Seal Beach Mayor Ellery Deaton was re-elected Tuesday, Nov. 4, as the councilwoman for District One, which includes Old Town and the Surfside Colony.
Technically, the results are not official until the Orange County Registrar of Voters certifies the election.
Re-Elect Ellery Deaton 2014 issued an email statement signed by the mayor thanking her supporters.
In District Three, the Hill, Bridgeport, Heron Pointe and the trailer park, businessman Mike Varipapa won.
In District Five, Leisure World, Planning Commissioner Sandra Massa-Lavitt narrowly won by not quite 5 percent of the vote.
Voters approved Measure EE, which decreased the Utility User Tax and expanded the utilities that were covered by the tax.
Voters also approved changing the City Charter to allow the council to appoint a city clerk.
The voters’ decision comes the week after current City Clerk Linda Devine announced her plans to retire at the end of the year.
Results were confirmed by the City Clerk and the Orange Country Registrar of voters.
District One results
Incumbent received 796 votes, or 68.2 percent of the votes cast. In Seal Beach, a council candidate must receive a minimum of 50 percent of the vote, plus one, to win.
Four years ago, Deaton fell short of the 50 percent requirement and was forced into a runoff against then-challenger Joe Kalmick.
Former councilman Charles Antos received 179 votes, 15.3 percent.
The other challenger, business executive Tom Quinn, received 192 votes, or 16.5 percent.
District Three results
Mike Varipapa, a civil engineer, received 686 votes, or 55.7 percent.
Scott Weir, who works in technology and sales, received 546, or 44.3 percent.
District Five results
Planner Sandra Massa-Lavitt 910, or 52.9 percent.
Former member of the Golden Rain Foundation board Anne Seifert 811, or 47.1 percent.
Measure EE: Utility Use Tax Modernization/Reduction
Yes—5,931—80.6 percent
No—1,429—19.4 percent
Measure DD: Charter Amendment to Appoint City Clerk
Yes—3,782—52.0 percent
No—3,491—48.0 percent
School District results
Two seats on the Los Alamitos Unified School District board were up for election. Two incumbents, Diana D. Hill and Jeffrey I. Barke, received the highest number of votes and were re-elected to the board.
Diana D. Hill received 6,939 votes, or 37.4 percent.
Jeffrey I. Barke received 5,940 votes, or 32.0 percent.
County Supervisor 2nd District results
Seal Beach resident Michelle Steel of Surfside won Supervisor John Moorlach’s seat. Steel received 59,297 votes, or 62.4 percent.
Allan R. Mansoor received 35,682 votes, or 37.6 percent.
