The Beaumont City Council will be undergoing a facelift in the coming months, as three current members will be replaced by newly elected citizens.

According to preliminary election results, Mark Orozco, Mike Lara and Lloyd White claimed victories in the race for three seats on the council. Incumbents Roger Berg, David Castaldo and Brian De Forge fell in the bottom three. Here are the preliminary results:



There are still 66,000 vote-by-mail, 19,000 provisional and 8,000 damaged ballots to be tallied countywide, the Registrar said Wednesday morning. It's not clear how many of those will go to the Beaumont race.

"Work on those begins Wednesday," a statement from the office of the registrar said. "The next updated results will be posted at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday." White tells Patch that he's ready for this new challenge as a city councilman.

"I think the election results show that the voters of Beaumont want new leadership," he told Banning-Beaumont Patch Wednesday morning. "I can't wait to get started."

Orozco, who led the race overall, also told Patch that the results showed a desire for change.

"The election results, with myself leading all other candidates was a surprise, however, I was not shocked of the outcome of the election," he said. "The people of this city have spoken, loud and clear! Obviously the voters were displeased with the current council and the recent events that have led to this election." Current Councilman Brian De Forge, who was first elected in Nov. 1999, congratulated the winners via this Facebook post.