Eric's Blog
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District 1 race too close to call
We're still waiting for the L.A. County Recorder's office to release the results of the final two polling places in District 1, where incumbent Luis Marquez has a lead of 131 votes over Mich... |
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Marquez still leading over Murray
With 86 percent of precincts reporting, Luis Marquez is clinging to a 131 vote lead over Michael Murray. Alex Saab has 7,000 more votes than his closest competitor, Salvador Franco. It's... |
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Measure D winning in a landslide
It's not close, with Measure D -- the proposal to cut the utility users tax but apply it to newer telecommunication technologies -- earning nearly 80 percent of the vote. Rep. Lucille Ro... |
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Marquez maintains lead over Murray
With 73 percent of precincts reporting, Luis Marquez leads with 1,670 votes. Michael Murray trails with 1,542. In District 5, with 50 percent of precincts reporting, Alex Saab is main... |
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Cristina Garcia cruising in Assembly race
Cristina Garcia has a wide lead over Patricia Kotze-Ramos in the state assembly 58th district election. Garcia has 36,924 votes to Kotze-Ramos' 16,034, with 45 percent of precincts report... |
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Luis Marquez roars back, overtakes Murray
With 66 percent of precincts reporting, Luis Marquez (1,423) has overtaken Michael Murray (1,363) in the District 1 race. Alex Saab appears to be on his way to victory in District 5 with ... |
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UPDATE 2: Lead grows for Saab, Murray
With 12.9% of precincts reporting, Alex Saab has 3,334 votes to Salvador Franco's 1,071. In District 1, with 20 percent of precincts reporting, Michael Murray has 742 votes to Luis Marqu... |
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UPDATE 1: Saab, Murray maintain leads
With 11 percent of precincts reporting, Alex Saab is maintaining his lead in District 5. Saab has 3,182 votes and is trailed by Salvador Franco (1,014), Gabriel Orozco (733) and Ricardo ... |
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Michael Murray leads in tight contest
In District 1, Michael Murray leads with 327 votes. Incumbent Luis Marquez is not far behind with 204 votes. Mark Vasquez has collected 60 votes. Measure D appears to be sailing to vi... |
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Alex Saab way up in early returns
In the District 5 citywide council race, Alex Saab has an early lead with 1,930 votes, according to early returns. Salvador Franco (575), Gabriel Orozco (374) and Ricardo Perez (297) tra... |
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Fire union acccused of campaigning at Downey Adult School
Downey Fire union members are collecting petition signatures at Downey Adult School and urging voters to cast a ballot for Salvador Franco and Luis Marquez, according to Councilman Mario Gue... |
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Election coverage tonight
Just a quick note on our election coverage tonight: Results from absentee ballots are usually announced at about 8:30 p.m. The L.A. County Registrar-Recorder then begins releasing precinc... |
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"Inside Downey" video series debuts
Jason Barquero and Bjorn Jonasson are a couple of talented filmmakers from Downey, and the Patriot is partnering with them on a new video series titled "Inside Downey." I say "partnering"... |
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New travel baseball team needs players
The Downey Rockets, a new travel baseball team for kids ages 13-14, are looking for talent in Downey. Tryouts are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-7 p.m. at Discovery Sports Complex... |
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Date set for new police chief's swearing-in
Carl Charles will be sworn-in as police chief Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. in the council chambers. Charles, a 22-year veteran of the Downey Police Department, is replacing Rick Esteves, who announc... |
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