The top three candidates for the 2nd District Supervisor seat were neck and neck all night with Steve Perez and Mary Beth Garrison ahead of Zack Scrivner.
But, in the end, it appears Perez and Scrivner got the most votes and will have a run-off election in November.
The closeness of the race didn't stop Mary Beth Garrison's group from celebrating early in the night.
Garrison set up camp at a restaurant in Tehachapi.
She says that's where her supporters were, so that's where she wanted to be.
"Second district supervisorial seat is really about people and people's needs and meeting people's needs where they're at," said Garrison. "Tehachapi is a core part of that. They're right smack dab in the middle of the district and it really matters to them who their second district supervisor is."
Over at Steve Perez's camp, at the Marriott, they weren't so quick to count their blessings.
"We're cautiously optimistic," said Perez. "I just know what I have done on the campaign and talk to as many people as possible. We never really got a chance to get into the issues and I think in a run-off election you will see issues being discussed."
Perez has held the seat of second district supervisor before.
However Don Maben, who is the current supervisor, endorsed Garrison and not his former boss.
Zack Scrivner stayed upbeat throughout the night.
"This is pretty much what we expected - a very tight race between three of the candidates, me, myself, Garrison and Perez."
During the campaign, Scrivner was the target of negative campaigning, but not from his opponents.
The largest campaign fundraising in the race wasn't on behalf of any of the candidates, but against Scrivner by local police and firemen.
Perez says he thinks while he stayed away from mud-slinging, it did boost his campaign.
Garrison says she too stayed out of it and thinks her voters appreciated that she didn't engage in negative campaigning.
