Edhat Staff
By the edhat staff
Santa Barbara County residents hit the polls and mailed in ballots on Tuesday, although the majority of voters sat this primary election out.
According to semi-official election results, 4,464 people went to the polls and 44,824 mailed in ballots. That’s just 20.95% of the county’s 235,212 registered voters. According to the County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor, Joe Holland, there are approximately 26,000 still ballots left to count.
However, the results so far seem to show incumbents and unchallenged candidates will most likely sail to smooth victories.
Perhaps the most talked-about races were County Superintendent of Schools and Sheriff-Coroner. Preliminary results show Dr. Susan Salcido retains her seat as Superintendent against challenger Christy Lozano, a P.E. teacher.
Their race stirred up a lot of conversation between locals, especially as Lozano refused to agree to the terms of a candidate forum with Salcido that was hosted by the League of Women Voters. A different forum of sorts was finally put together by another host between the two candidates at a later date. Salcido received 28,877 votes, or 64.06%, while Lozano received 16,093 votes.
Sheriff Bill Brown has a slightly closer race with challenger Lieutenant Juan Camarena. Brown currently holds the lead at 56.79% with 25,913 votes and Camarena has 19,599 votes. Brown has held the position for sixteen years and held a victory party at the Courthouse Tavern on Tuesday night. While Brown currently has over 6,000 votes in the lead, Camarena would still need over 65% of the votes in the remaining 26,000 ballots to score a win.
Other races were either unopposed or heavily favored for the incumbent. Longtime County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Joe Holland beat challenger Elwrad MacLearn, who also ran for an open Santa Barbara Unified School Board seat in 2020, with 80.97% of the vote.
District Attorney Joyce Dudley endorsed her Assistant District Attorney John Savrnoch, who won after running unopposed.
Santa Barbara County Supervisor, Steve Lavagnino, retained his 5th District seat, and newcomer Laura Capps won the 2nd District seat that was previously occupied by Gregg Hart. Both were running unopposed.
Hart left the Board of Supervisors for a chance to move up the chain to the State Assembly’s 37th District. He won the majority of the votes and will battle against former County Supervisor Mike Stoker this coming November.
Representative Salud Carbajal received 61.91% for his 24th District U.S. Representative seat, but will still need to run off against Summerland heart surgeon Brad Allen later this year.
Election totals can be found here: https://files.countyofsb.org/care/elections/results/2022june07/results-1.htm
OK Come on, after all that we need to hear Comments on Lozano/Salcido. I admit I would have lost my wager made here. I guessed she would get 20% or less so she did better than that. Her 15 minutes are over and good luck getting another job in SB County.
If she was truly serious about making a change, and not just determined to repeat lies and misinformation, my advice to C. Lozano would this:
1.) Use the next 6 years to gain the education and experience to lead a County Office of Education- or at least learn what they actually do.
2.) Practice and master verbal communication skills, analytical thinking skills and active listening skills
3.) Definitely go back to school for a higher degree that will prepare you for the “real world”
If this is not possible, perhaps an internship with Marjorie Taylor Green would better suit you.
I agree with the reader above, you might need to change career paths.
Thank you very much and congratulations to Dr. Salcido
Hooray!!!! Look forward to Salcido telling us again how great the school board and admins did during COVID…
Lozano lost handily no surprise.
1 and 2 are wise, but since when to “degrees” prepare you for the real world? Feel like that’s the opposite.
No, the results are predictable for Superintendent. Maybe next time a moderate candidate can show up and oust the status quo. I wonder of Salcido and the school admin players saw that as a shot over her/their bow.
Sad that she got as many votes as she did. It doesn’t speak well for the intelligence of the electorate.
Agreed 3:33! I think we all know what “phd” stands for in the real world.
It’s amazing how often people who hated DJT take on the very characteristics they supposedly despised in him.
Sad that evangelists have become extremists.
Sacjon you’re on fire.
MP, I would say exactly that as well – all the Dem’s voted for the Democrat and status quo, a system which is producing dismal education for our kids. You know what I’m saying?
It’s a nonpartisan office, so what you really seeing is that all the smart people voted for the qualified candidate.
5:51, that’s the kind of attitude that’s gotten us into this mess politically not just locally, but across the nation. You’re smart, I’m dumb, is that it?
You voted for an unqualified candidate?
3:33 – When do they not? A degree of any kind shows a level of dedication and hard work that is very valuable in the “real world.” You really think degrees are useless? I mean if your “real world” is unskilled labor than maybe, but anyone who has put in the time and effort to attain any degree has showed they’re able to accomplish a complex and lengthy goal.
Exactly Sacjon. So sad how they attack education and devalue academia – and then substantiate their arguments with a link from a YouTube fraud.
I’m grateful to Lozano for providing a prime example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. And we didn’t even need to wait for the orange gameshow host to run again!
I don’t think Lozano was a great candidate…. But the disdain, misogyny and hate by so many people on here was notable. Yeah… let’s mock the PE teacher who (like pretty much all of us!) doesn’t think our schools are doing a great job. She’s not going to win and she isn’t endorsed by the powers that be… she must be shamed and vilified. Classy… all around!
Devalue academia… who closed schools again???
Exactly. Who closed schools?
Glad you asked. It was people who cared about public health and the well-being of school children and teachers. I would have thought you followed what was happening in the world.
Oh I followed it, closer than you’ll ever know. And I don’t mean by watching the Fauci news on TV or following social media. The kids were never the ones at risk of serious illness from this virus, nor were they the ones transmitting it around. It may take a while for some to realize that, but that’s how it went down.
817pm – wait…. But why didn’t ever other country open schools back up in Fall of ‘20 (plus all US private and rich kid schools)?
*but didn’t every other country open schools back…
We (obviously) failed our kids by bizarrely keeping schools closed an extra 6 months than virtually every other country in the world. Most European countries also didn’t mask their kids from fall 2020 on… they realized the educational harm. We “knew better” though…
I did not, did you?
Really? So why did private school kids and teachers survive being open for school in 2020/2021- healthier school lunches?
It is incorrect to say Brown won the sheriff race. He has a 7,000 vote lead and there remain ~24,000 votes to count at this time. Brown could win but you’re calling it early. 24k is nearly 3.5x the current margin. Camarena is still in this and you risk causing distrust in the election should Camarena ultimately win.
Here’s John Palmintieri reporting
https://youtu.be/JlX6877lmfA
LETMEGO – yeah….. this bunch doesn’t do too well with cold, hard facts.
You and Sac should just get a hotel room and workin it out in a marathon make out session.
ALEX – just…. no. LOL, I get it, but he’s not my type 😛
Voice Of extremism and projection says what?
” I don’t mean by watching the Fauci news”
So you only “followed” sources that share your extreme biases.
No, by that I mean Fauci never had it right if you read what the academic scientists were writing and saying. Their face isn’t on TV all day. I don’t watch Fox either, so Marcel you can save your next predictable post.
Lozano was not qualified, by a long shot. You need to improve your analytical skills above baseline.
MarcelK for the win.
SBLOCAL – what “free handouts” you complaining about? Police? Fire Dept.? Postal Service? Social Security? US military?
GT and Marcel, if you want to “win” you have to propose solutions, not just rant on others who are trying to do so.
Duke, the party of inclusivity and tolerance makes exceptions for conservatives and religious folk, then it’s accepted, no, required, that they employ the same bigoted traits they claim to fight against.
KKSYV, you mean you didn’t read all about the higher incidence of “extreme illness and death” among private school teachers, students and families from them returning to in-person ASAP!?!? Yeah, nether did I….. people seem to memory hole that early on they found the incidence rate among students and teachers at in-person schools were lower than the greater community – i.e. in a structured school environment teachers and students were safer!
Basic, they just need more money! I know it didn’t work all the previous times but this time if we just throw more money at it, while doing the exact same thing, the system will produce a better educational outcome for our children!
Duke – more like the PE teacher who makes up a lie so she can go on the Ingraham show and parrot far right evangelist nonsense. But hey.
So now Salcido can go back to her job of managing a staff of hundreds as they provide special ed, CTE, IT, and certification services to all the districts in the county, because that’s what the County Ed dept. is supposed to do And the districts can argue about all the stuff Lozano cares about, because that’s what they are supposed to do. Face it, she ran for the wrong job and lost bigly.
Duke you even chided the teenage female at Dos Pueblos for making statements you didn’t agree with in a recent article.
California was perfect example of A/B testing. Exactly- private school kids like Newsom’s we’re just fine. And they got to maintain their competitive advantage academically. My teen sons got through it amazingly well but it was tragic for many. Especially girls. But private school kids and their teachers are were fine- zero were hospitalized in Santa Barbara county.
Duke – maybe you should look into the definition of “academia” which refers to higher education. This is what I have been talking about – parents with little education that try to bring their populist and uneducated opinions to the table and expect everyone to believe they are engaging in adult discussion. I can’t believe I have to define academia for you.
GT, we got to the route of that “lie” you claim and it wasn’t a lie, it was semantics. She claimed the materials were ‘curriculum’ available to teachers and hidden from parents. Of course huge uproar and claims of ‘lies’ because it wasn’t ‘curriculum’ it was simply ‘additional materials’ available to teachers accessed via their online teacher portal, which parent’s don’t have access to…… okay whatever.
Glad my kids are all out of school. I pulled them from public education early. I’m thankful I did. I’m sorry for those who can’t choose for their children.
Because they spoke Spanish they were forced into bi lingual classes and were falling behind.
Stop putting dumb, ignorant/uneducated people on the same level as smart, educated people. It will save you a lot of time and effort if you realize that stupid people are, well, stupid…. That’s why they say and do stupid things all the time. Giving them the false sense of equivalency is a big part of today’s societal problems. Too many dumb people thinking they’re smart enough to have a say… Kinda like giving a trophy to every player on the losing team. Sorry, not sorry…
Vor, yes, she lies about it becoming curriculum and I’m glad we are in agreement. YPu also believe the 2020 election was stolen so I’ve decided to no longer to engage you in conversation.
Kind of the opposite of a “peaceful and loving Santa Barbara” comment…
Not sure where you got that 2020 comment GT… it was the 2016 election that Hillary Clinton is STILL saying was stolen.
Short read: https://news.yahoo.com/hillary-clinton-maintains-2016-election-160716779.html
VOR still supports the January insurrection.
Lozano’s ideas typify the extremist right mindset. Most of these tenants were used by ISIS to establish control in the Middle East: 1. Further marginalize the marginalized 2. Continue the great replacement theory as a means to motivate 3. Galvanize support through fear of homosexuals and the CRT boogeyman 4. Eradicate books and teaching tools that don’t align with evangelism 5. Create the illusion that you are a victim to gain additional support. Lozano would be best to move to a very rural red county in a southern state as she would likely win there.
BASIC – you surprised me! Glad to hear you voted for Salcido!
You’re so far gone you can’t even recognize that you’ve become the extremist. I have never seen projection as strong and pronounced as yours.
It’s not “extremist” to point out the very things another person is trying to do. 1. She supported and wanted to implement policies that would marginalize the LGBQT and non-white community. 2. She spoke openly against “woke” policies that would lead to our demise (replacement theory), 3. spoke non stop about CRT and concerns about LGBQT issues. 4. Wanted to ban books that were “inappropriate” from a Christian mindset (no LGBQT issues). 5. Spoke at length about how the “far left” is trying to take over, making us all victims of their agenda.
All those things GT said are really pretty true. You can’t honestly deny them.
Are you really saying Lozano was not far (extreme) right?