Adam Hill jumps ahead of Stacy Korsgaden in SLO County’s District 3 supervisor race
The latest vote totals released Friday in San Luis Obispo County’s Board of Supervisors race reveal a new leader in one district and a winner in another.
The biggest change from the new numbers is in District 3, where Supervisor Adam Hill now holds a slight lead over challenger Stacy Korsgaden, after Korsgaden led at the end of counting Tuesday night.
On Friday, Hill rebounded with 51% of the vote, compared with Korsgaden’s 49% — a lead of only 391 votes.
With 3,315 votes remaining to be counted in District 3, the race for who will represent the South County and San Luis Obispo district remains far from decided.
Meanwhile, in the District 1 race, Supervisor John Peschong locked up his re-election by maintaining his commanding lead over Democratic challenger Stephanie Shakofsky, with 66% (10,782 votes) compared with Shakofsky’s 34% (5,468).
With only 2,593 votes remaining to be counted in that district, Shakofsky will not be able to make up the deficit.
In the District 5 race, Debbie Arnold moved closer to victory even as her lead narrowed a bit. Arnold is now ahead 55% (9,585 votes) to Democratic challenger Ellen Beraud’s 46% (7,989 votes) — but with 3,955 votes still remaining to be counted in the district, it’s still mathematically possible Beraud could make up the distance and oust Arnold from the seat.
Meanwhile in Oceano, the community service district’s fire tax was close, but not yet all the way, to securing its passing.
As of Friday’s count, 65.5% of voters had voted “yes” on the district’s Measure A-20, but it needs roughly 67% for approval. Only about 236 votes remain to be counted in that race, according to the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.
The County Clerk-Recorder’s Office said 72,390 ballots were processed Tuesday night. An additional 7,974 were counted on Friday.
That leaves more than 16,500 ballots yet to be counted. The next count is expected to take place Monday.
Final results for the election could take up to three weeks past election night to be confirmed.
This story was originally published March 6, 2020 at 5:21 PM.
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