The Abridged version:
- Flojaune Cofer established a comfortable lead Friday in the race for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors’ District 1 seat, with Eric Guerra in second.
- Cofer jumped four percentage points from Tuesday’s totals, giving her 42.27% of the vote with nearly 27% of ballots counted thus far.
- Cofer can avoid a November runoff with Guerra, a Sacramento City Councilman, by clearing more than 50% of the vote.
Flojaune “Flo” Cofer extended her lead over Eric Guerra in the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors’ District 1 primary race Friday, leading her top opponent 42.27% to 30.17% as more votes trickled in from Tuesday’s election.
Cofer’s lead expanded by four percentage points in Friday’s update; she led Guerra by more than eight percentage points after initial votes were tallied Tuesday night.
Guerra’s share of the votes barely dipped from Tuesday to Friday. Rather, Cofer’s gains came at the expense of candidates Deborah Ortiz (16.83%) and Tim Riley (10.74%). With 26.81% of the votes counted so far, Cofer and Guerra now appear headed for a runoff in November, though Cofer could still clear 50% of the primary votes and win the election outright.
Cofer narrowly lost a bid to be Sacramento’s mayor in 2024. If she wins this race, she’ll represent much of the city in a different capacity, though not some southern areas such as Greenhaven, Little Saigon and Meadowview. She’d also represent areas outside city boundaries, including the Sacramento International Airport and McClellan Business Park.
A resident of Tahoe Park, Guerra has served on the Sacramento City Council since 2015, currently sitting as the mayor pro tem. He’s a member of the California Air Resources Board and previously chaired the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District.
Cofer and Guerra are vying to replace Phil Serna, who served 16 years on the Board of Supervisors. Serna endorsed Guerra when the former announced he would not seek reelection last year.
Benjy Egel is the senior food editor at Abridged. Born and raised in the Sacramento region, he has covered its local restaurants and bars since 2018. He also writes and edits Abridged’s weekly food and drink newsletter, City of Treats.