Incumbents in two contested Coachella Valley Water District races trounced their competitors in the Nov. 5 General Election, but the race for a key Imperial Irrigation District seat was too close to call on Wednesday morning. Longtime Coachella Valley Water District board member Peter Nelson received 8,774 votes, or 76.4% of ballots cast, blowing out challenger Robert Keeran, who received 2,705 votes, or 23.6%. Nelson, a veteran farm company manager, won a seventh four-year term representing Division 4.

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