Thursday, 5:10 p.m. – Immigration attorney Alisa Thomas has secured the open seat on the Santa Cruz County Superior Court over criminal defense attorney Bryan Hackett. 

Thomas had earned 54.8% of the votes (38,556 of 87,277 votes cast) while Hackett had earned 44.6% (31,365) as of Thursday afternoon. Thomas has held a nearly 10% lead over Hackett since Election Day.

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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...