Vote count

Each candidate's vote count by day, as Los Angeles County counted the mail-in and provisional ballots through certification. Election-night updates are shown as a single day. These are the certified final counts, official as of June 26, 2026.

Party signals

Asam Sheikh

Incumbent

Mike Mauno

Challenger

Voter registration

Registered Democratic with the Los Angeles County Registrar (queried January 2026). LA County Registrar →

Registered Republican with the Los Angeles County Registrar (queried January 2026). LA County Registrar →

Coalition

Endorsers

52 of 65 party-tagged

Donors

77 of 123 matched

Endorsers

6 of 7 party-tagged

Donors

Hidden — too few of this candidate's itemized donors match the voter file to depict a coalition shape.

Finance

Includes self-funding by Mauno ($11k) . The candidate's own contributions to their own committee aren't subject to the $1,000 individual-donor cap.

This chart tracks contributions over time. Campaign loans (see the gift-size cards below) are a separate outstanding balance, not part of this series.

Sheikh

53% Torrance

City	Dollars	% of total
Torrance	$28k	53%
Rancho Palos Verdes	$4k	7%
Redondo Beach	$4k	7%
Irvine	$2k	4%
Los Angeles	$2k	4%

$28k from Torrance donors

$25k from outside Torrance

45% of maxed-out donors are non-Torrance

Mauno

22% Torrance

City	Dollars	% of total
Torrance	$5k	22%
Newport Beach	$3k	12%
Los Angeles	$2k	11%
Hermosa Beach	$1k	5%
Sacramento	$1k	5%

$5k from Torrance donors

$16k from outside Torrance

73% of maxed-out donors are non-Torrance

When a donor is matched to a voter record, Torrance share goes by voter registration, not mailing address. So Hollywood Riviera donors (Redondo Beach 90277) registered in Torrance now count as Torrance. Unmatched donors fall back to mailing-address city, so a few may still slip through.

Sheikh

$437

average gift

Mauno

$419

average gift from supporters

+ $11k self-funded

+ $30k self-loan (last pre-election filing, May 16)

Where each candidate's money came from. Bigger segments mean more of the money came from donors at that gift size, smallest on the left.

Loans are money the campaign borrowed (here, every loan is the candidate lending their own committee), reported net of repayments as the outstanding balance on the latest filing. They are separate from donations and are not counted in the donations figure. Loan figures are the balance each campaign last reported while the race was still on, taken from the final filing before election day. Campaigns report on a filing schedule and none of those periods ends on election day itself, which is why the loan date differs from the donation window. Balances reported after the election, including loans a candidate has since repaid, are not counted here, because this section describes how the campaign was financed rather than what a committee owes today. See our finance data dictionary for how each figure is sourced.

Sheikh

$2k

+$2k in campaign donations

Torrance Firefighters PAC $3k

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Funded by (money to the PAC, not the candidate):
- Torrance Firefighters Association ($125k)
Torrance Police Officers' Association PAC $1k

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Mauno

$47k

+$3k in campaign donations

Team Torrance PAC $47k

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Funded by (money to the PAC, not the candidate):
- California Leadership Today ($38k)
- Atlas PAC ($32k)
- Lincoln Club of Orange County ($23k)
- California Homeowners Assoc ($21k)
- New Majority PAC ($18k)
Torrance Police Officers' Association PAC $1k

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Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association PAC $1k

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Maxed-out donor geography

Torrance caps individual donations at $1,000 per election. Sheikh has 28 maxed-out donors; 15 of them (54%) listed addresses outside Torrance. Mauno has 10 maxed-out donors; 6 of them (60%) listed addresses outside Torrance.

Shared donors with the mayor race

22 of Sheikh's donors also gave to Sharon Kalani's mayoral campaign ($10,300 to Sheikh, $11,749 to Kalani). 21 of Mauno's donors also gave to George Chen's mayoral campaign ($17,790 to Mauno, $9,209 to Chen).

Out-of-state donors

Sheikh's filings show no out-of-state donors. Mauno received contributions from donors in Arizona, North Carolina, and Tennessee (1% of dollars raised).

Where they stand

Asam Sheikh

Incumbent

Mike Mauno

Challenger

Civil Rights

Issues about civil rights, inclusion, and recognition: proclamations, anti-discrimination measures, community representation.

Voted for a Pride Month proclamation

Voted NO on the May 7, 2024 council resolution to issue a Pride Month proclamation; the proclamation passed 4-3. ⁶

— No record located

Homelessness

Issues about how the city responds to homelessness: enforcement, shelter siting, services balance, encampment policy.

Opposes the homeless-housing site

Voted YES on the May 23, 2025 council resolution opposing the LA County and Weingart project to convert the Extended Stay America hotel on Torrance Blvd. into homeless housing. ⁷

Has built his campaign on opposition to the LA County homeless-housing project at 3525 Torrance Blvd. and reportedly raised the $30 million property-valuation question with authorities. ¹⁴

Backs the city's temporary housing village

Says his record includes initiatives in which more than 90 unhoused residents transitioned to permanent housing, 42 through the temporary housing village and 48 through street outreach. ⁹

— No record located

Voted to allow arrests for refusing shelter

Voted YES on the September 9, 2025 concurrence directing staff to draft an ordinance allowing arrest of people who refuse offered shelter. ⁸

— No record located

Environment

Issues about pollution and environmental protection: refinery operations, air-quality monitoring, water resources, beaches, fenceline oversight of local industry.

Wants stronger oversight of the Torrance Refinery

— No record located

Campaign-site Issues plank "The Future of the Torrance Refinery" says he is one of the only local leaders willing to stand up to big oil and demand an end to dangerous chemicals leaching into neighborhoods; cites his book proposing an environmental clean-up plan and a beneficial land use for when the refinery is decommissioned. ¹¹

Asam Sheikh

Incumbent

Mike Mauno

Challenger

Elected service

He was elected to the Torrance City Council District 3 seat in 2022 and chairs the council's Strategic Planning Committee, with seats on the Finance, Governmental Operations, and Federal Legislative Advocacy committees. ¹

He previously served on the Torrance City Council and on the Torrance Planning Commission. ¹¹

Torrance roots

Sheikh emigrated from Lahore, Pakistan, has been married to his wife Jill for 29 years, and is the father of two and grandfather of one. ¹

Born and raised in Torrance, Mauno graduated from Torrance High School and El Camino College and raised three children who attended Torrance Unified schools. ¹¹

Career

Sheikh has worked at American Honda Motor Co. for over 28 years in financial roles, including Senior Financial Analyst and Senior Auditor in the company's Financial Planning and Analysis department. ¹

Mauno owns Nordik Construction LLC, a construction-management firm in Torrance, and has served as an expert witness in construction-defect cases. ¹¹

Education

— none on file

Civic affiliation

Sheikh serves on the Torrance Education Foundation board and the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, sits on the Southern California Association of Governments Transportation Committee, and has served as president of the Carson Homeowners Association. ¹

Mauno has served on the boards of the Torrance-South Bay YMCA, the Torrance Redevelopment Agency, the Torrance Public Facilities and Building Corporation, and the Torrance Improvements Corporation, as well as the TUSD Long-Term Facilities Utilization Committee and the Los Angeles County West Vector Control District. ¹¹

Footnotes

¹ All data from $100+ contributions filed with the City of Torrance through May 16, 2026 via Torrance NetFile. Contributions under $100 are not required to be itemized and are not included.

The race for council district 3

Vote count

Party signals

Finance

Maxed-out donor geography

Shared donors with the mayor race

Out-of-state donors

Where they stand

Civil Rights

Homelessness

Environment

Sources & footnotes

Sources cited on this page

Footnotes

The race for council district 3

Vote count

Party signals

Finance

How much they've raised, week by week.

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Money findings

Maxed-out donor geography

Shared donors with the mayor race

Out-of-state donors

Where they stand

Endorsed by

About

Sources & footnotes

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Footnotes

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