New Times San Luis Obispo

Incumbents lead in federal and state races across the Central Coast after early vote counts in the June 2 primary, including Democrat Dawn Addis in the 30th Assembly District.

As of June 3, Addis had more than 37,000 of the votes counted across the district, which covers parts of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Cruz counties. She’s trailed by Republican Shanno...

The Los Osos measure to support purchasing a school property with a parcel tax was losing, according to the early vote counts from the SLO County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

The counts released at 1 a.m. on June 3 show 1,197 no votes and 1,097 yes votes.

The proposed parcel tax would support the Los Osos Community Services District (CSD) acquiring Sunnyside ...

Incumbent San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano is leading a three-candidate race after the first rounds of ballot counting, according to unofficial results released June 2.

With approximately 20 percent of ballots counted, Cano holds a clear early advantage with 61 percent of the vote. Vanessa Rozo followed with 27 percent, and Gaea Powell with 12 perc...

Early vote counts show close races in the two San Luis Obispo County supervisor races, with Michael Erin Woody leading in the 2nd District and incumbent Jimmy Pauling leading in the

Did you vote on Tuesday? If you did, you were in the minority. As of yesterday, voter turnout in SLO County hovered at a dismal 20ish percent. What the hell, people? With all the attempts at disenfranchisement, it seems deeply weird to self-disenfranchise. Of course, midterm turnout is always lower than in presidential election years, and this being a primar...