{"id":344063,"date":"2026-06-03T04:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344063\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:33:12","slug":"2026-election-results-heres-who-is-leading-in-lbusd-compton-unified-school-board-races-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344063\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Election Results: Here\u2019s who is leading in LBUSD, Compton Unified school board races \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary results for open seats on the Long Beach Unified and Compton Unified School Districts are in, after the LA County registrar released its first batch of results for the June 2 primary election at 9:18 p.m. Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The first batch of returns included only vote-by-mail ballots that were received before Election Day. The registrar was scheduled to continue updating the results throughout Tuesday night until all VBMs and Vote Center ballots cast through Election Day are tallied. The semiofficial results for the June 2 primary were set to come out sometime early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Unless one candidate wins a majority vote during the primary \u2014 that is, more than 50% of the votes \u2014 the top-two candidates will carry on their campaigns to the November general election.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the candidates who are leading to fill these positions after the Los Angeles County registrar\u2019s office released its early election results around 9:18 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Also see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/election-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 2 Primary Election Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maria Isabel Lopez, candidate for Long Beach Unified School Board...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-LBUSD-0508-01.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maria Isabel Lopez, candidate for Long Beach Unified School Board in District 1. (Courtesy of Maria Isabel Lopez)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Deborah L. Betance, candidate for Long Beach Unified School Board...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-LBCC-ADV-0528-01.jpg?w=200\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-LBCC-ADV-0528-01.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Deborah L. Betance, candidate for Long Beach Unified School Board in District 1. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 2<\/p>\n<p>Maria Isabel Lopez, candidate for Long Beach Unified School Board in District 1. (Courtesy of Maria Isabel Lopez)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the Long Beach Unified School District, the First District represents campuses in the Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach areas. Incumbent Maria Isabel L\u00f3pez was challenged by Deborah Lisa Betance, a retired LBUSD educator. L\u00f3pez appeared to be leading with 77% of the votes so far, while Betance had about 23%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diana Craighead, candidate for LBUSD Board in District 5. (Courtesy...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-LBUSD-0508-05.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diana Craighead, candidate for LBUSD Board in District 5. (Courtesy of Diana Craighead)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maureen \u201cQuinn\u201d Flaherty is a candidate for the Long Beach...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maureen-Flaherty_16x9.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maureen-Flaherty_16x9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maureen \u201cQuinn\u201d Flaherty is a candidate for the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education\u2019s Fifth District in 2026. (Photo courtesy of Maureen Flaherty\u2019s campaign)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sara Socheata Pol-Lim is a candidate for the Long Beach...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sara-Socheata-Pol-Lim_16x9.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sara-Socheata-Pol-Lim_16x9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sara Socheata Pol-Lim is a candidate for the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education\u2019s Fifth District in 2026. (Photo courtesy of Sara Socheata Pol-Lim)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>Diana Craighead, candidate for LBUSD Board in District 5. (Courtesy of Diana Craighead)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are three candidates for District 5, which represents East Long Beach and Lakewood schools. Incumbent Diana Craighead appeared to be leading with nearly 54% of votes, while challengers education specialist Maureen \u201cQuinn\u201d Flaherty had about 35%, and Sara Socheata Pol-Lim, an independent contractor, had about 11%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tana McCoy, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Truestee...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-SCHOOLS-ADV-0528-02.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tana McCoy, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Truestee Area B. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mae Thomas, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Trustee...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-SCHOOLS-ADV-0528-03.jpg?w=200\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-SCHOOLS-ADV-0528-03.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mae Thomas, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Trustee Area B. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 2<\/p>\n<p>Tana McCoy, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Truestee Area B. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Compton Unified School District, Trustee Area B represents campuses on the city\u2019s west side. The area is currently represented by Ayanna Davis, who is running for the 65th Assembly District. Vying for the vacant seat are Tana McCoy, who is a personnel commissioner at CUSD, and Mae Thomas, a retired financial screener and former board member. The candidate in the lead appeared to be McCoy with about 56% of votes so far, while Thomas trailed with about 44%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alma Taylor-Pleasant, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Trustee...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-SCHOOLS-ADV-0528-04.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alma Taylor-Pleasant, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Trustee Area E. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tonya Craft-Perry, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Truestee...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-SCHOOLS-ADV-0528-01.jpg?w=300\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LPT-L-ELX-SCHOOLS-ADV-0528-01.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tonya Craft-Perry, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Truestee Area E. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 2<\/p>\n<p>Alma Taylor-Pleasant, candidate for Compton Unified School District in Trustee Area E. (Courtesy photo)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trustee Area E represents schools in East Compton, and two candidates are running for the seat, which are incumbent Alma Taylor-Pleasant and opponent Tonya Craft-Perry, an educator and minister. Taylor-Pleasant appeared to be in the lead with 70% of votes, while Craft-Perry had 30%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Preliminary results for open seats on the Long Beach Unified and Compton Unified School Districts are in, after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1400,7,204,23387,131,133,132,137,141044,100,13],"class_list":["post-344063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-2026-elections","tag-california","tag-election","tag-election-results","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-county-elections","tag-news","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}