LOCAL : Hill Wins State Senate Seat; SJC Park Bond Measure Passes
With all precincts reporting in the 31st State Senate District, Assemblyman Frank Hill (R-Whittier) won the seat handily with 33,504 votes. His closest opponent, Democrat Janice Graham, received 19,874 votes. Robert Lewis of the American Independent Party received 1,901 votes. The 31st District stretches from West Covina in Los Angeles County to Laguna Beach in Orange County.
The San Juan Capistrano park bond Measure D received 3,504 votes, or 71.2%, enough for the two-thirds majority needed for passage. The no votes totaled 1,419 for 28.8%. Officials at the registrar of voters office in Orange County said a few absentee votes still had to be counted in both the 31st Senate District and in the San Juan Capistrano Measure D election. But officials said all precincts were counted.
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