2024 Election Results

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Update Nov. 6: Francisco Diaz, the San Benito County registrar of voters, told BenitoLink that the results released around midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 5, included returns from all of the voting centers in the county and all the mail-in ballots that were received as of that day.

Throughout the week, more mail-in ballots will be coming in and his staff will continue the count. He expects that the final results will not be available until Dec. 4.

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BenitoLink reporters were in the field and online election night monitoring local races and initiatives and filing live updates.

Update Nov. 5, 12:12 p.m. – Trends set earlier in the evening continue

Challenger Roxanne Stephens holds an almost 2:1 lead against incumbent Hollister Mayor Mia Casey, 4,085 -2,294. City Council Member Rick Perez has not gained any ground in his battle against challenger Rudy Picha, who is leading 1.023-415.

City Council Member Tim Burns is in a tight race with challenger Priscilla De Anda. Only five votes separate them, and De Anda has the lead, with 971 votes.

Scott Freels and Jose Aranda have swept the vote in the San Juan Bautista City Council election, with 257 and 250 votes, respectively. 

Yes on Measure A continues to lead, with 6,841 votes to 5,998 for the No campaign. 

Both San Benito High School District bonds have been trailing all night, but voters have favored the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District bond, with 892 yes votes to 617 no votes. 

Measure X has been too close to call all evening. It is down by 101 votes, with 6,102 yes votes against 6,203 no votes.

No news yet in San Juan Bautista

The votes from San Juan Bautista arrived at the county’s Election Department at 10:40 pm. Here, they are being audited before going through the counting machine.

Early results show Measure A ahead, Hollister Mayor significantly behind

In an election characterized by a barrage of personal attacks and misinformation, several of the biggest targets are behind in votes, and the hard-contested Measure A is ahead. While it is still too soon to call the official results, early results are often a forerunner of the final tally.

Hollister Mayor: The first results show Hollister mayoral incumbent Mia Casey with 1,612 votes with her challenger, Roxanne Stephens holding 2,766. 5,714 votes have been counted against a total of the 22,825 registered voters in Hollister.

Hollister City Council District 1: Challenger Rudy Picha has more than twice the votes as incumbent Rick Perez, 786-327.

Measure A: The measure that would require any county development to be voted on by residents before being submitted to the planning commission and the board of supervisors is edging towards passage, with 5,525 yes votes to 4,920 no votes.

Hollister School District Bonds: Both bond measures for the district are trailing with voters, however the vote is still tight.

Measure X – San Benito Health Care: With 4,916 yes votes to 5,082 no votes, the race is too close to call.

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“No on A” campaign: “disappointed but hopeful”

California Transportation commissioner and “No” campaign spokesman Bob Tiffany told BenitoLink he feels “disappointed with the initial round of results.” With 28% of the votes counted, Yes on Measure A is ahead by more than 600 votes.

Tiffany said the campaign feels “hopeful” and that it’s still “premature to assess where we are right now with only a third of the votes counted”

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“Dialogue will continue, regardless of the outcome for Measures L and M,” SBHS Superintendent Shawn Tennenbaum

With 28% of the votes counted, Measures L and M are on track to not being approved. Measure L is down by nearly 800 votes and M by nearly 600.

San Benito High School District Superintendent Dr. Shawn Tennenbaum told BenitoLink “it’s too early to read too much into the results.”

“I am especially pleased that we were able to have, through community town halls and K-8 elementary school listening sessions in English and Spanish, a dialogue with community members about the needs of this district and the process we used to find a solution to meet those needs,” he said. “That dialogue will continue, regardless of the outcome for Measures L and M.”

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“Measure X will fail overwhelmingly,” Rob Bernosky

The campaign against Measure X is meeting at the house of Rob Bernosky, who’s running for the Hollister School District. Bernosky told BenitoLink they believe Measure X will not pass.

“I’ve been walking with nurses and interacting with the community and I’ve seen how people want to keep Hazel Hawkins public,” he said.

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“Yes on Measure A” campaign feels “cautiously optimistic”

Jessica Wohlander, the spokesperson for Measure A, told BenitoLink they feel “cautiously optimistic” with the first round of results. With 28% of the votes counted, “Yes” is winning by more than 600 votes.

“This is still early reporting,” Wohlander said. “We have to see what happens, but putting land-use decisions in the hands of voters would be really game changing.”

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Hollister, Insight waits for results on Measure X

Insight Healthcare Group, the company that would be allowed to lease and potentially buy Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital if Measure X passes, told BenitoLink, that they “ trust the community will make the best decision however the results turn out.”
Insight gave the “Yes on X” campaign $75,000, as we reported yesterday. “We provided support to the ballot measure committee so that voters would have information about their options,” the company said.

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Hollister, “No” on A watch party at Strada Verde

The committee Neighbors to Preserve San Benito, which runs the campaign against Measure A, is having a watch party at Strada Verde. Anthony Botelho, who is part of the campaign, told BenitoLink they feel “confident” about the results.

“We have the support of both the Republican and the Democrat party, of businesses and unions, of professors and students,” Botelho said. “We’ve seen a lot of support from members of the community.”

Mayor Mia Casey and city council member Rick Perez were also at the party.

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Democracy in action at the Community Foundation.