See the latest batch of SLO County vote totals

More than two weeks after Election Day, election offices are slowly but surely working their way through the hundreds of thousands of ballots cast and votes counted for San Luis Obispo County races.

On Wednesday afternoon, the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office added 25,600 more ballots to the 103,348 already counted, bringing the current total to nearly 130,000 and leaving more than 23,000 ballots.

The latest round of results on Wednesday at 5.30pm continued to solidify many candidates’ path to victory, while other races remained locked in tight competition.

In the Paso Robles City Council race, the tight battle between Kris Beal and Sharon Roden for the District 1 seat remained one of the tightest races in SLO County, with the pair separated by just 71 votes, or 43.1 percent to 40, 1%.

Meanwhile, on the school board, Nathan Williams, Laurene D. McCoy, Leo Castillo and Kenney Enney maintained their leads for the four open seats, though Adelita Hiteshew followed closely behind Castillo with 111 votes.

In Atascadero, Seth Peek and Mark Dariz remained in a close tie for two City Council seats, while Tori Keen trailed by just 3 percentage points.

On the city school board side, Joey Arnold, Corinne Kuhnle and Jodi Taylor held onto the lead for three open seats. Veronica DeCoster lost some ground in her close challenge for third place, now trailing Taylor by 236 votes. Matt Pennon was well behind and dropped out of the race.

A Templeton school district bond is still too close to being called, just three votes away from passing.

Down south, in the Lucia Mar school board race, the race has flipped with Mike Fuller now leading Vicki Meagher by 25 votes in Trustee District 4.

In Grover Beach, first-time candidate Kassi Dee is on track to become the city’s next mayor, leading challenger Debbie Peterson by 415 votes, up 181 from the last update.

As for the City Council race, Kathy McCorry and Marsha Bolyanatz remain narrowly separated by just 49 votes for the District 3 seat, while District 2 Councilman Dan Rushing appears headed for recall.

In Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo, incumbent mayors Caren Ray Russom, Ed Waage and Erica Stewart are expected to return to office with early and decisive victories, and newcomer Mike Boswell will join Jan Marx on the City Council of SLO. .

At the state level, all six seats up for election have been claimed by incumbents.

This year’s post-election canvas is it takes longer than usual because of a higher volume of mail-in and provisional ballots than ever before, Clerk-Registrar Elaina Cano said. The elections office received nearly 50,000 mail-in ballots this election, each of which requires an extensive verification process, Cano said.

Cano has until Dec. 3 to certify the election results, she said.

The electoral office will counting of ballots continues until then, and expects to release new updates at least once a week, she said.

Here are the latest numbers for local races for council, mayor, school board and more.

Races for the county mayor and SLO councils

The leading positions for the number of available seats are in bold.

Paso Robles City Council

Place of sector 1:

Sector 3 place:

Atascadero City Council

Mayor Grover Beach

Grover Beach City Council

Sector 3 place:

District 2 recall of Councilman Dan Rushing:

Mayor Arroyo Grande

Arroyo Grande City Council

Sector 3 place:

Mayor of Pismo Beach

Pismo Beach City Council

• Gianni Scangarello, 15.3%

Mayor of San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo City Council

School board results

The first for the number of available places in bold.

Atascadero School Board

Paso Robles School Board

Place of administration in zone 3:

Mandate place in zone 5:

Mandate place in zone 6:

Place of administration in zone 7:

Templeton School Board

San Luis Coastal School Board

• Erica Flores Baltodano, 72%

Cayucos Elementary School Board

Admin area 4

Admin area 5

School Board Lucia Mar

Admin area 1

Admin area 3

Admin area 4

Ballot measures

Measure I-24 Paso Robles, needs a majority vote to pass:

Yes, 54.6%

No, 45.4%

Pismo Beach Measure F-24, needs a majority vote to pass:

Yes, 62.1%

No, 37.9%

Arroyo Grande Measure E-24, needs a majority vote to pass:

yes 65%

No, 35%

Morro Bay Measure A-24needs a majority vote to pass:

Yes, 59.6%

No, 40.4%

Measure G-24 Grover Beach, needs a majority vote to pass:

Yes, 64.7%

No, 35.3%

Atascadero Measure L-24, needs a majority vote to pass:

Yes, 70.8%

No, 29.2%

Atascadero Measure M-24, needs a majority vote to pass:

Yes, 50.8%

No, 49.2%

Atascadero School District Measure B-24, needs 55% to pass:

Yes, 56%

No, 44%

Lucia Mar School District Measure H-24, needs 55% to pass:

Yes, 54%

No, 46%

Templeton School District Measure D-24, needs 55% to pass:

yes 55%

No, 45%

Cambria Community Healthcare District Measure C-24, needs a two-thirds vote and the concurrence of Proposition 5 to pass:

Yes, 76.5%

No, 23.5%

The latest results from CSDs and the Port San Luis Harbor District

Oceano Community Services District

Place division 1:

Division 5 place:

Nipomo Community Services District

Port San Luis Harbor District

• Richard Scangarello, 60.2%

Who is ahead in the state races?

Congress

Sector 19

Sector 24

State Senate

District 17

Sector 21

State Assembly

Sector 30

Sector 37

Did SLO County voters favor Harris or Trump?

Contrary to national election results, voters in San Luis Obispo County significantly favored Vice President Kamala Harris over former and incoming President Donald Trump, according to vote counts.

As of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 54.5 percent of ballots counted had been cast for Harris, compared to 42.7 percent for Trump.

The totals were nearly equal to 2020, when President Joe Biden took home 55.3 percent of the vote in San Luis Obispo County, while Trump took 42.2 percent.