California election results: LA Sheriff Villanueva, who defied defunders, heads to November runoff
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva received the highest percentage of votes among the nine-candidate pool in Tuesday's primary, but not above the 50% needed to avoid a runoff.
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Ranking third was LASD Lt. Eric Strong, who received 13% of the votes, while the other candidates did not break into the double-digit percentages: Retired LASD Assistant Chief and current LAX Police Chief Cecil Rhambo received 8%; LASD Sgt. Karla Carranza received 5%; Retired LASD Capt. Britta Steinbrenner received 5%; Retired LASD Capt. Matt Rodriguez received 4%; Retired LASD commander Eli Vera received 4%; and coming in last was State Parole Agent April Saucedo Hood with 2% of the votes.
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