Incumbents win in South El Monte, Figueroa falls

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, incumbent council members Angelica Garcia and Joseph Gonzales will return to their seats on the South El Monte City Council, while Mayor Blanca Figueroa will be left out, for now.

Garcia captured 638 votes, followed by Gonzales with 539 votes, Figueroa with 380 votes and former city councilman Raul Pardo with 242 votes.

Figueroa chose not to seek reelection as mayor, and instead left councilman Luis Aguinaga to run uncontested for that post.

That means Aguinaga's seat will be vacated. The new council will decide how to fill the post, either with the third place vote-getter (Figueroa), through a special election, or with by appointing someone new.