California Municipal Tuesday is over. With the November sights, candidates had a few brief moments to celebrate or reflect on what went wrong, before regrouping and campaigning for the general election, which is now just 150 days away. Winners – and losers – quickly emerged across California and the Sacramento area on a low turnout election day. Here are some of Tuesday night.
WINNER
Gavin Newsom – again. Less than a year after California voters categorically rejected a $ 200 million withdrawal attempt in September to replace the governor, Newsom received 56 percent of the vote Tuesday night. He will face Republican Sen. Brian Dahl in November.
LOST
Sacramento Italians seek senior office. Either the independent effort of Sacramento County Attorney Anne Marie Schubert to become California’s next attorney general, or Sacramento County Conservative Sheriff Scott Jones in Congress, his top two law enforcement campaigns for law enforcement and order struggled on a difficult night at the polls. .
WINNER
Another Jones – Placer County Democrat Kermit Jones, who passed the Sacramento County legislature to the top of the 3rd congressional district with 39 percent of the vote, will face Trump-backed Republican Republican Rep. Kili in November, in a contest that could somehow test Placer’s reputation as a credible red pocket.
WINNER
Sacramento County Assistant Attorney General Thien Ho, with his historic election victory to become the first Asian-American Sacramento County Attorney and the first colored man to ever lead the office. One of the prosecutors selected to oust Golden State assassin and East Defender Joseph DeAngelo, Ho had a strong lead over progressive Sacramento County Attorney and Lawyer Alana Mathews in a run-off public safety after two mass shootings. and spikes in violent crime. “The community has spoken,” Ho said Tuesday night. “They want an experienced prosecutor.”
LOSER
Davis developers. Voters were well on their way to rejecting Davis Measure H, the plan to annex more than 100 acres east of Davis to a planned “innovation center” for research, office, residential and retail space near Mace Boulevard and Interstate 80. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Developers offered a smaller footprint – cut housing and commercial space – but Davis voters, historically skeptical of growth and deeply concerned about traffic congestion on an already clogged I-80 runway, were not convinced.
WINNER
The teacher who can be found in a November competition with incumbent Tony Thermont to become the next public education overseer in California. She is a teacher at the San Francisco Public School and administrator Ainye Long. In an Instagram message from her car Wednesday, she sounded as surprised as she would expect any near-unbelievable long shot without a war chest running for office against a well-funded establishment. “It’s still early,” Long said, “but we are officially in second place. However, it is still early, so keep going. Keep coming. “ Long’s campaign won 11.7% of the vote. That’s enough, so far, for a showdown with Thermond, who, despite endorsements from the Democratic Party of California and the mighty California Teachers’ Union, has raised $ 1.5 million in cash for the campaign. , managed about 46% of the vote as of Wednesday.
WINNERS
Candidates based in Elk Grove. Elk Grove had a great night on Tuesday, feeding the first runners in races for sheriff, U.S. Congress, state assembly and county overseer as ballot boxes closed Tuesday. Elk Grove assembler and 30-year-old Sheriff Jim Cooper was poised to make history as Sacramento County’s first black sheriff as he held the lead over Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Barnes. In the 10th District Assembly, Elk Grove City Councilor and nonprofit executive Stephanie Nguyen was the top candidate and Sacramento City Council candidate Eric Guerra in a tough fight that led to November. Elk Grove’s longtime county supervisor candidates, Pat Hume, and Elk Grove-based Cosmnes Community Services Director Jaclyn Moreno finished one-two and will fight in November for the open position in the county’s fifth district. of southern Sacramento. And, Ami Bera spokesman D-Elk Grove comfortably topped a list of predominantly Republican challengers for his 6th Congressional District seat.
LOSER
The turnout of voters. Turnout was a sad 18% across the state as of Friday afternoon, according to the California State Department’s Office. just 20% in Sacramento County. Workers at San Joaquin County polling stations could have taken leave at night. Only 6% of San Joaquin County voters voted. Turnout in Placer County was 14%. Participation in El Dorado and Yolo counties was strong compared to 26% and 23% respectively. Related stories from the Sacramento Bee Darrell Smith is a reporter for The Sacramento Bee’s Elk Grove. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked for newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville and lives in Elk Grove.
