Santa Barbara Mayoral candidate Kristen Sneddon has tightened the gap between her and opponent Eric Friedman by nearly .6 percentage points after gaining 1,294 votes, according to new election results from the Santa Barbara County Elections Office released Nov. 5.
Friedman is now only leading Sneddon by 1.3 points.
The race still remains tight, with Friedman leading with 46.3 percent of votes and Sneddon with 45 percent.
City of Santa Barbara
Returns as of
Mayor
Precincts reported: 47 of 47 (100%)
10,701 votesEric Friedman Nonpartisan46.3%
10,389 votesKristen W. Sneddon Nonpartisan45.0%
1,355 votesWendy Sims-Moten Nonpartisan5.9%
560 votesMatt Kilrain Nonpartisan2.4%- 90 votesWrite-in votes0.4%
23,095 total votes
Results from the 5th District Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors race between Maribel Aguilera and Ricardo Valencia has widened with Valencia now leading Aguilera by 3.7 points.
Santa Barbara County
Returns as of
County Supervisor, District 5
Precincts reported: 37 of 37 (100%)
3,960 votesRicardo Valencia Nonpartisan51.6%
3,678 votesMaribel Aguilera Nonpartisan47.9%- 41 votesWrite-in votes0.5%
7,679 total votes
The county elections office on Thursday also released information showing that 61.9% of ballots have been counted so far in Santa Barbara County.
Of the 162,268 ballots received, 61,745 have yet to be counted.
The county elections office will release new election results on Nov. 10 by 3 p.m.
