The race for the third open seat on the Del Mar Union School District board has tightened to just 32 votes, with challenger Stephen Cochrane maintaining a narrow lead over incumbent Katherine Fitzpatrick as San Diego County continues counting ballots.

The latest available results tracker, which compiles figures from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, showed Cochrane with 4,979 votes, or about 20.7%, compared with Fitzpatrick's 4,947 votes, or about 20.6%.

The margin is down from the 64 votes separating the candidates in the county's earlier election-night count.

Incumbents Alan Kholos and Douglas Rafner continue to lead the field for the district's other two open seats. Kholos had 7,755 votes, or about 32.2%, while Rafner had 6,379 votes, or about 26.5%.

Voters could select three candidates in the at-large race. The latest tracker listed 24,060 votes across the contest. Results remain unofficial pending county certification.

Three new trustees lead in San Dieguito

Three new trustees are positioned to join the San Dieguito Union High School District board, where no incumbents sought re-election.

In Area 3, which includes Cardiff, Solana Beach and Del Mar, education foundation director Helen Doyle led with 7,295 votes, or 62.6%. Summer Boger had 4,367 votes, or 37.4%.

In Area 1, representing Encinitas, human resources executive Amy Flicker led with 6,126 votes, or 61.9%. David Miyashiro, superintendent of the Cajon Valley Union School District, had 3,774 votes, or 38.1%.

High school teacher Justin Moodie led the Area 5 race, which covers Carmel Valley and Pacific Highlands Ranch. Moodie had 4,495 votes, or 57.3%, compared with 3,345 votes, or 42.7%, for Ginny Merrifield, a surveillance-video business owner.

The updated figures show Doyle, Flicker and Moodie maintaining leads in their respective races. The results have not been certified.

Rancho Santa Fe incumbents lead

Incumbents continued to lead in the Rancho Santa Fe School District's race for two board seats.

Board President Jee Manghani led with 1,227 votes, or about 35.7%, followed by incumbent Paul Seitz with 987 votes, or about 28.7%.

Challengers Bow Ruggeri and Jared Khan trailed with 789 votes and 432 votes, respectively, in the previously reported tally.

The latest available figures for this race were not accompanied by a newer timestamp, so those totals should be treated as an earlier unofficial snapshot rather than a confirmed current count.

Solana Beach races uncontested

All four Solana Beach School District board seats were uncontested.

Debra H. Schade ran unopposed for Area 1, Katie Suel for Area 3, Gaylin Allbaugh for Area 4 and Jomi L. Richard for the short-term Area 5 seat.

State superintendent race

In the statewide race for superintendent of public instruction, Richard Barrera continued to lead Sonja Shaw.

The latest available San Diego County results tracker showed Barrera with 384,685 votes, or 55.3%, compared with Shaw's 310,900 votes, or 44.7%.

Barrera declared victory on election night, but Shaw had not conceded in the earlier reporting. The statewide contest remains subject to official certification.

What's next

San Diego County is continuing to process and count ballots from the Nov. 3 election. The county's election results are scheduled to be certified by Dec. 3, according to KPBS.

The Del Mar Union contest remains especially close. With only 32 votes separating Cochrane and Fitzpatrick in the latest available tally, additional ballots could still change the order of the candidates.

For updated results, visit the San Diego County Registrar of Voters or follow the San Diego County results tracker.