By Robert Airoldi
While Americans await the results of the 2024 presidential election, results are coming in for local races, though provisional ballots remain to be counted.
As of 11:30 p.m., in the race for Morgan Hill Mayor, incumbent Mark Turner has a commanding lead over challenger and current City Councilmember Yvonne Martinez Beltran. Turner has 7,919 votes (60.64 percent) compared to Martinez Beltran’s 5,141 votes (39.36 percent).
In the Morgan Hill race for District A, Miriam Vega has 1,566 votes (54.36 percent) compared to Dave Dindak’s 1,315 votes (45.64 percent).
In the council race for District C, Soraida Iwanaga has 1,396 votes (54 percent) compared to Michael Orosco’s 1,189 votes (46 percent).
In the race for City Treasurer, the only person running is Cindy Rogers Murphy, who has garnered all 10,5611 votes.
In the race for three school board seats, Jennifer Marquez Trustee Area 5), Rebecca Munson (Trustee Area 6), and Veronica Andrade (Trustee Area 7) have taken leads as of 9 p.m. Marquez leads Tyler Smith 1,245 votes (55.87 percent) to 1,110 votes (47.13 percent). Munson leads Mary Patterson 1,374 votes (58.72 percent) to 966 votes (41.28 percent). Andrade leads Tom Pocus 1,095 votes (63.29 percent) to 635 votes (36.71 percent).
Measure A, which would amend the Morgan Hill Municipal Code to establish a 12-consecutive year limit on combined mayoral, city council, and treasurer terms is trending toward passage with 10,133 votes (78.75 percent) to 2,734 (21.25 percent).
Measure B, which would increase the term of office for the directly elected mayor to four years rather than the current two years, is also trending toward passage with 7,186 votes (55.11 percent) to 5,854 votes (44.89 percent).
For updates on election results, visit https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/122582/web.345435/#/summary?category=C_3
