Polls close: L.A. Council’s only woman member to emerge from race
The polls are now closed in the Los Angeles City Council special election race between Cindy Montañez and Nury Martinez. The winner will be the lone woman on the 15-member council.
The two East San Fernando Valley candidates now must await the city clerk’s tally from what appeared throughout the day to be an especially low turnout.
Election officials would not comment about the turnout, but said they expect to begin posting returns as early at 8:30 p.m. They can be found on the city’s website.
Although there are 89,118 eligible voters in a district that includes the communities of Van Nuys, Pacoima and Sun Valley, the turnout comes as no great surprise. The stand-alone election -- to replace Councilman Tony Cardenas, now a congressman -- fell just two months after city voters went to the polls to pick a new mayor, controller, city attorney and six new council members.
Turnout in that May general election was low, as it was in the March primary, when only 16% of registered voters turned out citywide.
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