The Abridged version:
- The latest election results from the Sacramento region were released late Friday afternoon. Election officials have more ballots to count in the coming days and weeks.
- Abridged by PBS KVIE is tracking races of local importance, including California’s 6th and 7th congressional districts, Sacramento County supervisor, Measure V in Davis and more.
- Stay tuned for more election news as the next round of results are announced.
The freshest wave of vote totals since Election Day arrived late Friday afternoon, showing where Sacramento-region candidates stand in several races of note for the capital region.
Updated counts will continue to trickle in over the coming days and weeks, with the next update expected Tuesday. For now, here are the latest results for the races Abridged by PBS KVIE is monitoring.
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U.S. House California District 7
Rep. Doris Matsui has held her lead in the race to retain her seat in Congress as her top challenger, Mai Vang, gained ground. The Associated Press projected Friday that Matsui had earned a spot in the November runoff election.
Matsui, 81, took an early lead over her most high-profile challenger, Vang, a Sacramento City Council member. That edge held through the end of the week, with Matsui carrying 30.5% of the vote compared to Vang’s 28.5%. Republican Zachariah Wooden trailed Vang by less than a percentage point in early returns, but trails by nearly 6 percentage points.
Others on the ballot have fallen far behind in the primary that will send the top two vote-getters to face each other in the November election.
U.S. House California District 6
Rep. Kevin Kiley retained his advantage over the field of candidates for District 6 in the latest election results released late Friday afternoon.
Kiley established a clear lead when early returns were announced on Election Night. The race for second in the top-two primary took an unexpected turn when Michael Stansfield, the lone Republican in the race who entered Election Day with virtually no campaign presence, claimed second place with a narrow edge over Richard Pan, a Democrat.
However, Pan moved into second place in the latest returns, with Stansfield dropping to third.
Planned Parenthood executive Lauren Babb Tomlinson, Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho, West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero and Tyler Vandenburg, all Democrats, are behind the top trio.
Sacramento County supervisor — District 1
Flojaune Cofer maintained her lead over Eric Guerra in the race for a seat on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, leaving the two positioned to advance to the November election, where they would face each other head to head.
Cofer led Guerra by 12 percentage points as of Friday afternoon.
Cofer, who lost the race for Sacramento mayor to Kevin McCarty in 2024, faces Guerra, a City Council member since 2015, to claim the seat being vacated by longtime supervisor Phil Serna. Serna endorsed Guerra when announcing he would not seek a fifth term.
Deborah Ortiz, a Los Rios Community College District board member and former state lawmaker, ranked third, followed by Tim Riley, a South Natomas programmer.
Sacramento City Council
Lisa Kaplan pulled ahead in the most competitive race for the Sacramento City Council, according to the latest election results, which showed her earn 52.6% of counted votes.
She needs to maintain more than 50% to avoid a runoff in November.
Jennifer Chawla, who is new to politics, trailed Kaplan with 42% of the vote.
Councilmember Rick Jennings maintained his lead with 56.7% of the vote, while Councilmember Caity Maple led her race with 66.4%.
Councilmember Karina Talamantes ran unopposed, locking her in for another term.
Sacramento County Office of Education board
Unlike most races on June ballots, the winner of each open seat on the Sacramento County Office of Education board will begin a term starting July 1.
Dominique Donette ended Election Night ahead of Anna Molander Hermann by fewer than 100 votes. But Donette extended that lead by more than 1,500 votes as of the latest results Friday, leading Hermann by nearly 5 percentage points. Davon Thomas (24.4%) continues to trail them.
For the other seat, incumbent Paul Keefer held on to his lead over Annie Fischer, 51.4% to 48.6%.
Village Farms — Measure V in Davis
Those against the ballot measure approving a new housing development in Davis gained an early lead on Election Night.
When Yolo County election officials released more results Friday, that lead narrowed but held, with about 51.5% of votes counted opposing the measure.
Factions for and against Measure V, which would advance the plans to build about 1,800 residential units in a community called Village Farms, arose in the months preceding the election.
Concerns from those who oppose the project include environmental consequences and its proximity to the old Davis landfill. Hopes of addressing the housing crunch in Davis and providing a boost to school enrollment have driven Village Farm supporters.
Yolo County Board of Supervisors — District 3
Dolly Pritchard continues to lead the race for an open seat on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors, with 42% of the vote as of late Friday afternoon.
Pritchard, who has worked for supervisors in the district office for 20 years, stayed ahead of Mayra Vega (33%) and Xochitl Rodriguez (25%) as of the vote count Friday.
California governor
Democrat Xavier Becerra earned a spot in the November election, jumping to first place in a crowded race for the state’s top political post. The Associated Press projected Becerra would maintain his position in the top two, securing a place in the runoff.
Republican Steve Hilton is now in second, followed by Democrat Tom Steyer. Hilton and Steyer are separated by 5.4 percentage points, and the race for the second runoff spot remains too close to call.
Republican Chad Bianco and Democrat Katie Porter round out the top five.