Tom Bayless, co-inspector for the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, and his team started work before dawn at the polling station at Sebastopol Center for the Arts this morning.
As he told us back in June, “My wife and I have been doing it for more than 10 years at different places, but we’ve been primarily here the last five years or so,” he said.
Bayless said, “It’s been busy all week. We’ve been open since last Saturday … Today, starting at 7 o’clock, it’s been extremely busy, and it’s going to pick up,” he predicted when we spoke around 10:30 this morning.
He was right. By the end of the day, there was a line of cars down High Street waiting to drop off ballots in the dropbox in front of SebArts and, inside the polling station, every seat was taken, filled with voters filling out their ballots.
Here are the initial, unofficial results of the election, as of Nov. 3 at 8:45 pm. A little more than half the precincts have reported in on most items. There are still last-minute mail-in ballots and absentee ballots to count. The mail-in ballots will trickle in over the next several days. The Secretary of State has until Dec. 11 to certify the elections.
We will be updating these numbers over the next several hours and days.
Unofficial local results per the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters at 8:45 pm
SEBASTOPOL CITY COUNCIL
4,674 votes counted. (60% precincts reporting) — Top three win.
Sandra Maurer . . . 21.25% (993 votes)
James Woodruff . . . 19.38 % (906 votes)
Ian Hoff . . . 19.34% (904 votes)
Kyreen Jorgensen . . . 13.44% (628 votes)
Jill McLewis. . . 11.92% (557 votes)
Brandie L. Solovay . . . 7.15% (334 votes)
Erin Mitchell . . . 7.53% (352 votes)
WEST COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS & SCHOOL MEASURES
West Sonoma County Union High School District Board (WSCUHSD), Trustee Area 5 (Sebastopol-ish), Governing Board Member
1,745 votes counted. (75% of precincts reporting) — Simple majority.
Lewis Buchner . . . 70.37% (1,228 votes)
Dani Sheehan-Meyer (dropped out of the race) . . . 29.63% (517 votes)
Measure G — Renew $79 parcel tax for WSCUHSD for 8 years
11,175 votes counted. (56.79% of precincts reporting) — 2/3 needed to pass
Yes . . . 8,302 votes (74.29%)
No . . . 2,873 votes (25.71%)
Harmony Union School District, Governing Board Member
1,855 votes counted. (50% precincts reporting) Top three win.
Jacquelyn Wilson . . . 29.60% (549 votes)
Michael Podshadley . . . 20.32% (377 votes)
Tiffany Danielle Monroe . . . 25.98% (482 votes)
Jasmin Tokatlian . . . 24.20% (447 votes)
Twin Hills Union School District, Governing Board Member
2,407 votes counted. (62.5% precincts reporting) —Top three win.
Rebecca Houghton . . . 28.08% (676 votes)
Jeff Harding . . . 26.88% (647 votes)
Anna-Maria Guzman . . . 26.01% (626 votes)
John Moise . . . 19.03% (458 votes)
Monte Rio Union School District, Governing Board Member (Full Term)
456 votes counted. (42.86% precincts reporting) — Top two win.
Mike Wilder . . . 14.04% (64 votes)
Craig Baker . . . 38.38% (175 votes)
Melissa Frost . . . 47.59% (217 votes)
GOLD RIDGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DIRECTORS
19,629 votes counted. (56.36% precincts reporting) — Top four win.
David Warburg . . . 10.59% (2,078 votes)
Domenico Carinalli Jr . . . 8.41% (1,651 votes)
Steve E Petrucci . . . 9.92% (1,947votes)
Doug Jones . . . 10% (1,963 votes)
Tara Daniels . . . 13.42 % (2,634 votes)
Shannon J Shaffer-Killey . . . 14.55% (2,857 votes)
Robert Gloeckner . . . 7.88% (1,547 votes)
Kathleen Molloy Gilbraith . . . 12.14% (2,383 votes)
Christina Gibbs . . . 13.09% (2,569 votes)
COUNTYWIDE MEASURES
Sonoma County Parks Measure H
87,339 votes counted. (66% precincts reporting) — 2/3 needed to pass
Yes . . . 67,037 votes (76.75%)
No . . . 20,302 votes (23.25%)
Measure AB - Sonoma County Junior College District
85,951 votes counted. (66.33% precincts reporting) — 55% needed to pass
Yes . . . 55,856 votes (64.99%)
No . . . 30,095 (35.01%)
STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES representing Sebastopol and West County
From the California Secretary of State website
U.S. House of Representatives — District 1
As of Nov. 3, 8:55 pm — 47.6% of precincts partially reporting
Mike McGuire (D) . . . 58% (76,170 votes)
James Gallagher (R) . . . 42% (55,154 votes)
U.S. House of Representatives — District 2
As of Nov. 3, 8:55 pm — 62.4% of precincts partially reporting
Jared Huffman (D) . . . 75.4% (84,083 votes)
Robin Littau (R) . . . 24.6% (27,389 votes)
California State Senator — District 2
As of Nov. 3, 8:55 pm — 63.8% of precincts partially reporting
Damon Connolly (D) . . . 76.8% (130,016 votes)
Tief Gibbs (R) . . . 23.2% (39,339 votes)
Member of the State Assembly — District 2
As of Nov. 3, 8:55 pm — 53.1% of precincts partially reporting
Chris Rogers (D) . . . 72.3% (60,418 votes)
Michael Greer (R) . . . 27.7% (23,107 votes)
