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This election promises to be a historic one for much of San Luis Obispo County.

Throughout the county, mayors and city council members are battling it out to see who will lead their respective cities, while a slew of others attempt to make it onto local community service, school or community college district boards.

The county also has a number of local sales tax measures on the ballot.

Though election results could take up to several weeks to certify, The Tribune is publishing the latest results on Election Night as they happen.

The list below includes the final unofficial election results. Results could change over the coming days as more mail-in and provisional ballots are counted.

Atascadero: Moreno, Bourbeau re-elected in Atascadero; one seat up for grabs

Heather Moreno has won a second term as Atascadero mayor, with Charles Bourbeau likely taking the top spot in the City Council race, according to final unofficial election results.

Mark Dariz and Tori Keen were neck-and-neck in the race for the second council seat, with Dariz narrowly in the lead.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article246915797.html.

Cambria: Farmer, Dean secure firm leads

With final unofficial election night results in soon after 11 p.m., board president Harry Farmer and challenger Karen Dean retained their firm leads in the race to fill seats on the Cambria Community Services District board of directors.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246897012.html

Grover Beach: incumbents hold onto seats, Miller and Robert join Council

With the final unofficial round of election results in, Jeff Lee, Karen Bright, Anna Miller and Robert Robert all seemed to be heading for election in the open Grover Beach mayor and City Council seats.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246911642.html.

Morro Bay: Headding, Davis, Barton ahead in unofficial election results

Unofficial final election returns showed John Headding ahead in the race for Morro Bay mayor, while Robert “Red” Davis and Laurel Barton were in the lead for two open seats on the Morro Bay City Council.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246789542.html

Paso Robles: Fred Strong wins District 4 council seat

Councilman Fred Strong won his bid to become Paso Robles’ District 4 council member in the city’s first by-district elections in its history, according to final unofficial election results.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article246915792.html.

Pismo Beach: Waage, Newton and Guthrie; Howell out

With the final unofficial election results in, Ed Waage, Scott Newton and Marcia Guthrie appeared to have secured their spots in the race for Pismo Beach mayor and City Council.

If these election results hold over the coming days, long-time councilman Erik Howell has been unseated from the City Council.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246911682.html.

San Luis Obispo: Harmon re-elected; Pease and Marx lead for City Council

With final unofficial election results in, incumbent San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon kept her seat by a large margin, while incumbent Councilwoman Andy Pease and former city mayor Jan Marx were ahead in the race for the two open seats on the City Council.

Read more here >>>https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246789437.html.

CSDs, school boards and more

For final unofficial results on Community Service District elections, read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246850312.html

For final unofficial results on school boards, read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246911372.html

For final unofficial results on school bond measures, read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246911387.html

For final unofficial results on sales tax measures, read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246850357.html

California State Assembly, 35th District: Cunningham holding lead

In the election for the Central Coast’s state Assembly seat, incumbent Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham maintained a narrow lead over challenger Dawn Addis.

As of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, Cunningham had 51.3% of the vote compared to Addis’ 48.7%, including mail-in votes and with 73% of precincts reporting, according the California Secretary of State reports.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246818207.html.

California State Senate, 17th District: Laird heading for win

In the race for the 17th State Senate District, Democrat John Laird of Santa Cruz, the state’s former natural resources secretary, was headed to a convincing win over Republican opponent and Carmel businesswoman Vicki Nohrden, 68.4% to 31.6%.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246818207.html.

U.S. House of Representatives, 24th District: Carbajal on way to re-election

In the race for the 24th Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Salud Carbajal was on his way to re-election Tuesday night over Republican challenger Andy Caldwell.

Read more here >>> https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/election/article246818622.html.

This story was originally published November 3, 2020 at 9:03 PM.

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Kaytlyn Leslie
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Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.
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