The latest counts from the tightest races in San Diego County
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters released an updated count on Friday from all of the county election races. With 88,000 absentee and provisional ballots still to be counted, here are the latest results from some of the closest races:
Mayor of San Diego
Carl DeMaio’s lead over Bob Filner tightened. Both candidates will advance to the November general, but gap between the two has closed to within 1.86 percentage points.
DeMaio: 61,635 votes, 31.87% overall
Filner: 58,039 votes, 30.01% overall
Superior Court Office 34
As noted Thursday evening, prosecutor Garland Peed overtook birther lawyer Gary Kreep. Peed has extended his lead–and helped prevent San Diego from becoming a national embarrassment–from 154 votes to 1,093 votes.
Garland Peed: 165,360 votes, 50.17%
Gary Kreep: 164,267 votes, 49.83%
52nd Congressional District
Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray is still solidly in the lead, but the race to see who will be facing off with him in November is becoming clearer. Scott Peters held the slimmest of leads coming out of Tuesday’s election, and that lead has increased ever so slightly, from 790 votes as of Thursday evening’s registrar update to 954 votes as of the latest count.
Scott Peters: 27,803 votes, 22.72%
Lori Saldaña: 26,849 votes, 21.94%
Check the registrar’s website at SDVote.com for all county and statewide election results, and with the San Diego Free Press for the latest on the big races.
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I wonder what Scott Peters’ percentage would be if he hadn’t funneled millions of his own dollars into his campaign?
I’m proud of the work and recognition Saldaña got with her volunteer-run, small-dollar donation campaign. As someone fiercely in favor of getting money out of politics, it was really nice to see her put that into practice. She was hands down my first choice.
Having said that, if it comes down to Peters versus Brian Bilbray, and it looks like it will, I’m glad that Peters isn’t evil. Being pro-choice is meaningful, and from what I understand he’s supports environmental protection measures … though I’ve only gotten that from his campaign website, which I can only trust with a grain of salt.
We shall see.
Annie, He SAYS he’s an environmentalist, but he isn’t. When he was on the city council, he betrayed his constituents in District One by voting to put a roadway through Rose Canyon Open Space Park. He would never reveal what his vote would be on this extremely destructive environmental issue and he was asked his position many times. He hemmed and hawed and finally sided with the rich developers who wanted the roadway and bridge that would go right through the heart of this beautiful park. This road would block the migratory paths of dozens of animals and harm Rose Creek which flows into and helps clean Mission Bay. I don’t trust Scott Peters at all. Better than Bilbray? As you say, his pro-choice stance is very important. For that, he may get my vote. Haven’t decided yet. Still hoping that Lori will pull through.
I don’t think that Saldaña wanted a small-dollar, volunteer-run campaign; I believe that is what she got because of an inability to fundraise due to the circumstances of this race. She is a very liberal candidate (nothing wrong with that) running in a moderate district. I believe Scott Peters received more of the backing and donations because he has a better chance of ousting the extreme conservative Bilbray. Regardless of the outcome, I want to see a Dem in that seat next congress.