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Encinitas Councilman Tony Kranz appeared to be on track to win the mayoral race after midterm voting concluded on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but at least one of his City Council seats was up for grabs. dispute, according to the first results. For City Council District 3, which covers most of Cardiff and parts of east Encinitas, only 199 votes separated incumbent Joy Lyndes and challenger Julie Thunder, according to a morning update from County Clerk of Voters San Diego. Lyndes held the lead with 2,164 votes (52.41%) compared to Thunder’s 1,965 (47.59%). While Lyndes had more mail-in votes, Thunder’s in-person polls appeared to show strong turnout, according to the numbers. Lyndes had 1,952 offensive votes compared to the Thunder’s 1,550. But Thunder’s 415 votes outnumbered Lyndes’ 212. In the race to replace Mayor Catherine Blakespear, who announced she had won her bid for the state Senate seat, Assemblyman Tony Kranz won u 8,011 (48.18%) led the election, which has four candidates. In a similar situation in District 3, the two mayoral candidates were separated by 177 votes in the race for second place. Cindy Cremona was the closest to Kranz with 4,161 votes (25.03%), according to the Registrar of Voters. But Jeff Morris was less than 200 votes behind her with 3,984 (23.97%). Although the letter number of Cremona was higher (3,424 to 3,062), Morris fans declared that they made up the gap by one person, 922 for Morris vs. 737 for Cremona. Mayoral candidate Michael “Myekah” Blobe was in fourth place with 467 votes (2.81%). For City Council District 4, which covers most of Olivenhain and parts of eastern Encinitas, former Planning Commission Chairman Bruce Ehlers leads with 47.06% of the vote (2,010) and counted so far. Pamela “Pam” Redela was second with 1,377 votes (32.24%), Dan Vaughn third with 546 (12.78%), Stacie Davis fourth with 338 (7.91%). The District 4 seat is an open race. Congressman Joe Mosca did not seek re-election. Complete results for all regional and state races can be found at www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/sandiegocaenr/16/en/Index_16.html. encinitas current, cardiff current
Encinitas Councilman Tony Kranz appeared to be on track to win the mayoral race after midterm voting concluded on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but at least one of his City Council seats was up for grabs. dispute, according to the first results.
For City Council District 3, which covers most of Cardiff and parts of east Encinitas, only 199 votes separated incumbent Joy Lyndes and challenger Julie Thunder, according to a morning update from County Clerk of Voters San Diego. Lyndes held the lead with 2,164 votes (52.41%) compared to Thunder’s 1,965 (47.59%).
While Lyndes had more mail-in votes, Thunder’s in-person polls appeared to show strong turnout, according to the numbers. Lyndes had 1,952 offensive votes compared to the Thunder’s 1,550. But the Thunder’s 415 votes surpassed Lyndes’ 212.
In the race to replace Mayor Catherine Blakespear, who declared victory in her bid for a seat in the state Senate, Assemblyman Tony Kranz received 8,011 votes (48.18%) to lead the polls, which has four candidates.
In a similar situation in District 3, the two mayoral candidates were separated by 177 votes in the race for second place.
Cindy Cremona was the closest to Kranz with 4,161 votes (25.03%), according to the Registrar of Voters. But Jeff Morris was less than 200 votes behind her with 3,984 (23.97%). Although the letter number of Cremona was higher (3,424 to 3,062), Morris fans declared that they made up the gap by one person, 922 for Morris vs. 737 for Cremona.
Mayoral candidate Michael “Myekah” Blobe was in fourth place with 467 votes (2.81%).
For City Council District 4, which covers most of Olivenhain and parts of eastern Encinitas, former Planning Commission Chairman Bruce Ehlers is leading with 47.06% of the votes (2,010) counted so far. Pamela “Pam” Redela was second with 1,377 votes (32.24%), Dan Vaughn third with 546 (12.78%), Stacie Davis fourth with 338 (7.91%).
The District 4 seat is an open race. Congressman Joe Mosca did not seek re-election.
Complete results for all regional and state races can be found at www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/sandiegocaenr/16/en/Index_16.html.
encinitas current, cardiff current
