Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, Armenian by origin, has been re-elected to the California State Assembly.

He had a strong lead over write-in candidate Angela Rupert, dailynews.com reported.

AS of 9:20 p.m., Nazarian had about 62 percent of the vote while Ruperthad 38 percent with nearly 3 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office.