Incumbent Jordan Cunningham is leading the race for California’s 35th State Assembly District, with 52% of the vote, according to the Secretary of State Website. His challenger Dawn Addis has received 48% of the votes so far. A total of 117,974 votes have been counted in San Luis Obispo County, which is 64.1% of registered […]
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Incumbent Salud Carbajal leading race for San Luis Obispo’s seat in Congress
As of this time, incumbent Salud Carbajal is leading in the race for the United States 24th Congressional District with 162,131 votes, or 63.2 percent.
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Andy Pease and Jan Marx lead in SLO City Council race
Updated with new vote counts at 10:30 p.m. At the end of election night, Andy Pease and Jan Marx were leading with 8,002 votes and 6,682 votes respectively for the two city council seats up for election. County Clerk Recorder Tommy Gong released the results of 117,974 ballots at about 11:13 p.m. on Nov. 3 […]
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Mayor Heidi Harmon leading in mayoral race
This story will be updated as results come in. This story was updated at 9:20 p.m. to clarify that 61.9% of registered voters had ballots counted, not 61.9% of total votes. Incumbent Mayor Heidi Harmon is leading ahead in the San Luis Obispo mayoral race, garnering 53.9% of the votes. Cherisse Sweeney is trailing behind […]
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Obstacles to voting for college students
Changes of address, absentee ballots and long lines at the polls are just some of the difficulties college students face when placing their vote. With COVID-19 still a part of our everyday lives, the voting landscape has changed dramatically in 2020. “Young people have always been leading the way in our democracy and they’ve been […]
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Letter to the Editor: Bye, Don
Ken Allard is a journalism senior. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. The leaves have changed, the sun has set on previously unshakable relationships and the fall air is crisp with a cold, dry anxiety beset by a year unlike any other. Ain’t it great? Don’t answer that. Listen, I know we’re […]
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All Cal Poly student-athletes registered to vote
Block P, a student-athlete leadership council at Cal Poly, had their first meeting in September when Cal Poly athletic director Don Oberhelman introduced a goal to get all student-athletes on campus 100% registered to vote. “It was important to the athletics department that their athletes were student leaders on campus,” junior beach volleyball player Macy […]
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Letter to the Editor: Sweeney and Torres aren’t ‘wolves,’ they’re the breath of fresh air SLO needs
Luke Pevreal is a political science senior. He wrote this piece as a response to “Letter to the Editor: Abrianna Torres and Cherisse Sweeney are wolves in sheeps clothing.” The views expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News.
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Four Years of Heidi Harmon
Heidi Harmon was elected for mayor in 2016, and is running for a third term this election. In San Luis Obispo, the mayor has equal voting power as the rest of the city council, and they’ve worked together to manage the city’s pandemic response, address the Black Lives Matter Movement, pass policies to protect the environment and more. […]
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Cal Poly students consider affirmative action
This year, California voters have an opportunity to revive affirmative action in the state. With the growing push for diversity on campus, the Cal Poly community is weighing whether or not it’s an opportunity worth taking. In 1996, Californians passed Proposition 209 — a ban on affirmative action in public employment and education, which prohibited […]
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Here’s what you need to know about the 12 props on the California ballot
There are 12 propositions on the ballot in California.