SANTA CRUZ >> Updated election results released Friday show Santa Cruz City Council members Chris Krohn and Drew Glover on track to be recalled and replaced by narrower margins than earlier tallies.
Santa Cruz County Clerk and Registrar of Voters Gail Pellerin said that a final tally from the March 3 election is expected March 27. The state deadline to certify the election is March 31.
“We have some outstanding provisional ballots to reconcile,” Pellerin wrote in a statement Friday. “We will be here next week to continue our ballot processing and audits. The deadline for voters to cure a signature is Friday, March 27.”
Voters who need to fix signatures were mailed instructions, Pellerin said.
The “yes” vote to remove Chris Krohn tightened from 54.5% of the vote on March 6 to 52.3% on Friday. It needs more than 50% to pass. The “yes” vote to remove Drew Glover narrowed from 56.7% to 54.5%.
Former Santa Cruz Mayor Katherine Beiers still appeared poised to replace Krohn with 54.7% of the vote. Elementary school educator Renee Golder is set to replace Glover with 59.2% of the vote, should the recall pass.
Vote tallies changed in other races with Friday’s update but many outcomes did not.
Measure S, the Cabrillo College bond measure, still looked like it would not reach the 55% threshold to pass. It had 52.55% of the vote Friday.
Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold and runner-up Manu Koenig appeared headed toward a Nov. 3 runoff in the District 1 supervisors race. Leopold held 45.7% to Koenig’s 30.6% Friday. Koenig gained about 1 percentage point since the last tally.
More unofficial results as of March 20 are below.
Local election results
Should Santa Cruz City Councilmember Drew Glover be removed from office? – needs majority vote to pass
Yes
12,929
54.46%
No
10,812
45.54%
Which candidate should replace Glover, should he be removed from office?
Renee Golder
12,755
59.21%
Tim Fitzmaurice
8430
39.13%
Should Santa Cruz City Councilmember Chris Krohn be removed from office? – needs majority vote to pass
Yes
12,282
52.26%
No
11,218
47.74%
Who should replace Krohn, if he’s removed from office?
Katherine Beiers
11,578
54.74%
Don Lane
9,177
43.39%
Measure R – Cabrillo College bond – needs 55% to pass
Yes
49,161
52.55%
No
44,384
47.45%
Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge
Nancy de la Peña
37,018
44.62%
Annrae Angel
25,088
30.24%
Jack D. Gordon
20,376
24.56%
State assemblymember, 29th district
Incumbent Mark Stone (D)
66,284
80.55%
Shomir Banerjee (R)
15,777
19.17%
State assemblymember, 30th district
Incumbent Robert Rivas (D)
8,851
80.18%
Gregory Swett (R)
2,161
19.58%
State senator, 17th district
John Laird (D)
54,513
58.18%
Maria Cadenas (D)
19,326
20.63%
Vicki Nohrden (R)
17,055
18.2%
John M. Nevill (D)
2,623
0.19%
U.S. Representative of Congress, 18th Congressional District
Anna Eshoo (D)
13,537
60.77%
Rishi Kumar (R)
3,408
15.3%
Phil Reynolds (R)
2,839
10.72%
Richard B. Fox
2,301
10.33%
Bob Goodwyn (Libertarian)
593
2.66%
U.S. Representative of Congress, 20th Congressional District
Jimmy Panetta (D)
49,453
66.4%
Adam Bolaños Scow (D)
14,162
19.01%
Jeff Gorman (R)
10,779
14.47%
Measure S: San Lorenzo Valley School District bond – needs 55% to pass
No
5,904
54.82%
Yes
4,866
45.18%
Measure T: Santa Cruz High School District parcel tax (needs 66.66% to pass)
Yes
35,104
73.31%
No
12,783
26.69%
Measure U: Santa Cruz Elementary School District parcel tax (needs 66.66% to pass)
Yes
19.869
79.06%
No
5,264
20.94%
Measure V: Soquel School District parcel tax (needs 66.66% to pass)
Yes
7,244
63.21%
No
4,216
36.79%
Measure W: Santa Cruz City Contracts for Public Works (Majority vote needed to pass)
Yes
17,801
81.36%
No
4,078
18.64%
Measure X: Santa Cruz City Schools district elections (needs majority vote to pass)
Yes
16,269
79.01%
No
4,323
20.99%
Measure Y: Watsonville sales tax for public safety
Yes
6,165
78.41%
No
1,698
21.59%
Measure Z: Scotts Valley sales tax (needs majority vote to pass)
