Election night results are in with nearly 58% turnout reported in all precincts reporting. In the governor’s race, Amador gave 61% of the vote to Republican candidate Steve Hilton over Democrat candidate Xavier Becerra. Congressman Tom McClintock leads over Michael Masuda with 8,925 to 6,328 votes for the U.S. Representative race. In the State Senate races, Republican Alexander Duarte leads with 9,291 votes to Democrat Jaron Brandon’s 5,814 in District 4. In the State Assembly, for District 1 Heather Hadwick leads with 7,150 over Dianna Margaret James with 4,459, District 9 Heath Flora leads over Matthew Adams 2,375 to 985. For the highly contested A.C.U.S.D. Area 1 race, incumbent Shane Crow is down with 915 votes to Keith Lynch’s 1,779. Area 2, serving the Ione area, has Ronnie Gold with 1,862 votes over Patricia Angeja with 816 votes. In Ione, three seats are up for grabs with candidates Linda Smiley and Amanda Fisher Naranjo leading with 945 and 935 votes, Wes Windley rounds out the top with 818 and incumbent Jack Mitchell slightly ahead of Dave Johnson, 740 to 709. A late write-in entry campaign from former council member Alison LaFayne has garnered 127 total votes. Two seats on the council for the city of Jackson has incumbent Connie Gonsalves with a conservative lead of 930 votes and a close race for second with businessman Steve Oneto garnering 865 votes over the other incumbent candidate Sierra McLean, no relation to former mayor Steve McLean. Plymouth’s council also has 2 seats on their council available with the incumbent Wendy Bottomley in the lead with 266 votes and Raymond Estey with 233 votes over Stephanie Moreno with 178. In Sutter Creek two spots are up on their city council with one candidate leading significantly over the incumbent. Mayla Swift-Burgess holding 672 votes over Aaron Linker with 464 and incumbent Susan Feist closing in with 436 votes. Measure S, the vehicle abatement vehicle registration fee addition is passing with nearly 67% saying “Yes”, 10,339 votes to 4,416. Sutter Creek’s Measure R turning the city’s Treasure into an appointed position instead of elected is also passing, 618 to 470.
Written by Melissa Ray