In the contest for the 26th State Senate district, Ben Allen defeated Sandra Fluke in a race where both candidates were under the age of 40.
As of 1:45 am Wednesday, with 73.68 percent of precincts reporting, Allen had 61.13 percent of the vote (74,300 votes) ahead of Fluke’s 38.87 percent of the vote (47,245 votes).
Allen is currently serving as a board member of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), while Fluke is a women’s rights activist and attorney who gained the national spotlight after a House of Representatives committee refused to allow her to testify about the significance of insurance companies being required to cover birth control.
Allen will succeed State Sen. Ted Lieu in a district that includes Santa Monica and other communities on the Westside and in the South Bay.
