Decision 2020 Local Elections

Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed the biggest Electoral College prize on Election Night with a decisive advantage over President Donald Trump in California. See a map of how each county voted.

Supporters have conceded defeat of a union-backed initiative that would have resulted in higher property taxes for commercial and industrial property to provide additional funding for local governments, schools and community colleges.

First-term Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda has conceded defeat to Republican Michelle Steel in the 48th Congressional District race in Orange County.

Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley on Friday will launch an audit in search of any errors that may have been made in the handling of local results, according to a statement from his office. With more than 1.5 million ballots cast on or before Nov. 3, Orange County’s turnout stands at nearly 85%. For decades, county elections offici...

A tight Congressional race in northern Los Angeles County remains too close to call one week after Election Day.

El Monte elected women only for the first time to lead the Mayor’s Office and the Municipal Council.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says a Joe Biden win would be good for the city. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

A lot of people are talking about this election, and what they’re saying is proving that we are deeply divided, and sometimes those divisions exist within the same family. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

Election officials in counties across California have up to 30 days from election day to certify the vote count. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

An updated vote county Thursday is expected to bring results of a closely contested Congressional race in northern Los Angeles County into sharper focus.

The incumbent Jackie Lacey concedes defeat to George Gascón. Her concession comes exactly eight years to the very same day that she became the first woman and first black prosecutor to hold that post. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

The city of El Monte has made political history by electing it’s first all-woman city council. For the first time, LA County’s Board of Superiors will be run by five women. Kathy Vara reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2020.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey appeared to be losing a bid to keep her seat for a third term after an aggressive challenge by self-styled reformer George Gascón, a former LAPD Assistant Chief of Police, Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona and San Francisco D.A.