Here are the local election results as of 6 p.m. Monday. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has approximately 45,000 vote-by-mail and 25,000 provisional ballots left to process. The website reads: “Under state law, we must continue to accept timely postmarked ballots through Nov. 20.” The next update is scheduled after the newspaper goes to press.
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board
Christina Reitz: 917 votes
Dennis Fogle (appointed incumbent): 637 votes
Dan Messina (appointed incumbent): 623 votes
Lake Hemet Municipal Water District Board
David “Joe” Jorgensen: 2,251 votes
Hamilton Jones (appointed incumbent): 1,348 votes
*The newspaper did reach out to these candidates with questions and neither responded.
Mt. San Jacinto College Board of Trustees, Area 1
Brian Sylva: 24,571 votes
Edison Gomez-Krauss: 21,316 votes
Joseph Williams: 19,625 votes
California State Assembly, District 71
Randy Voepel (Republican, incumbent): 134,740 votes (Riverside County: 10,883 votes)
Liz “Elizabeth” Lavertu (Democrat): 91,529 votes (Riverside County: 6,265 votes)
U.S. Congress House of Representatives, District 36
Raul Ruiz (Democrat, incumbent): 172,645 votes
Erin Cruz (Republican): 112,377 votes