County Supervisors
In the 4th District Supervisors race, with 100% of the precincts reporting, Greg Caput has beaten out incumbent Tony Campos with 51% of the vote, while Tony Campos received just less than 48% of the vote.
City Councils
Hilary Bryant, David Terrazas, and incumbent Lynn Robinson were the 3 candidates that voters elected to serve on the Santa Cruz City Council for 4 years; ….while in Capitola, Michael Termini, Stephanie Harlan, and incumbent Sam Storey were chosen to serve on the Capitola city council for the next 4 years.
In Watsonville, William “Bill” Neighbors ran un-opposed to become the new 3rd District City Councilman, while Eduardo Montesino won the 4th district seat with 41% of the vote, Daniel Dodge won the 5th District seat with nearly 58% of the vote, and incumbent Nancy Bilicich received 96% of the vote in her unopposed race for the 7th District seat.
Fire Districts
Rudy J. Cabigas and Joshua D. Warren were the top 2 vote getters for fire director in the Scotts Valley Fire Department; while in Ben Lomond that job will go to Morgan Scarborough and incumbent Dave Bingham. In the Central Fire Protection District incumbents Ron Pederson, Chantal Rose, and Gene Benson will keep doing their jobs. In the Aptos/La Selva incumbents Vincent Hurley and Jim B. Abendschan retained their jobs as Fire Directors.
Water Districts/Agencies
In the Lompico Water District Sherwin Gott and Shannar Abraham beat out incumbent Rob Hansel, while in the Central Water District, incumbents William “Doug” Sharp, Christy Leach Marani, and Carol H. Monkerud will continue doing their jobs, with no one added to (or subtracted from) that District. Incumbent Tess E. Fitzgerald handily beat out challenger John Wirth, to stay the Director of the Boulder Creek Parks and Recreation Department.
Education – Santa Cruz County +
In the Santa Cruz County Board of Education races Aaron Hinde appears to have won the trustee Area 1 seat, beating out George L. Martinez by just 21 votes, while in Trustee Area 7 Gina Locatelli handily beat out Robert Chacanaca.
In Scotts Valley, Art Bubb and John Abel won seats on the Scotts Valley Unified School District Governing Board
Donna Ziel beat out Robert Tosto to become the next Cabrillo College Governing Board Member for Trustee Area 1, while incumbent Alan J. Smith picked up 70% of the vote for the Trustee Area 6 seat.
In the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Kimberly A. de Serpa won the Trustee Area 1 seat, while incumbent William “Willie” Yahiro beat out challenger Connie M. Sauer for the Trustee Area 4 seat. In Trustee Area 5, incumbent Leslie L. de Rose maintained her place.
James D. Bresnahan , as well as incumbents Karen Palmer, and Michael Pisenti, won seats on the Live Oak Elementary School Board; while Jennifer Straw, Shannon Hickock and incumbent Mario Montana were chosen to be part of the Loma Prieta Joint Union School district.
Magdalena Medina and Jeffrey Hancock have been elected to 4-year-terms as Trustees of the Aromas/San Juan Unified School District, which includes portions of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. Bill Hunter was also elected to the District’s Board of Trustees, to serve a 2-year-term.
