By Matt Adams
It was a happy Thanksgiving for supporters of County Supervisor candidate Kristin Gaspar as the Encinitas Mayor declared victory in her quest to unseat incumbent Dave Roberts. Gaspar saw her lead in the District 3 race grow with each new report throughout the holiday weekend. Despite trailing Roberts by 2,200 votes when election day ballots were tallied, Gaspar closed the gap and jumped ahead by 1,242 votes as the Registrar of Voters office went through the remaining 600,000+ mail and provisional ballots. Her victory is no small feat considering it's the first time in 32 years that a candidate has defeated an incumbent supervisor. Based on the remaining ballots at the Registrar of Voters office, her lead is considered insurmountable by many including Dave Roberts, who has already conceded the race. His concession paves the way for Gaspar to be sworn in as the new County Supervisor on January 2, 2017.
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