Napa County Election Results: Measure K, Supervisor Races, More

NAPA COUNTY, CA — More than 80,000 people are registered to vote here in Napa County, according to the latest voter registration numbers from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office. Turnout was expected to be strong for Tuesday’s election as voters made their choice in the presidential primary, voted on the largest proposed bond issue in state history, and here in Napa County, decided on Measure K, a quarter-cent countywide sales-tax increase to support the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District.

Statewide, there are 20.4 million registered voters, an increase of 3.1 million since the last presidential election in 2016. In fact, 80 percent of eligible Californians are registered to vote, the highest heading into a California Presidential Primary in the past 68 years.

“California entered 2020 with a record 20.4 million registered voters—and I only expect that figure to climb as we reach the Presidential Primary in March and General Election in November,” said Secretary of State Alex Padilla.

REAL-TIME RESULTS

Now that everyone's cast their votes, the question is: So who won?

Measure K, a quarter-cent sales and use tax to preserve and maintain Napa County parks and open space, was falling short of the two-thirds vote it needs for approval late Tuesday night. With 170 of 170 precincts reporting, 59 percent of Napa County voters were supporting the measure, with 41 percent opposed.

The Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District would use the revenue to preserve watersheds, rivers, lakes, open space and wildlife habitat and maintain and improve public access to public open space.

The tax would increase the existing sales tax in Napa, American Canyon, Calistoga, and Yountville to 8 percent, and in St. Helena to 8.25 percent.

The Napa County Taxpayers Association opposes the measure, saying it's an unnecessary new tax that would increase funding for the Park and Open Space District tenfold and expand park district bureaucracy.

Association director Jack Gray said the district has identified 60 years worth of projects that need funding and Measure K would be a 15-year tax.

In addition to Measure K, Patch is here to help you find results for your local elections. We will update this page as the information becomes available from the Napa County Registrar of Voters and the California Secretary of State, so be sure to refresh this page for the latest.

MAJOR ELECTIONS

The most-watched races that were on all ballots in California were those for the presidential primary and Proposition 13.

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Here in Napa County, voters also weighed in on races for U.S. Congress District 5; California Senate 3rd District; California Assembly 4th District; Napa County Board of Supervisors 2nd, 4th, 5th districts; and Napa County Treasurer-Tax Collector.

The race for Congressional District 5 pitted incumbent Mike Thompson, a Democrat, against Republican challengers Jason Kishineff and Scott Giblin, as well asDemocratic challenger John Wesley Tyler.

State Sen. Bill Dodd, however, ran unopposed.

In state Assembly District 4, incumbent Democrat Cecilia Aguiar-Curry is up against Democrat challenger Sophia Racke and Republican challenger Matthew Nelson.

Locally, there were also races for Napa County Treasurer-Tax Collector, and for Napa County supervisor seats in the second, fourth and fifth districts.

Napa County Measure K / Two-thirds majority - 66.67 percent - needed to pass/ (Latest election-night unofficial results):

• Yes: 13,055 59.13%
• No: 9,025 40.87%

Napa County Treasurer-Tax Collector (latest election-night unofficial results):

• Bob Minahen: 12,772 votes 64.78%
• Mike Basayne: 6,943 votes 35.22%

Napa County Board of Supervisors (latest election-night unofficial results):

2nd / Second District:

• Ryan Gregory (unopposed) 3,860 votes 100%

4th / Fourth District:

• Alfredo Pedroza 2,394 votes 55.14%
• Amber Manfree 1,948 votes 44.86%

5th / Fifth District:

• Belia Ramos 2,064 votes 53.61%
• Mariam J. Aboudamous 1,786 votes 46.39%

More Napa County election results here.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.