REAL-TIME RESULTS: Sonoma County's 2020 Primary Election Races

PETALUMA, CA — More than 280,000 people are registered to vote here in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County, decided on two countywide sales-tax items. Measure I would extend a quarter-cent sales-tax that funds the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), while Measure G would increase the sales-tax by a half-cent countywide for wildfire prevention and protection.

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?

According to Tuesday's initial results, Measure I was not receiving enough support from voters in Sonoma and Marin counties. Early results indicated voters were rejecting the 30-year extension of a quarter-cent sales tax for the operation of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit's SMART train.

Measure I needs two-thirds percent approval and received only 47.2 percent of mail-in votes as of Tuesday in Sonoma County.

Measure I received 50.6 percent approval of mail-in voters with 25 of 157 precincts reporting in Marin County. The existing tax expires in 2029.

Patch is here to help you find those and other results of your local elections. We will post the results here for Measure G, Measure I and other local races as they become available from the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters and California Secretary of State. Be sure to continue refreshing throughout the night 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 Sonoma County, voters also weighed in on races for the statehouse and U.S. Congress.

In the race for Congress — U.S. House of Representatives 2nd District — Incumbent Democrat Jared Huffman is facing challengers Democrat Rachel Moniz, Republican Dale K. Mensing, Green Party candidate Melissa Bradley and American Independent Party candidate Charles "Wally" Coppock.

For the U.S. House of Representatives 5th District, incumbent Mike Thompson, a Democrat, is running against Republican challengers Jason Kishineff and Scott Giblin, as well as Democratic challenger John Wesley Tyler.

For California Senate 3rd District, Democrat Bill Dodd ran unopposed.

For California Assembly 10th District, incumbent Marc Levine, a Democrat, ran against Republican Rod Sondergaard and fellow Democrats, Ted Cabral and Veronica "Roni" Jacobi.

Below are the latest Sonoma County election results, including for Measure G and Measure I :

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.