This article will be updated as results are updated. Lea este artículo en español aquí.
All but one local incumbent leads in the initial primary election results, including Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez who has a narrow 28-vote lead of 652 counted in his bid to turn back an effort to recall him.
Only incumbent Auditor-Controller Joe Paul Gonzalez is down early, by more than 400 votes out of more than 4,100 tallied.
For the June 2 primary election, San Benito County voters were faced with electing representatives in six local contests, including an attempted recall of Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez, and considering a revision of the local cannabis tax.
For the San Benito County Board of Supervisors District 3 and 4 races, along with three other local offices, the candidate that receives more than 50% of the votes wins outright, otherwise the top two vote-getters advance to the Nov. 6 general election.
For state and congressional races, the top two vote-getters will move on to the general election.
The following are the initial results.
California Governor
- Steve Hilton (R)– 237,180 (27.7%)
- Xavier Becerra (D)– 212,884 (24.9%)
- Tom Steyer (D)– 158,479 (18.5%)
Congress, 18th District
- Zoe Lofgren– 8,621 (50.9%)
- Shane Lewis– 5,476 (32.3%%)
- Luis Arreguin– 2,412 (14.2%)
- Chris Demers– 419 (2.5%)
Assembly, 29th District
- Robert Rivas (D)– 12,880 (64.5%)
- Dennis Sanchez (R)– 4,187 (21%)
- J.W. Paine (R)– 2,905 (14.5%
SBC Superintendent of Schools
- Jennifer Logue-2,395 (58.9%)
- Gwen Baquiran-1,673 (41.1%)
BOS District 3
- Mindy Sotelo– 512 (71.3%)
- Peter Hernandez– 206 (28.7%)
BOS District 4
- Angela Curro– 884 (67.6%)
- Roxanne Stephens– 417 (31.9%)
- Scott McPhail (write-in)- 6 (.5%)
BOS District 5 recall
- No– 340 (52.2%)
- Yes– 312 (47.9%)
SBC Auditor-Controller
- Laura Garcilazo-2,295 (55.1%)
- Joe Paul Gonzalez-1,870 (44.9%)
County Clerk-Recorder
- Francisco Diaz-3,244 (81.6%)
- Dane Sanchez– 732 (18.4%)
Measure D
- Yes-1,292 (68.1%)
- No– 606 (31.9%)
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