California primary results: Limón leads in state Senate District 21
This story will be updated with results as they become available.
Incumbent Monique Limón carried a sizable lead over Elijah Mack in preliminary results from Tuesday's primary race for state Senate District 21.
As of Friday afternoon, Limón, a Democrat, earned 61.9% of the total, or 127,860 votes, from voters in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties. Some 206,609 votes in all had been tallied districtwide.
Mack garnered 78,749 votes, or 38.1% of the total.
Both Limón, 44, and Mack, a 19-year-old Republican, will advance to the Nov. 5 general election.
The 21st District incorporates Santa Barbara County and parts of San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties, including Ventura, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru, Oxnard, Port Hueneme and Camarillo. The district represents about a million residents.
After the 2020 redistricting cycle, Senate District 21 became mainly the region previously mapped under Senate District 19, which Limón currently represents.
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Limón has served in the state Senate since 2020. She has made the economy, environment and health her top issues in the campaign.
Mack, a university student and activist, has made his priorities free markets, wild nature and lifestyle liberty.
Dua Anjum is an investigative and watchdog reporter for the Ventura County Star. Reach her at dua.anjum@vcstar.com. This story was made possible by a grant from the Ventura County Community Foundation's Fund to Support Local Journalism.
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