LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS (Shutterstock).

Returns in local elections in our West Orange County area are showing success to many new faces and returns to familiar places by others.

As of 3 a.m. Wednesday, based on results posted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters, here are some of the outcomes.

State Senator Janet Nguyen (R-36th District) has defeated Frances Marquez for the First District seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors. She had previously held that post from 2007 to 2014.
Rep. Michelle Steel (Republican) has kept her 45th District seat in the House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Derek Tran.

Republican Scott Baugh is leading in the 47th District House race over Dave Min, a Democrat. Baugh had served in the state Assembly 1995-2000.

In Garden Grove, Councilmember Stephanie Klopfenstein appears to be the winner of the mayor’s post, leading former council member Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen by about 1,500 votes.
The city council will have three new members: Phillip Nguyen (District 2), Yesenia Muneton (District 5) and Tri Lam (District 6), all of them relatively unknown.

In Huntington Beach, the three liberal members of the city council appear to have been swept from office. The winners are Chad Williams, Butch Twining and Don Kennedy, unseating incumbents Natalie Moser, Dan Kalmick and Rhonda Bolton.

Incumbent Hong Alyce Van has been defeated by Victor Barrios for the Stanton City Council District 2 seat, and John Douglas Warren has won in District 4.

In Westminster, Carlos Manzo successfully defended his District 2 city council seat. New to the District 3 post will be Mark Nguyen.

Ballot measures submitted to voters show Measure U – a charter amendment that would require a public vote to approve certain developments in Huntington Beach – winning, as well as Measure HH, which will impose term limits on Stanton’s mayor.

Tri Ta, Republican, has successfully defended his 70th District State Assembly seat, defeating Democrat Jimmy Pham by wide margin.

Results for the Garden Grove Unified School District show incumbent Teri Rocco a winner over challenger Nicholas Dibs in Trustee Area 1, and incumbent Dina Nguyen (Trustee Area 5) over Khai Dao.

For the Huntington Beach City School District Trustee Area 1, Brian Burley has a small lead over Cindy Barrios. In the Ocean View School District, incumbent Gina Clayton-Tarvin and Keri Corsage are leading in the race for two seats with David Clifford a close third.

In the Huntington Beach Union High School District, Susan Henry defeated LeeAnn Corral in the Trustee Area 3 race.

For other races and results, go to ocvote.gov.