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With approximately 83% of the vote counted, Cindy Wolf has received 5,861 votes (52.94%) and holds a 682 vote lead over incumbent Rick Hughes (5,179 votes, 46.78%) in the race for the District 2 County Council seat.
- Cindy Wolf 5,861 votes (52.94%)
- Rick Hughes 5,179 votes (46.78%)
In the race for the District 1 seat, Christine Minney with 5,559 votes (51.22%) holds a 291 vote lead over Ryan Palmateer (5,268, 48.54%).
- Christine Minney 5,559 votes (51.22%)
- Ryan Palmateer 5,268 votes (48.54%)
Also on the ballot is the election of six District 2 members to the Charter Review Commission. The current vote count is as follows:
- Olivia Roseberry 2,445 votes
- Janet Brownell 2,419
- Kevin Ranker 2,179
- Anne Marie Shanks 1,967
- Sharon Abreu 1,870
- Tony P Ghazel 1,736
- Minor Lile 1,694
- Greg Ayers 1,505
- D.N. Kinsey 1,265
Tim Blanchard and Margaret Manning were also on the ballot, but had withdrawn prior to the election.
A total of 12,122 ballots have been tabulated with an estimated 2,000 remaining to be counted. The next ballot count is expected at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4.
Results for all of the November 3 general election races in San Juan County are available HERE.
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That looks like an insurmountable lead for Cindy Wolf!
San Juan County. Where the #metoo movement went to die.
Perhaps. And I like Cindy Wolf’s position on VRs, but Hughes overall got my vote. But your blue wave never came, Riordan. We will see what happens with the Presidential election. Lots of fishy things going on including Michigan State local election results (link gets censored on this site) results that show Trump at 51.07% and Biden at 47.35%, yet national has called the state for Biden. That plus 100K+ ballot dump for 100% Biden in Michigan. But one thing is clear: voters have rejected the notion that this election was a rebuke of President Trump. That is called a Red Wave. We are energized like you cannot believe. Got it? Senate is secure; House will be secure in two years. We reject defunding the police. We reject increase in taxes, excess regulations, and government attacks on small business. We stand for freedom, equality, and government obedience to the constitution. Period. See you soon.
Senate is secure? Your post-election statements are as inaccurate as your pre-election ones—including the unsubstantiated conspiracy stories.
In summary, this is where we are: No waves. A Democratic President with a close to four million vote plurality, a Democratic House majority, and a Senate in play. An almost equally divided electorate.
Good heavens! Blue or Red “Waves”; Repubs vs Dems, “liberals” vs “conservatives” – buzzwords for propaganda meant to divide us, and it’s working beautifully. The article reported a current factual vote count in SJC – NOT the Presidential race. The first comment stated, factually, that it looked like one of the local candidates would win. Then, things derailled.
“Where the #me too movement went to die” – what does that comment mean? Is she saying that women should be silenced on speaking out about sexual harassment or molestation? Is calling someone by their last name to make their points in a threatening tone, acceptable behavior? Is a 50-50 vitriolic and divide in our country something to be proud of, regardless of which orchestrated-by-the-.01% “side” of this coin one is on?
FACTS on vote-purging: 28 million voters in the USA were purged from their right to vote; most of them progressives, young voters, non-whites, and people from cities, whose issues are not being represented, though their populations are greatest.
FACTS: We’re still committing local and global ecocide daily. The planet burns and floods, and over 200 species a day are going extinct:
Here’s a hashtag for us all in the midst of our infighting and prejudices based on lies we’re swallowing from “on high:” #We’re all guilty! #ME too! Let’s wake up, shall we? We have a lot to do to try to heal the divide and the planet; starting right here.
Congratulations, Cindy, on your victory, as easily projected on November 4.
And how could “Sharon Donague” have voted for Rick, when there’s nobody registered under that name in the county–or state, for that matter?
A case of ballot fraud?