Horne, Bove-LaMonica and Jackson lead three-seat City Council race
by Laura Garber Two new candidates and one incumbent are poised to win the three open Hermosa Beach City Council seats, according to results reported Wednesday morning by the Los Angeles County election website LAVote.net. Eric Horne, 30, a first-time candidate, and youngest elected Hermosa Beach councilmember in recent history, led the race with 3,567 (24.3%) as of Wednesday morning. School board member Maggie Bove-LaMonica followed with 3,114 (20.7%) of the votes, and incumbent Ray Jackson had 2,807 (18.6%) placing him in third. Supporters of Ray Jackson celebrate his second-term win at Hermosa Brewing Company. The two other incumbents on the ballot, Rob Seamann and Dean Franois finished at the bottom in balloting. Rob Saemann had received 1,466 votes (11%) and Dean Francois had received 1,386 (10%). Jackson and his supporters celebrated his reelection Tuesday night at Hermosa Brewing Company in downtown Hermosa, where Mayor Mike Detoy announced the early results. Mayor Mike Detoy shows Ray Jackson the first batch of election results during Jackson’s victory party at Hermosa Brewing Company. Horne and Bove-LaMonica co-hosted an election night victory party at The Deck on The…
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