Many residents of the west side of San Francisco clearly still long for their Great Highway.

They miss driving the two miles alongside the coast like they did for decades, taking in the view of the sun setting over the Pacific and surfers riding its waves, until the road closed for good this year. Others miss the speed with which they could zip down the thoroughfare to avoid navigating city streets.

On Tuesday, voters still miffed over the closure did not get their Great Highway back, but they did win payback against the man they blame for turning it into a car-free park.

They ousted Supervisor Joel Engardio, who represents the nearby Sunset District, in the latest San Francisco recall election. The Department of Elections released a preliminary vote count Tuesday night showing 65 percent of voters were supporting the recall, which needed 50 percent to pass. Mr. Engardio did not immediately return requests for comment.

The Sunset District is a quiet neighborhood with low-slung, single-family homes bordered by Ocean Beach to the west and Golden Gate Park to the north. It is politically moderate — by San Francisco standards, anyway — and heavily Asian American.

In 2022, voters there elected Mr. Engardio to represent them at the Board of Supervisors, akin to a City Council, viewing him as a common-sense, nuts-and-bolts kind of politician who would advocate their everyday interests at City Hall.

But after a bitter feud over the fate of the coastal roadway, they came to believe that he had misled them and betrayed them by robbing them of their Great Highway.