With 231,924 ballots counted, and a 52.3 percent turnout, San Mateo County continues to process the election held on November 5, where Democrat Kamala Harris She was undoubtedly the favorite to become president, with a preliminary result of 166,251 votes, while Donald Trump has so far 55,665 votes.
At the local level, the race is getting tighter, with an estimated 95,000 ballots still to be counted, the vast majority of which were mailed and received on or before Election Day, and many more after Super Tuesday.
At the local level, as members of the East Palo Alto City Council, the three of the nine candidates who are in the running for office are: Carlos Romero with 1,459 votes, Webster Lincoln with 1,436 votes, and Mark Dinan with 1,384 votes. However, Déborah Lewis-Virges is in the lead, with 1,174 votes in her favor.
In the City of Half Moon Bay, Patric Bo Jonsson is leading the race for City Council District 2 with 387 votes, while his opponent, Harvey Rarback, has 309 votes.
In Half Moon Bay District 3, Paul Nangengast leads the race with 556 votes, while his opponent and current mayor of the city, Joaquin Jimenez, barely reaches 362 votes.
In Redwood City, the situation is the same, a close race. Although only the current mayor of the city, Jeff Gee, ran for District 1, he currently has 3,354 votes.
In District 3, things are different, the difference between both candidates is only 70 votes, with Isabella Chu being the favorite with 922 votes, while Lissette Espinoza Garnica, who is currently the vice mayor, is the favorite with 852 votes.
For District 4, the only candidate nominated was Elmer Martínez Saballos, who already has 1,221 votes; in the case of District 7, Marcela Padilla has the advantage and the preference of the electorate with 2,148 votes, while her opponent, Diana Reddy, has 1,995 votes.
It should be noted that these numbers reflect the counts up to Friday, November 8, and the next report by the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder and the Director of Elections of San Mateo County will be on Monday, November 11 after 4:30 p.m.
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