Monterey County Midterm election update

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It's been almost a week since the Midterm General election, but votes in the Monterey County Elections Office are still being tallied up. As of Friday, November 9 over 43.8% of the votes have been calculated as a lot of absentee ballots began to arrive by mail. In the race for a District 12 State Senate seat Anna Caballero has earned over 63% of the vote and Rob Poythress over 36%, while in the race for a District 30 Assemblyman position Robert Rivas has picked up over 68% of the vote and Neil Kitchens over 31%. Not much has changed in the race for Mayor of Greenfield as Lance Walker has over 45% of the vote, Avelina Torres over 38% and Raul Rodriguez over 15%, while in the race for a couple of Greenfield City Council seats it's still too close to call as Drew Tipton has over 22.9% of the vote, Angela Untalon over 22.3%, Irene Garcia over 21%, Jessica Madrid-Bautista over 20% and David Mendoza over 12.9%. In the race for Mayor of Gonzales Maria Orozco still has over 79% of the vote and Henry Martinez Jr. over 20%, while in the race for a few Gonzales City Council seats Paul Miller still has over 32% of the vote, Elizabeth Silva over 29%, Lorraine Worthy over 27% and Henry Martinez Sr. over 10%. Also in the race for a Soledad City Council seat Marisela Lara still has over 36% of the vote, Alejandro Chavez over 32% and Richard Perez over 30%. Nothing has changed with Measure O in the City of Gonzales as over 54% of voters have voted no and 45% have voted yes, while Measures K and L in the City of King are still receiving huge support from voters as Measure K has now picked up over 57% of yes votes and over 42% of no votes, while Measure L has now earned over 67% of yes votes and over 32% of no votes.

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