The Santa Barbara County Elections Office certified results Friday for the March 5 election, and there were no changes in major races from previous ballot counts.
The First District – Santa Barbara to Carpinteria, and also Cuyama – had the highest voter turnout, likely because of the competitive county supervisor race.
Overall turnout was 41.9%, but the First District race between incumbent Das Williams and challenger Roy Lee had 47.3% turnout among registered voters.
Lee pulled out a victory with almost 51% of the vote – which represented 565 more votes than Williams.
Lee is a Carpinteria city councilman and restaurant owner, and Williams has been an elected official for about 20 years, including time at the Santa Barbara City Council, State Assembly, and County Board of Supervisors.
The other two districts with supervisorial races also reported higher-than-average voter turnout.
Supervisors Joan Hartmann and Bob Nelson easily won re-election in the Third District and Fourth District, respectively.
The four-year terms start in 2025 for all three supervisors elected to their seats in March.
Certified March 5 Election Results
First District Supervisor: Roy Lee won with 50.9% of the vote over Das Williams
Third District Supervisor: Joan Hartmann won with 58.8% of the vote over Frank Troise and Jenelle Osborne
Fourth District Supervisor: Bob Nelson won with 75% of the vote over Krishna Flores
Measure A City of Santa Barbara (charter amendment for public works contracts): Pass, with 73.3% support
Democratic County Central Committee
First District (seven elected): Oscar Gutierrez, Charlotte A. Gullap-Moore; Christian Alonso; David Atkins; Gail Teton-Landis, Gabe Escobedo, Michael Nelson.
Second District (six elected): Jonathan Abboud; Hillary Blackerby; Daraka Larimore-Hall; Esther “EJ” Borah; Darcel Elliott; Joanne Meade Young.
Third District (four elected): Bill Rosen; David Silva; Leilanie Rubinstein; Jaime Tinoco.
Republican County Central Committee
First District (four elected): Nicolas Sebastian; Bobbi McGinnis; Cheryl Trosky; Delcie Feller.
Second District (four elected): James Fenkner, Christy Lozano, Greg S. Hammel, Jim Worthen.
Third District (five elected): Tom Widroe; Caroline Abate; J. Brett Marymee; Kathleen Grace-Velasquez; Carol J. Redhead.
Green County Council (countywide, one candidate for seven positions): Leo Raabe elected.
Primary election for 24th District Congressional race: Salud Carbajal and Thomas Cole will be on the November general election ballot for the seat. Carbajal had 54.3% of the vote in the primary, Cole had 36.6% and Helena Pasquarella had 8.9%.
Primary election for 21st District State Senate race: Monique Limón and Elijah Mack will be on the November general election ballot for the seat. Limón had 63.2% of the vote and Mack had 36.6%.
Primary election for 37th District State Assembly race: Gregg Hart and Sari M. Domingues will be on the November general election ballot for the seat. Hart had 61.6% of the vote and Domingues had 38.2%.
Statewide and federal:
County voters rejected Proposition 1, the mental health and housing bond, which was narrowly passing in statewide results with 50.2% of the vote as of Tuesday. It had 47.7% approval here, which would not be enough to pass.
Santa Barbara County voted like California for presidential candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties (Joe Biden and Donald Trump, respectively) and U.S. Senate seats (Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey as the top two).
The presidential general election is Nov. 5.
