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Interactive maps: See how San Diego County voted in the general election

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In last Tuesday’s midterm elections, control of Congress was the headline nationwide, and one key race that could yet help decide it was being fought in North County. Elsewhere in San Diego County, some of the most closely watched contests were for sheriff, Chula Vista mayor and two contentious San Diego city ballot initiatives — one on trash, the other on the future of the Midway District.

By Saturday evening, however, a large portion of voters’ ballots still remained to be counted. County election officials had processed ballots from only 41.5 percent of registered voters, and they expected by the end of their count to have received votes from 60 percent.

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Turnout and registration

As of Saturday night, 41.5 percent of the county’s 1,925,738 registered voters had cast a ballot, according to the San Diego Registrar of Voters. There are 250,000 projected ballots to be counted.

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San Diego County sheriff

Voters appear to be splitting along party lines in their support of the sheriff candidates. Democratic-leaning precincts are backing Undersheriff Kelly Martinez, and Republican-leaning precincts are trending toward retired chief criminal prosecutor John Hemmerling.

Most of the city of San Diego is bending toward Martinez, as are much of North and South County. Hemmerling is leading in farther inland communities from Jamul to Lakeside, Ramona and Valley Center. He’s also pulling support from in and around Rancho Santa Fe.

Nine incorporated cities contract with the Sheriff’s Department to provide policing and patrol. Voters in seven of those cities — Del Mar, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, San Marcos, Solana Beach and Vista — appear to be opting for Martinez. Poway and Santee voters are split in their support for the two.

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Chula Vista mayor

Republican John McCann dominated across Chula Vista, especially in the newer and more affluent neighborhoods, such as Eastlake, and central communities, such as Sunbow.

Campa-Najjar fared better in older communities with more low-income residents, including the southeast region of the city.

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National City mayor

In the National City mayoral race, leading candidate Ron Morrison, a 30-year Independent council member, did best across three of the city’s four districts. Most of his votes concentrated in areas east of Interstate 805, which have a high concentration of seniors and Filipino/Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Jose Rodriguez, a council member elected in 2020, earned more votes on the city’s west side. The area is largely known for its Old Town and waterfront communities.

Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, who is in last place, did best in the city’s southeast communities. The area has the second-largest population of Latino voters.

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49th Congressional District

Incumbent Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, leads Republican challenger Brian Maryott by more than 4.6 percentage points.

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The race — one of a handful that could decide control of the House of Representatives — is a rematch of 2020, when Levin won by six points. But the newly redrawn district, which stretches from Del Mar further north into Laguna Niguel in Orange County, now leans slightly more conservative.

Countywide vote totals reflect that, with Maryott leading in Orange County and Levin in San Diego. In San Diego County, Levin may benefit from shifting voter registration trends along the North County coast: Areas around Carlsbad have become more Democratic, and the votes in many of them have swung toward Levin.

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Measure B

Measure B appears to have garnered the most support in low-income areas such as southeastern San Diego and areas with high concentrations of apartments and condominiums, such as Mission Valley and North Park.

The measure has fared the worst in mostly suburban neighborhoods with more single-family homes, such as Tierrasanta, San Carlos, Rancho Bernardo, Clairemont and La Jolla.

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That makes sense, because San Diego’s current two-tiered trash system forces businesses and owners of apartments and condos to pay private haulers to pick up their trash, while single-family homeowners pay nothing beyond their property taxes.

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Measure C

Voters in San Diego’s urban core and many in north city communities east of Interstate 5 appeared to back the change to the city’s municipal code, which would open the door to redevelopment of the city’s sports arena site.

Conversely, coastal neighborhoods including La Jolla, Mission Bay, Ocean Beach and Point Loma seemingly rejected the idea of allowing building heights taller than 30 feet in the Midway District.

Even Midway District voters didn’t appear to embrace Measure C, based on partial returns.

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San Diego County Registrar of Voters results for charts as of Nov. 12. Maps use data from Nov. 10.