By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY
Senior Writer
President Joe Biden, U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey, Congressman Jay Obernolte and Supervisor Dawn Rowe surpassed their opponents, if only by slim margins, in last week’s “Super Tuesday” California primary election on March 5, according to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters. In the State Senate and Assembly races, Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Tom Lackey also prevailed over their respective candidates.
In the Democratic primary, there were 178,601 ballots cast, representing 18.92 percent of the registered Democratic voters casting ballots, with 88.74 percent voting for President Joe Biden. There were eight challengers on the Democratic ballot, each receiving less than 4 percent of the vote. All of these totals include the mail-in ballots and those cast in person at the 2,824 precincts in San Bernardino County.
In the Republican primary, there were 217,253 votes cast for a 31.34 percent turnout of the registered Republican voters, with 86.42 voting for Donald Trump and 10.89 percent voting for Niki Haley. The other seven Republican candidates each received less than 1 percent of the vote.
Along with the votes for the candidates from the other parties – American Independent, Green, Libertarian and Peace and Freedom parties – there were a total of 465,540 votes cast in San Bernardino County in the presidential election. The winners from each of the above parties nationwide will face each other in November in the presidential election.
There were two elections for U.S. Senator due to two openings. For the full-term U.S. Senate race, Steve Garvey received 45.36 percent and Adam Schiff 25.26 percent and in third place was Katie Porter with 11.16 percent. Garvey and Schiff received the top two positions and will run against each other in the November election. The same two men were also the top two vote getters for the short-term Senate race.
For the U.S. House of Representatives race for District 23, which covers the San Bernardino Mountains, incumbent Jay Obernolte (R) received 64.66 percent of the vote and in November will face Derek Marshall (D) who received 35.34 percent of the vote.
In the California State Senate race, with 1,298 precincts voting, Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R) received 63.57 percent of the vote, while challenger Lisa Middleton (D) received 36.43 percent, meaning they will oppose each other in November.
In the State Assembly race, with 156 precincts voting, Tom Lackey (R) received 66.66 percent of the vote and Richard Ortega (D) received 33.34 percent of the votes; they will face each other in November.
The race for San Bernardino County Supervisor for the 3rd District, which includes the San Bernardino Mountains, had four candidates with 487 precincts voting. This non-partisan race was won by Dawn Rowe who only needed to receive 50 percent plus one vote to win; there will be no run-off election for this position in November. Rowe received 59.51 percent of the total votes. Her challengers were Chris Carrillo, who received 21.08 percent; Graham Smith, who received 11.35 percent of the vote; and Robert Block who received the remaining 8.06 percent of the votes cast.
Two other supervisor races were held covering two of the five other districts of the county. In the 1st District, incumbent Paul Cook won with 65.08 percent and in the 5th District, Joe Baca Jr., who ran unopposed, received 100 percent of the votes. It is these three, along with the other two supervisors, who run the county.
For State Proposition 1 in San Bernardino County, “No” captured 57.12 percent of the vote, while “Yes” garnered 42.88 percent of the vote with 219,153 votes cast on this issue. Statewide on Proposition 1 was still too close to call at press time with “Yes” receiving 50.27 percent and “No” receiving 49.73 percent of the votes. This all-encompassing mental health measure was supported by Governor Newsom.
Measure W for the San Bernardino County Fire District had 1,456 precincts voting on this measure, which received 43.95 percent “Yes” votes and 56.05 percent “No” votes, with a total of 69,658 votes cast. According to the ballot, “a ‘no’ vote opposed repealing the special parcel tax that was approved by voters in 2006, which was in the amount of $117 per parcel per year, with an annual 3 percent cost of living increase, most recently set by the board of supervisors at $166.84 per parcel for fiscal year 2022-2023.” The tax remains in effect to support the fire district.
Since this was a primary election, the partisan elections will have run-offs in November between the top two vote getters in each contest. The Registrar of Voters website, rov.sbcounty.gov, has information on who is running for any election and other election issues.
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