{"id":8079,"date":"2018-07-02T15:12:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T22:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:12:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T22:12:30","slug":"mike-eng-expands-lead-over-susan-rubio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8079","title":{"rendered":"Mike Eng Expands Lead Over Susan Rubio!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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As L.A. County certifies election results, Mike Eng expands vote margin by finishing 19% ahead of Rubio in SD 22 primary<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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EL MONTE, CA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0On Friday<\/span>, the L.A. County Registrar of Voters counted the last 1,000 ballots and certified the results. Democrat Mike Eng expanded his vote margin to 15,915 votes, finishing with a commanding 45.32% over Susan Rubio\u2019s 26.36% \u2014 a nearly 19% margin. Third-place finisher Monica Garcia \u2014 who has already endorsed Mike \u2014 finished strong at 20.73%, less than 6% behind Rubio despite more than $1.2 million in independent expenditures spent on Rubio\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n

More highlights from the final results:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mike topped Susan in AD 49, and in AD 48, represented by her sister.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mike topped Susan in all three overlapping Congressional Districts, including\u00a0those represented\u00a0by Grace Napolitano, Judy Chu and Linda Sanchez.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mike topped Susan in 13 of the 15 cities in the district. Rubio finished ahead in her home city of Baldwin Park, but Mayor Manual Lozano, Mayor Pro-Tem Ricardo Pacheco, and primary opponent and councilwoman Monica Garcia, who form the majority on Rubio\u2019s city council have all endorsed Mike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mike topped Susan in precinct voting by nearly 13%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mike topped Susan in VBM voting more than 27%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike Eng finished with a dominating lead despite being outspent significantly by Rubio and the independent expenditures made on her behalf, which totaled nearly $1.8 million combined. On top of that, the independent expenditures conducted by Rubio supporters to suppress Monica Garcia\u2019s vote totaled $78,000+.<\/p>\n

As Mike Eng enters the general election campaign, he brings with him several new significant endorsers who were not highlighted during the primary \u2014 including Garcia and Lozano, mentioned above, as well as L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has the highest favorables of any elected leader in L.A. County. Mike also starts the post primary run with well over $750,000 cash on hand as of the end of June.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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