Grand Terrace Election Results

Grand Terrace residents voted in a new mayor and elected a former planning commissioner to the City Council last week. The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters poll results as of Monday, Nov. 10, name Darcy McNaboe, who currently sits on the dais, as Grand Terrace's new mayor with all precincts reporting, garnering 57.43 percent of the vote against current Mayor Walt Stanckiewitz, who ran for re-election but received 42.57 percent of the vote. Former Planning Commission Chair Doug Wilson won election to the council seat left vacant by former Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem Bernardo Sandoval with 51.79 percent, against opponent Bill Hussey, who took 48.21 percent of the vote. McNaboe and Wilson will be sworn in during a council meeting in December, typically the only meeting in the month of December reserved for "ceremonial swearing-in activities and council reorganization," Grand Terrace Interim City Manager Kenneth Henderson said in a written statement issued by the City of Grand Terrace last week. McNaboe will vacate her seat on the city council when she officially takes over the position of mayor, leaving one council seat open. Henderson said, "The newly-elected mayor and council will likely consider options to fill Councilmember McNaboe's vacated council seat at the beginning of 2015." The Grand Terrace City Council may choose to hold a special election for the seat at a later date, or may choose to appoint an individual to serve the remaining two years of McNaboe's council term. These actions are expected to be placed on the agenda at a future meeting to allow for public comment. In the Colton Joint Unified School District, Area 2 incumbents Dan Flores and Pilar Tabera won re-election to their seats against opponent Juan Rodriguez. Flores took 43.38 percent of the vote, Tabera 33.05 percent and Rodriguez took 23.57 percent. In CJUSD's Area 3, Kent Taylor won election to the short-term, two year seat with 41.45 percent of the vote, against opponents Jennifer Araiza and Francine Sandoval, with Araiza winning 19.58 percent of the vote and Sandoval with 38.97 percent. Current CJUSD Area 3 Trustee Joanne Thoring-Ojeda took the four year seat. In the race for San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, Division 3, Susan Longville won election with 29.41 percent of the vote. Opponents Melody Henriques McDonald had 20.43 percent of the vote; Wayne Hendrix had 20.73 percent of the vote; Steven Gutierrez had 9.06 percent of the vote; Joe Arnett had 7.80 percent of the vote; and Danny Tillman had 12.58 percent of the vote. Incumbent Mark Bulot won re-election to represent the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, Division 4 seat with a landslide 81.85 percent of the vote to opponent Janel Perez's 18.15 percent vote. Marc Steinorth won election to the vacant California State Assembly, District 40 seat with 56.07 percent of the vote, against opponent Kathleen Henry, who had 43.93 percent of the vote. Cheryl Brown won re-election to California State Assembly, District 47, with 57.36 percent of the vote against opponent Gil Navarro's 42.64 percent. Connie Leyva was elected with 61.01 percent of the vote to California State Senate, District 20. She ran against opponent Matthew Munson, who took 38.99 percent of the vote. In Congress, Pete Aguilar was elected with 51.36 percent of the votes to represent California's District 31 in the U.S. House of Representatives, having run against opponent Paul Chabot, who took 48.64 percent of the vote. The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters website says as of Monday, Nov. 10, there are an estimated 156 mail ballots received at polling places on Election Day still to be counted and added to results; approximately 278 mail ballots and ballots cast at polling places on Election Day that were damaged and require duplication left to be counted and added to the results; and an estimated 14,931 various types of ballots including provisional ballots, mail ballots that require further signature review, and ballots cast that were damaged and require duplication to be counted and added to the results. Final Certified Results will be posted no later than Dec. 2.