Democrat Wins Close Assembly Race
Teachers union official Scott Wildman won election to the state Assembly on Friday, eking out a victory in the closest legislative race in Los Angeles County to become the first Democratic legislator elected to the Glendale-Burbank area seat in six decades.
In the last county race to be decided, Wildman’s margin over GOP businessman John Geranios in the Nov. 5 balloting was 192 votes.
The final count, released late Friday by the county registrar-recorder, was 49,452 votes (48.35%) for Wildman and 49,260 votes (48.16%) for Geranios. Libertarian Willard Michlin received the remaining 3.49%.
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