Sonoma County Election Results: District Attorney Recall

Healdsburg CA

15 September, 2021

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SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch appears to have overwhelmingly defeated an effort to oust her from office. That's if early election-night results hold up. As of 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office reported that 19.84 percent (24,974) voted yes on her recall, while 80.16 percent (100,934) voted no. The third round of election-night results was released shortly after 10:45 p.m. and reflected 125,354 vote-by-mail ballots and 554 ballots cast in person Tuesday at the polls. There are 304,983 registered voters in Sonoma County, 143,737 of whom voted in Tuesday's election. A recall effort launched by Sonoma County developer Bill Gallaher and his family ended up gathering more than 43,000 signatures to put the recall on the ballot. Ravitch, who has been the county district attorney for a decade, said last year that she would not seek re-election in 2022. Nobody filed to be listed on the ballot as a replacement candidate in the recall election, although two candidates qualified as write-ins. The recall organizers said in the ballot argument against Ravitch that "pressing issues of inequality, injustice and fire safety failures have been ignored or inflamed" and that Ravitch "failed to pursue charges against large corporations that harm and pollute our community to hold them accountable" and "unethically and repeatedly abused her powers to pursue personal vendettas." Oakmont Senior Living, which Gallaher founded, paid a $500,000 settlement in a lawsuit alleging that the senior care company abandoned elderly residents during the 2017 Tubbs Fire. The residents were evacuated on city buses by family members and police officers. RELATED: Sonoma County District Attorney To Face Recall Election Rohnert Park Measure D Election Results: Are Fireworks Now Illegal In The City? Measure D, which would ban fireworks in the city of Rohnert Park, appeared to be passing, according to early election night results. As of 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, 57.69 percent voted Yes on the measure and 42.31 percent voted No, according to the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office. The results reflected vote-by-mail ballots (5,657 Yes votes; 4,419 No votes) only; not any ballots cast at the polls on Election Day. RELATED: Fireworks Spark Ballot Measure In Rohnert Park A yes vote on Measure D means that Ordinance 954 would be enacted and the City's existing regulations would be amended to prohibit the sale or use of "safe and sane" fireworks in the City. A no vote on Measure D means that Ordinance 954 would not be enacted and the sale and use of "safe and sane" fireworks would continue to be allowed in the City. In order to pass, Measure D needs only a majority of votes, not a two-thirds majority. California Gubernatorial Recall Election Results High voter turnout worked in California Gov. Gavin Newsom's favor. With votes still being tallied, he appeared to outperform his own record in the 2018 election across several key counties. The Associated Press called the election in Newsom's favor within an hour of the polls closing. With 60 percent of votes tallied, 66.8 percent of voters rejected the recall, and 33.2 percent voted to oust the governor. Across the state, millions of votes were left to be counted, including ballots cast on election day. Democrats were more likely to vote early, and Republicans hoped for a strong showing during in-person voting. As for Sonoma County voters, 21.82 percent voted in favor of recalling Newsom, while 78.18 percent voted against the recall, according to results late Tuesday night from the county. SEE ALSO: Live CA Recall Election Results Stay with Patch for updated results; refresh this page for the latest.