Santa Monica's November 3, 2026 election

Unofficial results · LA County update of Fri, Nov 13, 3:47 PM · next update (Update 12), Tue, Nov 17, 4 PM

Unofficial returns from the LA County Registrar for Santa Monica's races and measures, next to what committees spent on each. Counts change as ballots are processed through certification.

City Council

3 seats · 105,930 votes counted

CandidateShareSpent for
Lana Negrete leading15.9%$411K · $47K against
Caroline Torosis leading15.6%$170K
Ashley Oelsen leading13.7%$108K
Doug Trussler11.8%$631K
Brett Morrow11.7%$24K · $6.3K against*
Daniel Ivanov11.6%$39K
Phil Brock6.9%$14K
Ericka Lesley4.1%$7.0K
Eli Gill3.5%$30K
Derrick Townsend3.4%$22K
Lindsay Davis1.0%—
Wade Kelley1.0%—

* Includes $6,250 from UNITE HERE Local 11 PAC report 101026W, believed to be filed in error (it was likely support). Shown as filed. Details and the original filing.

Rent Control Board

3 seats · 78,342 votes counted

CandidateShareSpent for
Sue Himmelrich leading30.5%$13K
Kurt Gonska leading27.2%$11K
Heather Thomason leading22.3%$13K
Soledad Marcial10.8%$2.0K
Zoë Muntaner9.2%—

School Board (SMMUSD)

4 seats · 109,520 votes counted

CandidateShareSpent for
Alicia Mignano leading24.3%$12K
Robbie Staenberg leading22.4%$48K
Laurie Lieberman leading21.5%$15K
Stacy Rouse leading20.9%$4.6K
Harry Leshner10.8%$12K

College Board (SMC)

4 seats · 110,397 votes counted

CandidateShareSpent for
Sion Roy leading23.8%$954
Tom Peters leading22.3%$2.7K
Luis Barrera Castanon leading21.3%$10K
Kera Blades-Snell leading19.1%$5.2K
Oscar de la Torre13.4%$22K

City ballot measures

5 measures

MeasureYesNoSpent
Measure ES 47.6%52.4%failing $386K
Measure GG 58.8%41.2%passing $3.0K
Measure RR 71.5%28.5%passing $3.0K
Measure TT 73.7%26.3%passing $3.0K
Measure VV 62.6%37.4%passing $3.0K