In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 photo, voters fill out their general election ballots at a polling place in Bradfordton, Ill. The state where both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton used to live may still be reliably Democratic when it comes to picking a president. But drill a little deeper, and it's clear how much things changed even in Illinois on Tuesday, just like they did elsewhere in the U.S. Donald Trump won a dozen more counties than Mitt Romney did in 2012, and he won several counties that went for Obama four years ago, including a county that hasn't backed the GOP presidential candidate in at least a quarter century.(AP Photo/Seth Perlman-File)
There will be no rent control in Santa Rosa: Measure C has gone down to defeat. The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters says 52 and a half-percent of voters said no yesterday to rent control and just cause for evictions while 47 and a half percent supported it. Those in favor say the election was bought by special interest groups, who outspent the competition by 2-1.
Measure D, the 10-percent tax on marijuana businesses, passed with no real opposition.
There were two other issues on the ballot in the special election: Healdsburg voters installed Leah Gold to the City Council. Gold beat her three opponants with 53.4 percent of the vote. In Sonoma, voters in the Sonoma Valley Health Care District passed Measure E, a 250-dollar annual tax to support Sonoma Valley Hospital. The Sonoma County registrar of voters says just over 34-percent of elegible voters cast their ballots in the special election.
Measure D, the 10-percent tax on marijuana businesses, passed with no real opposition.
There were two other issues on the ballot in the special election: Healdsburg voters installed Leah Gold to the City Council. Gold beat her three opponants with 53.4 percent of the vote. In Sonoma, voters in the Sonoma Valley Health Care District passed Measure E, a 250-dollar annual tax to support Sonoma Valley Hospital. The Sonoma County registrar of voters says just over 34-percent of elegible voters cast their ballots in the special election.