Cabrillo College Board of Trustees: Cogswell leads

Voters cast their ballots on election day. (Amaya Edwards — Santa Cruz Local/CatchLight Local file) .scc-row:hover { background-color: #eee; } Last county update: 11/3/2026 8:00:00 PM Cabrillo College, Trustee Area 6 (vote for 1)CandidateTotalKAREN COGSWELL5,719 (61.01%)MILISSA ALES-BARNICOAT1,757 (18.74%)BENJAMIN A FINKE1,837 (19.60%)Unqualified Write In61 (0.65%) APTOS Karen Cogswell led by almost 4,000 votes in early election results for the Area 6 seat on the Cabrillo Community College District Governing Board of Trustees, as of 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. Benjamin Finke and Milissa Ales-Barnicoat trailed. Vote tallies will continue to be updated throughout the night and in the coming days. Final election results must be certified by Dec. 3.  All are first-time political candidates. Each offered similar visions in their approaches to  living wages for faculty, the college’s budget and students’ sense of community. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp