Government / Politics

Primary Election 2020: Updated Results

The latest numbers on local candidates and ballot measures as of March 10. Approximately 750 unprocessed ballots left.

Last updated March 10 at 6:19 p.m.

 The following updated numbers from the March 3 primary election are from the San Benito County Registrar of Voters and can be seen here: https://sbcvote.us/registrar-of-voters/.

Results at the state level are from the California Secretary of State’s office and can be seen here: https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov.

Please note that results are not final and have yet to be certified.

LOCAL

Precincts Reported: 32 of 32 (100%)

Ballots Cast: 16,635 of 32,407 (51.33%)

Total Unprocessed Ballots as of March 10 at 4:45 p.m.: 750

  • VBM/Early Vote Ballots: 480
  • Conditional Voter Registration: 270
  • Damaged/Unreadable Ballots: 0

San Benito County Supervisor District 1

Betsy Dirks: 1,591 votes (42.07%)

Mark Medina: 2,191 votes (57.93%)

San Benito County Supervisor District 2

Frank Barragan: 576 votes (17.2%)

John Freeman: 300 votes (8.96%)

Kollin Kosmicki: 1,177 votes (35.16%)

Valerie Egland: 564 votes (16.85%)

Wayne Norton: 731 votes (21.83%)

San Benito County Supervisor District 5

Jaime De La Cruz: 1,067 votes (47.96%)

Bea Gonzales: 1,158 votes (52.04%)

Measure K—County Ordinance 991 relating to Highway 101 nodes

Yes: 6,537 votes (40.26%)

No: 9,700 votes (59.74%)

Measure L—$30 million school bond for San Benito High School

Yes: 5,228 votes (36.76%)

No: 8,994 votes (63.24%)

Measure M—$4.2 million school bond for Aromas-San Juan Unified School District

Yes: 1,119 votes (56.89%)

No: 848 votes (43.11%)

Measure R—$274 million school bond for Cabrillo College (San Benito numbers only)

Yes: 236 votes (52.33%)

No: 215 votes (47.67%)

STATE / CONGRESSIONAL

US Congress District 20

Jeff Gorman: 26,593 votes (23.7%)

Jimmy Panetta: 73,039 votes (65.1%)

Adam Bolaños Scow: 12,482 votes (11.1%)

State Assembly District 30

Robert Rivas: 36,546 votes (65.7%)

Gregory Swett: 19,106 votes (34.3%)

Proposition 13

Yes: 2,448,392 votes (44.6%)

No: 3,043,967 votes (55.4%)

BenitoLink Staff