A local look at California's early Primary results
The Santa Clarita Valley’s 27th Congressional District remained closely contested in the early results Tuesday, while the 40th Assembly District’s incumbent held a big lead in her re-election bid.
The first returns were released shortly after 8 p.m., with updates coming throughout the night. The California Secretary of State’s website indicated that 100% of districts had partially reported as of 9:30 p.m.
As of press time, Santa Clarita City Councilman Jason Gibbs was leading the incumbent for the 27th Congressional District, with 43.9% of the vote to 40.2% for Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce.
California’s Primary, the first Tuesday in June every two years, produces the top-two candidates who will face off again in the November General Election.
In addition to its main congressional district and Assembly race, there were two new congressional seats, one each for the western and eastern borders of the SCV: the new 26th and 30th districts, respectively.
The 26th didn’t have an incum…