As count continues, Sobek leads Estrada by 167 votes

By Doug Spoon, Editor

Menifee City Council District 2 representative Ricky Estrada continued to move closer in the voting Tuesday to District 3 rep Lesa Sobek, according to the latest Menifee mayoral election update from the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office.

Sobek’s lead was reduced to 167 votes, with more votes still to be counted. Elizabeth Florer, public information officer for the Registrar’s Office, told Menifee 24/7 today that it could be another week before the count is final. Throughout Riverside County, about 70,000 vote-by-mail ballots and 35,000 Conditional Voter Registration ballots are yet to be counted. Florer did not have information on the number of ballots remaining to be counted in Menifee.

Updates will continue to be released every night until the count is final. The next update is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. (today’s update was released about an hour late).

The other local race that still hasn’t been called involves Measure R, a school bond measure in the Menifee Union School District. It needs a minimum of 55 percent approval to pass and currently has 55.76 percent for “yes”.

Here are the latest numbers:

Menifee mayor:
Lesa Sobek 20,038 votes (44.27%)
Ricky Estrada 19,871 votes (43.90%)
Dameon Greene 5,351 votes (11.82%)

City Council District 1:
Bob Karwin 6,417 votes (57.95%)
Mark Harkay 4,656 votes (42.05%)

City Council District 3:
Dan Temple 6,578 votes (66.94%)
Felix Montano 1,722 votes (17.52%)
Gene Recor 1,518 votes (15.45%)
Jay Sno-Fly (write-in) 8 votes

Measure R - Bond Measure for Menifee Union School District
Yes 26,206 votes (55.76%)
No 20,795 votes (44.24%)

Measure I - Bond Measure for Romoland School District
Yes 7,726 votes (58.26%)
No 5,536 votes (41.74%)

Director, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park Dist. Area 4
Christopher Carnes 12,700 votes (52.83%)
Angela Domenigoni Little 11,339 votes (47.17%)

U.S. Representative, 41st District
Ken Calvert 161,202 votes (51.29%)
Will Rollins 153,079 (48.71%)