Well, two week after the election, we can now say for certain how everything has turned out!
Here is a chart comparing the original counts to the new counts:
DISTRICT | NAME | old VOTES | old % | new VOTES | new % |
District 1: (total votes: 19,619-14,364) +5,255 |
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DIANE DIXON (unopposed) | 14,364 | 100% | 19,619 | 100% | |
District 3: (total votes: 24,576-17,958) +6,618 |
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DUFFY DUFFIELD | 11,991 | 66.8% | 16,504 | 67.2% | |
RUSH HILL | 5,967 | 33.2% | 8,072 | 32.8% | |
District 4: (total votes: 23,194-16,958) +6,236 |
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KEVIN MULDOON | 8,539 | 50.4% | 11,768 | 50.7% | |
TIM BROWN | 6,299 | 37.1% | 8,582 | 37.0% | |
ROY ENGLEBRECHT | 2,120 | 12.5% | 2,844 | 12.3% | |
District 6: (total votes: 22,968-16,798) +6,170 |
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SCOTT PEOTTER | 8,586 | 51.1% | 11,920 | 51.9% | |
MIKE TOERGE | 8,212 | 48.9% | 11,048 | 48.1% |
All and all, it looks like all winners actually picked up even more of a gain in the council race.
Measure Y won by a definitive 69.2%; Matt Harper pulled a whopper on Curry, defeating him with 59.5% of the vote, and Diagle picked up some votes at the end, changing her final tally from a 27.7% vs Steve Sheldon’s 57%, with final results putting those two at 28.1% vs 56.8%.
In the Costa Mesa race for Top Two, things could not have been any closer, with Righeimer winning by just 53 votes. Remember: Every vote counts!
KATRINA FOLEY | 9,346 | 26.5% |
MAYOR JIM RIGHEIMER | 7,524 | 21.3% |
JAY HUMPHREY | 7,477 | 21.2% |