Longtime community leader and former journalist Tony Nuñez has defeated incumbent Felipe Hernandez in the race for the District 4 seat on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.
Nuñez has maintained a nearly 20 percentage-point lead over Hernandez over the past three weeks as vote tallies were posted since the June 2 primary election. Nuñez earned 50.07 % of the vote ( 3,944 of 8,510 votes cast) while Hernandez had 30.84% and third-place Elias Gonzales received 18.41%.
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