Election Results: What Happened in the Election?What Happened in the Election?

The November 5^th General Election was clearly a shock, but here is how the county voted locally for what was on the 93108 ballot:

President and Vice President 

Democratic: Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz: 83,248 / 61.89%

Republican: Donald J. Trump / JD Vance: 47,071 / 35.00%

American Independent: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Nicole Shanahan: 1,604 / 1.19%

Green: Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware: 827 / 0.61%

Libertarian: Chase Oliver / Mike ter Maat: 616 / 0.46%

Peace and Freedom: Claudia de la Cruz / Karina Garcia: 458 / 0.34%

Write-in: 678 / 0.50%

United States Senator, Full Term

Adam B. Schiff (D): 80,658 / 61.24%

Steve Garvey (R): 51,055 / 38.76%

United States Senator, Partial/Unexpired Term

Adam B. Schiff (D): 78,969 / 61.43%

Steve Garvey (R): 49,588 / 38.57%

United States Representative, District 24

Salud Carbajal (D): 83,066 / 63.32%

Thomas Cole (R): 48,110 / 36.68%

State Senator, District 21

S. Monique Limón (D): 84,615 / 65.07%

Elijah Mack (R): 45,428 / 34.93%

Member of the State Assembly, District 37

Gregg Hart (D): 79,413 / 62.00%

Sari M. Domingues (R): 48,665 / 38.00%

Santa Barbara Unified School District, Governing Board Member Area 2

Sunita Beall: 9,534 / 63.22%

John Robertson: 5,454 / 36.17%

Write-in: 92 / 0.61%

Montecito Fire Protection District Board At-Large (3 Seats)

Joseph Michael Pennino: 2,147 / 26.36%

Michael N. Lee: 2,135 / 26.21%

Sylvia Easton: 1,949 / 23.93%

Cliff Ghersen: 1,062 / 13.04%

Jason Copus: 833 / 10.23%

Write-in: 19 / 0.23%

Proposition 2

Authorizes Bonds for Public School & Community College Facilities

Yes: 75,093 / 58.58%

No: 53,085 / 41.42%

Proposition 3

Constitutional right to marriage.

Yes: 84,951 / 65.81%

No: 44,134 / 34.19%

Proposition 4

Authorizes bonds for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, and protecting communities and natural lands from climate risks. 

Yes: 77,257 / 59.89%

No: 51,742 / 40.11%

Proposition 5

Allows local bonds for affordable housing and public infrastructure with 55% voter approval. 

No: 67,354 / 52.87%

Yes: 60,032 / 47.13%

Proposition 6

Eliminates constitutional provision allowing involuntary servitude for incarcerated persons. 

No: 64,588 / 51.50%

Yes: 60,825 / 48.50%

Proposition 32

Raises minimum wage. 

Yes: 64,634 / 50.32%

No: 63,806 / 49.68%

Proposition 33

Expands local governments’ authority to enact rent control on residential property.

No: 79,773 / 62.98%

Yes: 46,885 / 37.02%

Proposition 34

Restricts spending of prescription drug revenues by certain health care providers. 

Yes: 60,999 / 50.10%

No: 60,764 / 49.90%

Proposition 35

Provides permanent funding for Medi-Cal health care services. 

Yes: 82,934 / 65.75%

No: 43,196 / 34.25%

Proposition 36

Allows felony charges and increases sentences for certain drug and theft crimes. 

Yes: 77,765 / 61.33%

No: 49,038 / 38.67%

SCHOOL:

SANTA BARBARA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DISTRICT

Measure P2024

Santa Barbara City College measure preserving affordable higher education career training without increasing tax rates. 

Yes: 46,041 / 64.58%

No: 25,253 / 35.42%

COUNTY

Measure H2024

Santa Barbara County essential community services measure. 

Yes: 83,523 / 66.58%

No: 41,925 / 33.42%

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

Measure I2024

City Of Santa Barbara essential local services measure. 

Yes: 19,316 / 62.90%

No: 11,392 / 37.10%