Tuesday's scheduled swearing in of House members for the 118th Congress, including two first-term members from Los Angeles County, was delayed because of the inability to elect a new speaker.
By City News Service
Mar 3, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Democratic Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager will be sworn in to the state Senate later this month after receiving two-thirds of the vote in a seven-candidate field to win the special election to fill the vacant 30th Senate District seat.
Kamlager received 67.67% of the vote in Tuesday s election, easily surpassing the majority needed to avoid a runoff, according to semi-official results released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Culver City Councilman Daniel Lee, a fellow Democrat, was second with 13.46%.
Businessman/entrepreneur Joe Lisuzzo, one of two Republicans in the race, was third with 6.69%. The third Democrat in the race, Cheryl C. Turner, a trial lawyer and transactional attorney, was fourth with 5.68%.