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It's a wave that's been building for decades. This year, it swept the county. How the election will affect the county's other three supervisors is a question that lies at the heart of the issue: Who are we and what do we want to be? It's reasonable to assume that supervisors Steve Kinsey, Kate Sears and Katie Rice could be looking at an equally restive electorate if the three supervisors choose to run for re-election. The results of the June 3 election—which are not yet final—also could have repercussions on candidates running for city and town councils across the county.
Registrar of Voters Elaine Ginnold says the county will update the numbers tomorrow, June 13. As of the beginning of the week, the betting says Arnold will hold her slim District 5 lead of 194 votes over Toni Shroyer, a real estate agent and political newcomer. In District 1, San Rafael City Councilman Damon Connolly tallied such an overwhelming edge against Adams that it's impossible for the few votes yet to be counted to affect the outcome of that race.
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According to election numbers posted on June 6, a paltry 36.84 percent of registered voters chose to cast ballots. In District 1, Connolly had 7,403 votes (59.76 percent). Adams tallied 4,945 votes (39.92 percent). That margin of victory for Connolly came as a surprise to many election watchers, who thought the race would be much tighter.
And as of June 6 in District 5, Arnold garnered 5,491 votes (50.72 percent). Shroyer tallied 5,297 (48.93 percent). The close margin in District 5 came as much of a surprise to many election watchers as the wide margin in District 1. Arnold, the seasoned and moderate supervisor, barely held off a challenger who had entered the political arena as a newcomer.
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Ginnold says the results of about 1,200 provisional ballots will be made public on Friday. In addition, the results of about 5,000 vote-by-mail ballots also will by made public on Friday. Only less than 300 of those ballots are in the District 5 supervisorial contest. Shroyer is 195 short of a win. It's unlikely that Shroyer could garner enough of the yet-to-be-counted ballots to pull out a win. According to Ginnold, the final certification of the vote will not happen until a manual tally, which starts Monday, June 16, at 9am. Anyone who wants to observe can do so. "I am hoping we can certify the election and have the final count by June 20," Ginnold says.
If Shroyer pulls the seemingly impossible and grabs enough to move ahead of Arnold, it would certainly be a high-water mark in this wave election. But even if she remains a few hundred votes short of a win, the evidence is clear: A wave of conservatism has swept over the county.
