Ryan Byrne
Intern
As of 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 10,000 provisional and 1,000 mail in ballots remain to be
counted, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office.
Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer said all votes are expected to be tabulated by the Dec. 7 deadline set by California law. Under the law, known as the “Official Canvass,”
county elections officials must report final results to the Secretary of State by Dec. 7.
While many have expressed concerns over their votes being counted, Spencer said that it
typically takes anywhere from 28-30 days to finish tabulating and certifying election results.
With the deadline looming, Spencer said that they are on track to have all votes accounted for by the deadline.
Spencer said the county begins releasing election results as early as 8 p.m. – beginning with early arriving vote-by-mail ballots – on election night.
After the polls close, the Registrar’s office begins to count the ballots received Monday, Nov. 5 and Tuesday, Nov. 6, Spencer explained. Ballots are signature checked against voter registration cards and sliced open by hand to prepare for machine counting. All votes for the Nov. 6 election had to be postmarked by election day and received by Friday, Nov. 9 to be counted.
For final election coverage see the Dec. 14 edition of Valley News or visit www.myvalleynews.com.
Kim Harris contributed to this report.
Ryan Byrne can be reached by email at valleystaff@reedermedia.com.
Local Races
Riverside County Sheriff
Chad Bianco – 41.84%
Stan Sniff (I) – 58.16%
Riverside County Supervisor
District 5
Jeff Hewitt – 51.7%
Russ Bogh –48.3%
Temecula City Council
District 1:
Matt Rahn (I) – 70.84%
Mayra Garcia – 29.16%
District 3:
Maryann Edwards (I) – 41.35%
Michael McCracken – 28.55%
Adam Rideau – 30.10%
District 5:
Zak Schwank – 54.41%
Martha Howard – 45.59%
Murrieta City Council
District 1:
Jonathan Ingram (I) – 62.79%
Steve Espinoza – 37.21%
District 2:
Christi White – 43.7%
Joshua Knight – 24.88%
Harry Ramos – 21.4%
Ryan Haggerty – 10.34%
District 5:
Scott Vinton – 100.00%
Warren Konitshek – 0%
Menifee City Council
District 4:
Dean Deines – 50.84%
Gloria Sanchez – 49.16%
Lake Elsinore City Council
District 3:
Tim Sheridan – 71.66%
Daryl Hickman (I) – 28.34%
Wildomar City Council
District 3:
Joseph Morabito – 57.70%
Timothy Walker (I) – 42.30%
Hemet City Council
District 2:
Russ Brown (I) – 58.80%
Stacie Olson – 41.20%
District 5:
Linda Krupa (I) – 54.02%
Doug Arent – 45.98%
Canyon Lake
(Top two win seats on council)
Jeremy Smith – 40.46%
Kasey Castillo – 26.96%
Vicki Warren – 18.21%
Dawn Haggerty – 14.37%
San Jacinto City Council
(Top two win seats on council)
Alonso Ledezma (I) – 21.21%
Joel Lopez – 22.18%
Brian Reaser – 15.79%
Jeremy Fontes – 15.00%
Steven Di Memmo – 13.56%
Mikel C. Van Der Linden – 12.26%
School Boards
TVUSD
Trustee Area 2:
Sandy Hinkson (I) – 58.85%
Cheryl Eckard – 41.15%
Trustee Area 3:
Barbara Brosch – 49.65%
Ronald L. Prentice – 20.09%
Veronica Godina – 16.85%
Dominic Carcioppolo III – 16.11%
Trustee Area 4:
Adam Skumawitz – 34.49%
Dian Martin – 30.13%
Kevin Hill (I) – 24.34%
Ryan Blair – 11.03%
MVUSD
Trustee Area 2:
Kristine A. Thomasian (I) – 50.78%
Nada Higuera – 49.22%
Trustee Area 4:
Linda Lunn (I) – 65.84%
Douglass Gibbs – 34.16%
MUSD
Trustee Area 3:
J. Kyle Root – 79.41%
Jason Rider – 20.59%
Trustee Area 4:
Jackie Johansen – 67.44%
Dennis Silva – 32.56%
Trustee Area 5:
William Hoag – 34.45%
Kenyon W. Jenkins – 21.45%
Debbi Manion – 20.66%
Jerry Bowman – 14.55%
Joe Long – 8.89%
LEUSD
Trustee Area 5:
Christopher McDonald – 59.08%
Steven Wood (I) – 40.92%
HUSD
Trustee Area 3:
Rob Davis – 36.58%
Horacio Valenzuela (I) – 24.78%
Adam McQueen – 20.68%
Jamie Swain – 17.96%
SJUSD
Trustee Area 4:
Jasmine Rubio (I) – 53.91%
Eloy Castro – 46.09%
Local Measures
Murrieta
Measure T – Yes: 52.38% No: 47.62%
Menifee
Measure I – Yes: 55.7% No: 44.3%
Measure J – Yes: 71.33% No: 28.66%
Wildomar
Measure AA – Yes: 58.60% No: 41.40%
Hemet
Measure X – Yes: 63.71% No: 36.29%
Measure Y – Yes: 37.05% No: 62.95%
Measure Z – Yes: 52.39% No: 47.61
Canyon Lake
Measure S – Yes: 76.78% No: 23.22%
State Races
Governor:
Gavin Newsom – 61.9%
John Cox – 38.1%
Lt. Governor
Eleni Kounalakis – 56.5%
Ed Hernandez – 43.5%
Secretary of State
Alex Padilla (I) – 64.4%
Mark Meuser – 35.6%
U.S. Senator
Dianne Feinstein (I) – 54.2%
Kevin DeLeon – 45.8%
U.S. Representative 36th District
Raul Ruiz (I) – 58.7%
Kimberlin Brown Pelzer – 41.3%
U.S. Representative 42nd District
Ken Calvert (I) – 56.7%
Julia Peacock – 43.3%
U.S. Representative 50th District
Duncan Hunter (I) – 51.8%
Ammar Campa-Najjar – 48.2%
State Senator 28th District
Jeff Stone (I) – 51.9%
Joy Silver – 48.1%
State Assembly 67th District
Melissa Melendez (I) – 61.1%
Michelle Singleton – 38.9%
State Assembly 75th District
Marie Waldron (I) – 56.5%
Alan Geraci – 43.5%
State Ballot Propositions
Prop 1 – Yes: 56.2% No: 43.8%
Prop 2 – Yes: 63.4% No: 36.6%
Prop 3 – Yes: 49.3% No: 50.7%
Prop 4 – Yes: 62.7% No: 37.3%
Prop 5 – Yes: 40.2% No: 59.8%
Prop 6 – Yes: 43.2% No: 56.8%
Prop 7 – Yes: 58.6% No: 41.1%
Prop 8 – Yes: 40.0% No: 60.0%
Prop 10 – Yes: 40.5% No: 59.5%
Prop 11 – Yes: 59.7% No: 40.3%
Prop 12 – Yes: 62.6% No: 37.4%
