Political Statistics

Alabama Primary, 99% of precincts reporting Democratic candidates Obama...56% Clinton...42% Republican candidates Huckabee...41% McCain...37% Romney...18% Paul...3% -- Alaska Caucuses, 98% reporting Democratic candidates Obama...74% Clinton...25% Caucuses, 75% reporting Republican candidates Romney...44% Huckabee...22% Paul...17% McCain...16% -- Arizona Primary, 80% of precincts reporting Democratic candidates Clinton...51% Obama...42% Republican candidates McCain...47% Romney...34% Huckabee...

Presidential election exit polls showed that the economy was uppermost on the minds of most Americans. But when Baghdad-based Army Maj. Ian Howard cast his ballot, his top concern was whether this would be his last deployment to Iraq. So Howard, a lifelong Republican, threw his support to Barack Obama, who has advocated a swift withdrawal of U.S. forces. "I don't want to come back here for another tour," Howard said Wednesday.

Republicans antsy for a conservative standard-bearer in the presidential race have begun to rally behind Fred Thompson, propelling the former Tennessee senator to within hailing distance of the lead for the party's nomination, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll has found. Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani holds first place in the survey, with support from 27% of the Republicans and independents who said they plan to vote in the party's 2008 primaries.

*--* Arcadia City Council (3 Elected) *--* *--* 100% Precincts Reporting Votes % Robert C. Harbicht 4,447 20 Peter Amundson 4,240 19 John Wuo* 3,665 17 Sheng Chang 3,076 14 Shao Hua Wen 2,580 12 Pamela Blackwood 2,478 11 Sho Tay 1,473 7 *--* *--* Measure *--* *--* Requires 2/3 vote *--* *--* 100% Precincts Reporting Votes % *--* *--* A -- Railway Grade Separation Bonds Yes 5,849 72 No 2,294 28 *--* *--* Avalon Mayor *--* *--* 100% Precincts Reporting Votes % Robert Kennedy 449 52 Ralph J.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was not inspecting the orange crop when he slipped out of the state for a quick trip to Florida, and he wasn't eyeing a new set of wheels when he visited with car dealers. Nor was he parched when he bellied up to liquor dealers in Lake Tahoe, or craving a burger when he chatted with Jack-in-the-Box owners. Rather, he was gobbling up campaign money at each stop.

Key to election tables An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate; a double asterisk (**) denotes an appointed incumbent. Results are not official and could be affected by absentee ballots. District locations are identified by county. In Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties, they are identified by community. Uncontested local offices and write-in candidates are not included in the tables. County-by-county results are available at http://vote.ss.ca.

This is vote counting the old-fashioned way. There are no giant screens flashing instant results, no multicolored charts proclaiming front-runners, trend lines and magic numbers. Iraq's watershed election, widely acclaimed as an inspiring example of incipient democracy amid a raging insurgency, has entered a more prosaic but no less critical phase: the final counting.

Voter participation in last week's mayoral election sank to its lowest level in 16 years, but some areas of the city saw a more robust turnout. Up to 45% of voters went to their polling places in strongholds of the major candidates. San Pedro, where Mayor James K. Hahn lives, had a larger-than-average turnout, as did Boyle Heights, where Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa enjoys strong support.

Antonio Villaraigosa made history in a big way Tuesday, sweeping into office in a landslide that put an emphatic punctuation mark on the hard-fought Los Angeles mayor's race. But there is a less celebrated footnote to the groundbreaking contest: the incoming head of the nation's second-most populous city was chosen by just a fraction of its registered voters. That does not lessen the significance of Villaraigosa's election as the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles in well over a century.

Antonio Villaraigosa spent twice as much as incumbent James K. Hahn to win the May runoff election for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the final tally of campaign finances filed Monday. The new mayor spent $5.2 million compared with $2.5 million for Hahn, although Hahn substantially outspent Villaraigosa in the March round of the mayoral election, the campaign reports show.