Wednesday, 2:45 a.m. – Tony Nuñez maintains an early lead in the District 4 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors race over incumbent Felipe Hernandez and community advocate Elias Gonzales. 

Nuñez had 49.6% of the vote (1,917 of 4,162 votes cast) while Hernandez had 33.5% (1,295 votes) and Gonzales 16.2% (628) as of early Wednesday. The next update from the Santa Cruz County elections office is expected at 4 p.m. Thursday.

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Tania Ortiz joins Lookout Santa Cruz as the California Local News Fellow to cover South County. Tania earned her master’s degree in journalism in December 2023 from Syracuse University, where she was...