El Toro Water District Director: 5,575 Votes Separate Last Available Seat and Next Candidate

Published November 6, 2026. Source snapshot: November 5, 2026, 5:00:24 p.m. Pacific.

Mike Gaskins, Kathryn Freshley hold the top 2 tallies in Orange County’s return for El Toro Water District Director. The gap between Kathryn Freshley in position 2 and Alfredo Cardenas in position 3 is 5,575 votes.

Reported votes

Orange County return. (VOTE FOR 2).

El Toro Water District Director — reported county votes
Candidate	Votes
Mike Gaskins	10,679
Kathryn Freshley	9,156
Alfredo Cardenas	3,581

What voters are deciding

The contest concerns a special district board responsible for public district governance and spending decisions. The named division or ward identifies the seat being contested. These figures should be read within that district’s boundaries when residents compare different local election results.

These are unofficial returns from the November 3 general election. Additional valid ballots and canvass review can change the totals or ranking. In multi-seat contests, candidate selections are not the number of individual voters. For any district extending into another county, compare the other county’s return before drawing a districtwide conclusion.

Source: Orange County official election results, November 5, 2026, 5:00:24 p.m. Pacific. County election information and subsequent updates. California58 calculated the margins from the reported candidate votes.

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