BY BRADY RHOADES: The rematch is proving interesting.
Challenger Sharon Quirk-Silva garnered 53 percent of the vote and incumbent Assemblywoman Young Kim procured 47 percent for District 65, which includes Stanton, in the primary election on June 7.
District 65 is almost evenly split between registered Democrats and Republicans. Quirk-Silva, who Kim unseated for the Assembly seat in 2014, is a Democrat; Kim is a Republican.
District 65 also includes Fullerton, Anaheim, Buena Park, La Palma, Hawaiian Gardens and Cypress.
BY BRADY RHOADES: The rematch is proving interesting.
Challenger Sharon Quirk-Silva garnered 53 percent of the vote and incumbent Assemblywoman Young Kim procured 47 percent for District 65, which includes Stanton, in the primary election on June 7.
District 65 is almost evenly split between registered Democrats and Republicans. Quirk-Silva, who Kim unseated for the Assembly seat in 2014, is a Democrat; Kim is a Republican.
District 65 also includes Fullerton, Anaheim, Buena Park, La Palma, Hawaiian Gardens and Cypress.
The next several months leading up to the general election in November is certain to be intense. Thus far, Kim has raised nearly twice as much money as her opponent. That amounts to about $1 million to about $500,000. But both say they are saving most of their money for the November showdown.
Other local results from the Tuesday primary follow:
–Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen did not succeed in his bid for the 46th District congressional seat. Lou Correa (D) garnered 41.6 percent of the vote compared with Nguyen's 13.7 percent;
–Garden Grove City Councilman Phat Bui received 19.1 percent of the vote in his quest to become the Orange County Supervisor for District 1. Andrew Do won the race, getting 35.8 percent of votes;
–Longtime area Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D), whose headquarters have been in Garden Grove for years, was outpaced by Kamala Harris (D) in the contest for one of California's two United States Senate seats. Harris garnered 40.3 of the votes; Sanchez came in with 18.5 percent.
For more election results, go to www.ocvote.com.
