Luna jumped out front quickly when early ballot results were released from Tuesday's election, but as updates trickled in as the evening wore on, Villanueva began making some slow gains.
The next updated vote tally is not expected to be released until Friday, then every subsequent Tuesday and Friday until all ballots are counted, a process that could last until the end of the month.
The sheriff expressed confidence, however, that he would make up the deficit from early balloting as vote counting continued over the coming week. "Mr. Luna, the Civilian Oversight Commission, the Board of Supervisors, they cannot wrap their minds around the idea that my very first day in office, I removed the East L.A. station captain from his command because I had doubts about his ability to lead," Villanueva said last week, responding to Luna's latest allegation of inaction on the deputy gang issue.
"I still have family who live here in East Los Angeles and just a couple of weeks ago, being in the East Los Angeles parade, how many people were stopping me and saying, `Chief, we need change here. There are gangs that are running this station. We need them out.'
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