The Abridged version:
- More results were announced late Tuesday afternoon as many races remain uncalled a week after Election Day.
- Abridged by PBS KVIE is watching the races for California’s 6th and 7th congressional districts, Sacramento County supervisor, Measure V in Davis and more.
- The next updated ballot counts are expected Friday.
Some races were called while others grew more competitive as the latest vote counts were released Tuesday afternoon, a week after Election Day.
Counties will continue to release updated tallies in batches, with the next wave of results expected late Friday afternoon.
Here’s the latest from the Sacramento region and statewide races we’re keeping track of at Abridged by PBS KVIE.
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U.S. House California District 7
Mai Vang pulled ahead of U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui to lead the primary race to represent Sacramento in Congress, according to the latest election results late Tuesday afternoon.
Matsui’s early lead over Vang, a Sacramento City Council member, lasted through most of the first week of vote counting before Matsui was passed by Vang.
Vang cleared Matsui by more than 3,000 votes, holding 30.9% of the count and positioning her to face the incumbent head-to-head on the November ballot.
Republican Zachariah Wooden, after making an early push that temporarily landed him in second place, remained in third with 22.1%.
U.S. House California District 6
Kevin Kiley, an independent, led Democrat Richard Pan by a slim margin of about 220 votes in the race for California’s 6th Congressional District.
Pan held his lead over Republican Michael Stansfield, pointing toward the prospect of Pan facing Kiley on the November ballot.
Stansfield, a political unknown but the lone Republican in the race, ended Election Night in second place but has settled into third as more ballots were counted.
Planned Parenthood executive Lauren Babb Tomlinson, Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho, West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero and Tyler Vandenburg, all Democrats, have remained below the top three vote-getters.
Sacramento County supervisor — District 1
Flojaune Cofer grew her lead over Eric Guerra in the race for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, notching 45.6% of the vote, more than 10,000 tallies above her top opponent as of the latest results Tuesday.
Cofer, should she claim more than half of the vote once all ballots are counted, would win the seat outright. If she and Guerra end up the top two vote-getters, with neither securing a majority, they will advance to face each other in the November election.
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
Incumbent members of the Sacramento City Council have maintained a lead in each of their respective races. Each must win more than 50% of the vote to avoid facing a challenger in a November runoff.
Lisa Kaplan, in the most competitive of the four City Council races, claimed 52.7% of the vote as of Tuesday. Her opponent Jennifer Chawla, a political newcomer, trailed with 42.1%.
Councilmembers Rick Jennings (56.8%) and Caity Maple (68.4%) continued leading with enough votes to duck a runoff, should their standings hold.
Councilmember Karina Talamantes ran unopposed, locking her in for another term.
Sacramento County Office of Education board
Two seats on the Sacramento County Office of Education board are up for grabs.
Dominique Donette grew her lead, which stood at fewer than 100 votes after election night, and held a margin of more than 4,000 votes over Anna Molander Hermann, who was in second place as of Tuesday. Davon Thomas trailed both with 25.6% of the vote.
Annie Fischer, with a hair over 50% of the vote, surpassed the incumbent board member Paul Keefer, who trailed by just 59 votes as of late Tuesday afternoon.
The winner of each open seat on the Sacramento County Office of Education board will begin a term starting July 1.
Village Farms — Measure V in Davis
Voters who cast ballots against the Village Farms development have maintained a slight lead in the race.
Votes against Measure V stood at 51.3% while votes for the development maintained about 48.7% as of late Tuesday afternoon.
The votes opposing the housing development jumped to an early lead on Election Night and held steady through the week despite tightening to a slimmer margin.
The ballot measure requires a simple majority of approval from Davis voters for the proposed housing development to move forward.
Yolo County Board of Supervisors — District 3
A longtime employee of the Yolo County supervisors office whose district she hopes to lead remains ahead of her competition.
Dolly Pritchard, with 41.3% of the vote, outpaced Mayra Vega (32.4%) and Xochitl Rodriguez (26.3%) as of the latest vote count Tuesday.
California governor
Democrat Xavier Becerra secured a spot in the November election when results were announced Friday, leaving Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer in second and third place, respectively.
By late Tuesday afternoon, the Republican clinched his place beside Becerra on election ballots in November.