Final unofficial results from last night's election returns show Richard Vladovic won by a wider margin than I reported with preliminary figures, earning "Dr. V" another term on the Los Angeles school board.
Vladovic had 63.2 percent of the vote, well more than enough to avoid a runoff with Carson candidate Roye Love, who had 22.5 percent, and Jesus Escandon, who had dropped out of the race but won over 14.3 percent of voters.
The two other incumbents -- Tamar Galatzan and Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte -- also kept their seats and avoided runoffs. Luis Sanchez, a staffer for board President Monica Garcia who is backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, is headed for a runoff with Bennett Kayser, who has the support of United Teachers Los Angeles.
The results tallied by the city of L.A. show turnout of 14,745 of Board District 7's 258,029 registered voters -- a dismal 5.7 percent.
I'm guessing that turnout would have been cranked up significantly if Escandon and his UTLA money had stayed in the race. (He dropped out in January after revelations of a past drunken driving conviction, though his name remained on the ballot.)
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