Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics


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11/22/2022
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From its earliest days, California's government has always had some unusual aspects.

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11/21/2022
As of Nov. 22, vote counts for all races were nearing the finish, but the final numbers will not be certified until Dec. 6.

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11/21/2022
While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year’s midterm elections, California quietly reached its own.

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11/20/2022
Though planners did work on the downtown Santa Cruz library/housing/parking structure before the Measure O vote, construction probably won’t begin for four years.

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11/18/2022
The midterm election is behind us and true to form the race in Capitola is close and too early to call.

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11/17/2022
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California has expanded voting access and participation, but that can delay election results. Are there ways to count votes faster without undermining election security?

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11/16/2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not seek to lead House Democrats for another term, but will remain in Congress.

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11/15/2022
Democrat Malia Cohen has won the race for California controller, beating out a Republican who gave his party its best shot in years to end its losing streak in statewide elections.

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11/15/2022
Santa Cruz County Clerk Tricia Webber said she plans to do a manual tally of three November general election contests separated by a thin margin.

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11/15/2022
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As election results roll in, one thing is clear: The makeup of Santa Cruz County’s elected leadership at the state and county levels is changing.

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11/11/2022
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WATSONVILLE—Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Jennifer Schacher, who has held the Trustee Area 5 seat since she was elected in 2018, has closed the gap between herself and opponent Olivia Flores since early returns began to come in Tuesday night. Flores is ahead by 66 votes, giving her just over 52% of 1,410 votes, [...]

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11/11/2022
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Felipe Hernandez, the former mayor of Watsonville, has increased his lead on Jimmy Dutra in the race for the 4th District seat on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.

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11/10/2022
With the latest results released at 4 p.m. on Nov. 11 by the Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office, more than half of the votes are now in. The count continues with the next results released Monday afternoon.

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11/10/2022
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Watsonville’s half-cent sales tax increase had formidable support from voters in initial results, amassing 64.67% of the 3,151 votes tallied as of Wednesday morning.

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11/10/2022
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Along with the Derek Timm-Allan Timms slate’s strong performance at the polls, both of the Scotts Valley Unified School District Board candidates they supported appeared poised for victory.

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11/09/2022
Sit tight, Central Valley voters. Like the rest of the country anxiously awaiting final counts in key House and Senate races, voters in District 13, which spans five counties and 150 miles, have become an unlikely focus of the day-after drama of a midterm election battle for Congress that nobody predicted would be this close.

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11/09/2022
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Incumbent Democrat Congressman will likely defeat Republican opponent Jeff Gordon.

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11/09/2022
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Early results show residents support higher taxes on overnight lodging.