Gatto wins special election

Democrat Mike Gatto easily won election over Republican Sunder Ramani in early vote-counting Tuesday in the runoff election to fill a vacant Assembly seat in the east San Fernando Valley. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

The two candidates are contesting the Assembly's 43rd District, which covers Glendale, Burbank and North Hollywood.

Gatto, an attorney and former aide to Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, and Ramani, owner of an interior-construction company, were vying to serve until Nov. 30 in the Assembly seat that Paul Krekorian gave up in January after being elected to the Los Angeles City Council.