Mia Bonta leads vote to fill 18th District Assembly seat; runoff election likely

Mia Bonta is leading the race to fill the California Assembly seat vacated by her husband Rob Bonta, who resigned to become state attorney general, according to unofficial election results from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

Mia Bonta had 37.62 percent of the vote as of Wednesday afternoon. followed by Janani Ramachandran with 21.57 percent and Malia Vella with 16.5 percent.