Voters in the South Bay and Long Beach areas had a lot to decide on Election Day, with dozens of city councils, school boards and ballot measures in both regions.

Here’s where local races, which are currently too close to call, stand in the South Bay and Long Beach areas after the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office released its latest update around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 7.

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Artesia City Council

Four candidates were vying for two open council seats, including small business owner Dan Rocha, retired sailor William Morante, community health worker Zeel Ahir and incumbent Monica Manalo.

Monalo had the lead, with around 26.84% of the votes, while Ahir trailed with 26.71%. The two were separated by just five votes on Thursday.

Rocha and Morante obtained 24.84% and 21.57% of the votes cast in their favor, respectively.

The top two candidates will each win a seat on the council.

Bellflower City Council, District 1

Councilwoman-designate Wendi Morse and law enforcement professional Aaron Drake are running for the District 1 City Council seat in Bellflower.

Morse received 51.38% of the vote. Drake followed with 48.62%. Only 108 votes separated the two candidates.

Compton Town Hall

In the District 1 race for Compton City Council, voters had to choose between incumbent Deidre Duhart and Jasper Jay Jackson.

The two were almost tied, with Duhart at 50.96% and Jackson at 49.04%. Duhart led by only 86 votes.

Meanwhile, in the race for Compton’s District 4 seat, incumbent Lillie Darden had the lead with 56.75%. Joel Estrada obtained 43.25% of the votes cast in his favor. The candidates were separated by 539 votes.

El Segundo City Council

There are three open seats on the El Segundo council, with six candidates running for them.

The candidates were incumbents Lance Giroux, Drew Boyles and Carol Pirsztuk, and they were challenged by planning commissioner Michelle Keldorf, national sales director Chris Eidem and college track coach John Pickhaver.

Boyles was in the lead with 26.42% of the vote, while Keldorf took 19.80%, separated by 1,144 votes.

Giroux, third, got 18.11%, while Pickhaver, fourth, got 16.84% of the vote. Pirsztuk and Eidem followed with 14.74% and 4.09%, respectively.

The top three candidates will win a seat on the council.

Hawaiian Gardens Town Hall

Four candidates were vying for two seats on the Hawaiian Gardens council, including current council members Victor Farfán and Ernie Vargas, along with financial educator Jesse Alvarado and Jesús Mendoza.

Farfán came first with 27.15% of the votes. Vargas, in second place, obtained 26.06% of the votes. The two leading candidates were separated by just 42 votes.

Alvarado and Mendoza were left behind with 23.64% and 23.03% of the votes, respectively.

The top two candidates will each win a seat on the council.

Lawndale Mayor and City Council

In Lawndale, three candidates — incumbent Rhonda Hofmann Gorman, Councilwoman Sirley Cuevas and educator Francisco M. Talavera — were vying for two open seats on the City Council. And it was very fine

Cuevas led the race with 33.85% of the votes, but Hofmann Gorman followed closely with 33.36%, as did Talavera, who obtained 32.80% of the votes. The top two candidates will win a seat on the council.

Lawndale residents also voted for a new mayor, in a race between incumbent Robert Pullen-Miles, Councilwoman Bernadette Lourdes Suárez and businessman Wanza Tolliver.

Pullen-Miles led the race with 60.10% of the vote. Lourdes Suárez and Tolliver followed with 31.38% and 8.53% of the votes, respectively.

Manhattan Beach City Hall

Councilman Joe Franklin was leading the three open seats on the Manhattan Beach City Council, as of Thursday afternoon, with Nina Tarnay and Steve Charelian in the bottom two spots.

Franklin had 25.96% support, Tarnay had 21.91%, and Charelian had 17.28%. Franklin and Tarnay were separated by 1,530 votes.

Karen Komatinsky, for her part, obtained around 15.85%. The other candidates were further behind.

Rancho Palos Verdes City Council

Five candidates were in the race to fill two open seats on the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council, including management consultant Steve Perestam, technology professional Jeff Chen, health care consultant Michele Carbone, planning commissioner David Chura and accountant certified public George Lewis.

The top two candidates will win a seat on the City Council.

Perestam and Lewis led the race with 24.52% and 23.64% of the votes cast in their favor, respectively. Chura followed with 22.72%, separated from second place by only 244 votes.

Chen and Carbone trailed with 18.21% and 11.18% of the votes, respectively.

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Four candidates were running for two open seats on the PVPUSD Board of Education, including RPV Councilman and educator Eric Alegria, fighter pilot Jeremy Vanderhal, PVPUSD board member Ami Gandhi and retired teacher Alexandria Kay Blumer.

Gandhi and Alegría led the race with 31.77% and 26.99% of the votes, followed by Vanderhal with 24.87% and Blumer with 16.37%.

The top two candidates will win a seat on the school board.