Very few votes have been counted in California, but already the AP and CNN have declared Hillary Clinton and John McCain the winners. “Clinton had 55 percent of the Democratic vote compared to 33 percent for Obama, with 15 percent of precincts reporting. In the Republican race, McCain led with 44 percent of the vote, compared to 25 percent for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and 12 percent for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, with 14 percent of precincts reporting.”
The really strange outcome is McCain winning in Orange County over Romney by 42% to 28%. I’m sure Assemblyman Van Tran will sprain his wrist taking credit for that as he slaps himself on the back…
The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Prop. 93 is losing…but we have a ways to go yet before we can declare victory over Fabian Nunez and Don Perata. Prop. 92 is losing too. The Indian gaming measures are all winning.
In Santa Ana, only 7 precincts have been counted, out of 126. So far the Measure D proponents are winning by a margin of 59% to 40%. This is disappointing, but the night is young. Let’s see what happens as the votes are counted.
Congratulations to Jordan Brandman, who is winning in the Anaheim Union High School District election by a commanding 2,000 votes.
In Newport Beach, Measure B is winning. I think that means they will be building their new City Hall in a park.
I will be updating these numbers in about six minutes…
UPDATE:
At 10 p.m., with 13 of 126 precincts counted, Measure D’s numbers have changed a bit. The yes side now has 58.7% of the vote, and the No side has 41.3% of the vote.
UPDATE:
At 10:30 p.m., with 54 of 126 precincts counted, Measure D’s numbers have moved a bit more. The yes side is down to 55.7%, whereas the No side is up to 44.3%. But it is going to be hard to overcome the 2,000 vote margin. I think the vote may get even closer, but probably not enough for the No side to prevail.
Gustavo Arellano, over at the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing Blog, had this to say about Measure D, “We won’t know if Measure D passes until tonight, but one thing is certain: if it passes, SanTana residents can expect its leaders to want to rev up those redevelopment bulldozers pronto.”
You can read the rest of Arellano’s comments at this link. He is right. The developers that paid for Measure D will want a quick return on their investment. Remember that the Santa Ana city planners are refusing to take eminent domain off the table, with regards to the Renaissance Plan…
Art
if measure d passes, the real losers will be the residents of this great city as those who payed for the deceptive campaign will want a return on their investment.
I know what home’s those bulldozers should demolish first. Claudia, Pulido, Bustamante, Tinajero, Benavides and Sarmiento and see how they like being with out a place to live.
It never made any sense to me that the Com-Link crowd would vote no on Measure D. The lack of campaign spending on yes for measure d is indicative of this. The Com-Link groups planned to vote for yes on measure d all along.
This is the traditional support group of the Mayor, his supporters and the RSP. The no on measure d concentrated on canvasing this group because the Com-Link groups presented a false position of opposition to yes on measure d. We made no effort in neighborhoods where the differance in victory could of been possible.
The battle was lost, not the war. I believe a valuable lesson was learned.
The RSP was the stealth campaign weapon against no on measure d. Some of us saw this others wanted to believe otherwise.
Com-Link neighborhoods support the RSP. Residents and businesses within the RSP boudaries oppose the RSP.