Voters headed to the polls in Inglewood earlier this week to choose among candidates

competing for two City Council positions and three seats on the school board. Polls opened at

7 a.m. in about 30 precincts and closed at 8 p.m.

With 100% of precincts counted in Tuesday night’s election, Inglewood District Two

Councilmember Judy Dunlap has won another term. There will be a runoff election to decide the

winner of the District Two race, according to the Inglewood City Clerk’s Office. Provisional

ballots have yet to be counted and should be certified soon.
    
District Two Councilman Danny Tabor received the most votes with 49.5%, but fell short of the

50% plus one vote required by Inglewood to win the election. He will face George W. Dotson in

a runoff in June. Dotson received 33.2%. This is déjà vu. In 2007, Tabor and Dotson went

head-to-head in a runoff. Dotson demanded a recount, but still lost by less than 50 votes.
    
Despite endorsements of well-known elected officials for Austin Williams, and criticism over

the district’s lack of new development and rundown buildings, Judy Dunlap emerged as the

clear winner, securing another term in office. The 16-year councilmember captured 53.9% of

votes. Williams trailed by 240 votes or 33.3%.

District Two has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the city. According to the City

Clerk, 1,165 voted on Tuesday. District One reported 2,100 votes cast.
 
School Board members are elected at large by the voters within Inglewood Unified School

District boundaries as opposed to the City boundaries. Seats for the City Council are elected

by their respective Districts. All seats have a term of four years.
The top contenders in the campaigns to fill three school board seats are also headed for

runoffs, according to the city website (unofficial results).

Arnold C. Butler, who received 44.8% of votes cast, will compete for Seat 1 on the Board of

Education against Joyce L. Randall, who received 36.3%.
Trina Williams, received 40.6% of the vote, will run for Seat 2 against Carliss R. McGhee,

who received 34.9%.

Renee F. Dorn, daughter of Mayor Roosevelt Dorn, received 38.7% of votes cast for Seat 3 and

will run against Alena Cindy Giardina, who received 33.4%.

City Clerk Yvonne Horton stated that the final election results, which include the

provisional ballots, should be completed by the end of next week. As the administrator for

the Fair Political Practices Division, Horton is responsibility to maintain election campaign

disclosure reports and economic interest disclosure reports.