Update: Heather Moreno widens lead in District 5 supervisor race
Update posted March 21:
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– Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno is on track to win the District 5 county supervisor race following the latest ballot count conducted by the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.
The office tallied an additional 18,398 ballots on Wednesday. As of Wednesday at 3:52 p.m., Moreno had garnered 9,068 votes, constituting 56.4% of the total, while her opponent, Atascadero Mayor Pro Temp Susan Funk, trailed with 7,010 votes, or 43.6%.
Moreno and Funk are vying to succeed current Supervisor Debbie Arnold upon her retirement from the board in January.
Click here to view the latest election results for San Luis Obispo County.
Original story posted March 6:
– Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno is leading the race over Mayor Pro Temp Susan Funk for San Luis Obispo County District 5 supervisor, according to the latest election results posted by the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.
Unofficial results as of 12:21 a.m. March 6:
Heather Moreno – Polls: 869, vote-by-mail: 3,717, total: 4,586 or 53.89% of the vote.
Susan Funk – Polls 224, vote-by-mail: 3,692, total: 3,916 or 46.02% of the vote.
Election workers spent the night processing ballots cast at local polling places, along with mail-in ballots that arrived on Tuesday.
Supervisors Dawn Ortiz-Legg and John Peschong ran unopposed to maintain their seats. Ortiz-Legg represents District 3, while Peschong represents District 1.
Click here to view the latest election results for San Luis Obispo County.
