(April 20, 2014, updated April 21) -- Newly released election data show that in nearly two dozen mainly low-to-medium voter turnout precincts, Robert Garcia received over 40% to 50% or more of votes cast for Mayor. LBREPORT.com obtained the data from a publicly agendized City Clerk item seeking City Council certification of the April 8 election results at the April 22 City Council meeting.

In the ten-candidate field with five top contenders, Garcia finished first with roughly 25% of the vote citywide. Below are precincts in which he received 40% to 50% or more of the votes cast for Mayor:

Precinct	Garcia votes vs. total Mayoral votes	Details
0123A 1st dist.	49/100 (49.0%)	Santa Fe/18th-20th (WLB)
0166B 1st dist	58/119 (48.7%)	PCH-Anaheim/Magnolia + WLB
0010A 1st dist	106/218 (48.6%)	Drake Park area + eastward
0244A 1st dist	139/271 (51.3%)	7th-10th/LBBlvd to near L.A.riv
0702A 1st dist.	46/96 (48.0%)	Anaheim-PCH/Pacific-LBBlvd.
0296A 1st dist	40/81 (49.4%)	Magnolia-Pacific, Anaheim-PCH
0202A 1st dist	80/156 (51.3%)	Golden-Pacific, 5th-6th
0046A 1st dist	54/125 (43.2%)	7th-10th/Alamitos/Hellman
0049A 2nd dist	44/98 (44.9%)	Gaviota/4th-7th
0204A 2nd dist	123/267 (46.0%)	Orange-Cherry/1st-Appleton
0178A 2nd dist	62/117 (53.0%)	Alamitos-Orange/1st-Appleton
0362A 2nd dist	78/166 (47.0%)	Appleton-4th/Walnut-Cherry
0379A 2nd dist	50/80 (62.5%)	Orange-Walnut/7th-10th (Hellman)
0149A 2nd dist.	71/143 (49.6%)	Cherry-Molino, 4th-7th
0088A 2nd dist	46/112 (41.0%)	South Junipero corridor
0157A 2nd dist.	69/149 (46.3%)	Rose Park
0594A 2nd dist	63/139 (45.3%)	4th-7th/Orange-Walnut
0611A 4th dist	49/112 (43.75%)	Cherry-Temple/Anaheim-15th
0156A 6th dist	14/29 (48.3%)	10th-Anaheim/King-Alamitos
0552A 8th dist	55/112 (49.1%)	South St. to RR, east of Orange
0039A 8th dist	40/97 (41.2%)	Market/Atlantic
0057C 8th dist	55/125 (44.0%)	NLB gateway

Among the other leading Mayoral candidates, second place finisher Dunn had [April 21 update] 55% in one precinct (266A) [end update] and 47.1% in another precinct (138A, roughly Anaheim/PCH, Atlantic/MLK); fourth place finisher Gerrie Schipske had 47% in one precinct (307A, Studebaker Rd. north of Spring to El Dorado Park) and Doug Otto hit 40% in precinct 285A (Naples peninsula...where Dunn drew 35%) but we didn't see multiple precincts at those levels.

In the final citywide Mayoral results, Garcia had 25.24% (11,873 votes); Dunn had 22.61% (10,637); Lowenthal had 19.62% (9,227); Schipske had 15.29% (7,192) and Otto had 13.53% (6,363); five others divided the remainder.

The high percentage precincts for Garcia above accounted for a total of 1,406 votes.

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