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Election Results: Sydney Kamlager Easily Leads Race For State Senate Seat
Sydney Kamlager and her husband, Austin Dove, attend a Humane Society gala 2019 on May 04, 2019 in Hollywood. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
The special election to fill the vacant state Senate seat representing California's 30th District appears to have a clear victor.
As of about 11 p.m. Tuesday, Democrat and 54th District Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager had secured roughly 67% of the vote, more than 50 points ahead of the second-place finisher, fellow Democrat and Culver City Councilmember Daniel Lee.
The special election was called after then-State Senator Holly Mitchell won a seat on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors last year. Kamlager previously served as Mitchell's district director.
🥳 Congratulations to CA Senator-elect @sydneykamlager and #SD30! pic.twitter.com/mXLELS6bAB
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The 30th State Senate District includes Culver City, Ladera Heights, Westmont, Crenshaw, Florence, West Athens, Century City, Mar Vista and much of downtown Los Angeles.
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