Some San Diego Primary Election Results Are Changing – Pease Inches Closer to Campbell in District 2 Balloting

By Colleen Cochran

You know the 2018 San Diego County Primary Election is not officially over, don’t you? As of Tuesday evening, June 19, roughly 15,000 ballots are left to be counted.

The results first announced after election day, which was held June 5, 2018, reflected votes compiled from precinct ballots, as well as those from mail-in ballots received early by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters.

Tallies of mail-in ballots dropped off at the polls were completed late last week. Only the provisional ballots remain uncounted.

Said Michael Vu, Registrar of Voters:

“The results announced on election night can, and have, changed.”

Thus far, election results have changed in two races:

Since election night, in the competition for Board of Trustees of San Diego Community College District E, Sean Elo, a nonprofit policy director, has moved into the second-place slot. If he remains in that position, he will be eligible to run in the general election.

Although Rafael A. Perez, Cuyamaca College professor, has moved down to third place, he is a hairsbreadth away from regaining his slot. David Alvarez, presently San Diego City Councilman, remains the solid victor in the race.

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SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT E

June 5, 2018 Election Night Results:

Candidate Name                                     Total Votes                 Percentage

DAVID ALVAREZ                                          6,378                         47.74%

RAFAEL A. PEREZ                                       2,757                         20.63%

SEAN ELO                                                        2,681                         20.07%

June 19, 2018 Results:

Candidate Name                                     Total Votes                 Percentage

DAVID ALVAREZ                                        10,394                         46.65%

SEAN ELO                                                       4,791                         21.50%

RAFAEL A. PEREZ                                         4,689                         21.04%

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The outcome of Measure B for National City has also changed. The election night results indicated a Yes vote in favor of repealing the existing term limits for the mayor and imposing new limits of two consecutive four-year terms on the mayor, city council members, city clerk, and city treasurer.

As of June 19, 2018, the vote is No for this initiative.

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MEASURE B – City of National City Repealing Existing Three 4 Yr. Terms

June 5, 2018 Election Night Results:

Total Vote                                                    Total Votes                 Percentage

YES                                                                1,999                            50.62%

NO                                                                  1,950                            49.38%

June 19, 2018 Results:

Total Vote                                                    Total Votes                 Percentage

NO                                                                  3,051                            51.30%

YES                                                                2,896                            48.70%

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Here are a few races to watch closely:

San Diego City Council District 2

Bryan Pease, an environmental attorney, has inched closer to surpassing Jennifer Campbell, a doctor. On election day, he was down by 2.9%. By Tuesday, the difference between the two candidates was only 1.55%. So it is possible he could move from third place to surpass Campbell in the District 2 City Council election. Either way, one of them will face incumbent Lorie Zapf as she leads this race.

I personally believe Pease is best-equipped to protect the ocean communities’ environment.

San Diego City Council District 4

While both Myrtle Cole and Monica Montgomery are both certain to move on to the general election for San Diego City Council District 4, it will be interesting to see who comes out first. Cole was in the lead with 39.03% of the vote on election night, while Montgomery held 37.72%. As of Tuesday evening, Cole held 38.95% of votes; while Montgomery was at 38.62%.

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Trustee Area 5

While Public school teacher, Linda Cartwright, earned 51.93% of the votes, and clearly holds the lead in the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Trustee Area 5 race. The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District election calls for the top two candidates to go to a runoff in November, regardless of the vote count.

she’ll have to retain more than 50% of the vote in order to avoid having to compete in an at-large runoff. Any candidate who holds more than 50% of the vote in this election becomes the automatic officeholder. (For San Diego Community College, however, the top two candidates will runoff in November.)

Counting of provisional ballots continues.

It’s a more a tedious process because these ballots were cast by voters whose names were not on the registration list at the polling place where they chose to vote. Their registrations need to be confirmed. Voters who typically vote by mail, but who, instead, voted at the polling place, also cast provisional ballots.

I actually went to the registrar to watch the process. Any member of the public can do so. What I saw were rows of quiet, focused registrar workers holding ballots and methodically checking that information listed on the ballot matched what they saw on their computer screen.

The San Diego County Primary Election results should be finalized in a just a few days. You can check the results, which update every evening, here.