Educator to Face Council Member in Assembly Special Election Runoff

Educator to Face Council Member in Assembly Special Election Runoff

Educator and business owner Chris Shoults will face Lake Elsinore City Council member Natasha Johnson in the Aug. 26 runoff to fill the 63rd Assembly District seat vacated by Bill Essayli when he was appointed U.S. attorney for the Central District of California. Shoults, the lone Democrat in the field of four candidates on the ballot, finished first with 44.61%, 19,776 votes, according to unofficial results released Tuesday night by the Riversi…

Republican, Democrat in tight race in 63rd Assembly District special election

The race to replace ex-Inland Assemblymember Bill Essayli in Sacramento appeared Tuesday night, June 24, to be headed to a runoff with the top two vote-getters below the threshold needed to win the seat outright. With more than 44,000 votes tallied as of 10 p.m., Democrat Chris Shoults led Republican and Lake Elsinore City Councilmember Natasha Johnson by just 42 votes — 44.49% to 44.4% — in the special election in California’s 63rd Assembly Dis…