On Wednesday, the Contra Costa County Elections issued its election update which gives a clearer look at who will be elected to local office.
Estimated number of unprocessed ballots:
- Ballots voted at a voting location – 0
- Vote-by-mail ballots received on or before Election Day – 500
- Vote-by-mail ballots received after Election Day – 150
- Provisional ballots – 5,000
- Conditional Voter Registration Provisional ballots – 5,000
- Other (In Review, Damaged) – 4,500
- Total – 15,150
- Next Results Expected: Wednesday, 11/15/2024, 4:00PM
The Results:
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors – District 5
- 52.08% – Shanelle Scales-Preston (39,961)
- 47.92% – Mike Barbanica (36,764)
Antioch Mayor
- 62.46%: Ron Bernal (25,020)
- 30.38%: Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe (12,170)
- 7.16%: Rakesh Christian (2,868)
Antioch City Council, District 2
- 58.13%: Louie Rocha (5,119)
- 41.87%: Dominique King (3,687)
Antioch City Council, District 3
- 49.44%: Don Freitas (5.600)
- 28.83%: Addison Peterson (3,266)
- 21.73%: Antwon Webster (2,462)
Antioch Treasurer
- 37.39%: Jorge Rojas (14,004)
- 31.58%: Lori Ogorchock (11,830)
- 31.03%: Jim Davis (11,623)
Brentwood Mayor
- 60.70%: Susannah Meyer (17,510)
- 39.30%: Gerald Johnson (11,339)
Brentwood City Council, District 1
- 63.47%: Faye Maloney (4,095)
- 36.35%: Anita Roberts (2,357)
Brentwood City Council District 3
- 52.61% – Jovita Mendoza (5,031)
- 47.39% Brian Oftedal (4,531)
Clayton City Council (Vote for 3)
- 26.95% – Richard Enea (3,928)
- 25.80% – Holly Tillman (3.760)
- 23.81 – Jim Diaz (3,470)
- 23.45% -Maria Shulman (3,418)
Concord City Council, District 2
- 75.67%: Carlyn Obringer (7,652)
- 24.33%: Eric Antonick (2,460)
Concord City Council District 4
- 35.37% – Pablo Benavente (3,723)
- 34.40% – Ed Birsan (3,621)
- 19.56% – Myles Burks (2,059)
- 10.66% – Matthew Brown (1,122)
Town of Danville (vote 3)
- 30.67%: Newell Arnerich
- 30.32%: Renee Morgan
- 28.94%: Mark Belotz
- 10.07%: Julie Gillette
El Cerrito City Council (vote 3)
- 29.62%: Lisa Motoyama
- 27.87%: Rebecca Saltzman
- 22.33%: William Ktsanes
- 11.20%: Courtney Helion
- 8.98%: Lauren Dodge
Hercules City Council (Vote 3)
- 29.48%: Alex Walker-Griffin)
- 28.47%: Dilli Bhattarai
- 27.91%: Tiffany Grimsley
- 14.14%: Kofi Opong-Mensah
Lafayette City Council (Full-term) (vote 3)
- 29.62%: John Mccormick
- 27.79%: Gina Dawson
- 27.61%: Carl Anduri
- 14.97%: Lauren McCabe Heprich
Lafayette City Council (Short-term)
- 52.87%: Jim Cervantes (6,424)
- 47.13%: Mario Diprisco (5,726)
Martinez City Council
- 56.06%: Greg Young (2,345)
- 43.94%: Dylan Radke (1,838)
Oakley City Council District 5
- 41.26% – George Fuller (1,221)
- 37.34% – Christina Pena Langley (1,105)
- 21.39% – Oleskii Chuiko (633)
Orinda City Council (vote 2)
- 45.43%: Darlene Gee
- 42.30%: Cara Hoxie
- 12.27%: Candace Evans
Pinole City Council (vote 2)
- 39.48%: Devin Murphy (4,483)
- 37.51%: Maureen Toms (4,259)
- 23.01%: Truc Lam-Juliam (2,612)
Pittsburg City Council (vote 2)
- 41.98%: Juan Banales (13,146)
- 36.51%: Jelani Killings (11,433)
- 21.40%: Iztaccuahhtli Hector Gonzalez (6,702)
Pleasant Hill City Council District 1
- 50.50% – Bella La (1,216)
- 49.50% – Marshall Lewis (1,192)
A back and forth race, La had an 8 vote lead, now she trails by 8 votes. Today’s update, La is back in front with a 24 vote lead.
Pleasant Hill City Council, District 5
- 54.44%: Amanda Szakats (2,054)
- 45.56%: Oliver Greenwood (1,719)
City of Richmond, District 1
- 49.03%: Jamelia Brown (1,741)
- 40.47%: Melvin Willis (1,437)
- 10.50%: Mark Wassberg (373)
Richmond City Council, District 5
- 56.71%: Sue Wilson (3,950)
- 43.29%: Ahmad Anderson (3,015)
Richmond City Council, District 6
- 60.93%: Claudia Jimenez (4,072)
- 39.07%: Shawn Dunning (2,611)
San Ramon Mayor
- 69.60%: Mark Armstrong
- 30.40%: Chirag Kathrani
San Ramon City Council District 1
- 50.84% – Robert Jweinat (4,124)
- 49.16 % – Vasanth Shetty (3,988)
Walnut Creek City Council (vote 3)
- 26.79%: Cindy Darling (22,843)
- 25.15%: Kevin Wilk (21,449)
- 22.75%: Craig Devinney (19,403)
- 14.15%: Laura Patch (12,066)
- 11.15%: Brenden Moran (9,510)
Town of Discovery Bay (vote 2)
- 41.71% – Carolyn Graham
- 39.27% – Lesley Belcher
- 19.02% – Leonard Woren
School Districts
Contra Costa County Board of Education, Area 1
- 59.24% – Daniel Nathan-Heiss
- 40.76% – Anthony Edward Caro
Contra Costa County Board of Education, Area 3
- 62.88% – Yazmin Llamas
- 37.12% – Vicki Godon
Contra Costa Community College District, Ward 2
- 73.65% – Diana Honig
- 26.35% – Kofi Opong-Mensah
Contra Costa Community College District, Ward 5
- 63.74% – Fernando Sandoval
- 36.26% – Debra Vinson
Acalanes Union High School Governor Board (Vote 2)
- 30.42% – Wendy Reicher
- 25.29% – Paul Chopra
- 15.60% – Stacy Schweppe
- 12.37% – Andrew Fontan
- 11.03% – Sibyl Minighini
- 5.28% – Peter Catalono
Antioch School Board – Area 3
- 53.42% – Dee Brown (4,667)
- 46.58% – Scott Bergerhouse (4,070)
Antioch School Board – Area 4
- 60.05% – Olga Cobos-Smith
- 39.95% – Gary Hack
Martinez School Board – Area 1 (vote for 1)
- 53.13% – Logan Campbell (1,469)
- 46.87% – Carlos M Melendez (1,296)
Mt Diablo Unified School District
- 51.91% – Thomas “Frugal” Mcdougall
- 48.09% – May Jabeen Patel
San Ramon Valley School District – Area 2
- 59.31% – Shelley Clark
- 40.69% – Karin Shumway
San Ramon Valley School District – Area 3
- 51.63% – Laura Bratt
- 48.37% – Sukritti Sehgal
West Contra Costa School District – Area 2
- 53.84% – Guardalupe Enllana
- 46.16% – Otheree Christian
Previous Stories:
- Nov 8 – Update: Contra Costa County Election Results
- Nov 7 – Contra Costa Elections Say 90K Ballots Still to be Counted
- Oct 26 – Elections Officials Encourage Voters to Vote Early
- Oct 22 – Contra Costa County Issues Joint Message on 2024 Election Safety
- Aug 16 – Free Ride: Election Winners in Contra Costa County
- Aug 16 – Final: 2024 Contra Costa County Candidate List
- March 30 – Contra Costa County Election Results Now Final
For more information, visit Contra Costa County Elections
2 comments
Brentwood voters will regret this. How many staff members leave to go to Antioch under a better council?
Barbanica sold out for years, then tried to distance himself from Lathorpe.
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Rakesh got 3k votes, not sure if thats funny or sad.