Incumbent leads in Santa Barbara County’s Third District race

GOLETA, Calif. – There are three candidates running for Supervisor in Santa Barbara County's newly drawn Third District.

The district now includes Western Goleta, the Gaviota Coast, Santa Ynez and Lompoc.

The candidates include incumbent Joan Hartmann, Jenelle Osborne, and Frank Troise.

Although it is considered a non-partisan seat, Hartmann is a Democrat, Troise is a Republican and Osborne, who is currently the Mayor of Lompoc, has no party preference.

Voters are just getting used to the newly drawn lines of the district

"It does seem like a whole new thing and it was hard getting info on the candidates that was hard because they were not in the pamphlet," said Claudette Wells of Goleta. "There wasn't any easy way to get information on them, you had to google them."

The top two will be in a run-off if no one gets more than 50% of the vote.

But it appears Hartmann may have enough of a lead to be the projected winner.

Hartmann spent the day in Lompoc calling voters

Osborne went to her city council meeting.

Troise talked about the issues while waiting for the returns at Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Barrelworks, in Buellton.

"All of the issues facing the county, it's going to be public safety, homelessness, housing, it is going to be education, it is going to be cannabis, and again because this is a swing seat for the county I think it is going to be important for everyone to view the symbolism of what is going to be happening tonight and that has been echoing in all the conversations we have been having," said Troise.

On the evening of Super Tuesday, Hartmann spoke with Your News Channel at a Democratic watch party in Goleta.

She said is "ecstatic."

Hartmann plans to spend time with her daughter and grandson and horse before getting back to work.

She said she woke up at 3 a.m. on Super Tuesday to get out the vote.