Ventura Votes

Yesterday, Ventura voters returned Mayor Carl Morehouse, Deputy Mayor Christy Weir and Councilmember Bill Fulton to another four years in office. Here are the (unofficial) final results:

CHRISTY WEIR 9,715 20.97%
CARL MOREHOUSE 7785 16.87%
BILL FULTON 7780 16.81%
DOUG HALTER 6,549 14.11%
JERRY D. MARTIN 5,385 11.55%
BRIAN LEE RENCHER 3,482 7.45%
LOU CUNNINGHAM 2,533 5.41%
MIKE GIBSON 1,924 4.11%
CARROLL DEAN WILLIAMS 1,1261 2.63%
WRITE-IN 36 0.08%

C7 was the only measure on the ballot. It was drafted to update our long-standing utility users tax on phones to keep pace with 21st Century technology. It was overwhelmingly approved by the voters:

YES 10,300 63.24%
NO 5,987 36.76%
Total 16,287 100.00%

These are not the final unofficials, but represent a big jump over the morning after vote due to counting late absentees. The few remaining uncounted votes are not expected to alter the results.

Voter turn-out increased by at least 32% over 2003 (the 2005 results were skewed by the statewide special election held the same day.)

The newly re-elected Councilmembers will be sworn in at the first meeting in December. That night the Council will select a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor to serve for the next two years.