After the November election resulted in no one gaining a majority of votes in Seal Beach City Council District 1, a special election was scheduled to be held on Tuesday, January 29.
As of 8:10 p.m. last night, the Orange County Registrar of voters reported the following results:
| Candidate | # Votes | % Votes |
| Joe Kalmick | 908 | 65.2% |
| Peter Amundson | 485 | 34.8% |