Ted Lieu Elected State Senator (CA28) In Open Primary

With essentially all vote-by-mail ballots counted, together with the ballots from 86 percent of precincts, Ted Lieu holds a 32-percent lead over his closest challenger for election to the California State Senate, 28th District, 57% to 25%.

Based upon the vote count and relatively few precincts left to report, it is clear that former Assemblyman Lieu will be elected State Senator in the 28th Senate District without the need for a runoff election.

Lieu will replace the late Jenny Oropeza in representing the coastal L.A. County district.

Semi-official returns from the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder, as of 11:30 p.m. on 2/15/11, are as follows:

As of Date: 02/15/2011 Time: 23:30                            Votes  Percent
                                                                         
STATE SENATE 28TH DIST       TERM ENDS 11/30/14                            
                                                                         
 TED W LIEU           DEM  26,021    57.19
 BOB VALENTINE        REP  11,269    24.77
 MARTHA F GIBSON      REP   3,057     6.72
 MARK LIPMAN          NP    1,602     3.52
 KEVIN T MCGURK       DEM   1,192     2.62
 JAMES P THOMPSON     REP   1,066     2.34
 JEFFREY E FORTINI    REP   1,048     2.30
 MICHAEL CHAMNESS     NP      245     0.54
                                                                         
TOTAL PRECINCTS    308  PCTS RPTING 266: 86.36%
REGISTRATION   467,493                                                 

Lieu will be sworn in after the Secretary of State certifies the election results, which may take several weeks.