PALMDALE – Incumbent Steve Hofbauer is holding a comfortable lead over five challengers to win his second term as Mayor of Palmdale.
With initial vote-counting from Tuesday’s election completed, Hofbauer had 44.81% of the vote (18,483), more than double that of his closest challenger Laura Bettencourt, who had 19.35% of the vote (7,982).
Eric Andrew Ohlsen was in third place with 13.4% of the vote (5,523); Xavier Flores was fourth with 11.0% (4,516); Tonya Schofield was fifth with 4.3% (1,776); and Richard Norris had 7.2% of the votes (2,971).
Semi-final election results for other local races are as follows:
Palmdale Council Member – District One
- Austin Bishop ………… 47.21% (3,980 votes)
- Juan Blanco …………… 27.16% (2,290 votes)
- Brittany Wyre …………..16.15% (1,362 votes)
- Chance Mccrary …………..6.59% (556 votes)
- Eynelys Vinson …………….2.88% (243 votes)
Palmdale Council Member – District Two
- Richard Loa ………………..59.98% (8,161 votes)
- Ollie McCaulley …………………..21.41% (2,913 votes)
- Glenda Clark ……………………….18.61% (2,532 votes)
Palmdale School District Board (2 seats)
- Sharon Vega ………………….28.07% (12,885 votes)
- Anthony Hunt …………………..19.99% (9,176 votes)
- Marcos Alvarez 19.25% …………………(8,837 votes)
- Dennis Trujillo 14.58% ………………….(6,691 votes)
- Enaya Hanbali 9.97% ……………………(4,576 votes)
- Erika G. Alverdi 8.13% …………………..(3,731 votes)
Palmdale Measure AV to authorize a 3/4-cent sales tax, generating about $12 million annually, to maintain essential services for the city of Palmdale.
- YES …………….59.37% (24,326 votes)
- NO …………………. 40.63% (16,650 votes)
Lancaster Measure LC to authorize a 3/4-cent sales tax, generating about $12 million annually, to maintain essential services for the city of Lancaster.
- YES …………….53.89% (23,411 votes)
- NO …………………. 46.11% (20,034 votes )
After Election Day there are still many outstanding ballots to be counted. During the Official Election Canvass, all Conditional Voter Registration ballots, Provisional ballots and Vote by Mail ballots received on Election Day are processed. Once the ballots are verified they will be counted. Due to the switch to vote centers instead of voting precincts, there is no way to immediately track how many ballots cast on Tuesday remain to be counted. State law also allows the counting of mail ballots received as late as 17 days after election day. For the latest local election results, visit: https://www.lavote.net/
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AV Illegal says
You all like feeding the machine. In a few years they will have their hand out again and you will all blindly vote yes for the good of the community. What a bunch of sheep. Fix potholes, maintain 911 response times, address the homeless issue. How is 12 million a year going do do anything with that? It’s not, just like the last time(s) the sales tax was bumped up for the “good of the community”.
Shut up and pay us so we can spend you money on whatever we want. No one will ever ask us what we really did with the money anyway. By next month they will have forgotten all those promises.
Mike Hunt says
Do they have any photos of Hofbauer…..sober?
Mike Hunt says
How long do ya think Kimberly “Screeming banshee” Guilfoyle will stay with Don Jr.?
Who is next for that witch?
Alby says
Higher taxes maybe but it’s worth it to not have the incompetent trump continue to destroy the country. With Biden we will now be able to fight the trump virus and save millions of Americans lives and be able to open the country back up
God bless America
Trebor says
DEFUND THE POLICE?
My family is moving out of the Antelope Valley… Commieforna HELL HOLE.
If Biden takes office, y to be commies will push him aside and open the flood gates fir illegals.
Waze can't take you there. says
Trebor. No matter where you go, there you are.
You will take you with you and wonder why everywhere you go it’s a HELL HOLE.
I’m sure you don’t have the $$$$s to move to Maui, so you’ll end up in some little hole-in-the-wall town full of people like you. That will be HELL. You can count on it.
Keep in touch.
Trish T. says
Right? Gotta love these people who post “Commiefornia” and “HELLHOLE”! …Probably looking to move to some little pissant town in Idaho or Arizona where everyone is White, Republican and speaks English….but the food is S*itty and the Medical care is bad, and Ol’Bill likes to screw Ol’Joe’s wife behind his back and Ol’Tom has no issue trying to financially rip off Ol’Bob…but hey…that’s what they like! …As long as they all meet later at the Trump rally with their ‘Q’ signs, their cigarettes, beer cans, bad breath and rotten teeth, and holler, “…screw those communists and their health care plan for all! …Screw Bill Gates! …Screw logic! …Screw science! …Screw masks! …Ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do!” —- BYE!!!!!!!!!!
Laughing says
Waze he would hate Hawaii it is very Democratic there
Laughing says
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!
Tina says
I’m a Palmdale resident and a registered Democrat. I wish Steve Hofbauer would quit being such a Trump stooge. The majority of registered voters in Palmdale are Democrats, not Republicans. We voted for him, not the Trumpers who mainly live in Lancaster and Quartz Hill.
Davis Kay says
Nothing but good Trump supporters here on the eastside, Too bad the communists are making Cali unlivable.
Mike Hunt says
“…good Trump supporters…” is an oxymoron.
Claire says
Mike Hunt: Very good.
Claire loves Mike Hunt says
Claire sure seems to like Mike Hunt. Say that fast!
Mike Hawk says
“Claire sure seems to like Mike Hunt. Say that fast!”
“That fast!”
Claire says
The lawless law-and-order president.
Linda says
Davis Kay. There are no good Trump supporters.
I like the way that sounds “no good Trump supporters” as in they are “no good”.
They believe the lies and if they don’t and still support him they have no integrity.
They repeat his lies.
They lost the election.
Now, if they would only zip it.
ANNON says
Measure AV passed…. I guess people like higher taxes. No worries. I’ll be doing more of my shopping outside of the city. Hope I’m not the only one thinking this way. Higher water prices (and continuing to rise). Pay for plastic bags. Now a HIGHER sales tax? WTF are my fellow residents thinking? Maybe we can use some of this money for mental help for them. Did they know that this will also translate to higher gas prices cause you are charged a sales tax at the pump per gallon or will gas be considered an essential that won’t be taxed? Idiots!
LCD says
Well, you can use your own grocery bags now, but you have to do your own bagging which is fine with me. As far as gas prices, if I can afford to pay for license, registration, car maintenance, etc., I can afford higher gas prices. You can always shop in Lancaster, oops, taxes are going up there too. Please let me know where you will be shopping.
Mike Hunt says
ANNON will now have to go to out of town Walmarts and 99 cent Stores to buy his upscale items.
Claire says
So funny, Mike Hunt.
Mike Hunt says
Thank you too much, Claire.
This is a fun place to tease the critters.
Claire is infatuated says
Claire/Alexis/Lily is infatuated with Mike Hunt. Mike Hunt? LOLOL. How gullible!
I yam what I yam says
Trumpist#1 isn’t good at changing screen names. I think Claire liked the comment not the screen name, fool.
ANNON says
Thank god Dennis Trujillo didn’t win his seat…. the guy is a REAL LIFE JERK.
Union Made says
He got what he deserved, sold out by his own colleagues on the board. Sneaky group.