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Redwood City. Following the general elections held on November 3, the city of Redwood not only chose who to occupy the White House or congressmen for the next four years, but at the local level, the counting of district votes is moving forward to determine the next council members.
According to preliminary results, in District 1, candidate Jeff Gee has 64.11 percent of the votes, with 3,387 ballots in his favor, compared to his opponent, Nancy Radcliffe, who has obtained 1,896 votes, which represents 35.89 percent of the preferences.
Jeff Gee is an architect, entrepreneur, and has served as mayor and deputy mayor, as well as a member of the City Council from 2010 to 2018. Among his main proposals were to confront the health crisis caused by Covid-19, and thus prevent more layoffs, request benefits and support for the unemployed; in addition to protecting the local economy, including with loans and subsidies for small businesses.
It should be noted that in this district, it is known that 80.98 percent of the electorate voted, since of the seven thousand 603 people eligible to cast their vote, six thousand 157 did so, of which five thousand 608 cast their decision by mail and 549 at the voting centers.
In the case of District Three, Lissette Espinoza-Garnica leads with 40.49 percent of the votes, while her contenders, Janet Borgens and Isabella Chu, obtained 36.13 and 23.37 percent of the votes, respectively.
Candidate Espinoza-Garnica identifies as a queer non-binary girl, caregiver, and teaching assistant. Her proposal was to act against displacement and gentrification, reduce the police budget, and promote the decriminalization of people of African descent, the LGBTQ+ community, and migrants, among others. In addition, she would restore wetlands to create living levees against flooding.
In that district, 3,140 votes were registered, of the 4,622 that were contemplated, which represented 67,94% of votes, where the majority cast their vote through the postal service (2,858 votes).
In the fourth district there were no surprises, as the