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Tell us what local issues you care about. We’ll press candidates running for office.

By Jesse Kathan|2026-08-20T08:41:40-07:00August 20, 2026|Tags: 2026 elections, Capitola City Council, Featured, november 2026 election, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Scotts Valley City Council, Vote Nov. 3, Watsonville City Council|

Help us create a voting guide for Scotts Valley, Capitola, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Mayor and school districts

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Watsonville City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:18:29-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: Aurelio Gonzalez, City of Watsonville, Eduardo Montesino, Elections 2020, Jimmy Dutra, Tony Gomez, Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, Vote Nov. 3, Watsonville City Council|

Aurelio Gonzalez, Jimmy Dutra, Eduardo Montesino ahead

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Scotts Valley City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:17:02-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: City of Scotts Valley, Donna Lind, Jack Dilles, John Lewis, Randy Johnson, Scotts Valley City Council, Vote Nov. 3|

Incumbents Donna Lind, Randy Johnson, Jack Dilles lead race

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Santa Cruz City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:15:27-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Elections 2020, Santa Cruz City Council, Vote Nov. 3|

Watkins, Brunner, Brown, Kalantari-Johnson lead in early returns

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Capitola City Council early election results

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T16:19:55-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: Anthony Rovai, Capitola City Council, City of Capitola, Elections 2020, Kristen Petersen, Margaux Keiser, Vote Nov. 3, Will Reising|

Incumbent Kristen Petersen leads field

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John Leopold concedes in Santa Cruz County supervisor race

By Stephen Baxter|2022-06-06T15:53:43-07:00November 3, 2020|Tags: Elections 2020, Featured, John Leopold, Manu Koenig, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Vote Nov. 3|

Officials continue to count thousands of ballots countywide

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Podcast: Vote Nov. 3, Santa Cruz City Council

By Stephen Baxter and Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:33:52-07:00October 18, 2020|Tags: Alicia Kuhl, City of Santa Cruz, Elections 2020, Elizabeth Conlan, homelessness, housing, inclusionary, Kayla Kumar, Kelsey Hill, Maria Cadenas, Martine Watkins, rentals, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Sonja Brunner, Vote Nov. 3|

Santa Cruz Local presses candidates on priorities we heard from residents

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Podcast: Vote Nov. 3, Watsonville City Council

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:33:54-07:00October 14, 2020|Tags: Aurelio Gonzalez, City of Watsonville, district elections, Eduardo Montesino, Felipe Hernandez, housing, immigration, inclusionary, Jimmy Dutra, rentals, Tony Gomez, Trina Coffman-Gomez, Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, Vote Nov. 3, Watsonville City Council|

Santa Cruz Local presses candidates on priorities we heard from residents

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Podcast: Vote Nov. 3, Santa Cruz County supervisor

By Stephen Baxter and Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:33:56-07:00October 4, 2020|Tags: 1500 Capitola Road, ADU, affordable housing, Coronavirus, economics, economy, elections, Elections 2020, housing, jobs, John Leopold, Manu Koenig, People's Agenda, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Vote Nov. 3|

Santa Cruz County supervisor candidates John Leopold and Manu Koenig answer residents' concerns

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Podcast: Vote Nov. 3, Scotts Valley City Council

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:33:58-07:00September 29, 2020|Tags: City of Scotts Valley, Coronavirus, Donna Lind, economy, education, Elections 2020, housing, Jack Dilles, John Lewis, People's Agenda, police, Randy Johnson, Scotts Valley City Council, Scotts Valley Police Department, Scotts Valley Town Center, Scotts Valley Unified School District, Vote Nov. 3|

Santa Cruz Local presses the candidates on residents' concerns

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Election Nov. 3, part 1: Start by listening

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2024-01-26T14:00:35-08:00June 11, 2020|Tags: Capitola City Council, City of Capitola, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, Coronavirus, economy, People's Agenda, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Scotts Valley City Council, Vote Nov. 3, Watsonville City Council|

What we heard from Lower Ocean, Beach Flats