UPDATE: 5:20 p.m., Nov. 5, 2020
In the lone state Senate race in the county, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, has won over Republican Linda Blankenship in District 39, which stretches from Solana Beach to southern San Diego, and east into San Pasqual Valley.
While votes were still being counted Wednesday, Atkins issued a statement thanking her supporters for re-electing her.
"I'm overwhelmed with gratitude that you, my neighbors in the 39th Senate District, have elected me to serve as your state senator for a second term.
Atkins was running unopposed in the March primary until Blankenship emerged as a write-in candidate.
Blankenship, a Carmel Valley resident and business owner, has worked as a consultant, among other roles, on "every level of political campaigns from school board to presidential races," according to her campaign.
Atkins, California's first female and LGBTQ Senate President Pro Tem, formerly served on the San Diego City Council. She was elected to the state Assembly in 2010, and was eventually chosen as Assembly Speaker.
