San Miguel CSD: McClure Leads; Butler Holds Second by Nine Votes

November 6 update: November 5 count

Official source generated November 5, 2026, at 4:55:31 p.m. Pacific. Two seats are available. Butler leads Havard by nine votes at the second-seat boundary; McClure has the highest reported total.

San Luis Obispo County unofficial vote totals
Candidate	Votes
John R McClure	112
John M. Butler II	98
Andrew H. Havard	89
Rod Smiley	65
Owen Davis	51

These are preliminary results. Further valid ballots and canvass review can change totals and rankings. Reported precinct completion does not mean every eligible ballot has been processed. This update was published November 6 and uses the November 5 source snapshot.

Source: San Luis Obispo County unofficial results, page 20. California58 calculated the margins from reported totals.

Earlier dated reporting

SAN MIGUEL, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — November 4, 2026. San Miguel’s community services district board has two full-term positions on the ballot, and the second-place race is separated by only 12 candidate votes.

Preliminary vote

The reported counts are John R. McClure 102, John M. Butler II 95, Andrew H. Havard 83, Rod Smiley 58, and Owen Davis 50. Butler’s second-place lead over Havard is 12.

What the numbers mean

The two full-term seats belong to one multi-candidate contest. The separate partial-term director election has its own ballot and must not be combined with these numbers. Counts are provisional.

Source and reporting cutoff

The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder published its fourth unofficial results report on November 4, 2026; the linked results compilation is stamped 1:55 a.m. Pacific on November 4. Further vote-by-mail and other eligible ballots may be added. Reporting a leading candidate or a ballot-measure majority does not constitute official certification.

Sources: San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, official November 2026 election page; The Ballot Book, county results (November 4 snapshot). California58 statewide election coverage.

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