BY BRADY RHOADES: Stanton Mayor David Shawver handily held onto his seat in Tuesday’s election, garnering 65.8 percent of the vote against challengers Brian Donahue (20.5 parent) and Israel Hilario-Perez (13.7 percent).
Gary Taylor won Stanton’s District 3 City Council seat with 49.5 percent of the vote. Ramona M. Macias came in second with 18.6 percent of the vote, Loreen Berlin in third with 18 percent, and James Michael Scott in fourth with 13.8 percent.
BY BRADY RHOADES: Stanton Mayor David Shawver handily held onto his seat in Tuesday’s election, garnering 65.8 percent of the vote against challengers Brian Donahue (20.5 parent) and Israel Hilario-Perez (13.7 percent).
Gary Taylor won Stanton’s District 3 City Council seat with 49.5 percent of the vote. Ramona M. Macias came in second with 18.6 percent of the vote, Loreen Berlin in third with 18 percent, and James Michael Scott in fourth with 13.8 percent.
Stanton’s District 1 incumbent City Councilman Rigoberto Ramirez ran unopposed, thus holding his seat.
Votes still need to be certified in all elections, so results are still considered unofficial.
Shawver said his biggest priority moving forward is business development.
“The one thing I want to do is continue the economic development and growth of the city of Stanton,” he said.
He also thanked the more than 2,500 residents who voted for him.
“What an honor and a privilege it is to continue my work in serving the people of Stanton.”
In other races that affect Stanton, 65th District Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, a Democrat, appeared to beat Republican challenger Alex Coronado. Quirk-Silva took 52.8 percent of the vote to Coronado’s 47.2 percent. About 4,000 votes separate them.
In the United States House of Representatives 47th District, which includes Stanton, Democrat Alan Lowenthal appeared to be victorious over Republican John Briscoe. Lowenthal garnered 50.8 percent of the votes to Briscoe’s 49.2 percent. Fewer than 1,000 votes separate them.
Following are results from Garden Grove.
MAYOR
Incumbent Steve Jones beat challenger Donald Taylor. Jones won 84.7 percent of the vote to Taylor’s 15.3 percent.
CITY COUNCIL
George S. Brietigam III appears to have won the District 1 seat. Incumbent Thu-Ha Nguyen took the District 3 seat with 70 percent of the vote. Incumbent Phat Bui won the District 4 seat.
GG SCHOOL DISTRICT
Incumbent Bob Harden held onto his seat against several challengers with 58.3 percent of the vote.
In the County Supervisor, 4th District race, Tim Shaw beat Doug Chaffee, with 44,507 votes to 42,897.
For updates on local election results, visit www.localocn.com. For full results on all California-related races, visit www.ocvote.com.
