Board incumbents win back seats at Whittier City School District

With the backing of the district's teachers union, incumbents Linda Small, Ken Henderson and Efrain Aceves easily won back their board seats at the Whittier City School District in Tuesday's elections.

They were being challenged by Jackson Elementary School community liaison G. Sylvia Hurtado, who received 993 ballots cast in her favor, or 15 percent of the vote.

Small received the largest amount of votes --  1,824 -- while Henderson received about 28 percent of the vote, or 1,789 ballots cast in his favor.

Aceves rounded out the top three, receiving 1,763 ballots in his favor or 27 percent of the vote.