Santa Cruz County election guides

Santa Cruz County election results

Superior Court Judge (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
NANCY DE LA PENA 82018 (69.33%)
ANNRAE ANGEL 34775 (29.4%)

County Board of Education Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 3 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
SANDRA NICHOLS 10705 (64.61%)
MIKE KUBO 5790 (34.95%)

County Board of Education Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
ALYSSA WALL 14248 (62.91%)
BRAD WILLIAMS 8294 (36.62%)

County Board of Education Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 6 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
ED ACOSTA 6790 (75.82%)
DANA M SALES 2090 (23.34%)

Cabrillo Comm. College Governing Board Member – Trustee Area 4 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
RACHAEL SPENCER 10067 (60.91%)
DIANA ALFARO 6341 (38.37%)

Cabrillo Comm. College Governing Board Member – Trustee Area 5 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
FELIPE HERNANDEZ 6863 (63.06%)
LETICIA MENDOZA 3924 (36.05%)

Cabrillo Comm. College Governing Board Member – Trustee Area 7 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
STEVEN LAIRD TRUJILLO 4957 (60.8%)
EDWARD K. BANKS 3108 (38.12%)

San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District Governing Board Member – Trustee Area 3 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
GRACE POLLAK 6875 (54%)
LAURA DOLSON 5769 (45.31%)

Pajaro Valley Unified School District Governing Board Member – Trustee Area 3 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
AMANDA HERNANDEZ 392 (52.55%)
OSCAR SOTO 339 (45.44%)

Pajaro Valley Unified School District Governing Board Member – Trustee Area 6 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
MARIA OROZCO 3482 (58.27%)
ADAM BOLAÑOS SCOW 2441 (40.85%)

Loma Prieta Joint Union School District Governing Board Member (Vote for 2)

Candidate Total
ERIN ASHEGHIAN 1275 (36.2%)
ALEXANDRA HALL 1180 (33.5%)
STACY KISSNER 1054 (29.93%)

Supervisor, 1st District (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
MANU KOENIG 17967 (56.71%)
JOHN LEOPOLD 13544 (42.75%)

City of Capitola Councilmember (Vote for 2)

Candidate Total
KRISTEN PETERSEN 3627 (39.9%)
MARGAUX KEISER 2399 (26.39%)
WILL LITTLE BEAR REISING 1607 (17.68%)
ANTHONY J. ROVAI 1410 (15.51%)

City of Santa Cruz Councilmember (Vote for 4)

Candidate Total
SONJA BRUNNER 14860 (14.66%)
MARTINE WATKINS 14616 (14.42%)
SANDY BROWN 14465 (14.27%)
SHEBREH KALANTARI-JOHNSON 13157 (12.98%)
KAYLA KUMAR 11680 (11.53%)
MARIA CADENAS 10397 (10.26%)
KELSEY HILL 9513 (9.39%)
ELIZABETH CONLAN 6802 (6.71%)
ALICIA KUHL 5422 (5.35%)

City of Scotts Valley Councilmember (Vote for 3)

Candidate Total
RANDY JOHNSON 4587 (28.37%)
DONNA R. LIND 4501 (27.84%)
JACK DILLES 4347 (26.89%)
JOHN LEWIS 2658 (16.44%)

City of Watsonville Councilmember – Dist 1 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
EDUARDO MONTESINO 1400 (96.49%)

City of Watsonville Councilmember – Dist 2 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
AURELIO GONZALEZ 874 (53.55%)
VANESSA QUIROZ-CARTER 752 (46.08%)

City of Watsonville Councilmember – Dist 6 (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
JIMMY DUTRA 1602 (63.3%)
TONY GOMEZ 914 (36.11%)

San Lorenzo Valley Water District Director (Vote for 2)

Candidate Total
GAIL MAHOOD 9475 (41.86%)
TINA MARIE TO 5513 (24.36%)
LEW FARRIS 3869 (17.09%)
BETH THOMAS 3728 (16.47%)

Soquel Creek Water District Director (Vote for 2)

Candidate Total
BRUCE DANIELS 16968 (43.46%)
TOM LAHUE 11895 (30.47%)
MARIA MARSILIO 5748 (14.72%)
CORRIE KATES 4337 (11.11%)

Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Director, Division B (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
STEPHEN G. RIDER 3600 (54.01%)
JOHN KEGEBEIN 2948 (44.22%)

A – Scotts Valley Unified School Bond 55% To Pass (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
Bonds Yes 6057 (52.88%)
Bonds No 5397 (47.12%)

N – Loma Prieta Jt Union School Parcel Tax 2/3 To Pass (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
Yes 1609 (64.41%)
No 889 (35.59%)

O – Aromas-San Juan School Bond 55% To Pass (Vote for 1)

Candidate Total
Bonds Yes 41 (71.93%)
Bonds No 16 (28.07%)


Official state results

  • U.S. House of Representatives, Dist. 18: Anna Eshoo (D) 63.2%, Rishi Kumar (D) 36.8%
  • U.S. House of Representatives, Dist. 20: Jimmy Panetta (D) 76.8%, Jeff Gorman (R) 23.2%
  • State senate, Dist. 17: John Laird (D) 64.7%, Vicki Nohrden (R) 35.3%
  • State assembly member, Dist. 29: Mark Stone (D) 73%, Shomir Banerjee (R) 27%
  • State assembly member, Dist. 30: Robert Rivas (D) 69.6%, Gregory Swett (R) 30.4%
  • State ballot measures

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