Monterey County Midterm election results update

The Monterey County Elections Office is still working away at finishing up the vote count from the November 6 Midterm general election. As of Wednesday, November 21, 62.8% of the votes have been calculated. In the race for Mayor of Greenfield Lance Walker still has over 44% of the vote, Avelina Torres over 39.6% and Raul Rodriguez still has over 16% of the vote, while in the race for a couple of Greenfield City Council seats, it's still very tight as Angela Untalon has over 22.5%, Drew Tipton over 22.2%, Irene Garcia over 21.6%, Jessica Madrid-Bautista over 19.5% and David Mendoza over 13.9%. In the race for a few Gonzales City Council seats Paul Miller has over 31.8% of the vote, Elizabeth Silva over 30.2%, Lorraine Worthy over 27.5% and Henry Martinez Sr. over 10.3%. Also in the race for a Soledad City Council seat Marisela Lara has over 37.7% of the vote, Alejandro Chavez over 33% and Richard Perez over 29%. A number of local races for open School Board positions in South Monterey County are still very tight. In the race for a Gonzales Unified School Board position Maria Cuevas has 25.7% of the vote, Jose Lopez is at over 25.4%, Araceli Flores is at 23.7%, Rosalie Sanchez is at over 15.8% and Monique Marie Martinez has picked up over 9.3% of the vote. In the race for a Soledad Unified School District 4-year term Alfredo Flores has earned over 36.9% of the vote, Monica Pantoja has grabbed over 31.4%, Jodi Massa over 16% and Jaime Fernandez has 15.4%, while in a head to head race for a 2-year-term on the Soledad Unified School District Jess Berreras now has over 51.7% of the vote and Lucio Rios has over 48.2%. Over half a dozen people are trying to get elected for a few open seats on the Greenfield Union School District as Cynthia Aguirre as over 27.3% of the vote, David Kong has earned 13% of the vote, Denise Jaime and Marisol Isabel Arizpe have over 12%, while Juergen Smith, John Ekelund and Eric Jones have picked up over 11%. The Monterey County Elections Office is expected to have results certified sometime before December 1, 2018