Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
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Supporters of Measure B, the half-cent countywide sales tax, declared victory as the measure widened its lead, with revenue slated for Tijuana River sewage cleanup, public health and wildfire prevention starting April 2027.
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San Diego Unified School District is asking Subdistrict D residents to share priorities for the Board's appointment of a new trustee to replace Richard Barrera, who won the State Superintendent race. A community town hall is set for Nov. 18 at Hoover High School, and an online feedback form is also available.
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San Diego Unified's $3.5 billion school bond, Measure M, holds 64.86% support in early vote counts, well above the 55% threshold needed to pass. The measure would extend the district's existing property tax rate and fund repairs and upgrades across more than 200 campuses, including La Jolla schools.
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San Diego County's Measure B, a half-cent sales tax increase, leads with about 51.6% of the vote and a roughly 23,500-vote margin as of Nov. 5, though more than 500,000 ballots remain to be counted. If approved, the permanent tax would raise an estimated $400 million to $450 million a year for healthcare, sewage cleanup and public safety.
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Rep. Scott Peters won reelection in California's 50th Congressional District with about 61% of the vote, defeating Republican Steve Cohen. His victory is part of a historic sweep giving Democrats all five San Diego County congressional seats for the first time.
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State Sen. Steve Padilla is projected to win re-election in Senate District 18, the sprawling district south and east of La Jolla. His stated priorities, including the Tijuana River sewage crisis and housing costs, carry regional implications for San Diego's coast.
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NICU nurse Martha Abraham held a 1,585-vote lead over incumbent Henry Foster III in San Diego City Council District 4 after Election Day counting finished Nov. 3, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. About 540,000 ballots remain to be counted countywide.
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The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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Hayden Gore, a middle school teacher who ran unopposed, will join the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education representing coastal District C, replacing outgoing Trustee Cody Petterson. Trustee Shana Hazan won reelection in District B.
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San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert declared victory over San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond in the 48th Congressional District race on election night, putting the county on track for an all-Democratic House delegation for the first time.
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Democrats break Republican strongholds in Senate and governor races. Dems likely to control both chambers of Congress.
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The U.S. Department of Justice deployed approximately 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states on Nov. 3, 2026, including San Diego County, where plainclothes observers visited roughly 40 to 50 vote centers to check compliance with federal accessibility and language laws.