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Roy Lee Scores Upset Win Over Das Williams in First District Supervisor Race

Summary by Ground News

Roy Lee appears to have achieved an upset victory over incumbent Das Williams in the race for the First District seat on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. With all precincts reporting, Lee had 51.9% of the vote to 47.6% for Williams. They were separated by 637 votes in the district that includes the Carpinteria Valley, Montecito, Summerland, and much of Santa Barbara.

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The Santa Barbara Independent

Challenger Roy Lee Poised for Upset Victory over Incumbent Das Williams

For a list of election-night results, click here. On an election day that set new countywide records for low voter turnout — a measly 23 percent — 1st District Supervisor Das Williams, a two-term incumbent and defining force within Santa Barbara’s long-dominant Democratic establishment, appears to have been upset by Carpinteria city councilmember and a political novice largely unknown outside his hometown of Carpinteria, Roy Lee. Williams’s ca…

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