2018 Monterey County Midterm election update

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More unofficial results from the 2018 Midterm General election on Tuesday, November 6 show that a number of local races for open School Board positions in South Monterey County are too close to call. In the race for a Gonzales Unified School Board position Maria Cuevas and Jose Lopez are neck and neck earning over 24% of the votes, Araceli Flores is at over 23%, Rosalie Sanchez is at over 16% and Monique Marie Martinez has picked up over 10.5%. In the race for a Soledad Unified School District 4-year term, Alfredo Flores has earned over 35.5% of the vote, Monica Pantoja has grabbed over 30%, Jodi Massa over 17% and Jaime Fernandez has over 16%, while in a head to head race for a 2-year-term on the Soledad Unified School District, Jess Berreras has over 51% of the vote and Lucio Rios has over 48%. Over half a dozen people are vying for open seats on the Greenfield Union School District and as of Wednesday, November 7, Cynthia Aguirre has over 26% of the vote, Juergen Smith has earned over 13% of the vote, David Kong and John Ekelund have over 12%, while Eric Jones, Denise Jaime and Marisol Isabel Arizpe have all picked up over 11%. Measures Q and R have both received very good support from voters for the South Monterey County Joint Union High School District as they've both picked up over 56% in yes votes and over 43% in no votes. Plus, the race to become the Soledad Community Health Care District Director is tight as Jack Franscioni has earned over 40.5% of the vote, Anne Trebino over 35% and Robert Bigiogni has over 24% of the vote.

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