Photo Gallery: Election 2014 — Voters turn out in Costa Mesa, Newport
City clerk Betsy Hawkins drops a vote by mail ballot into an official ballot box during a Newport Beach general municipal election and statewide election on Tuesday at Newport Beach Civic Center. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
Voters at Paularino Elementary School in Costa Mesa on Tuesday. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
A voter walks into a polling station at the Newport Beach Civic Center community room on Tuesday. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
Voters make their selections during a Newport Beach municipal election and statewide election on Tuesday at Newport Beach Civic Center. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)
Charlene Ashendorf prays at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant on Monday. The church hosted a nonpartisan prayer session one day before the mid-term elections. (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)