Editor’s note: This article will be updated as data becomes available. Most recent local update June 20 at 5:33 p.m. Most recent state update June 17 at 6:12 p.m.
With 191 unprocessed ballots, four of the five local races with two or more candidates are decided. Betsy Dirks and Dom Zanger will move on to the November 8 election for the District 1 supervisorial seat, Mindy Sotelo won the District 3 supervisor seat and Angela Curro needs 23 more votes to secure the District 4 seat.
Joel Buckingham was elected as the San Benito County District Attorney and Eric Taylor as the San Benito County Sheriff-Coroner.
The following results of the June 7 primary election are from the San Benito County Registrar of Voters. More detailed information can be found here. As of June 17 at 2 p.m, there are 191 unprocessed county ballots. According to the elections office, these ballots are either damaged, unreadable or challenged. The last day to resolve a challenged ballot was June 20.
To see if your ballot has been counted, please visit WheresMyBallot. The San Benito County Elections Department notes that if WheresMyBallot does not show your ballot as counted, it may only mean that it has not been processed yet.
Results in state and congressional races are from the California Secretary of State’s Office and can be found here. The top two candidates in state races move on to the November general election. The top two candidates in local races move on to the November general election. However, if a local candidate receives more than 50% of the votes it wins the race outright.
According to the Secretary of State website, county elections officials are required to report their final results to the state by July 8. The Secretary of State has until July 15 to certified the results of the election.
Governor (top 3)
- Gavin Newsom: 3,696,827 votes (56.3%)
- Brian Dahle: 1,144,777 votes (17.4%)
- Michael Shellenberger: 269,017 votes (4.1%)
Lieutenant Governor (top 3)
- Eleni Kounalakis: 3,380,069 votes (52.9%)
- Angela Underwood Jacobs: 1,263,500 votes (19.8%)
- David Fennell: 845,321 votes (13.2%)
U.S. Senator (top 3)
- Alex Padilla: 3,487,579 votes (54.5%)
- Mark Meuser: 943,401 votes (14.7%)
- Cordie Williams: 442,504 votes (6.9%)
U.S. Congress District 18
- Zoe Lofgren: 49,277 votes (56.1%)
- Peter Hernandez: 27,563 votes (31.4%)
- Luis Acevedo-Arregin: 10,963 votes (12.5%)
State Assembly District 29
- Robert Rivas: 36,763 votes (64.1%)
- Stephanie Castro: 20,572 votes (35.9%)
Secretary of State (top 3)
- Shirley Weber: 3,757,032 votes (59.3%)
- Rob Bernosky: 1,183,414 votes (18.7%)
- Rachel Hamm: 757,313 votes (11.9%)
Local
San Benito County Supervisor District 1 (short term-2 years)
- Betsy Dirks: 896 votes (31.11%)
- Dom Zanger: 801 votes (27.81%)
- Kim Hawk: 350 votes (12.15%)
- Mark Starritt: 345 votes (11.98%)
- Elizabeth Zepeda Gonzalez: 282 votes (9.79%)
- Sandra Patterson: 206 votes (7.15%)
San Benito County Supervisor District 3
- Mindy Sotelo: 1,213 votes (57.49%)
- Rolan Resendiz: 670 votes (31.75%)
- Eddie Alfaro: 227 votes (10.76%)
San Benito County Supervisor District 4
- Angela Curro: 1,664 votes (52.33%)
- Elia Salinas: 625 votes (19.65%)
- Tony Avilla: 891 votes (28.02%)
San Benito County District Attorney
- Joel Buckingham: 7,006 votes (59.43%)
- Candice Hooper: 4,782 votes (40.57%)
San Benito County Sheriff-Coroner
- Eric Taylor: 7,897 votes (65.73%)
- Juan Guevara: 4,118 votes (34.27%)