"SAN LUIS PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS "

San Luis, Arizona – San Luis voters headed out to the polls today to cast ballots that will change the leadership at City Hall for the next four years.

The City of San Luis held its 2010 Primary Election Tuesday, March 9, where area residents headed out to the polls today to cast their votes for the office of Mayor and three seats on the City Council, the preliminary results are as follows:

MAYOR

• Juan Carlos Escamilla 975 votes - 49.34%
• Nieves Riedel 874 votes - 44.23%
Write-in Votes 101 votes - 5.11%

CITY COUNCIL

• Carlos Bernal 332 votes - 16.80%
• Monica J. Borga 204 votes - 10.32%
• Juan Evangelista 74 votes - 3.74%
• Archibaldo Gurrola 738 votes - 37.35%
• Abelina Jaime 650 votes - 32.89%
• David Lara 387 votes - 19.59%
• Africa Luna-Carrasco 840 votes - 42.51%
• Marco Pinzon 758 votes - 38.36%
• Marco A., Reyes Jr. 823 votes - 41.65%
• Rafael Torres 775 votes - 39.22%
Write-in Votes 9 votes - 0.46%

Any candidate who receives greater than 50% of the vote in a Primary Election is automatically elected to office effective the date of the proceeding General Election.

The current count reflects approximately 1,950 votes including early ballots that have been processed and counted. An additional number of early and provisional ballots will be counted in the upcoming days. Once these are verified and tabulated by the Yuma County Recorders Office, we will post the results onto the city's website at www.cityofsanluis.org.

All election results are considered preliminary and unofficial until after City Council canvasses the election and/or until after all late early and provisional ballots have been processed and counted.

For all current and future media inquiries please contact Karin Meza at (928) 920-5332 or email kmeza@cityofsanluis.org

 

Mar. 9th, 2010