2024 Election Results: 2 incumbents, 1 newcomer lead in Moreno Valley City Council races
Nov 07, 2024
Moreno Valley voters mostly stuck with who they knew when selecting their mayor and two city council members on Nov. 5.
Mayor Ulises Cabrera appears to have been reelected, with 47.38% of the vote, results released at 4:59 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, with all precincts reporting, show. He’s trailed by Hector Diaz with 22.64% of the vote, Daryl Terrell with 18.76% and Patsy D. Brown with 11.21%.
For the District 1 City Council seat, results show sitting Councilmember Elena Baca-Santa Cruz ahead of Alisa Lopez with 51.59% of the vote to 48.41%.
In the race for the the vacant District 3 seat, Erlan Gonzalez leads with 34.46% of the vote, followed by Alvin DeJohnette with 24.62% of the vote, Zenda Yvette Lewis with 16.63%, Justin Jackson with 15.3% and Anna Lapuos with 8.99%.
LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: See a chart of the latest vote counts
District 3 city Councilmember David Márquez resigned in April after the city and state attorney general said he’d effectively vacated his seat. In October 2022, the city filed paperwork with the state, alleging Márquez missed too many consecutive days of council meetings. In May 2023, Attorney General Rob Bonta granted permission for the lawsuit, becoming a co-plaintiff against Márquez.
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Under state law, if “a city councilmember is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for 70 days consecutively from the last regular meeting he or she attended, his or her office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy.” The complaint alleged Márquez missed council meetings between July 5 and Sept. 6, 2022.
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters expects to post its next updated vote count at 6 p.m. Nov. 7.
More on the 2024 Moreno Valley election
Daryl Terrell, Moreno Valley mayor, 2024 election questionnaire
Ulises Cabrera, Moreno Valley mayor, 2024 election questionnaire
Alisa Lopez, Moreno Valley City Council District 1, 2024 candidate questionnaire
Elena Baca-Santa Cruz, Moreno Valley City Council District 1, 2024 election questionnaire
Justin Jackson, Moreno Valley City Council District 3, 2024 election questionnaire
Erlan Gonzalez, Moreno Valley City Council District 3, 2024 election questionnaire