With 136,658 votes so far, Martinez was ahead of six other candidates vying for sheriff in Tuesday's election, following the retirement earlier this year of longtime sheriff's department head Bill Gore.
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The 2022 California Primary Election is coming up on June 7. Need a quick primer? We've pulled together some of the KPBS newsroom's coverage of four key races on the primary ballots in San Diego County.