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Here are where the key races stand with 27.1% of outstanding San Diego County ballots counted. Scroll down in the chart above to see all San Diego County results.
Governor — Gov. Gain Newsom was re-elected to a second term with 59.0% of the vote to Republican challenger Brian Dahle’s 41.0%. That compares with arch-rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ re-election victory with 59.4% of the Sunshine State’ss vote.
Other State Offices — Incumbent Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis is leading with 590%, as are Secretary of State Shirley Weber with 61.5%, Treasurer Fiona Ma with 58.5%, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta with 58.6%, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara with 59.6% and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond at 63.9%. In the hotly contest race for Controller, Malia Cohen leads Republican Lanhee Chen by 54.8% to 45.2%.
State Propositions — Prop. 1 to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution was well ahead at 66.2%. The two measures to legalize sports betting were losing with Prop. 26 at 69.7% “no” and Prop. 27 at 83.8% “no.” Prop. 30 to tax the wealthy to subsidize electric vehicles was losing at 58.3% against. Another union-funded measure, Prop. 29, which would have increased dialysis clinic costs, lost at 69.6% “no.”
U.S. Senate — Sen. Alex Padilla leads Republican challenger Mark Meuser with 60.2% of the early vote for the remainder of Kamala Harris’ term and 60.4% for a new 6-year term.
Congress — The expected close race in the San Diego area is for the 49th district, but in early returns Democratic incumbent Mike Levin led at 51.9% to Republican challenger Brian Maryott’s 48.1%. Incumbents Darrell Issa (58.5% ), Scott Peters (60.5%), Sara Jacobs (60.0%) and Juan Vargas (65.3%) all held significant leads.
State Senate — In the 18th District, former Chula Vista Mayor Steve Padilla leads Alejandro Galicia by 61.0% to 39.0%. in the 38th District, Encinitas Mayor Catherin Blakespear leads with 54.9% to Republican Matt Gunderson’s 45.1%. And in the 40th District, incumbent Sen. Brian Jones led Democratic challenger Joseph Rocha by 52.9% to 47.1% in early returns.
State Assembly — Assemblymember Marie Waldron leads Randy Voepel by 66,8% to 33.3% in the new 75th District that pitted two Republican incumbents against each other. The race in the 76h District is close, with incumbent Biran Maienschein at 50.1% to Kristie Bruce-Lane’s 49.9%. Other incumbents had sizeable early leads, with Tasha Boerner Horvath at 58.9% in the 77th District, Chris Ward at 65.9% in the 78th District, Akilah Weber at 62.1% in the 79th District and David Alvarez at 72.0% in the 80th District.
Sheriff — Undersheriff Kelly Anne Martinez, who is endorsed by retiring Sheriff Bill Gore, leads challenger John Hemmerling by 57.7% to 42.3%.
Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk — Jordan Marks led Barbara Bry by 51.7% to 48.3%.
Board of Supervisors — Incumbents Nathan Fletcher and Jim Desmond both took sizeable early leads, with Fletcher at 64.3% and Desmond at 61.1%.
San Diego City Council — Incumbents had early leads with Jennifer Campbell at 56.2%, Monica Montgomery Steppe at 67.0% and Vivian Moreno at 62.4%. in the 6th District, where incumbent Chris Cate is termed out, Kent Lee leads Tommy Hough by 56.8% to 43.2%.
San Diego Unified — In Disrict B, Shana Hazan leads Godwin Higa by 59.7% to 40.3%. In District C, Cody Petterson has 54.4% to Becca Williams’ 45.6%.
Chula Vista Mayor — Councilman John McCann leads challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar by 54.5% to 45.5% in early returns.
Local Ballot Measures – Measure A, the cannabis tax, is leading with 58.3%. Measure B, which would charge for garbage pickup at single-family homes, was narrowly losing at 50.8% against. Measure B to remove the height limit in the Midway District was narrowly winning at 50.4%. Measure D to allow project labor agreements was ahead at 57.2%.
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