Redondo Beach election: Here's where the mayoral race stands as of Tuesday

Redondo Beach voters have chosen their next mayor — but it’s not yet known whom that is.

The city clerk’s office announced preliminary results around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, in Redondo Beach’s all mail-in election. The city, for the first time, is using the ranked choice method — unless a given candidate receives a majority of first-place votes.

The unofficial results released Tuesday included about 4,500 ballots that arrived before Election Day and only voters’ first-choice rankings were counted. Ballots that come in after that will be tabulated on March 13, when the final results will be announced.

None of the candidates had a majority of the votes, as of Tuesday, but appointed Mayor Jim Light was closest, with his 1,816 votes accounting for about 43.6% of the total. In second was outgoing District 1 Councilmember Nils Nehrenheim, who had 1,190 votes, or 28.6%. Business owner Joan Irvine who had 459 votes or 11%, former councilmember and business owner Jeff Ginsburg had 358 votes or 8.6%, and former city commissioner and art producer Georgette Gantner had 339 votes or 8.1%.


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