This story was updated at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Preliminary election results show close races for Santa Barbara County’s Fifth District supervisor seat, auditor-controller and Superior Court judge races.
In other races, early results show strong leads for some candidates, such as Laura Capps in the Second District supervisor race and Melinda Greene in the race for clerk-recorder-assessor.
Salud Carbajal and Bob Smith are poised to face off for the congressional seat on the November ballot, with first and second place in early results.
The Santa Barbara County Elections Office will release additional election results later Tuesday night, and then release updates in the coming days as additional ballots are processed and counted.
The county must certify the June 2 election results by July 2.
Check the latest Santa Barbara County Elections results here.
Check back with Noozhawk for updates to this story and other election results.
Local Election Results Roundup
Fifth District Santa Barbara County Supervisor
- Maribel Aguilera-Hernandez: 33.6%
- Cory Bantilan: 29.9%
- Ricardo Valencia: 35.9%
Read more about the three-way race to take over the seat currently held by Steve Lavagnino, who is stepping down after his current term ends this year.
Second District Santa Barbara County Supervisor
- Laura Capps (incumbent): 75.6%
- Elijah Mack: 24.1%
Read more about the face-off to represent South Coast communities from Isla Vista to Santa Barbara.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 24
- Sarah Bacon: 5.6%
- Salud Carbajal (incumbent): 53.7%
- Bob Smith: 38.9%
- Helena Pasquarella: 1.7%
- Sari Domingues: 39.9%
- Gregg Hart (incumbent): 60.1%
Read more about the two candidates heading to the November general election ballot.
- Luis Esparza: 48.7%
- Thomas Adams (incumbent): 50.9%
Read more about the early results in the first contested local Superior Court seat since 2008.
- Betsy Schaffer (incumbent): 48.4%
- Kyle Slattery: 51.2%
County Clerk, Recorder and Assessor
- Melinda Greene: 59.1%
- Joseph Holland (incumbent): 40.5%
Read more about the race between a county department head and the deputy running to replace him.
County Superintendent of Schools
Susan Salcido (incumbent) ran uncontested and had 95.7% of the vote in early results.
Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator
Kimberly Tesoro ran uncontested and had 98.5% of the vote in early results.
The charter amendment related to leases of city property needs majority approval to pass (50% plus one vote) and had 67% approval in early results.
Read more about the proposal and early election results here.
This sales tax rate increase from 8.75% to 9.25% would fund fund street repair and maintenance. It needs a two-thirds majority to pass, which is 66% plus one vote. It had 46.4% approval in early results.
Read more about the proposal and early election results here.
State Races
Get the latest results for governor, lieutenant governor, insurance commissioner, attorney general, treasurer, controller, state superintendent of public instruction, and Board of Equalization at the Secretary of State website.
Get Updated Results
Check back with Noozhawk for updates to this story and other election results.
The Santa Barbara County Elections Office will release additional election results later Tuesday night, as staff process ballots received from polling places, mail and drop boxes.
It will then release updates in the coming days as additional ballots are processed and counted.