Santa Cruz County election guides

Santa Cruz County election results

The Santa Cruz County Clerk’s Office posted its final, official election results on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Results:

• Measure O
• Measure N
• Local measures
• Measure M 

• District 3 supervisor
• District 4 supervisor
• Local school boards
• Regional races

• Santa Cruz City Council
• Watsonville City Council
• Capitola City Council
• Scotts Valley City Council

Last county update: 12/6/2022 5:00:00 PM

Cabrillo College, Trustee Area 1 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
SARA E. BRYLOWSKI 6363 (42.77%)
DONNA ZIEL 8349 (56.12%)
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Cabrillo College, Trustee Area 2 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
ADAM SPICKLER 11244 (80.28%)
BOB KITTLE 2639 (18.84%)
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Cabrillo College, Trustee Area 6 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
J DAN ROTHWELL 10412 (69.63%)
MARK HUCKLEBRIDGE 4370 (29.22%)
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San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, Trustee Area 4 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
RYAN LIPERT 3986 (38.8%)
GAIL D. LEVINE 6219 (60.53%)
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Trustee Area 1 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
KIMBERLY A. DE SERPA 4264 (62.89%)
NATALAIN SCHWARTZ 2473 (36.47%)
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Trustee Area 5 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
JENNIFER SCHACHER 1222 (47.2%)
OLIVIA FLORES 1347 (52.03%)
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Scotts Valley Unified School District (vote for 2)

Candidate Total
PATRICIA ADAMS 2714 (19.54%)
LUCIA ROCHA-NESTLER 5156 (37.12%)
ROGER L. SNYDER 4343 (31.27%)
COREY WARNER 1621 (11.67%)
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Happy Valley Elementary School District (vote for 3)

Candidate Total
RACHEL CLICK RICHARDSON 481 (28.89%)
CLIFFORD HODGES 464 (27.87%)
JACOB ZILS WILLET 512 (30.75%)
EDWARD "TEDDY" WOOD 197 (11.83%)
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Soquel Union Elementary School District, Trustee Area 4 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
PHIL RODRIGUEZ 1231 (57.77%)
JUSTIN MAFFIA 887 (41.62%)
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Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 3 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
JUSTIN CUMMINGS 10359 (51.08%)
SHEBREH KALANTARI-JOHNSON 9754 (48.1%)
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Santa Cruz County Supervisor, District 4 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
JIMMY DUTRA 3959 (41.55%)
FELIPE HERNANDEZ 5442 (57.11%)
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Capitola City Council (vote for 3)

Candidate Total
ENRIQUE DOLMO, JR 1772 (18.03%)
YVETTE LOPEZ BROOKS 2549 (25.94%)
JOE CLARKE 1827 (18.59%)
ALEXANDER PEDERSEN 1847 (18.8%)
GERRY JENSEN 1803 (18.35%)
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Santa Cruz City Council, Mayor (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
JOY SCHENDLEDECKER 6645 (28.81%)
FRED KEELEY 16215 (70.3%)
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Santa Cruz City Council, District 4 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
SCOTT NEWSOME 1710 (50.32%)
BODIE SHARGEL 248 (7.3%)
HECTOR MARIN 1180 (34.73%)
GREGORY A HYVER 240 (7.06%)
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Santa Cruz City Council, District 6 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
SEAN MAXWELL 1616 (41.56%)
RENÉE GOLDER 2246 (57.77%)
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Scotts Valley City Council (vote for 2)

Candidate Total
JIM REED 2458 (26.67%)
DEREK TIMM 3720 (40.37%)
ALLAN TIMMS 2982 (32.36%)
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Watsonville City Council, District 3 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
MARIA OROZCO 1143 (94.85%)
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Watsonville City Council, District 4 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
KRISTAL SALCIDO 1102 (96.08%)
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Watsonville City Council, District 5 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
CASEY K. CLARK 730 (91.48%)
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Watsonville City Council, District 7 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
NANCY A. BILICICH 951 (44.92%)
ARI PARKER 1140 (53.85%)
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Boulder Creek Fire Protection District Director (vote for 2)

Candidate Total
DAVID DUNNING 920 (13.55%)
SAMMY ROBUSTELLI 2318 (34.14%)
VINCE Y. CORTINAS, SR 1644 (24.22%)
ROBERT LOUIS PRESSWOOD 1895 (27.91%)
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Central Fire Protection District, Director Division 5 (vote for 1)

Candidate Total
DENISE MILLER 1942 (30.41%)
MICHAEL HUSHAW 4400 (68.9%)
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Felton Fire Protection District, Director (vote for 2)

Candidate Total
JIM ANDERSON 1976 (47.6%)
NORMAN CRANDELL 1703 (41.03%)
ADAM HENSLEIGH 465 (11.2%)
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San Lorenzo Valley Water District (vote for 3)

Candidate Total
MARK SMOLLEY 6329 (27.42%)
JEFFREY HILL 5584 (24.19%)
BOB FULTZ 5569 (24.12%)
ALINA LAYNG 5518 (23.9%)
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Soquel Creek Water District (vote for 3)

Candidate Total
CARLA C. CHRISTENSEN 10203 (24.71%)
RACHÉL LATHER 11432 (27.68%)
BRUCE JAFFE 11833 (28.65%)
KRIS KIRBY 4175 (10.11%)
CORRIE KATES 3521 (8.53%)
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Santa Cruz Port District Commissioner (vote for 2)

Candidate Total
DICK STARR 8970 (17.25%)
TOBY GODDARD 22150 (42.58%)
REED GEISREITER 20553 (39.51%)
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Pajaro Valley Health Care District Director (vote for 2)

Candidate Total
MARCUS PIMENTEL 8461 (31.37%)
JASMINE NOTANEE NÁJERA 7372 (27.33%)
JOE GALLAGHER 10958 (40.63%)
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K: City of Santa Cruz High School and Middle School Bond - 55% to pass

Vote Total
Bonds Yes 33156 (66.76%)
Bonds No 16508 (33.24%)
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L: City of Santa Cruz Elementary School Bond - 55% to pass

Vote Total
Bonds Yes 17856 (71.21%)
Bonds No 7219 (28.79%)
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N: City of Santa Cruz Empty Home Tax - Majority to pass

Vote Total
Yes 11202 (46.04%)
No 13130 (53.96%)
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O: City of Santa Cruz Downtown Library Initiative - Majority to pass

Vote Total
Yes 9656 (40.52%)
No 14174 (59.48%)
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P: City of Santa Cruz Hotel and Vacation Rental Tax - Majority to pass

Vote Total
Yes 19437 (80.61%)
No 4675 (19.39%)
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Q: Keep the Watsonville Urban Limit Line - Majority to pass

Vote Total
Yes 5757 (67.77%)
No 2738 (32.23%)
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R: Watsonville Sales Tax Hike - Majority to pass

Vote Total
Yes 5580 (64.4%)
No 3084 (35.6%)
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S: Add Flexibility to the Watsonville Urban Limit Line - Majority to pass

Vote Total
Yes 4286 (50.06%)
No 4275 (49.94%)
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T: Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District Parcel Tax - 2/3 to pass

Vote Total
Yes 2458 (57.51%)
No 1816 (42.49%)
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Unofficial state results

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