SANTA CRUZ >> The Santa Cruz County Elections Office released an updated count Friday afternoon, showing almost no change from Wednesday’s results in the top local races.
The recalls of two Santa Cruz City Council members, Chris Krohn and Drew Glover, still appeared to pass. Friday’s tally showed the “Yes” vote for the recall of Krohn with 54.5% of the vote. The “Yes” vote for Glover’s recall had 56.7% of the vote. That’s a 0.2% increase for each since Wednesday.
As of Friday, Katherine Beiers led Don Lane by 9 percentage points in the race to replace Krohn, should the recall pass. Renee Golder led Tim Fitzmaurice by 22 percentage points in the race for Glover’s seat, should the recall pass.
The crowded race for 1st District county supervisor still had incumbent John Leopold ahead of top challenger Manu Koenig, with 46.4% to 29.6%. Leopold inched closer to the 50% threshold to avoid a November runoff , but fell short as of Friday.
Measure R, the proposed Cabrillo College parcel tax, remained shy of the 55% threshold needed to pass. Friday’s tally showed the “Yes” on Measure R vote with 51% of the vote.
John Beck, the county’s vote-by-mail coordinator, verifies signatures on uncounted ballots Thursday afternoon. (Kara Meyberg Guzman — Santa Cruz Local)
These results are still unofficial. The county elections office released a report Thursday afternoon showing an estimated 44,000 ballots still left to count. Most are vote-by-mail ballots.
Early next week, the county is expected to release updated results from Tuesday’s election. The election will be certified by March 31.
Local election results
Updated as of 4 p.m. Friday
Should Santa Cruz City Councilmember Drew Glover be removed from office? – needs majority vote to pass
Yes
9,283
56.69%
No
7,092
43.31%
Which candidate should replace Glover, should he be removed from office?
Renee Golder
9,003
60.55%
Tim Fitzmaurice
5,621
37.81%
Should Santa Cruz City Councilmember Chris Krohn be removed from office? – needs majority vote to pass
Yes
8,839
54.50%
No
7,378
45.50%
Who should replace Krohn, if he’s removed from office?
Katherine Beiers
7,841
53.72%
Don Lane
6,484
44.42%
Measure R – Cabrillo College bond – needs 55% to pass
No
30,841
48.97%
Yes
32,132
51.03%
Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge
Nancy de la Peña
24,474
43.79%
Jack Gordon
14,668
26.25%
Annrae Angel
16,399
29.34%
State assemblymember, 29th district
Incumbent Mark Stone (D)
44,452
78.91%
Shomir Banerjee (R)
11,714
20.79%
State assemblymember, 30th district
Incumbent Robert Rivas (D)
4,955
75.86%
Gregory Swett (R)
1,562
23.91%
State senator, 17th district
John Laird (D)
36,737
58.08%
Vicki Nohrden (R)
12,760
20.17%
Maria Cadenas (D)
11,791
18.64%
John Nevill (D)
1,843
2.91%
U.S. Representative of Congress, 18th Congressional District
Incumbent Anna Eshoo (D)
9,304
59.71%
Richard B. Fox (R)
1,774
11.38%
Rishi Kumar (R)
2,295
14.73%
Phil Reynolds (R)
1,744
11.19%
Bob Goodwyn (Libertarian)
429
2.75%
U.S. Representative of Congress, 20th Congressional District
Incumbent Jimmy Panetta (D)
32,919
66.33%
Jeff Gorman (R)
8,014
16.15%
Adam Bolaños Scow (D)
8,637
17.40%
Measure S: San Lorenzo Valley School District bond – needs 55% to pass
No
3,548
46.50%
Yes
4,082
53.50%
Measure T: Santa Cruz High School District parcel tax (needs 66.66% to pass)
Yes
23,124
71.40%
No
9,262
28.60%
Measure U: Santa Cruz Elementary School District parcel tax (needs 66.66% to pass)
Yes
13,315
77.22%
No
3,928
22.78%
Measure V: Soquel School District parcel tax (needs 66.66% to pass)
Yes
4,559
61.13%
No
2,899
38.87%
Measure W: Santa Cruz City Contracts for Public Works (Majority vote needed to pass)
Yes
12,147
80.41%
No
2,960
19.59%
Measure X: Santa Cruz City Schools district elections (needs majority vote to pass)
Yes
11,022
77.74%
No
3,156
22.26%
Measure Y: Watsonville sales tax for public safety
Kara Meyberg Guzman is the CEO and co-founder of Santa Cruz Local. Prior to Santa Cruz Local, she served as the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s managing editor. She has a biology degree from Stanford University and lives in Santa Cruz.
