Data: Ten years of HMB elections

The results from Half Moon Bay City Council elections going back to 1999 give some insight into this year’s race. All names and counts are from County Elections.

This is the largest field in that period, following an uncontested election in 2007. 

Naomi Patridge is the only incumbent running, but Deborah Ruddock was elected in 1999. In every election except 1996, less than 100 votes separated the winner with the lowest vote count from the next-highest candidate. In 2005, the winning margin was only 15 votes. Every vote will count in 2009, and this election will be very difficult to call.