As of 2:52 a.m., 49.% of ballots in San Diego County have been counted, according to the San Diego Registrar of Voters.

Governing Board Trustee candidate Yvette Acosta remains in the lead for Area 2, with 52.22% of the vote.

In Area 4, Holly Hamilton-Bleakley remains in the lead with 57.29% of the vote.

Official results may not be announced until Nov. 11, according to NBC San Diego.

The Telescope will continue to cover the results of Palomar’s Governing Board election.

Yvette Acosta released a statement to The Telescope regarding her current lead in the Area 2 governing board trustee election.

“It’s a close race, but I’m very hopeful!” Acosta said.

As of 10:05 p.m., the unofficial results have remained the same, according to the San Diego County Registrar of voters.

The Telescope staff will update this story on Wednesday morning.

Corrections: A previous version of this update read “November 5, 2025.” It has since been corrected to “November 5, 2024.”

Currently, Yvette Acosta still leads in Area 2, and Holly Hamilton-Bleakley still leads in Area 4.

Michelle Rains and Edward Pohlert were endorsed by the Palomar Faculty Federation (PFF).

“COPE of PFF remains optimistic. Past elections, and the county’s election results timeline, tell us it will be a while before we have our official results,” COPE said regarding Palomar’s governing board election results.

As of 9 p.m., the results have not changed.

With 43% of California ballots, this is an unofficial result standing.

Area 2

Yvette Acosta has a lead on Edward Pohlert, at 51.03%. Pohlert currently sits at 48.97% of the vote.

Area 4

Holly Hamilton-Bleakley has a 56.50% lead on Michelle Rains, who currently has 30.13% of the vote.

Ami Admire has 13.37% of the vote. However, Admire dropped from the race before the election and was unable to remove her name from the ballot.