Fareed leads Achadjian in congressional primary
Justin Fareed and Katcho Achadjian.
–Justin Fareed is narrowly leading Katcho Achadjian for the chance to face Democratic candidate Salud Carbajal during the general election in November. Carbajal garnered 32.7-percent of the votes in the district. Fareed has received 20.5-percent, while Achadjian follows close behind with 18.9-percent as of 5:59 a.m., with 100-percent of the districts partially reporting, according to the California Secretary of State.
There were nine candidates running to succeed retiring nine-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Capps. Also running was Democrat Benjamin Lucas, who received .7 percent of the votes, Democrat William Ostrander, who received 5.5-percent, Democrat Helene Schneider, who received 14.4-percent, Republican Matt Kokkonen, who received 5.3-percent. Non-affiliated candidates Steve Isakson and John Ubersax received 1.0-percent and .9-percent, respectively.
The 24th Congressional District encompasses Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, and part of Ventura County.
24th Congressional District election results
• Salud Carbajal (D), 47,618 votes, 32.7 percent
• Helene Schneider (D), 20,992 votes, 14.4 percent
• William “Bill” Ostrander (D), 8,048 votes 5.5 percent
• Benjamin Lucas (D), 1,013 votes, 0.7 percent
• Justin Donald Fareed (R), 29,902 votes, 20.5 percent
• K.H. Katcho Achadjian (R), 27,545 votes, 18.9 percent
• Matt T. Kokkonen (R), 7,779 votes, 5.3 percent
• Steve Isakson (no party), 1,444 votes, 1 percent
• John Uebersax (no party), 1,330 votes, 0.9 percent
That seems like an odd way to report the PRIMARY results. Combining ALL the votes to come up with a percentage of how much each candidate got in the election. I always thought that the comparison of PRIMARY results would/should be comparing the Democrats against Democrats (with total DEMOCRAT votes), and then the Republicans against the Republicans (with total REPUBLICAN votes). What is the reporter trying to do? Come up with a new way to determine the elections?
Hi David, this is the way the California Secretary of State now presents primary election data. We are reporting it the same: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/24/
That seems like an odd way to report the PRIMARY results. Combining ALL the votes to come up with a percentage of how much each candidate got in the election. I always thought that the comparison of PRIMARY results would/should be comparing the Democrats against Democrats (with total DEMOCRAT votes), and then the Republicans against the Republicans (with total REPUBLICAN votes). What is the reporter trying to do? Come up with a new way to determine the elections?
Hi David, this is the way the California Secretary of State now presents primary election data. We are reporting it the same: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/us-rep/district/24/