Results updated 11/7/18 at 8:44 a.m.
The following local results of the November 6, 2018 election are from the San Benito County Registrar of Voters and can be seen here: http://sbcvote.us/registrar-of-voters/results-november-2018/. The elections office will be providing their next update Tuesday Nov. 13 or Wednesday Nov. 14.
Please note that Measure X is voted on by San Benito County and Santa Clara County residents and the tally will include both. You can see more from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters here: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx
Results at the state level are from the California Secretary of State’s office and can be seen here: https://vote.sos.ca.gov. Please note that our early results do not include all state races and will be included in future updates.
LOCAL
Precincts Reported: 51 of 51 (100 percent)
Ballots Cast: 11,449 of 30,162 (37.96 percent)
Total Unprocessed Ballots: 9,425
- Vote-by-Mail/Early Voted Ballots: 9,000
- Provisional Ballots: 200
- Conditional Voter Registration Ballots: 175
- Damaged/Unreadable Ballots: 50
Hollister Mayor
Ignacio Velazquez: 2,912 (51.61 percent)
Gordon A. Machado: 1,833 votes (32.49 percent)
Keith D Snow: 897 votes (15.90 percent)
Hollister City Council District 2
Rolan Resendiz: 690 votes (65.59 percent)
Mickie Solorio Luna: 362 votes (34.41 percent)
Hollister City Council District 3
Honor Spencer: 702 votes (45.29 percent)
Elia Salinas: 512 votes (33.03 percent)
Raul Escareno: 336 votes (21.68 percent)
Hollister City Council District 4
Marty Richman: 978 votes (60.86 percent)
Salvador Mora: 629 votes (39.14 percent)
Hollister City Treasurer
Anietra Gomez: 4,512 votes (100 percent)
San Juan Bautista City Council (Three Seats)
Cesar E. Flores: 248 votes (27.04 percent)
Leslie Q Jordan: 225 votes (24.54 percent)
Mary Vazquez Edge: 197 votes (21.48 percent)
Harold Furtado Gomes: 169 votes (18.43 percent)
Write-in: 78 votes (8.51 percent)
- Jacqueline T. Morris-Lopez: 73 votes (7.96 percent)
- Maggie Bilich: 5 votes (0.55 percent)
San Juan Bautista City Clerk
Laura Cent: 307 votes (100 percent)
San Benito County Supervisor District 3
Peter D. Hernandez, Jr: 887 votes (51.51 percent)
Patricia Loe: 835 votes (48.49 percent)
San Benito County Supervisor District 4
Jim Gillio: 2,104 votes (74.14 percent)
Jerry Muenzer: 734 votes (25.86 percent)
Superior Court Judge No. 2
Jose “Omar” Rodriguez: 5,654 votes (55.16 percent)
Gregory Michael LaForge: 4,596 votes (44.84 percents)
San Benito Health Care District Zone 2
Josie F. Sanchez: 825 votes (39.89 percent)
Frank Barragan: 662 votes (32.01 percent)
Ross Blasingame: 581 votes (28.09 percent)
San Benito Health Care District Zone 4
Mary Casillas: 1,642 votes (60.21 percent)
Jason Noble: 749 votes (27.47 percent)
Don Winn: 243 votes (8.91 percent)
Ann Christin Ross: 93 votes (3.41 percent)
San Benito County Water District Division 4
Doug Williams: 1,806 votes (67.34 percent)
Robert Gilchrist Huenemann: 876 votes (32.66 percent)
Gavilan Joint Community College District Trustee Area 5
Jeanie Wallace: 2,218 votes (60.80 percent)
Richard A. Perez Sr: 1,430 votes (39.20 percent)
Gavilan Joint Community College District Trustee Area 7
Irma C Gonzalez: 1,973 votes (42.08 percent)
Michael Alcorn: 1,915 votes (40.84 percent)
Jason Hopkins (withdrawn from race but still on ballot): 801 votes (17.08 percent)
Hollister School District (Three Seats)
Carla Torres-DeLuna: 3,351 votes (21.89 percent)
Stephen Kain: 3,097 votes (20.23 percent)
Jan Grist: 2,882 votes (18.83 percent)
Patricia (Pat) Moore: 2,754 votes (17.99 percent)
Roxanne Stephens: 1,672 votes (10.92 percent)
Brande Barrett: 1,551 votes (10.13 percent)
North County Joint School District (Two Seats)
Cindy King: 454 votes (42.59 percent)
Ted Brian Zanella: 405 votes (37.99 percent)
Eduardo Navarro: 207 votes (19.42 percent)
Measure G – San Benito County Roads, Transportation Safety and Investment Plan Transactions and Use Tax
(2/3 majority needed to pass)
Yes: 7,548 votes (67.88 percent)
No: 3,571 (32.12 percent)
Measure H – San Benito County Business License Tax
(50 percent +1 needed to pass)
Yes: 5,583 votes (51.39 percent)
No: 5,280 votes (48.61 percent)
Measure I – San Juan Bautista Cannabis Ordinance
(50 percent +1 needed to pass)
Yes: 274 votes (65.87 percent)
No: 142 votes (34.13 percent)
Measure Q – South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Student Safety/Repair Measure
(55 percent needed to pass)
No: 32 votes (76.19 percent)
Yes: 10 votes (23.81 percent)
Measure R – South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Academic/Vocational Classroom Improvement Measure
(55 percent needed to pass)
No: 31 votes (73.81 percent)
Yes: 11 votes (26.19 percent)
Measure X – Gavilan College Affordable Education/Job Training/College Transfer/Veterans Support Measure
(55 percent needed to pass)
San Benito County
- Yes: 5,390 votes (51.30 percent)
- No: 5,117 votes (48.70 percent)
Santa Clara County
- Yes: 13,714 votes (59.87 percent)
- No: 9,193 votes (40.13 percent)
STATE / CONGRESSIONAL
US Congress District 20
Jimmy Panetta: 70,836 votes (77.8 percent)
Ronald Paul Kabat: 20,206 votes (22.2 percent)
State Senator District 12
Anna Caballero: 47,759 votes (49.3 percent)
Rob Poythress: 49,071 votes (50.7 percent)
Member of State Assembly District 30
Robert Rivas: 32,942 votes (63 percent)
Neil G. Kitchens: 19,388 votes (37 percent)