A former Cypress mayor from Orange County could go head to head with the current Cerritos mayor from Los Angeles County in November to represent the 67th State Assembly District.
Wednesday evening’s election results update showed former Cypress Mayor Paulo Morales was in the lead with nearly 35% of the vote ahead of Cerritos Mayor Mark Pulido at 25% – a difference of nearly 5,500 votes.
Ada Briceño, former head of the OC Democratic Party and Co-President of Unite Here 11, was trailing behind Pulido by nearly 3,200 votes.
So far, nearly 59,000 votes have been tallied.
The district covers a chunk of northern OC, stretching from Cerritos to Disneyland encompassing Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma, Anaheim, parts of Fullerton along with Artesia and Hawaiian Gardens in LA county.
Morales is endorsed by the OC Republican Party and LA County Republican Party.
Pulido is endorsed by a host of labor unions and Asian American political advocacy groups.
Hosam Elattar is a Voice of OC reporter. Contact him at helattar@voiceofoc.org.
