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Voters Elect New Mayor, Two New Council Members

By Breeanna Jent, Staff Writer
November 12, 2014 at 11:26am. Views: 93

Colton residents voted in a new mayor, two new council members to fill Colton's districts 2 and 4, and re-elected a councilmember who ran unopposed this election. The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters poll results as of Monday, Nov. 10, name Richard De La Rosa as Colton's mayor with all precincts reporting, garnering 61.99 percent of the vote against his opponent, District 2 Councilmember Frank Gonzales, who received 38.01 percent of the vote. In Colton's District 2, Summer Zamora Jorrin won the seat with a 56.92 percent vote. Her opponent, George Aguilar, received 43.08 percent of the vote. Early Election results for District 4 showed Richard Prieto taking the seat, but as of Nov. 10, candidate Luis Gonzalez has been named the city's District 4 councilmember with 51.15 percent of the vote, while Prieto garnered 48.85 percent. Current District 1 Councilmember David Toro ran unopposed for re-election on the ballot. In the Colton Joint Unified School District, Area 2 incumbents Dan Flores and Pilar Tabera won re-election to their seats against opponent Juan Rodriguez. Flores took 43.38 percent of the vote, Tabera 33.05 percent and Rodriguez took 23.57 percent. In CJUSD's Area 3, Kent Taylor won election to the short-term, two year seat with 41.45 percent of the vote, against opponents Jennifer Araiza and Francine Sandoval, with Araiza winning 19.58 percent of the vote and Sandoval with 38.97 percent. Current CJUSD Area 3 Trustee Joanne Thoring-Ojeda took the four year seat. In the race for San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, Division 3, Susan Longville won election with 29.41 percent of the vote. Opponents Melody Henriques McDonald had 20.43 percent of the vote; Wayne Hendrix had 20.73 percent of the vote; Steven Gutierrez had 9.06 percent of the vote; Joe Arnett had 7.80 percent of the vote; and Danny Tillman had 12.58 percent of the vote. Marc Steinorth won election to the vacant California State Assembly, District 40 seat with 56.07 percent of the vote, against opponent Kathleen Henry, who had 43.93 percent of the vote. Cheryl Brown won re-election to California State Assembly, District 47, with 57.36 percent of the vote against opponent Gil Navarro's 42.64 percent. Connie Leyva was elected with 61.01 percent of the vote to California State Senate, District 20. She ran against opponent Matthew Munson, who took 38.99 percent of the vote. In Congress, Pete Aguilar was elected with 51.36 percent of the votes to represent California's District 31 in the U.S. House of Representatives, having run against opponent Paul Chabot, who took 48.64 percent of the vote. The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters website says as of Monday, Nov. 10, there are an estimated 156 mail ballots received at polling places on Election Day still to be counted and added to results; approximately 278 mail ballots and ballots cast at polling places on Election Day that were damaged and require duplication left to be counted and added to the results; and an estimated 14,931 various types of ballots including provisional ballots, mail ballots that require further signature review, and ballots cast that were damaged and require duplication to be counted and added to the results. Final Certified Results will be posted no later than Dec. 2.

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