Garcia maintains healthy lead for Rio Hondo College's Area 1 seat

With 72 percent of precincts reporting, Rio Hondo College board candidate Norma Garcia is leading her opponent, David Siegrist, with nearly 60 percent of the vote, according to the latest figures from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's Office.

Just under 1,730 ballots have been cast for Garcia while Siegrist, a former Rio trustee, had 1,174 ballots in his favor that make up 40 percent of the vote.