Election 2022: Here are updated results for LA County congressional districts

It may be a while before we know how every congressional race that touches Los Angeles County shook out — but some races began to crystallize during the early hours Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Voters in 17 congressional districts that at least partially touch LA County headed to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, for the 2022 statewide general election.

For districts entirely within LA County, the registrar’s office released the semi-official results shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday. The county registrar will next update the results of Friday, Nov. 11.

But things aren’t that simple for House districts that comprise multiple counties. While LA and Ventura counties, for example, have posted semi-official results — and the latter won’t update races again until Thursday — San Bernardino County was set to release another update at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

So keep that in mind as you check out the below roundup of LA County congressional races.

The results come from the Secretary of State’s website, as of 6:05 a.m. Wednesday.

District 23: Republican incumbent Jay Obernolte had 57.9% of the vote compared to 42.1% for community organizer and Democratic challenger Derek Marshall. The two are vying to represent a new district that encompasses the desert between the Antelope Valley and the Nevada border.

District 26: Democratic Rep. Julia Brownley of Westlake Village had 53.9% support in her bid to represent this mostly Ventura County district, compared to 46.1% for Republican ex-federal prosecutor Matt Jacobs.

District 27: Republican Rep. Mike Garcia, a former fighter pilot and aerospace executive, had 57.6%, while Democrat Christy Smith had 42.4% in this highly competitive district that encompasses a northern section of San Fernando Valley, and Santa Clarita Valley, and stretches to the Antelope Valley.

District 28: Democratic incumbent Judy Chu had 63.4% in her effort to win reelection in a newly redrawn district against Republican Wes Hallman, a pilot and senior vice president of Strategy and Policy for the National Defense Industrial Association. Hallman had 36.6%. District 28 includes Alhambra, Monterey Park, Rosemead and Arcadia.

District 29: Democratic Rep. Tony Cárdenas had 62% while fellow Democrat Angelica Maria Duenas, a community organizer and former president of the Sun Valley Neighborhood Council, had 38% This newly redrawn district includes several San Fernando Valley communities, including Sylmar, Pacoima and Panorama City.

District 30: Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff was dominating this race, as expected, with 72.1% support while fellow Democrat Maebe A. Girl — a member of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council’s Budget and Finance Committee and the Silver Lake LGBTQIA Advocates Committee — had 27.9%.

District 31: Democratic Rep. Grace Napolitano had 55% compared to 45% for Republican Daniel Bocic Martinez, a criminal and immigration attorney, in this race to represent Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, Duarte, El Monte, Glendora Irwindale, La Puente, La Verne, Monrovia, San Dimas, South El Monte and West Covina and unincorporated areas of Avocado Heights, Bassett, Charter Oak, South San Jose Hills and Valinda.

District 32: Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had 64.8% while Republican business owner Lucie Lapointe Volotzky had 35.2% in the race to represent a district that comprises Bel Air, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Encino, Malibu and Northridge.

District 34: Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez had 53.1% while fellow Democrat and immigration attorney David Kim had 46.9%. This tweaked district includes Boyle Heights, Koreatown and Chinatown.

District 35: Democratic Rep. Norma Torres had 56.7% while Republican businessman Mike Cargile had 43.3%. The 35th District includes Chino, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario and Pomona.

District 36: Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu, as expected, had a commanding lead over Republican and retired U.S. Navy sailor Joe Collins — 64.8% to 35.2% — in his bid to once again represent the South Bay.

District 37: State Sen. Sydney Kamlager had 61.4% while fellow Democrat Jan Perry, a former Los Angeles councilwoman, had 38.6% in the race to represent this district, which stretches from Century City to South Los Angeles and takes in Culver City, Cheviot Hills, Crenshaw District, USC, downtown Los Angeles and part of Inglewood.

District 38: Rep. Linda Sánchez, a familiar figure among Democrats, had 53.3% while Republican and Walnut Mayor Eric Ching had 46.7% in the race to represent a solidly blue district that’s mostly in east Los Angeles County, but also includes a slice of Orange County.

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District 42: Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, as expected had a dominant lead over Republican John Briscoe –63.8% to 36.2% — in a newly drawn district that includes much of Long Beach, as well as Bell, Bell Gardens, Downey, Huntington Park, Maywood and Signal Hill, the east side of Lakewood and most of Bellflower. Avalon, on Catalina Island, and San Clemente Island are also in the district.

District 43: Longtime Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, as expected, had a large lead over Republican Omar Navarro, founder of a small tech company who also assisted victims of crimes at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office. Waters had 73.9% to Navarro’s 26.1%. District 43 includes LAX, Inglewood, Gardena, Compton and parts of Torrance.

District 44: Democratic Rep. Nanette Barragán had a commanding lead over Republican newcomer and minister Paul Jones — 68% to 32% — for the right to represent this district, which sweeps from the Port of Los Angeles to Carson, Paramount and South Gate.

District 45: Incumbent Republican Michelle Steel had 55.3% while Democrat Jay Chen, a member of the board of trustees for Mt. San Antonio Community College and an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserves, had 44.7% in the battle for a newly redrawn district that includes Brea and Fullerton, Garden Grove and Westminster in Orange County, as well as Artesia. Steele had 55% to Chen’s 45%.