Smith leads Riggins by 43 votes, after a few more ballots counted
Doug Stewart appears to have won one seat, while Danny Smith widens his lead to 43 votes. Still. about one third of the ballots countywide are uncounted.
By Hans Laetz
After 36 hours of silence, LA County vote tabulators released a trickle of new returns at midmorning Thursday, and they showed Danny Smith widening his lead over Marianne Riggins by 4 votes.
The 9:30 a.m. dump Thursday showed Doug Stewart and Smith are the current leaders. Smith is 43 votes ahead , just like Tuesday morning.
Still, about two-thirds of the votes have been counted; one third remains.
Tuesday, Smith issued a statement thanking his supporters: "We're comfortably in the mix as the polls have closed and the results are being tallied.
"Challenging two incumbents was an uphill battle, but with your help we are crossing the finish line."
Smith asked Malibu to have patience. "Every vote needs to be counted," he said Wednesday.
Thursday morning totals:
Doug Stewart - 32.81 percent - 1,720 votes
Danny Smith - 31.19% - 1,635
Marianne Riggins - 30.39% - 1,593
A. Sam Dibaei - 5.61% - 294
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