Here are the local election results as of Monday evening. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has about 215,000 vote-by-mail and 25,000 provisional ballots left to process. The next update is scheduled after the newspaper goes to press.
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board
Christina Reitz: 544 votes
Dennis Fogle (appointed incumbent): 399 votes
Dan Messina (appointed incumbent): 373 votes
Lake Hemet Municipal Water District Board
David “Joe” Jorgensen: 1,026 votes
Hamilton Jones (appointed incumbent): 636 votes
*The Town Crier did reach out to these candidates with questions but neither candidate responded.
Mt. San Jacinto College Board of Trustees, Area 1
Brian Sylva: 16,194 votes
Edison Gomez-Krauss: 13,516 votes
Joseph Williams: 12,854 votes
California State Assembly, District 71
Randy Voepel (Republican, incumbent): 126,457 votes (Riverside County: 5,983 votes)
Liz “Elizabeth” Lavertu (Democrat): 86,418 votes (Riverside County: 3,868 votes)
U.S. Congress House of Representatives, District 36
Raul Ruiz (Democrat, incumbent): 116,779 votes
Erin Cruz (Republican): 74,172 votes
