Pat Burns, Tony Strickland, Gracey Van Der Mark and Casey McKeon are poised to form a new conservative majority on the dais starting next month, based on voting results so far released.
Polls closed officially across the state at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Preliminary results were released shortly thereafter, but the true results may not be available for days.
In letters to the Daily Pilot this week, a number of Newport Harbor High School teachers and staff express concern about a group they say wants to undermine public schools, and members of Clergy for Choice express support for Proposition 1.