats Laura Richardson and Michelle Chambers are vying to replace termed-out state Sen. Steven Bradford. (Courtesy images)

State Senate District 35: 

In this tight race, election results on Friday, Nov. 15, showed Laura Richardson had 50.54% or 120,486 votes, while Michelle Chambers came in at 49.46% with 117,893 votes — 2,693 votes behind Richardson.

The winner will represent Carson, San Pedro, Compton, West Compton, Gardena, Harbor City, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, West Carson, Watts, Willowbrook, and Wilmington; and parts of Inglewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Torrance.

Deidre Duhart (Courtesy photo)

Compton City Council District 1:

In this Compton City Council race, voters chose between incumbent Deidre Duhart and Jasper Jay Jackson in one of the closest races in Los Angeles County.

The Compton race remained separated by only a handful of votes as of Friday evening. Duhart had 50.23%, with 3,086 votes, while Jackson had 49.77%, with 3,058 votes — with the two separated by just 28 votes.