In a college town facing calls for affordable housing, repairing aging infrastructure and patching up a long-standing budget deficit – three seats up for grabs in this year’s election.
Here are the Election Night tallies for Fullerton’s City Council races:
District 1
Results as of 1 a.m. early Wednesday morning showed Fred Jung with 5,376 votes – a lead of 3,267 votes over candidate Matt Truxaw.
Jung holds 71.82% of the vote so far, according to data from the OC Registrar of Voters.
The district stretches the northwest part of the city – home to the Sunny Hills neighborhood west of Harbor Blvd.
District 2
Results showed Nick Dunlap was leading by 3,001 votes over Jan Flory as of 1 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Encompassing Coyote Hills and home to popular green spaces like Hillcrest Park and Vista Park, the district beginning north of Chapman Avenue also includes Fullerton College.
District 4
The most contested city council seat comes from Fullerton’s southwestern district, with four candidates in the running for outgoing Councilman Bruce Whitaker’s spot.
Ballot counts as of 1 a.m Wednesday showed Jamie Valencia was in the lead with 2,235 votes.
Kitty Jaramillo was not far behind with 2,103 votes, while Linda Whitaker held 1,231 votes.
Scott Markowitz, who was charged by OC’s District Attorney three weeks before the election for felony perjury is unable to hold office if elected, resulting in a special election for the council seat if he wins.
[Read: Fullerton City Council Candidate Arrested For Alleged Perjury 3 Weeks Before Election]
The winner of District 4 will take over for Bruce Whitaker, who was first elected to Fullerton City Council in 2010 for a two-year term. He was elected for his first four-year term back in 2012, holding a City Council seat until exiting politics this year.
Hugo Rios is a Voice of OC reporting fellow. Contact him at hugo.toni.rios@gmail.com or on Twitter @hugoriosss.