Voters in both the City and County overwhelmingly rejected sales tax Measure T which would have repealed the 13.5 percent City tax increase back to 7.25 percent.
511 NO 76.7 percent. 155 YES 23.2 percent.
The vote was also emphatic for Measure U County tax:
4237 NO 67.7 percent. 2023 YES 32.3 percent.
6312 votes were counted Tuesday evening with an estimated 41.2 percent voter turnout.
The Supervisor races were also interestingly very competitive.
District Four:
Joey Borges holds an 88 vote lead over Patty Adams for the seat soon to be vacated by Gerry Hemmingsen.
BORGES 797 53 percent Adams 709 47 percent
District Five:
Three-term Sheriff Dean Wilson holds a 58 vote margin over Newsom- appointed incumbent Susan Masten.
WILSON 724 52 percent Masten 668 48 percent
Commissioner Rick Shepherd appears on his way to re-election. Appointed Commissioner Gerhard Weber holds a narrow lead over candidate Kevin Hendrick for the second opening.
Harbor Commission vote leaders in CAPS:
RICK SHEPHERD 2904 GERHARD WEBER 1856 Kevin Hendrick 1828 Annie Nehmer 1683. Linda Sutter 896
Del Norte Unified School District (Leaders in CAPS)
District 2
ABBIE CRIST 487 William Meriweather 419
District 5
Phillip Williams. 476 MICHAEL GREER 697
The remaining estimated hundreds of ballots will be tabulated after Veterans Day, Monday, November 14.
Results remain Unofficial for 30 days.