Race For Board of Supervisors' Second District Remains Razor Thin

SAN DIEGO, CA — An updated vote count is scheduled to be released after 5 p.m. Wednesday in the race for the Second District seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, where former state legislator Joel Anderson leads Poway Mayor Steve Vaus by 284 votes.

Both candidates in the nonpartisan race are Republicans.

Vaus led by as many as 1,245 votes on election night before Anderson chipped away and eventually took the lead. Friday was the first time since Anderson took the lead that Vaus pulled closer.

About 7,500 ballots remain to be counted in San Diego County's five supervisorial districts, but it is not known how many remain in the Second District, Registrar of Voters Michael Vu said.

Anderson leads Vaus 144,992 votes to 144,708 votes, or 50.05%-49.95%, according to figures released Friday by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Anderson had his lead cut by seven votes in Friday's count.

Friday was the final day vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day could be received and counted.

The district includes El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Poway and Santee and the San Diego communities of Allied Gardens, College Area, Del Cerro, Grantville, Navajo, Rolando and San Carlos. It also includes East County's unincorporated communities of Alpine, Campo, Julian, Ramona, Rancho San Diego and Spring Valley.

The winner will succeed Supervisor Dianne Jacob, who was barred from running for re-election because of term limits. She was elected to the first of her seven terms in 1992.

City News Service