Tonight, Irvine voters will elect three new city council members and a new mayor in the city’s first by-district election.

Here is where the tallies were on Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m., according to the OC Registrar of Voters.

In the mayor’s race, Larry Agran was in the lead over Tammy Kim by 4,848 votes — 39.56% over 33.26% of the overall votes tallied so far. There are seven candidates running for mayor, including two current city council members and five newcomers.

In District 1, John Park was narrowly leading over Melinda Liu by 91 votes — 32.53% over 31.82% of the overall votes tallied so far. Five newcomers are running for the second district seat, including three current city commissioners.

In District 2, William Go was leading over Jeff Starke by 512 votes — 30.54% over 26.18% of the overall votes tallied so far. Five newcomers are running for the second district seat, including three current city commissioners.

In District 3, James Mai was leading over Tom Chomyn by 2,308 votes — 44.99% over 29.09% of the overall votes tallied so far. Three candidates, all city commissioners, are running in District 3.

And in District 4, Mike Carroll was leading over Ayn Craciun by 2,335 votes — 58.94% over 41.06% of the overall votes tallied so far. There are only two candidates running for this seat.

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It’s the city’s first time using district elections. That means residents are only voting for a candidate that represents the district where they live. 

However, all residents are able to vote for the mayor.

This year, the council is also growing from five to seven members.

Since there are no incumbents in three different districts, residents are guaranteed to see fresh faces on the council.

The city is also guaranteed to get a new mayor since the current Mayor Farrah Khan — who was elected in 2020 — is termed out this year. 

Click here to view Irvine’s district map.

Angelina Hicks is a Voice of OC Tracy Wood Reporting Fellow. Contact her at ahicks@voiceofoc.org or on Twitter @angelinahicks13