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Art Sandoval had a wild night.

In the race for a seat on the Bassett Unified School District, his election day started with the superintendent of schools Jim Ballard - also his boss as Sandoval teaches in the district - calling the police to have him removed from a polling place for intimidating voters.

Sandoval was later vindicated as candidates are allowed to visit polls to check voter turnout.

Then, as the first results came in, Sandoval was behind.

But as the official results came in, Sandoval ended up winning a seat on the school board along with challenger Victoria Medina who ran on the same slate. Incumbent Paul Solano retained his seat, but incumbent Robert Fuentes was ousted.

"I am excited I was elected," Sandoval said. "The community believes in me and is confident I will deliver."

The stress of dealing with the issues on election day, the campaign itself, victory, and his school work studying for a master's in education at Azusa Pacific University has weighed on Sandoval. He went home sick from work Wednesday and said his body needs to reenergize.

Once it does, Sandoval has a lot of work ahead. He will be forced to resign his job as a seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher for Bassett Unified as he can't teach in the district and be a school board member.

He also has to start to build a working relationship with the superintendent, the person who supported the incumbents, called the police on Sandoval on election day, and is still his boss. Now Sandoval is Ballard's boss.

"I don't have ill thoughts toward anybody," Sandoval said. "I don't believe in vendettas. I am on a peace mission. I love my community too much."

Incumbent Diamond Bar City Council candidates Steve Tye and Ron Everett were easily re-elected, according to unofficial election results.
Tye received over 3,000 votes, about 24 percent, and Everett pulled in about 20 percent of the votes.
Newcomer Ling-Ling Chang finished third, enough to win the remaining council seat, with about 19 percent of the votes. Chang, who works in the education field and serves on a local water district, says she is the first hometown candidate to be elected to the council.
It was a victory for supporters of the NFL stadium plan in neighboring Industry. All three winners supported the project and the Diamond Bar's $20-million settlement with developer Majestic Realty Co.

El Monte City School board member Roberto "Bobby" Salcedo, and challengers Eddie Zuniga and Roberto Cruz, won bids for three seats, according to unofficial results.
Salcedo finished first, with about 23 percent of the vote, followed by Zuniga (about 22 percent). Cruz won 20.64 percent of the vote, 45 votes ahead of fourth place.
In the El Monte Union High School District election, challenger John Tran and incumbents Carlos Salcedo and Theresa Velasco won seats, according to unofficial results.
Salcedo was the clear winner, with about 23 percent of the vote, followed Velasco (about 16 percent) and Tran (15 percent).

Incumbents Robert Hidalgo and Gilbert Garcia and challenger Cary Chen were elected to three seats on the Rowland Unified School Board in a crowded field that featured eight candidates.
Hidalgo received about 18 percent of the votes, according to unofficial results. Chen, a business owner, came in second with about 17 percent and Garcia received about 16 percent.

In the Hacienda La Puente Unified School Board election, incumbents seemed to have ruled.
Incumbents Joseph Chang, Anita Perez and Rudy Chavarria easily defended their seats with each pulling in at least 20 percent of the votes, according to unofficial election results.
Chang and Perez were elected to their fifth school board terms, and Chavarria to his second.

Incumbent Chuck Kemp and challenger Richard White were elected to two Covina-Valley Unified school board seats, according to unofficial results.
Kemp pulled in 1,926 votes, about 31 percent, and White won 1,728 votes, about 27 percent.
Incumbent Teri Meister finished last, or fourth, with about 20 percent of the vote.
The district, like many in the region, is facing a projected $11 million deficit at the close of the 2011-12 school year.

Incumbents Gloria Olmos, Rudy Martinez and David Del Rio were re-elected to their Valle Lindo School Board seats.
Olmos gained the most number of votes, with 32 percent. She was followed by Martinez's nearly 26 percent and Del Rio's nearly 24 percent.

Incumbent Jane Bock and challenger Don Davis won the two Charter-Oak Unified School Board seats in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results.
Bock won just under 35 percent of the vote (about 1,200 votes). She served on the school board for the past four years and said she wanted to return for more.
Davis, associate vice president/chief information officer for Azusa Pacific University, came in second with 31 percent or 1,100 votes.
Incumbent David Rose lost his bid for another term, garnering only 23 percent of the vote.

MONTEBELLO -- The votes are in and Bill Molinari, Art Barajas and Frank Gomez have been named to the city council.

Mayor Rosie Vasquez finished fifth in a field of nine candidates.

Councilwoman Mary Anne Saucedo-Rodriquez did not seek another term.

Council members Robert Urteaga and Kathy Salazar face a recall election that is expected to take place in February.

That recall stems from a 15-year exclusive contract the city awarded to Athens Services to hall all the commercial and residential garbage in the city.

Athens Services contributed the majority of the $548,000 they raised to political campaigns in Montebello this fall.

Molinari, Barajas and Gomez were not the benefactors of those funds.

PASADENA - Those PCC board candidates who were leading earlier this evening have maintained -- and in some cases, deepened -- their leads after an update by the Registrar.

Challenger Tony Fellow's miniscule lead over incumbent Beth Wells-Miller widened. Earlier on Fellow was leading by less than one percent. Now he's leading by over 2 points. Twenty-five percent of precincts have reported in that race to represent Arcadia.

If Fellow wins, he will hold a spot on both the PCC board, as well as the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District board. In the pas, he also held a spot on the El Monte City Council.

Connie Rey Castro maintained her lead over Berlinda Brown, and she's ahead by over 7 points. Right now 21 percent of precincts are reporting in Area 3, representing Northwest Pasadena and Altadena.

Geoffrey Baum continues to lead over Steven Gibson for Area 1, representing La Canada Flintridge, western Altadena and western Pasadena. Baum leads Gibson by over 44 points with over half of the precincts reporting.

As the majority of election results finish coming in, the three Diamond Bar city council candidates with early leads are holding firm.
Incumbents councilmen Steve Tye holds just under 24 percent of the votes and Ron Everett has about 21 percent. Twelve of 17 precincts are reporting, along with the absentee votes.
The highly contested third seat is held by Ling-Ling Chang, who works in the education field and has experience on the local water district, with 18.5 percent of the vote.
In order, Robert Velazquez (10.95 percent), David Liu (10.84 percent), Lucy Huang (8.37 percent) and Shawn "S" Dhand (7.31 percent) round out the remaining candidates.

Glendora Unified School District school board incumbents have built a lead with eight precincts reporting in Tuesday's election.

Chuck Gomer remains on top with 1,854 votes, while Mike Gautreau is the second leading vote getter with 1,515. Denice Delgado is just behind him with 1,502. Challenger Linda Boyd lost some ground has more precincts reported. She is now about 400 votes behind Delgado with 1,107.

The overall percentage breakdown shows Boyd nearly 7 percent behind Delgado and she will need a big push if she wants to overtake the incumbent.

Percentage breakdowns are:

Gomer - 31.01
Gautreau - 25.34
Delgado - 25.13
Boyd - 18.52

Challenger Cary Chen, a business owner, held an early lead for one of three seats in the Rowland Unified school board election with 19 percent of the vote, with absentees and only four of 32 precincts reporting.
Incumbent Robert Hidalgo and challenger Kimo Morris, a college biology teacher, were also in an early position to claim the remaining two spots.
Hidalgo had a more comfortable lead with about 17 percent, but Morris had a slight margin over fourth place with 14.73 percent. (Incumbent Gilbert Garcia was at 14.7 percent.)

One more precinct has been counted in West Covina, but the standings remain the same. Incumbents Jessica Shewmaker and George Fuller remain in the lead to retain their spots for the West Covina Unified School District school board.

But Eileen Jimenez closed the gap between her and Fuller, a difference of about 2-percent. Mindy Miracle is another 2-percent behind Jimenez and Michael Flowers is 2-percent behind Miracle.

Here is the breakdown with 5 precincts reporting.

Shewmaker - 23.04 percent of the votes.
Fuller - 22.55 percent
Jimenez - 20.41 percent
Miracle - 18 percent
Flowers - 16 percent

Incumbents Gloria Olmos, Rudy Martinez and David Del Rio were leading in the election for three seats on the Valle Lindo School Board in South El Monte.
Olmos hold about 32 percent of the votes, with only absentees and four of the six precincts reporting.
The two-school district serves about 900 students. Martinez held 27 percent and Del Rio 24 percent of the votes.
Challenger "Jackie" Tovar was at about 17 percent of the votes.
The two-school district serves about 900 students.

Covina-Valley Unified incumbent Chuck Kemp and challenger Richard White were leading in early election results for two open school board seats.
Incumbent Teri Meister had an early hold for third place, according to absentee ballots and one of 20 precincts reporting.

PASADENA -- Early results show that challenger Tony Fellow has a slim lead over incumbent Beth Wells-Miller for a seat, representing Arcadia on the Pasadena City College board of trustees.

Wells-Miller has been on the board for 16 years and she has 44.39 percent of the vote, while Fellow -- a professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, a former El Monte councilman and the director of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District -- has 45.2 percent of the vote. Donna Wilson trails for that seat with 9.9 percent of the vote. Only three of 24 precincts in that seat are reporting right now.

In the other two seats up for grabs, incumbents are leading by larger margins. Incumbent Geoffrey Baum is leading by 40 points over Steven Gibson for Seat 1. Incumbent Connie Rey Castro has a 15 point lead over Berlinda Brown for Seat 3.

Diamond Bar City Council incumbents Steve Tye and Ron Everett have early leads in their bids for three seats, according to absentee ballots.
Challenger Ling-Ling Chang, who runs a non-profit education center in Hacienda Heights, is third.
They are followed, in order, by challengers David Liu, Robert Velazquez, Lucy Huang and Shawn "S" Dhand.

With absentee votes counted for the Glendora Unified School Board election, all three incumbents lead.

Linda Boyd trails by about 300 votes based on the very early totals to Denice Delgado, Mike Gautreau and Chuck Gomer.

Gomer, based on the absentee totals, leads all candidates.

In West Covina, the race is close but both incumbents - Jessica Shewmaker and George Fuller - both lead out of the gate with 4 precincts reporting.

These are the totals thus far:

Jessica Shewmaker leads with 744 votes and Fuller follows with 714. Eileen Jimenez has 626, Michael Flowers has 534, and Mindy Miracle has 533.

Candidates are expecting a low voter turnout in Glendora in the waning hours of the school board election.

The Glendora Unified School Board Election is the only thing on the ballot in Glendora. Four candidates - including three incumbents - are vying for three seats on the board.

"I was talking to the women running my polling place and I asked them and they said it hasn't been a high turnout, but a steady stream," incumbent Denice Delgado said. "I would be surprised if there was a big turnout."

All the candidates said they were taking final steps to try and get voters to the polls.

"We are trying to spread the word," incumbent Mike Gautreau said. "Making sure they don't just sit back and think we are happy with the schools and happy with the school board, so we don't need to vote."

Linda Boyd, the challenger in the race, has been making phone calls to remind voters to go to the polls. She also said it looked like a low turnout when she went to vote, but that she wasn't concerned about the number of voters.

"I think what is going to have the most impact is did I get my message out," Boyd said. "And what is the temperament of voters. Is the mood of keeping the incumbents or a mood ... of getting someone who is more of a fiscally conservative."

WEST COVINA - While challengers are making the final push before polls close this evening, incumbents defending their West Covina Unified School Board seats are in wait and see mode, candidates said Tuesday.

"I am at work, trying my best to keep my mind off of what is going on at this point," Incumbent Jessica Shewmaker said. "There is nothing that is going to happen until after 8 (p.m.) tonight."

Shewmaker, finishing her first term on the board, is defending her seat along with George Fuller, a 12-year veteran of the school board.

Fuller said he is planning on voting once he gets off work and is anxious to see what voter turnout numbers look like. When Fuller checked recently, absentee ballots were higher than expected, he said.

"Turnout looks to be higher than anticipated," Fuller said. "It is an indication people support the district."

But challenger Michael Flowers, who voted this morning and visited several polling places, said turnout at the polls has been slow.

"There are sheets and sheets of pages and nobody has voted yet," Flowers said.

The slow turnout today was not a happy sign, Flowers said.

"It does concern me," Flowers said. "I thought with the measures on the ballot, the city council and the school board, I thought more people would be involved right now. I still have hope."

Candidate Eileen Jimenez is still pressing to get the vote out. She will have a rally this afternoon, but she said she isn't concerned if the voters have been slow to the polls.

Jimenez hadn't visited any polls yet, but planned to vote once her children got home from school.

"We are waiting to make it a family affair," Jimenez said.

Challenger Mindy Miracle is also running for the school board, but did not immediately return phone calls Tuesday afternoon.