Votes have been cast for the 2026 California statewide direct primary election, and unofficial preliminary results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters are showing significant advantages for incumbent candidates for U.S. District 18 Representative, California State Assembly District 28, Santa Clara County District 1 Supervisor and Santa Clara County District Attorney.
Sylvia Arenas currently leads challenger Rebecca Munson in the race for Santa Clara County District 1 Supervisor with 24,423 votes (61.29%) at the time of reporting, with Munson collecting 15,361 (38.55%), according to results posted on the registrar’s website at 10:50pm June 2.
“I’m deeply honored by the trust and partnership that the voters of District 1 are placing in me to continue the work to make our county better serve our families,” Arenas said.
District 1 encompasses South County, including San Martin and the unincorporated areas surrounding Gilroy and Morgan Hill.
As a non-partisan office, the candidate that receives a majority of votes for the Supervisor position wins outright—only in the event that no candidate receives a majority would the top two vote-getters proceed to the November election.
District Attorney Jeff Rosen is also on track to retain his position, with 106,762 votes (60.04%) over challenger Daniel Chung’s 70,808 (39.82%), according to the registrar’s website. As with the race for supervisor, a candidate that receives a majority wins outright.
County Assessor Neysa Fligor and County Sheriff Robert Jonsen both ran unopposed to retain their seats. Fligor was elected to fill the vacant position in a special election last year after former longtime Assessor Larry Stone retired in July of 2025.
In the race for the California State Assembly, District 28, incumbent Democrat Gail Pellerin is in a strong position to retain her seat with 43,878 votes (66.8%), according to results posted early Wednesday morning by the California Secretary of State’s Office. Challenger Carol Pefley, a Republican, is in second place with 14,561 votes, or 35.69 percent. As the only two candidates in a top-two primary, both will proceed to the November general election regardless of the final tallies.
District 29 Assemblymember Robert Rivas leads his reelection bid with about 63% of the votes counted, according to the California Secretary of State’s office. As of early Wednesday morning, Rivas has received 26,871 votes throughout the district, leading the three-candidate field by a wide margin.
In the Nov. 3 general election, Rivas will face either J.W. Paine, who has received about 17% of votes counted in the June 2 primary; or Dennis P. Sanchez, who has received about 20% of the primary election ballots.
Incumbent U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren for District 18 enjoys a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Shane Lewis with 32,122 votes (52%) over Lewis’s 20,567 (33.3%), according to the secretary of state’s website.
Democratic challenger Luis Arreguin is in third place with 7,376 votes, or 11.9%, while independent candidate and Gilroy resident Chris Demers trails with 1,660 votes, or 2.7 percent. The top two vote-getters will face off in the November general election.
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Measure D, an initiative to create a $0.02 parcel tax to generate up to $17 million of ongoing annual funding for the agency, looks poised to pass. The measure needs a simple majority to succeed, and current tallies show 68,462 “Yes” votes against 60,695 “No,” or 53.01% versus 46.99 percent.
Funds raised by the Measure D parcel tax will go toward more open space preservation efforts (including property and easement purchases); trail expansions; land management; and public safety enforcement on public open space property.
At the top of the June 2 ballot were numerous statewide offices, most notably governor. Republican Steve Hilton leads the vote count with 27.8%, followed by Democrats Xavier Becerra with 25.4% and Tom Steyer with 19.6 percent.
Local elections officials so far have counted a low overall turnout of about 19.37% in the June 2 election. A total of 208,299 ballots have been counted as of press time. There are 1,075,142 registered voters in Santa Clara County.
The local registrar’s office will post its next election results update by 5pm June 3, after this newspaper’s deadline.
