Goldberg Leads in Early Returns to Fill Key Seat on L.A. Board of Education

LAUSD school board candidate Jackie Goldberg reacts with joy as the first polling results are posted, showing her with 48 percent of the vote, at campaign headquarters with a roomful of volunteers on March 5, 2019. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

by: Los Angeles Times

Posted: Mar 5, 2019 / 01:17 PM PST

Updated: Mar 5, 2019 / 09:51 PM PST

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In a Tuesday special election, former Los Angeles school board member Jackie Goldberg was making a strong bid to return to that role after nearly three decades.

Goldberg, 74, was the leading vote-getter among nine candidates vying to fill a seat left vacant last July, when Ref Rodriguez resigned after pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws.

Early returns showed Goldberg with a sizable lead, but not enough to assure an outright win.

To avoid a May runoff, the top finisher would have to claim a majority of the ballots cast, and many votes remain to be counted. The early returns are based on ballots cast before election day.

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