>>> A HISTORIC ELECTION NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SPECIAL.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI AND THE RESULTS ARE COMING IN FOR CLOSELY WATCHED RACES.

WE DO HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE.

WE ARE AT LOCAL DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN WATCH PARTIES AND WE ARE AT THIS SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTER OF VOTERS AND HERE WE ARE IN THE NEWSROOM TRACKING A NATIONAL CONTEST.

WE DO BEGIN WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAVE BEEN ROCK -- LOCKED IN A TIGHT RACE SINCE JOE BIDEN DECIDED TO END HIS CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND TERM IN A HANDFUL OF SWING STATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECIDE WHO IS HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

OUR REPORTER JOINS US FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH WHERE THINGS STAND AT THIS HOUR.

>> I CAN START OFF BY TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU HAD TO BE IN ONE CAMPAIGN OR THE OTHER, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE IN DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN TONIGHT.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS DOING RATHER WELL BUT IT ISN'T DECIDED YET.

PRIMARILY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE BLUE ALL STATES OF PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, AND WISCONSIN.

ALTHOUGH THE -- TRUMP IS LEADING IN THOSE STATES RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL BUT KEEPING AN EYE ON IT AND YOU CAN SEE AS FAR AS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE GOES TRUMP IS UP TO 246 OVER HARRIS AND IT TAKES 270 TO WIN.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO STILL HAVE THE THREE SO-CALLED BLUE WALL STATE SHADED PINK BECAUSE THEY ARE LEANING REPUBLICAN BUT THEY HAVEN'T YET BEEN CALLED.

OUT HERE IN THE WEST YOU CAN SEE ARIZONA IS LEANING TOWARD TRUMP IN NEVADA, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESULTS TO SHADED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT IT IS LOOKING VERY GOOD FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

WE WILL PROBABLY NOT HAVE RESULTS DEFINITIVELY TONIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND NOTHING ODD ABOUT THAT.

THE LAST TIME AROUND IN 2020 IT TOOK FOUR DAYS.

WE WON'T MOBLEY HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT BUT EARLIER JUST ABOUT 15 OR 20 MINUTES AGO, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT CAME OUT AND SAID SHE WOULDN'T BE SPEAKING TONIGHT BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE VERY IMPORTANT STORY NATIONALLY SPEAKING WHICH IS OF COURSE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.

YOU SEE THE PRESIDENTIAL NUMBERS IN THE MIDDLE ON THE SENATE SIDE TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.

MANY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CALLED THE SENATE FOR THE GOP AND THEY WILL RETAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE AND IT NOW REMAINS TO BE SEEN BY HOW MUCH.

SHERROD BROWN IN OHIO AND WE ARE STILL WAITING ON OTHER STATES LIKE MONTANA WITH JON TESTER AND OTHERS AS WELL IN NEVADA AND AS FAR AS THE HOUSE GOES, THAT IS PROBABLY WHERE THE DEMOCRATS BEST HOPES LIVE TONIGHT AND NOT ENOUGH DATA TO MAKE A CALL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THESE RACES AND I WILL GO BACK AND TAKE IN ALL THE MEDIA I CAN FROM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND WE WILL BE BACK AROUND 10:30 APPROXIMATELY WITH ANOTHER NATIONAL UPDATE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, JOHN, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE SENATE HOUSE RACES INCLUDING ONE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON AND FIRST UP THE U.S. SENATE SEAT PREVIOUSLY HELD BY THE LATE SENATOR DIANNE WEINSTEIN BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND THE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER STEVE GARVEY.

NOT LONG AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED IN CALIFORNIA ADAM SCHIFF WAS DECLARED THE WINNER AT ALMOST 60% OF THE VOTE AND IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE 49th DISTRICT IS ONE TO WATCH WITH THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT FACING A REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER AND HE HANGS ON TO HIS SEED OR WHETHER HE LOSES IT WILL HELP TIP THE POWER WITH THE HOUSE TO DEMOCRATS REPUBLICANS AND HERE IS HOW IT LOOKS.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A SLIM LEAD OVER MATT GUNDERSON WITH 54% OF THE VOTES.

>>> TWO TOP LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ARE ON THE BALLOT SO LET'S START WITH THE MAYORAL RACE WITH THE CURRENT MAYOR RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM AGAINST LARRY TURNER WHO IS A COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER WITH THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE IS A DEMOCRAT WILD TURNER HAS NO PARTY PREFERENCE AND SO FAR THE RESULTS SHOW THAT HE IS HOLDING ONTO HIS SEAT WITH EARLY RETURNS.

AND ANOTHER TOP RACE WHICH IS THE SAN DIEGO CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY ELLIOTT IS TURNING OUT AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE WITH TWO DEMOCRATS IN THE RUNNING.

HEATHER HAS THE LEAD SO FAR WITH A LITTLE OVER 56% OF THE VOTES.

VOTERS WERE ASKED WHETHER THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SHOULD RAISE THE SALES TAX BY 1% STARTING IN APRIL 2025.

IT COMES AS THE CITY BASIS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT MEANING REGULAR ONGOING COSTS ARE EXCEEDING THE ACTUAL REVENUE AND IT LOOKS LIKE VOTERS ARE SAY NO TO THE MEASURE SO FAR.

WE DO HAVE MORE RESULTS SCROLLING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND TO HELP US BREAK DOWN THE LATEST NUMBERS IN THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL IMPACTS, WE TURN TO PUBLIC MATTERS REPORTER AND OUR GUEST PANELISTS.

>> THANK YOU.

I AM HERE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY PANEL OF ANALYSTS, THE CEO AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR BRIAN ADAMS, THE DEPUTY EDITOR AND EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER OF THE SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE.

I DO WANT TO START OFF WITH THE STATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AS YOU SAW AND HEARD FROM OUR REPORTER JOHN CARROLL.

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS 210 DELEGATES AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS AT 246 AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE WAITING FOR THOSE THREE BLUE WALL STATES, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA THE -- AND WISCONSIN.

WHAT ARE HER CHANCES?

>> SHE HAS A NARROW PATH TO VICTORY WITH TRUMP OUTPERFORMING AT THE POLLS AND ALL OF THE POLLS IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES HAVE THEM WITHIN ONE PERCENTAGE POINT AND HE IS DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA WHICH IS ALREADY BEEN CALLED FOR HIM.

HE DID BETTER THAN THE POLL SUGGESTED.

BUT THERE STILL A LOT OF VOTES TO BE COUNTED IN LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS IN PHILADELPHIA AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.

SO WE COULD STILL SEE SOME SHIFTING.

>> YOU KNOW, ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP AGAIN IS HOW CLOSE THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE WAS.

ALL OF THE POLLS PRETTY MUCH SHOWED THE TWO CANDIDATES NECK AND NECK.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS SLEEPING OUT AT YOU IN THE CLOSENESS OF THIS RACE?

>> YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AND WE DID EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE.

BUT EARLY ON, THE EAST COAST STATES, THE POLLS WERE CLOSING AND PEOPLE COULDN'T VOTE ANYMORE SO THOSE THAT WERE TRICKLING CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST OR MIDWEST YOU KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CHANGE AND HE SEEMED TO COME OUT OF THE GATE PRETTY QUICKLY IN THE BEGINNING AND I THINK THAT CAME AS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE AND ALSO AS YOU SAID THERE IS STILL A BATCH OF MAIL IN THE VOTES THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESULTS OF.

I THINK THAT WE ALL EXPECTED IT TO BE CLOSE.

WE KNEW IT WOULD BE CLOSE.

I JUST DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT EARLY RUSSIAN THE BEGINNING TONIGHT.

>> SCOTT, IF WE ARE, INDEED, LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL SECOND TRUMP TERM, WHAT DID VOTERS SAY HERE IN TERMS OF IF THEY WANTED CHANGE, IS HE CHANGE BECAUSE HE WAS PRESIDENT FOUR YEARS AGO.

IF THERE IS A MESSAGE TO GLEAN FROM THESE PRELIMINARY RESULTS, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?

>> I THINK THE MAIN MESSAGES STUFF IS TOO EXPENSIVE.

WE DID A BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS TODAY WITH VOTERS THAT POLLING STATIONS.

IT WAS CRAZY FOR EVERY DIFFERENT TOPIC FOR EVERY BALLOT TOPIC AND THEY MENTIONED COST OF LIVING.

WE CAN DO ALL OF THESE STUDIES ABOUT THE ECONOMY BEING BETTER IN THE STOCK MARKET BEING BETTER COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES OR WHATEVER AND INFLATION.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS RESULT, IF IT DOES COME OUT IN FAVOR OF TRUMP MAY HAVE BEEN BAKED INTO THE PROCESS A YEAR AGO BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SO UPSET ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE ABOVE ALL ELSE.

AND HIS PROMISES, WHETHER HE IS RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT WHAT HE CAN DELIVER RESONATED.

THEY HAD TO SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT HOW INTOLERABLE HE HAD BECOME.

>> THE VICE PRESIDENT PROMISED TAX CREDITS AND TAX CREDITS FOR KIDS AND WHY DIDN'T THAT RESONATE?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

I WISH I HAD THE ANSWER.

I DON'T.

I ALSO CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD THINK THE ECONOMY WOULD BE BETTER UNDER TRUMP BECAUSE IT WASN'T.

THEY SAW IT WASN'T.

I THINK THEY ARE UNHAPPY.

I THINK A LOT OF GUYS -- PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE COST OF LIVING BUT TO THINK HE WOULD PROVIDE A BETTER SITUATION AFTER THEY SAW WHAT HE DID LAST TIME IS I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> BRIAN, VERY QUICKLY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE ROBUSTLY DEFENDED CONTROL OF THE SENATE AND ANY SURPRISES HERE?

>> I THINK A LOT OF PREDICTIONS IS THEY WERE GOING TO WIN.

THERE WERE A FEW SEATS THAT I THINK MOST HAVE BEEN GOING THEIR WAY AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN PART BECAUSE THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A FEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO RETIRE DURING THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL TERM IN THE SENATE CONFIRMS THOSE SO IF YOU HAVE A TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE, THAT GIVES THEM A BLANK CHECK TO APPROVE WHOEVER THEY WANT.

>> TURNING QUICKLY TO THE 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE, THERE WERE SOME SWINGS AND POLLS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT MIKE LEVIN HAS A PRETTY DECENT LEAD OVER THE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MATT GUNDERSON.

AND ANY SURPRISING THINGS THERE?

>> THE ANTI-TRUMP SENTIMENT IN THIS WORLD IS PRETTY STRONG.

AND GUNDERSON WAS A REALLY GOOD CANDIDATE AND WELL SPOKEN AND CAME OUT PRO-CHOICE AND TRY TO REALLY ADAPT TO THE DISTRICT AND REALLY STRUGGLED DOING THAT.

>> WE WILL COME BACK FOR MORE ANALYSIS IN A FEW MINUTES.

BACK TO YOU.

>> WE ARE FOLLOWING A RACE THAT COULD TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IN DISTRICT 3 FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRETCHES ALONG THE COAST FROM CARLSBAD TO CORONADO.

THE DEMOCRATIC SUPERVISOR HAS REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT SINCE 2020 AND NOW FACING A CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN FORMER SAN DIEGO MAYOR KEVIN FAULCONER AND SO FAR SHOWING A QUITE A HEALTHY LEAD WITH 56.7% OF THE VOTES AND KEVIN FAULCONER IT'S -- AT 43%.

THE MEASURE WOULD RAISE THE SALES TAX BY HALF OF A PERCENTAGE POINT TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND DOESN'T INCLUDE A CLAUSE FOR SUNSET WHICH MEANS IT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL IT IS ACTUALLY ENDED BY VOTERS AND VOTERS TONIGHT ARE SAYING NO TO THE MEASURE AT 56% OF THE VOTE AND THE OTHER AT 47% AND DEMOCRATS GATHERED TONIGHT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO WATCH THE RESULTS AS THEY CAME IN.

ANDREW BOWEN IS LIVE DOWNTOWN AND HOW IS IT?

'S >> IT IS A PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT AS DEMOCRATS ARE WATCHING ANXIOUSLY THE NATIONAL RESULTS BUT HE IS NOW SPEAKING SO LET'S HEAR ABOUT WHAT HE IS SAYING TO THE CROWD.

>> A VISION THAT PUTS PEOPLE OVER PROFITS AND PUTS PROGRESS OVER POLITICS, PUTS UNITY OVER DIVISION, HOPE OVER CHAOS AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU TONIGHT, WE ARE NOT TURNING SAN DIEGO AROUND BUT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

MY FELLOW SAN DIEGO AND'S, WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE WORK AHEAD OF US AND THE CHALLENGES OUR GREAT CITY FACES ARE VERY REAL BUT I AM MORE CONFIDENT THAN EVER THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TOGETHER AND TACKLE EVERY ONE OF THEM AND WE CAN DO IT AND WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER.

AND TONIGHT I WANT TO CLOSE BY IMPARTING A LESSON WE LEARNED ABOUT OUR CITY THAT SAN DIEGO BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE AND WE WON'T BE SOLD OFF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER IN OUR VALUES AND VOTES IN CITIES AND VOICES CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE BOUGHT AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THE VOTERS OF THIS CITY I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR THE TRUST AND SUPPORT AND BELIEF THAT YOU PUT IN THE ME AND INTO WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND I HAVE A SIMPLE MESSAGE, LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.

LET'S FILL THOSE POTHOLES, LET'S HOUSE THE HOMELESS, LET'S KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND LET'S BUILD MORE HOUSING THAT WORKING AND MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IN THIS GREAT CITY.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

MAY GOD BLESS SAN DIEGO.

>> THAT WAS THE MAYOR SPEAKING CURRENTLY LEADING CLOSE TO THE SAME RESULTS HE WON WITHIN 2020 AT THE FIRST ELECTION AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THAT RACE AS THE EVENING CONTINUES AS WELL AS THE OTHER RACES LOCALLY HERE.

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU.

WHILE SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS TRENDED MORE BLUE IN THE LAST FEW ELECTIONS, REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING TO PICK UP MORE SEATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND IN CONGRESS.

WE ARE LIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE LOCAL REPUBLICANS ARE GATHERING TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: WE ARE HERE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AT THE REPUBLICAN WATCH PARTY.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WITH HIGH ENERGY AND ANTICIPATION AS THE RESULTS TRICKLE IN ON LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL RACES AND THE ROOM HAS BEEN FILLED WITH REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS AND CANDIDATES AND EARLIER TODAY WE SPOKE WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WHO MENTIONED SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES LIKE HOMELESSNESS, CRIME, IMMIGRATION AND HE DOES FEEL HOPEFUL ABOUT REPUBLICANS COMING IN WITH SOLUTIONS.

>> I THINK IF REPUBLICANS GET BACK IN POWER IT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND WE FINALLY START SOLVING PROBLEMS RATHER THAN CREATING THEM AND REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IN COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS.

YOU WILL SEE ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES WHEN THEY GET INTO OFFICE START SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH COMMON SENSE AGAIN.

>> Reporter: WE WERE EXPECTING KEVIN FAULCONER TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THEM YET BUT WE WILL BRING MORE RESULTS AS THE NIGHT COMES ON HERE AT DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

BACK TO YOU IN THE NEWSROOM.

>>> VOTERS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WERE ASKED TO DECIDE ON LOCAL TAX MEASURES AND SEVERAL CITIES HAD TAXES ON THE BALLOT AND SOME TO CONTINUE CURRENT TAXES AND SOME WITH NEW ONES AND LET'S LOOK AT THE SECOND LARGEST CITY CHULA VISTA.

MEASURE P WOULD EXTEND THE HALF CENT SALES TAX TO PAY FOR ROAD REPAIRS AND OTHER BASIC CITY SERVICES AND IF APPROVED IT WOULD SUNSET IN 2037 AND SO FAR THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT THE YESES ARE OVERWHELMING AT A LITTLE OVER 72% OF THE VOTE AND TO EXTEND THIS HALF CENT SALES TAX.

MOVING ON TO EAST COUNTY AND MEASURE J WOULD EXTEND SALES TAX FOR ALCOHOL EXPIRING IN 2028 AND IF APPROVED THE TAX WOULD NOT SUNSET UNTIL APRIL OF 2049 AND THE YESES ARE IN THE LEAD RIGHT NOW AT A LITTLE OVER 67% OF THE VOTE TO EXTEND THE HALF CENT SALES TAX MEASURE J AND MEASURE X THEY WERE ASKED WHETHER TO ADDRESS THE HALF CENT SALE TAX IN OCEANSIDE TO IMPROVE OTHER PROGRAMS AND IT IS SET TO EXPIRE IN APRIL OF 2026 IN THE MEASURE ON THIS YEAR'S BALLOT WOULD EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

MEASURE X SHOWS THE YESES OVERWHELMING AT ALMOST 69% OF THE VOTE WHICH WOULD EXTEND THAT TO OCEANSIDE.

>> THE POLLS CLOSED MORE THAN TWO HOURS AGO SO THE FIRST BATCH OF VOTES HAVE BEEN TABULATED AND WE ARE LIVE AT THE REGISTRAR OF THE VOTERS OFFICE WITH WHAT SHE KNOWS.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IS REPORTING A 43% VOTER TURNOUT AND IT GOES UP AS MORE BALLOTS ARE PROCESSED.

MORE THAN 850,000 BALLOTS HAVE BEEN COUNTED SO FAR WITH 92% MAIL IN AND THE REST AT VOTES AND IS AN EARLIER TONIGHT'S SPOKE TO THE REGISTRAR.

SHE SAID THEY WILL ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING BALLOTS AT THE END OF TONIGHT.

>> I DO ANTICIPATE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO POST THOSE FINAL UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS ALONG WITH THE PROJECT DID OUTSTANDING NUMBER HOPEFULLY BY 2:00 A.M. AND GET IT OUT THERE.

THE NEXT SET OF UNOFFICIAL RESULTS WILL BE POSTED BY 6:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY.

>> THEY CAN COME IN HERE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS AS LONG AS THEY ARE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY.

THE REGISTRAR SAID DAILY UPDATES ON RESULTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY WITH MORE UPDATES COMING ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE COUNTY HAS UNTIL DECEMBER FIVE TO CERTIFY RESULTS.

LIVE AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, KPBS NEWS.

>> YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN WITH THE LATEST NUMBERS ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE , KPBS.ORG.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR GUEST PANELISTS FOR MORE ANALYSIS.

>> I AM GREAT BACK WITH SCOTT LEWIS, BRIAN ADAMS, AND I WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE 75th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT RACE FOR THE FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN IS FACING OFF WITH THE LAKESIDE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE ANDREW HAYES AND BOTH ARE SEEKING TO REPLACE THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN MARIE WALDRON WHO WAS TURNED OUT AND BOTH OF THEM ARE REPUBLICANS AND BOTH DUKING IT OUT FOR THE SAME GROUP OF VOTERS.

I DO KNOW THAT PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE IN AND WHAT THEY SHOW RIGHT NOW IS THAT HE IS IN THE LEAD.

WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS RACE IS HAYES SCOTT LABOR UNION ENDORSEMENTS AND EVEN GOT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PETERS ENDORSEMENT.

AT THIS POINT IT HAS NOT GIVEN HIM AN EDGE.

WHY?

>> I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE HE ALSO GOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ENDORSEMENT.

YOU THINK THAT WOULD MATTER PARTICULARLY IN THIS DISTRICT.

KARL DEMAIO ISN'T LIKED AMONG POLITICAL ACTORS IN SAN DIEGO BOTH ON THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SIDE BUT I THINK OF VOTERS ARE IN A MOOD WHERE THEY WANT OUTSIDERS.

I THINK THAT HELPS AND HE DEFINITELY IS AN OUTSIDER EVEN THOUGH HE IS A FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER.

HE STILL HAS THE VIBE OF BEING AN OUTSIDER.

I THINK THAT MAY BE HELPING HIM.

I AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

>> SO, LAURA, HE ALSO HAD SOME CAMPAIGN VIOLATION COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST HIM WHICH MAY NOT HAVE MATTERED IN THIS RACE.

IF ELECTED, HE HAS PROMISED TO REMAKE THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HOUSE DEEP A CLIFF DOES HE HAVE THE CLIMB?

>> I THINK HE IS DOING WELL BECAUSE HE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE NAME RECOGNITION AND HE HAS BEEN AROUND AND DID RADIO SHOWS AND NOT SO SURE HE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THOSE PROMISES.

AS YOU MENTIONED HE DOES HAVE SOME ENEMIES OUT THERE AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK THAT HIGHLY OF HIM AND HE HAS BURNED SOME BRIDGES.

I THINK THAT IS YET TO BE SEEN IF HE CAN DELIVER THOSE PROMISES.

>> THIS PROPOSITION IS A FAVORITE AND I SAVED THIS QUESTION.

IF WE CUT THE TWO THIRDS TO PASS BONDS AND IF THE MONEY IS SPENT ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW MUCH MONEY COULD THIS POTENTIALLY BRING AND IF IT PASSES?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BALLOT YOU SEE A LOT OF SCHOOL BONDS AND IN CHULA VISTA THEY ARE VOTING ON TWO DIFFERENT BONDS AND THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ONLY NEED 55% OF THE VOTE AND THEY RAISED PROPERTY TAXES AND BORROWED MONEY TO BUILD STUFF.

THIS ALLOWS CITIES TO DO THAT SWIFT THIS PAST YOU WOULD SEE CITIES DO THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME AND ALL THE TIME FOR PARKS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THESE THINGS AND THAT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL AND RIGHT NOW I THINK IF THE YESES DOWN A BIT IT MAY BE ONE OF THOSE THAT COULD CROSS OVER AND AGAIN IF IT PASSES IT WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

>> IF IT DOES PASS, HOW BIG OF A PANACEA WOULD IT BE FOR HOUSING IN THE STATE?

>> THEY COULD BORROW A BUNCH OF MONEY AND BUILD HOUSING BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDIZED WILL STILL BE A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE HOUSING SUPPLY CRISIS AND THIS MAY HAVE BIGGER IMPACT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS AND SUCH.

AGAIN, IT WOULD HELP CITIES RAISE PROPERTY TAXES A LOT EASIER BUT STILL 55% WHICH IS HARD BUT AS THE SCHOOL BOND SHOWS IT IS.

>> LET'S TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT PROPOSITION 33 WHICH WOULD EXPAND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REACH AND IMPOSE RENT CONTROL.

THERE IS SOME WORRY THAT IT WILL AFFECT NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND HOW VALID IS THAT?

>> WE SAID NO ON PROP 33 BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE THAN BETTER.

ECONOMISTS WERE SAYING THAT LANDLORDS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE REPAIRS ON BUILDINGS AND MAINTENANCE THAT WERE REALLY NEEDED.

WE FELT LIKE IT DISCOURAGES NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.

THAT IS WHY WE SAID NO ON 33.

>> AND TONY ALSO OPPOSES IT?

>> YES.

SOMETIMES I THINK WHEN PEOPLE HEAR RENT CONTROL THEY GO BACK TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT WILL HELP ME AND IN THIS CASE WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WOULD.

>> TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE SAN DIEGO MAYORAL RACE IT LOOKS LIKE THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT WILL SAIL TO VICTORY AT THIS POINT AND YOUR PAPER ENDORSED HIM BUT THEY DID SO BEGRUDGINGLY, WHY?

>> I THINK WE INTERVIEWED BOTH CANDIDATES.

AND TODD IS VERY SHARP AND TO THE POINT AND HE KNOWS THE ISSUES BUT THERE MAY BE SOME BOATERS OUT THERE WHO FELT LIKE HE STILL HASN'T DONE ENOUGH ON HOMELESS WHICH NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES IT WON'T BE ENOUGH BECAUSE IT IS A BIG ISSUE AND THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE BOTHERED BY THE FACT THAT THEY THINK TODD GLORIA MAY BE ASPIRING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES WORRYING ABOUT BEING THE MAYOR.

I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BOTHERED SOME VOTERS AND I DON'T THINK IT NECESSARILY BOTHERED US.

WE CLEARLY FELT LIKE HE DESERVED THE ENDORSEMENT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE ISSUES BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES AND THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS ISSUES, THAT IS WHERE WE KIND OF FELT THAT SOME VOTERS WOULD NOT BE 100% BEHIND HIM.

>> BRIAN, HIS CHALLENGER, BARRY TURNER RECEIVED A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WHY DIDN'T THAT HELP HIM UNSEAT GLORIA?

>> IT IS TOUGH TO UNSEAT AN INCUMBENT ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A POLITICAL NEWCOMER WITH NO NAME RECOGNITION SO HE TOOK AN INTERESTING PAST SAY HE IS INDEPENDENT OF BOARDING -- AVOIDING PARTY LABELS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LABELED REPUBLICAN.

HE TRIED TO RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT AN OUTSIDER.

IT IS A GOOD STRATEGY BUT TOUGH TO PULL OFF IF VOTERS DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

VOTERS ARE HESITANT TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.

>> WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE MOMENTARILY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL CHECK BACK IN LATER.

BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OF MORE -- SOME MORE PREPOSITIONS AND WE BEGIN WITH PROP 3 WHICH REAFFIRMS OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY IN A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND REMOVE OUTDATED LANGUAGE FROM PROPOSITION 8 WHICH WAS PASSED BY VOTERS IN 2008 THAT CHARACTERIZES MARRIAGE IS ONLY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

AND THE LEAD IS WITH THE YESES AT A LITTLE OVER 62% TO REAFFIRM THE RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY AND PROPOSITION 6 WOULD DEAL WITH FORCED LABOR IN PRISONS WHICH ENDS INDENTURED SERVITUDE IN PRISONS WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LAST REMNANTS OF SLAVERY IN THE BLACK LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS OF CALIFORNIA INCLUDED THE PROPOSAL IN ITS REPARATIONS AGENDA AND SO FAR WE DO SEE A LEAD WITH THE NOSE -- THOSE WHO SAY NO AT 54%.

PROP 32 WOULD RAISE THE WAGE FROM $16 AN HOUR TO $18 AN HOUR IN THE MINIMUM WAGE WAS RECENTLY RAISED TO $20 PER HOUR WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS GETTING $25 PER HOUR.

IN THESE EARLY RETURNS WE DO SEE THOSE WHO SAY NO WITH A SLIM LEAD AT 52% OF THE VOTE.

FINALLY CALIFORNIA VOTERS HAVE PASSED PROP 36 WHICH INCREASES PENALTIES FOR THEFT AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THIS RULES BACK PROP 47 APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2014 THAT TURNS THE FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS.

WE DO SEE THE YESES OVERWHELMINGLY UP OVER THE NOS AT 70.6% TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR FELONIES AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AND YOU CAN SEE THE LATEST RESULTS ON OUR WEBSITE , KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US FOR OUR 2024 PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL PEERAGE WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THE RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE AND WE HAVE A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN WATCH PARTY AND WE ARE AT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS WERE BALLOT COUNTING CONTINUES.

JOHN IS HERE TRACKING A NATIONAL CONTEST.

AND NOW FOR UPDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN A TIGHT RACE SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DECIDED TO END HIS CAMPAIGN FOR A SECOND TERM WITH A HANDFUL OF SWING STATES EXPECTED TO DECIDE.

JOHN CARROLL JOINS US FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST.

>> NOT A LOT NEW TO REPORT SINCE WE SAW YOU AT THE TOP OF THIS HOUR AND IF YOU WERE IN ONE OF THE CAMPAIGNS, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE IN THE DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN TONIGHT AS THEY ARE LEADING IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE RACE STANDS AT THIS HOUR WITH THAT VOTE.

YOU CAN SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS JUST THIRD TEEN VOTES AWAY FROM REACHING THE THRESHOLD OF 270 WERE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS 214.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR CALLS ON THE SO-CALLED BLUE WALL STATES, WHICH, THOSE ARE THE ONES IN PINK.

PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN.

THEN, WE HAVE NEVADA AND ARIZONA ALSO SHADED IN PINK, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE STATES, PRETTY MUCH EXPECTED THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE VICE PRESIDENT, WE NOW STAND WITH THE SENATE BY ALMOST ALL THE MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND NPR, THAT WE LISTEN TO, NOW CALLED THE SENATE TO GO TO REPUBLICAN CONTROL, BUT STILL A HOUSE TO BE DECIDED, AND WE LIKELY WON'T KNOW THE RESULTS OF WHICH WAY THE HOUSE IS GOING TO GO FOR SOME TIME.

OF COURSE, IF THE HOUSE GOES TO DEMOCRATIC HANDS, THAT WILL LEAD TO LOGJAMS, AND GOVERNMENT COMING UP, BUT WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.

THAT IS WHERE WE STAND NOW.

EARLIER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN, CEDRIC RICHMOND, THANKED ALL THE PEOPLE WAITING THERE, I BELIEVE THAT HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

EXCUSE ME IF I GOT THAT WRONG.

THE HARRIS SPENT LOOKING DOLDY CELEBRATION TONIGHT.

HE SAID, SHE WOULD NOT COME TALK TO PEOPLE.

THEY WOULD HEAR FROM HER TOMORROW MORNING.

WE UNDERSTAND DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING HIS WAY TO THE CONVENTION CENTER IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, WHERE HE WILL BE SPEAKING.

WE'LL FOLLOW ALL OF IT FOR YOU AND LET YOU KNOW ON KPBS.ORG , THE BEST PLACE FOR HIM TO THE MINUTE COVERAGE, MAYA.

DO YOU.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU STANDING BEHIND.

FOLLOWING SENATE AND HOUSE RACES, INCLUDING A POTENTIAL TO TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.

FIRST OFF, U.S. SENATE SEAT PREVIOUSLY HELD BY LATE SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND REPUBLICAN, REPUBLICAN BASEBALL PLAYER, STEVE GARVEY.

THE WINNER WAS DECLARED ADAM SCHIFF.

HOLDING 59.6% OF BOATS.

>>> U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 49th DISTRICT, 1 TO WATCH.

INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT FACING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER.

WHETHER HE HANGS ONTO A SEED OR LOSE IT, THIS CAN HELP TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE HOUSE TO DEMOCRATS OR THE REPUBLICANS.

WE ARE SEEING MIKE LEVIN HOLDING AN EDGE AT 54.2% OF THE VOTE HE HAD THIS TO SAY FROM HIS ELECTION NIGHT PARTY AT ELDON, CINDY GO DELMAR AFTER THE FIRST POLL NUMBERS CAME IN.

>> THANKS TO THE WORK YOU PUT IN, BASED ON EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING VOTE, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT, WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE WILL PREVAIL.

>> CALIFORNIA'S 49th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FROM SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY OF THE COAST INTO TUNNELTON, OCEANSIDE VISTA, ALL THE WAY INTO DELMAR.

>>> TWO TOP LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ARE ON THE BALLOT.

MARITIME COURIER, RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER ANTON GLORIA LEADS 55.7%.

CURRENT CITY LEADER, ELLIOTT, TERMING OUT AFTER EIGHT YEARS WITH TWO DEMOCRATS IN THE RUNNING.

DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY AND STATUS FAMILY MEMBER, STILL MAINTAINING A LEAD AT 56.1% OF THE VOTE.

>>> VOTERS WERE ASKED WHETHER THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SHOULD RAISE THE SALES TAX BY 1% STARTING APRIL 2025.

IT COMES AS THE CITY HAS A $200 MILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, MEANING, REGULAR ONGOING COSTS ARE EXCEEDING THE REVENUE.

WE ARE SEEING MEASURE E, LOOKS LIKE NO BOAT OR 51.3%, YES'S 53.7% TO INCREASE THE SALES TAX.

HELP ON THE REALIST -- LATEST RESULTS, OUR PANELISTS.

>> THANK YOU, MY.

A STELLAR TRIO OF ANALYSTS, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR ADAMS.

DEPUTY EDITOR AND BOARD MEMBER AT THE "SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE."

SCOTT, FOR YOUR INSIGHT ON THE DISTRICT 3 RACE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT AND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER, FORMER SAN DIEGO MAYOR, KEVIN FAULKNER.

TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY THIS WAS SUCH A HIGH-STAKES, HARD-FOUGHT RACE AND DREW IN SO MUCH ATTENTION.

>> A LOT OF REPUBLICANS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE BIG.

WAS THIS GOING TO BE THE FINAL OR OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO FINALLY GET SOMETHING DONE AND WIN AN ELECTION WITH A LOT AT STAKE IN A DISTRICT THAT LEANED DEMOCRATIC, AND THEY POURED MILLIONS, MILLIONS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT 4 MILLION OR $5 MILLION, 3-1, FOR KEVIN FAULKNER AT STAKE WAS THE CONTROL OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WITH A LOT OF HOUSING ISSUES AT STAKE, RELATIONS WITH UNIONS, AND IT DIDN'T WORK PRECISELY BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC, WILL GO HAPPILY FOR KAMALA HARRIS, AND WHILE THE REPUBLICANS NATIONWIDE MIGHT BE EXCITED RIGHT NOW, THE REPUBLICANS IN CALIFORNIA ARE GOING TO BE IN THE WILDERNESS IF DONALD TRUMP WINS ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS KEEP PUTTING THAT TIME TO HIM AROUND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE NEXT HERE, AND IT SINKS THEM.

THAT IS ALL SHE SPEND HER MONEY ON, OPPOSING HIM, AND THE INDEPENDENCE THAT SUPPORT HER DID, AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED AGAIN.

>> HE HIT HER HARD ON HOMELESSNESS.

SHE HIT HIM HARD ON HOMELESSNESS, THEN SHE HIT HIM EVEN HARDER ON HIM BEING A REPUBLICAN, AND ALIGNED HIM WITH TRUMP.

THAT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE WAS COUNTLESS BILLBOARDS, MAILERS, THE PICTURE OF HIM WITH DONALD TRUMP.

HE REFUSED TO EVER RENOUNCE HIS SUPPORT FOR HIM, AND AGAIN, AS A REPUBLICAN, THAT IS HARD TO DO.

YOU NEED THE CHUNK OF REPUBLICAN THAT LOVE TRUMP, BUT IN A DISTRICT LIKE THAT, AGAIN, I THINK IT IS JUST PROOF, FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW YEARS, VERY TOUGH FOR A REPUBLICAN TO MAKE GAINS IN THE COASTAL AREA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> BRIAN, IT LOOKS LIKE SAN DIEGO MAYOR WILL WIN THE RACE TONIGHT.

BUT IT ALSO, TO ME, IT WAS HARDER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

>> VOTERS ARE IN A SOUR MOOD.

NOT A GOOD YEAR TO RUN.

THE FACT THAT GLORIA HELD ONTO A SEAT, TARA HELD ONTO HER SEAT, IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEAKNESS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN SAN DIEGO.

THESE ARE SEATS THAT, IN PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLES, WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR REPUBLICANS.

THE FACT IS REPUBLICAN PARTIES ARE SO OUT OF FAVOR WITH VOTERS IN SAN DIEGO, THEY CAN'T PICK THOSE UP.

I THINK, REALLY, REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING A LOT OF DIFFICULTY IN SAN DIEGO BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP LEADS THE PARTY NATIONALLY.

>> LAURA, MEASURE G WOULD IMPOSE A COUNTYWIDE SALES TAX.

IT WOULD FUND TRANSIT RELATED PROJECTS LIKE THE REPAIRS, AND EXPANDING CARPOOL LANES.

THIS SEEMS TO BE LOSING AT THIS POINT.

HOW CRUCIAL THIS THIS MONEY FOR SAN DIEGO?

>> IF THEY WOULD DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO WITH THE MONEY, EVERYBODY WOULD WANT THAT, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HAD ISSUES, IS HAVING ISSUES, SO THERE'S A LOT OF MISTRUST THERE.

WE ASKED FOR COMMENTARIES PRO AND CON ON THIS ISSUE, AND STEVE FOX, WHO IS A BOARD MEMBER, TOLD EVERYBODY, DON'T VOTE FOR IT.

THERE IS A TRUST ISSUE THERE.

>> AND ANOTHER SALES TAX ON THE BALLOT, CITY OF SAN DIEGO, WOULD INCREASE THE SALES TAX BY 1 PERCENTAGE FOUR.

HARD TO TELL RIGHT NOW WHERE THIS IS LEADING WITH VOTERS .THERE ARE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES WITH THIS, AND ALSO AN ISSUE WITH HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD RAISE AND HOW FAR THAT WOULD GO TO HELPING.

>> REMEMBER, I SAID EARLIER, THE COST OF LIVING IS AT THE TOP OF EVERYBODY'S MIND.

TO ASK HIM TO LITERALLY RAISE THE COST OF LIVING ON THEIR OWN BY CHOICE IS A BIG STEP, AND I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING.

11 SALES TAX MEASURES ACROSS THE COUNTY, INCLUDING WHEN THEY WENT OUT FOR A SALES TAX INCREASE IN 2016, LAST TIME TRUMP WAS ELECTED, THEY GOT 50% OF THE VOTE, NEEDED 2/3, A SPECIFIC ONE THE GOVERNMENT HAD ON THE BALLOT, BUT 50% FOR THEM TO NOW BE AT 47, 48, 49%, WHICH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLAPSE OF SUPPORT AND TRUST AMONG THE VOTERS FOR THE LEADERSHIP, AND FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE WANTING TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT.

I THINK IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING EXPERIMENT TO LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTY AND SEE WHICH SALES TAXES DID WELL AND WHICH DID POORLY AS A BAROMETER OF TRUST IN THE AGENCY.

I THINK THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS ONE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE SEE AS COUNTS COME UP THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IT MIGHT BE A CROSS THAT THRESHOLD TOO A BIT.

>> THANK YOU.

WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.

BACK TO YOU, MAYA.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

LET'S LOOK AT TWO COMPETITIVE RACES IN THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE, STARTING WITH STATE AND SALES DISTRICT 75 FOR HIM AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUBURBS INCLUDING HALLWAY, WITH TWO REPUBLICANS VYING FOR THE SEAT, WITH ANDREW HAYES, AND CARLO DiMAIO, HEALTHY LEAD AT 60.7% OF THE VOTE.

>>> THE 79th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT REPRESENTING A LARGE PORTION OF SAN DIEGO AND PARTS OF LA MESA, LEMON GROVE AND CHULA VISTA.

THE RACE BETWEEN TWO DEMOCRATS, AND SO FAR, HARD TO TELL, BUT COLLINS HAS A LEAD OF 52.4%.

SAN DIEGO DEMOCRATS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS GATHERED DOWNTOWN TONIGHT TO WATCH THE ELECTION RESULTS AND HEAR FROM CANDIDATES.

ANDREW VAUGHN, LIVE THERE NOW.

ANDREW?

>> Reporter: MAYA THE LAST FEW MINUTES, THE CROWD IS GETTING OUT WITH SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS CYCLING THROUGH THEIR CAMPAIGNS, CHANTING THEIR NAMES, GETTING THE CROWD FIRED UP, AND MAKING SPEECHES ON THE PODIUM HERE.

EVERYONE HERE IS WATCHING THE NATIONAL RESULTS WITH QUITE A BIT OF ANXIETY.

DEMOCRATS, HEARD THE TERM MIXED BAG THROWN AROUND QUITE A BIT THIS EVENING.

THE NATIONAL RESULTS ARE LOOKING RATHER IFFY FOR DEMOCRATS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE LOCAL GROUP RESULTS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR DEMOCRATS CAROL RIMMER AND KEVIN FAULKNER, ONE TO WATCH CLOSELY FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3.

OF COURSE, THE RACE THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER DEMOCRATS WILL RETAIN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

EARLIER THIS HOUR, LET'S HEAR WHAT WAS SAID.

>> WE KNOCKED ON MORE THAN $35,000.

THANK YOU.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, MAKING SURE WE CAN SHOW UP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO KEEP FIGHTING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER, ISSUES LIKE HOMELESSNESS, THE COST OF HOUSING, PROTECTING OUR BEACHES AND THE COASTLINES, MAKING REAL PROGRESS WITH FAMILIES AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> MAYA, SHE WENT ON TO SAY SHE THINKS HER RACE IS TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

THAT BEING SAID, VICTORY WOULD NOT BE ALL THAT SURPRISING.

INCUMBENTS HAVE HISTORICALLY FARED FAIRLY WELL WITH REELECTION ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE TRUMP BRAND, MOVING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR THE RIGHT, THAT HAS LED TO A BLUING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, IF YOU WILL, AND THAT IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

>> CALIFORNIA IS A KEY GROUND FOR REPUBLICAN FLIPPING BLUE SEATS.

ONE OF THOSE SEATS IS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH REPUBLICANS GATHERING TONIGHT.

TONYA, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

>> Reporter: STILL AT THE U.S. GRANT HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

THE REPUBLICAN WATCH PARTY LITERALLY TURNED INTO A WATCH PARTY.

BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE THE BORDERS -- SUPPORTERS ARE WATCHING THE RESULTS CLOSELY, AS TRUMP HOLDS A HEALTHY LEAD OVER HARRIS HERE.

THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE A LOT MORE LOCAL REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BUT STILL A BIG WIN LIKE PROPOSITION 36, SET TO GET TOUGHER ON CRIME.

IT HAS PASSED.

HERE IS JOHN FRANKLIN, MAYOR OF THE TOWN.

>> I THINK THE BIG PICTURE TONIGHT IS PROP 36, THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA WANT TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER, AND IN MY CITY OF VISTA, ONLY TWO GROCERY STORES BECAUSE OF SHOPLIFTING.

MANAGEMENT WAS CLEAR WHEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR LAST TIME, BECAUSE OF THE LOSS FROM SHOPLIFTING, THEY COULD SUSTAIN BUSINESS.

HUNDREDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES LOST JOBS, AND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LOST SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HAVE TO STAND UP FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND JOBS, AND IT WILL BE ILLEGAL TO STEAL AGAIN.

PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ARE READY FOR CHANGE.

>> Reporter: ONLY A COUPLE OF THOSE RACES HAVE BEEN CALLED.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE STILL HOLDING ONTO SOME HOPE.

FRANKLIN SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PASSING OF PROP 36 IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN SEE REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS AWAIT FOR DONALD TRUMP TO SPEAK TO THAT AND ARE WATCHING THE RESULTS VERY CLOSELY.

WE'LL BE GIVING YOU MORE LIVE UPDATES AT THE U.S. GRANT HOTEL.

YOU CAN FIND MORE AND MORE COVERAGE ON KPBS.ORG.

FROM THE U.S. GRANT HOTEL, TONYA WARREN, KPBS NEWS.

>> VOTERS ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WERE ASKED TO DECIDE ON LOCAL TAX MEASURES THIS YEAR.

SEVERAL CITIES WERE ON THE BALLOT, SOME TO INSTITUTE NEW TAXES, SOME TO CONTINUE WHERE IT WAS.

LET'S LOOK AT RESULTS TONIGHT SO FAR, STARTING WITH THE COUNTY'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY, CHULA VISTA.

MEASURE B EXTENDS CHULA VISTA'S SALES TAX FOR ROAD REPAIRS AND OTHER BASIC CITY SERVICES, WHICH WOULD SUNSET IN THE YEAR 2037.

WE ARE SEEING, SO FAR, WITH THESE RETURNS, 72% YES VOTES, 20% NO'S.

>>> MOVING TO THE EAST COUNTY MEASURE J, WOULD EXTEND ALCOHOLIC TAX, SET TO EXPIRE IN 2028.

IF APPROVED, THE TAX WOULD NOT SUNSET UNTIL APRIL OF 2049.

MEASURE J, A LEAD WITH YES AT 67.3%.

THAT WOULD BE THE SALES TAX FOR ALCOHOL.

MEASURE X, WITH OCEANSIDE SALES TAX TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, MODERNIZE INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORT YOUTH PROGRAMS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE SALES TAX IS SET TO EXPIRE APRIL '26.

THIS YEAR'S BALLOT WOULD EXTEND IT.

OCEANSIDE IS SAYING, YES, SO FAR, 68.7% FOR THE SALES TAX.

POLLS ARE CLOSED.

>>> FIRST VOTES ARE NOW TABULATED.

SECOND, KPBS REPORTER, LIVE WITH THE REGISTRARS VOTERS OFFICE , WE KNOW SO FAR, KATIE.

>> Reporter: MAYA, NEARLY 860,000 BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED SO FAR TONIGHT, ABOUT A 43% CHANGE TURNOUT FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO GO UP AS MORE BALLOTS ARE PROCESSED.

MAIL-IN BALLOTS CAN COME IN FOR SEVEN DAYS, AS LONG AS THEY ARE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY AND WILL GET COUNTED EARLIER TONIGHT, I SPOKE TO THE REGISTRAR.

SHE SAYS THAT THEY WILL ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING BALLOTS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, AND SHE SAID THAT THAT NUMBER CAN BE FROM 400 TO 500,000 BALLOTS.

THE REGISTRAR SAYS DAILY UPDATES ON THAT WILL CONTINUE STARTING THURSDAY EVENING, THEN AGAIN UNTIL SATURDAY, AND MORE UPDATES TO COME MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY.

COUNTY HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 5th TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION RESULTS BACK TO YOU, MAYA .

>> WHAT THE PROCESS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW PROPOSITIONS WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY, STARTING WITH TOP 40, WHICH REAPPROVED THE RIGHT FOR SAME SEX COUPLES TO MARRY IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, REMOVING OUTDATED LANGUAGE FROM 2008 PASSED BY VOTERS WITH CHARACTERIZING MARRIAGE IS ONLY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

SO FAR, THE YES IS OVERWHELMING AT 62.6% OF THE VOTE.

PROP 6 WOULD LIMIT FORCED LABOR IN STATE PRISONS.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WITH ADMINISTRATION INDENTURED SERVITUDE IN STATE PRISONS, WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LAST REMNANTS OF SLAVERY.

CALIFORNIA LACKED LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS INCLUDED THE PROPOSAL IN ITS REPARATIONS AGENDA.

PROPOSITION 6 IS LOOKING LIKE A GO, 54.4%, NO, 45.6%, YES.

PROP 32 WOULD RAISE A STATE MINIMUM WAGE FROM $60 PER HOUR TO $18 PER HOUR.

MINIMUM WAGE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS WAS RECENTLY RAISED $20 AN HOUR.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS NOW GET $25 AN HOUR.

PROPOSITION 32 IS HARD TO CALL, BUT 51.8% KNOWS 48.2% YES.

PROP 33 WOULD ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO IMPOSE RENT CONTROLS.

THIS IS THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK A STATE LAW THAT GENERALLY PREVENTS THE CITY'S COUNTIES FROM LIMITING RENTS AND PROPERTIES FIRST OCCUPIED AFTER FEBRUARY 1st, 1995.

THOSE HAVE A HEALTHY LEAD AT 62.4% OF THE VOTE.

37.6 FOR THE YES'S.

FINALLY, CALIFORNIA VOTERS HAVE PASSED PROPOSITION 36.

THIS WOULD INCREASE PENALTIES FOR THEFT AND DRUG TRAFFICKING.THIS MEASURE PARTLY ROLLS BACK PROP 47, APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2014, TURNS SOME FELONIES INTO MISDEMEANORS.

GET THIS, PROPOSITION HAS PASSED BY 70.5% OF THE VOTE.

>>> FIND THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG A LAST LOOK AT WHERE THE TOP RACES STAND TONIGHT, LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR GUEST PANELISTS.

>> PREBYS -- SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE PROFESSOR, DANIEL CASTANEDA AT THE "SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE."

LET'S GO ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACES -- LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT 3 RACE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WILSON -- ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -- WELL KEEP HER SEAT.WHAT IS AHEAD FOR REPUBLICAN FALCONER?

>> LOST THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR, DID POORLY IN THAT ONE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HE HAS ANY FUTURE IN LOCAL POLITICS.

NEVER WANT TO WRITE SOMEBODY OFF, BUT IF YOU CAN'T WIN A COUNTY SUPERVISOR SEAT, IT WOULD BE PRETTY BIG TO COME OUT IN SOME OTHER FORM.

>> Reporter: LAURA, SAN DIEGO MAYOR TODD GLORIA'S CYCLE STARTS HIS TERM IN OFFICE NEXT YEAR, LATER THIS YEAR.

WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE FOR HIM IN A SECOND TERM?

>> I THINK YOU WILL REALLY HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE HOMELESS SITUATION, AND IN THE HOUSING, FIND A WAY TO MAKE SAN DIEGANS HAPPIER.

WE RECEIVED SO MANY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND COMMENTARIES FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED, NOT JUST IN DOWNTOWN ANYMORE, BUT ALL PARTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY, AND PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING DONE.

SAN DIEGO, NOT THE SAME SAN DIEGO IT USED TO BE.

THAT SITUATION IS NOT MADE BETTER QUICKLY, I THINK IT COULD HURT HIS CHANCES OF DOING ANYTHING BETTER THAN HE MIGHT WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

>> BRIAN, DEMOCRATS HAVE TO FLIP FOUR SEATS FOR CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

>> LOOKING GOOD NOW.

FLIPPED A SEAT IN NEW YORK EARLIER IN THE EVENING.

THERE IS A NUMBER OF SEATS IN CALIFORNIA THAT WOULD BE FLIPPED, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, CENTRAL VALLEY, SO, PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO CALL ANY OF THOSE, BUT STILL A GOOD CHANCE THEY DO.

>> SCOTT, I THINK I KNOW YOUR ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.

I WILL POSE THE QUESTION ANYWAY.

I WANT TO TURN AND TALK ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

IF PRESIDENT TRUMP GETS ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE ON ANOTHER FOUR YEARS FOR HIS TERM IN 2020, NEW TERM IN 2025 -- HOW IS IT THAT A MAN WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INCITING AN INSURRECTION, BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 FELONIES, FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, ACCUSED OF TAKING NATIONAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS HOME, AND REALLY DID MEAN SO MANY DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES, WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, HOW DOES HE GET ANOTHER TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE?

>> OBVIOUSLY, THOSE NARRATIVES HAVEN'T SET IN.

NOW, LOOKS LIKE HE WILL WIN THE POPULAR VOTE, THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY.

A LONG TIME FOR REPUBLICANS AS WELL.

AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THIS, 20/20 VISION IN HINDSIGHT, THIS WAS BIG IN ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN THE INFLATION ISSUE BECAME SO CLEAR.

NOW, WE HAVE THREE BIG QUESTIONS LOOKING FORWARD.

WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO ABOUT MASS DEPORTATIONS, AND WHO IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT, AND I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING, STUDYING IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO ARE GOING TO BE WORRIED RIGHT NOW, AND JUSTIFIABLY SO.

TARIFFS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE.

>> THE COST OF GOODS?

>> WHAT IS HE WAS GOING TO DO WITH THAT?

HOW SOON?

THEN, THIS BROADER QUESTION ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THIS COUNTRY, THE DISCUSSIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, LISTENING, DEALING WITH WHAT HE DOES EVERY DAY, AND IT DOESN'T DO EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW PERIOD.

WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO BRACE AND ANALYZE IT APPROPRIATELY.

>> BRIAN, MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID, ESPECIALLY DEMOCRATS, THAT IF TRUMP GETS ANOTHER TERM IN OFFICE, HE WILL BE DANGEROUS.

WE ARE NOW ON A ROAD TO AUTOCRACY, DEMOCRACY ENDS.

IS THAT HYPERBOLE QUICKLY --?

>> IT IS UNCLEAR HOW IT WILL PLAY OUT.

TRUMP IS NOT A BIG SUPPORTER OF DEMOCRACY, HE HAS MADE IT FAIRLY CLEAR PART OF IT WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER DEMOCRATS CAN CONTROL THE HOUSE.

AT LEAST, THEN, THEY COULD BLOCK LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS TRUMP MAKES .

>> THEY CAN BLOCK ANY NEW SUPREME COURT NOMINEES.

>> THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.

CORRECT.

>> OKAY.

TRUMP HAS ALSO THREATENED TO JAIL HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS.

LAURA, IS THERE A WORLD IN WHICH YOU CAN CONCEIVE THAT HAPPENING?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

WITH TRUMP, EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

THINGS WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE HAVE HAPPENED, AND IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE THAT, IN 2024, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.

I'M GOING TO BE WAITING AND WATCHING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

I WILL TELL YOU THIS, NOTHING -- >> SCOTT, SO MUCH NAVELGAZING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, ABOUT WHY VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS LOST TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.

THE RACE HASN'T BEEN CALLED YET, BUT JUST RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE SOME REASONS YOU CAN COME UP WITH OUTSIDE OF THE ECONOMIC REASONS?

ARE THOSE THE ONLY REASONS?

>> I THINK IT IS A BIG ONE.

I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES.

WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT HOW DECISIVE THIS VICTORY IS IS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO HE PICKED HER WHO SHE PICKED FOR VP.

TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, SHAPIRO.

WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THE WAR IN GAZA, AND APPEASING PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

THERE IS ALL THESE MICRO REASONS PEOPLE POINTED TO, AND AGAIN, IT SEEMS THAT IT WAS A BIGGER THING THAN THAT.

IT WAS A FEAR ABOUT IMMIGRATION, WHETHER JUSTIFIED OR NOT, THAT HE WAS RAISING.

IT WAS THE ECONOMIC ISSUE, AND IT WAS JUST THIS CONCERN WITH HOW THINGS WERE GOING, AND THEY WANTED A CHANGE.

>> WE HAVE GOT TO CLOSE IT THERE.

WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING ME AND THE ANALYSIS TABLE TODAY.

BACK TO YOU, MAYA.

>> THANK YOU AND OUR GUEST PANELISTS FOR THEIR ANALYSIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE.

FOR THE LATEST ELECTION RESULTS, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG/BOATER HUB.

WATCH "EVENING EDITION " TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:00 P.M.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS HISTORIC ELECTION NIGHT.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

GOOD NIGHT.