Panetta clinches congressional seat, local mayors all hold onto seats.

With Donald Trump posed to clinch the presidency with a few close states yet to be counted, the mood was subdued Tuesday night even at victorious election parties in Democratic-leaning Monterey County. 

While the national election results show a dramatic change, local races tended to favor the status quo. 

Supporters of Jimmy Panetta, a Democrat who handily beat rival Casey Lucius, a Republican, for congressional District 20, celebrated at Casa Munras in Monterey. As of 11pm, Panetta had 70 percent of the vote, according to the California Secretary of State. 

In Monterey County's various City Council races, incumbent mayors all are holding onto their seats. 

In Salinas, Mayor Joe Gunter had 70 percent of the vote over challenger Amit Pandya as of 10:19pm, according to the latest Monterey County Elections Department results.

In Seaside, Mayor Ralph Rubio held off three challengers with 43 percent of the vote, with Kay Cline in second place with 37 percent. 

In Pacific Grove, Mayor Bill Kampe held 70 percent of the vote over City Councilman Dan Miller. 

In Marina, Mayor Bruce Delgado had 77 percent of the vote. In Gonzales, Mayor Maria Orozco had 77 percent of the vote. And in King City, Mayor Robert Cullen had 76 percent of the vote in his run for a newly formed City Council seat for District 5. 

In statewide races, incumbents State Sen. Bill Monning and Assemblyman Mark Stone, both Democrats, held onto their seats handily. In the race for Assembly District 30, former Assemblywoman Anna Caballero held a substantial lead over Watsonville City Councilmember Karina Cervantez Alejo.

Here's a rundown of select statewide and countywide ballot measure results: 

• Prop. 64, increasing the cigarette tax by $2 per pack, passed handily with 62 percent of the vote.
• 64 percent of voters said yes on Prop. 57, changing felony sentencing practices for juveniles, giving that power to judges rather than district attorneys.
• A repeal of the death penalty, Prop. 62, failed with just 45 percent of the vote, meaning capital punishment still stands; meanwhile changes to the death penalty appeals process, designed to speed up the pace of appeals, passed with 52 percent.
• Legalized recreational marijuana, Prop. 64, passed with 56 percent of the vote.
• A statewide plastic bag ban will hold, with 52 percent of voters saying to yes to Prop. 67 and 56 percent saying no to Prop. 65. 
• Countywide, Measure Z—which bans fracking, wastewater injection and the expansion of the oil industry with new wells—had a healthy lead of 55-45 as of 10:19pm.
• Measure T, a Hartnell College bond, passed with 65 percent.
• Measure E, an extension of an existing tax to benefit the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, passed easily with 71 percent.
• Measure X, a countywide transportation tax, requires two-thirds of the vote to pass. It's on the brink with 66.9 percent of the vote, with 10 precincts left to report plus provisional and mail-in ballots that haven't yet been counted. 
• Six cannabis tax measures—in unincorporated Monterey County, and the cities of Del Rey Oaks, Salinas, King City, Greenfield and Gonzales—all passed handily. 
• Measure P, an admission tax for special events in Pacific Grove, was defeated with 76 percent voting no.
• Marina voters said yes to extending the mayor's term from two years to four with 61 percent voting yes on Measure V.

Check back for more in-depth reporting on election results later tonight.