Update: General Election Local Voting Results
Update 10:58pm: While there are still thousands of late-arriving vote-by-mail and provisional ballots to tabulate in the coming days, there is a sense of who the likely winners are in many of the local races during the General Election.
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After 17,000 ballots were counted on Election night in Tuolumne County, it appears that the Measure Y one-cent sales tax increase in Sonora will easily pass with 60% in favor (requires a simple 50 +1 majority), but the Measure X sales tax in the unincorporated parts is unlikely to pass with 49% (requires a 2/3 supermajority).
Measure A, a one-cent sales tax for fire in Calaveras County is in pretty good shape with just over 50% in favor (requires 50% +1), but it is too close to call.
Jeff Kerns and Ron Ringen are the likely winners of the open TUD seats.
Governor Gavin Newsom and US Senator Alex Padilla were easily re-elected.
Republican Mother Lode Congressman Tom McClintock defeated Democratic challenger Mike Barkley by a wide margin.
The state Senate District Four race is too close to call, with Marie Alvarado Gil with a slight lead over Tim Robertson.
The thousands of late-arriving vote by mail and provisional ballots will be tabulated in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties in the coming days. We’ll pass along more information as it becomes available.
Original story posted at 8pm: Sonora, CA — Now that voting has closed effective 8pm, tune in for twice hourly local election updates on AM 1450 and FM 102.7 KVML, Star 92.7 and 93.5 KKBN. The results are also being posted on the myMotherLode.com Election Page, Make sure to refresh the Election Page throughout the evening to find the latest numbers.
There are several highly contested races that we are following this evening at the local, state and federal level. They include numerous school board races in the two-county region, of which interest was high this election cycle.
There are also special district races on the ballot. One of which is the Tuolumne Utilities District, where there are two seats, District One and District Four. The first is a matchup between incumbent Ron Ringen and challenger Brian Shrigley. That seat covers the greater Columbia and Phoenix Lake area. In the District Four race, it is incumbent Jeff Kerns and challenger Alexander Horat. The seat covers the Tuolumne region.
In Calaveras County, the Angels Camp City Council has two seats open and three candidates. They are Alvin Broglio, Olga Moncada and Gregg Smith.
After redistricting, the Mother Lode will have a new state Senator, as the top vote-getters in the June Primary were both Democrats, Tim Robertson and Marie Alvarado Gil.
The redistricted state Assembly seat for the region will either be represented by Fresno Republican incumbent Jim Patterson, or Libertarian write-in candidate Thomas Nichols.
Also, part of Calaveras County will be represented by Assembly District 9 which is between Republican incumbent Heath Flora and Democratic challenger Mushtaq Tahirkheli.
In the local Congressional District Five race, incumbent Republican Tom McClintock is facing Democratic challenger Mike Barkley.
There are several local tax measures on the ballot this cycle. In Tuolumne County there is Measure Y, the one-cent sales tax increase for the city of Sonora, and Measure X, a one-cent measure for the unincorporated parts of the county. Measure Y requires a simple majority to pass and Measure X requires a 2/3 supermajority.
In Calaveras County, there is Measure A, a one-cent sales tax increase to benefit local fire agencies (50%+1 required), Measure B, a $39 million bond for the Calaveras Unified School District (55% of vote needed), Measure E, a $9 million bond for the Mark Twain Elementary School District (55% needed) and Measures C and D, which are special taxes for the Circle XX Community Services District and the Middle River Community Services District (2/3 supermajority required).
