The long and exhilarating Supervisors’ races came to their conclusion last night, as the final tallies from election day were calculated at exactly 10pm. Months of campaigning paid off for John Plasse who, with 54 percent of the votes, cinched the District 1 Supervisor seat in a landslide victory. John Gonsalves placed a distant second with 17 percent of the votes. Rosalie Pryor Escamilla and Ken Berry weren’t far behind him with 14.83 and 13.87 percent of the votes,In the District 4 Race, Incumbent Supervisor Louis Boitano beat out David Pincus with 58 percent. Pincus held steady with just over 42 percent of the votes throughout the evening.

Both winning candidates will be interviewed during our TSPN news broadcast this week, beginning today with Supervisor Louis Boitano. John Plasse will be interviewed during our Thursday noon newscast. In other voting news, Alyson Huber swept the State Assembly District 10 Democratic primary vote with 66 percent of the votes to opponent Jim Cook’s 33 percent. Of the three competitors for the Republican District 10 primary seat, Jack Sieglock took 48 percent while David Sander and Paul Heygi placed second with 25 percent each. Two controversial propositions dealing with eminent domain and rent control issues were also on the ballot. Amador residents voted against Proposition 98, 55 percent to 44 percent. Proposition 99 was favored, 56 percent to 43 percent. respectively.