15th SENATE DISTRICT - unofficial election results - 08/18/10 04:55 S.S.
THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS, OF YESTERDAY’S RUN-OFF ELECTION (IN THE 15TH SENATE DISTRICT) ARE IN. REPUBLICAN SAM BLAKESLEE APPEARS TO HAVE WON (WITH 48.8 PERCENT OF THE VOTE), WHILE DEMOCRAT JOHN LAIRD RECEIVED 44.1 PERCENT. INDEPENDENT JIM FITZGERALD GOT 5.1 PERCENT, AND LIBERTARIAN MARK HINKLE PICKED UP THE REMAINING 2.0 PERCENT. THIS SPECIAL ELECTION WAS HELD TO FILL THE SEAT VACATED BY ABEL MALDONADO, (WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA).
THE 15TH DISTRICT SENATOR REPRESENTS PORTIONS OF SANTA CLARA, SANTA CRUZ, MONTEREY, SAN LUIS OBISPO, AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.