Updated March 26, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento County results arrived in three separate waves on election night, with the first released shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m., around 10:15 p.m. then finally around midnight. The county released another batch of results on Friday at 4:15 p.m. It will continue to issue reports every Friday and Tuesday until all the ballots are counted.
As of Tuesday at 4 p.m., county data estimated less than 100 ballots remain to be counted.
See full California primary election results here.
Sacramento Mayor
Semi-final results show Epidemiologist Dr. Flojaune Cofer holds a lead with 29.3% of 103,489 ballots counted so far. Assembly member Kevin McCarty follows with 21.6%.
Former state Senator Dr. Richard Pan follows McCarty by 293 votes, at 21.3%. Former City Council member Steve Hansen follows with 21%.
Business owner Jose Avina has received 6% of the vote, and Asset Protection Manager Julius Engel follows at 1%.
On Tuesday afternoon, Hansen conceded the race.
"While the results released today were not what we hoped, it is not the end of our work fighting for a better Sacramento," he said in a statement. "Thank you for believing in me and my vision for what our city could be."
He went on to add he had reached out to Cofer and McCarty to "congratulate them on advancing to the runoff" and that he knows "their love for Sacramento runs deep just like mine."
And last week, Pan also conceded, saying in a statement: "While today's results are not what we hoped for, I am proud of the campaign we ran." He added that he remains "optimistic about our beloved City of Sacramento."
Local Ballot Measures
Measure C:
Semi-final results show out of 98,759 ballots counted, 61.5% were against and 38.5% were for updating Sacramento’s city business operations tax update. Measure C would gradually increase the maximum annual payment businesses owe for the tax, if approved. Though the city’s business operations tax hasn’t been updated since 1991, critics have questioned the legality of the measure.
Measure C requires a simple majority vote to pass.
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
District 3:
Sitting board member Rich Desmond is running uncontested. He’s likely to win the race with 100% of 50,015 ballots counted.
The district he is running to represent again includes Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks and North Highlands. He was first elected to the board in November 2020.
District 4:
Folsom City Council member Rosario Rodriguez leads the semi-final results with 51.5% of 64,968 ballots counted. Bret Daniels, Citrus Heights mayor, follows with 26.3% of votes tallied so far.
The winner will replace Incumbent Sue Frost, who has represented the Citrus Heights, Folsom, Orangevale, Antelope, Rio Linda, Elverta and Rancho Murieta areas since January 2017. Her term will end in December 2024.
Sacramento City Council
District 2:
Semi-final results show that of the nine candidates in the running, former state lawmaker Roger Dickinson is in the lead with 44.7% of 5,783 ballots counted so far. Real estate agent Stephen Walton follows with 16.1% of the vote.
District 2 includes Del Paso Heights, Hagginwood and Woodlake, and was overseen by Sean Loloee until he stepped down in January. Because a November runoff election seems likely, the council plans to appoint someone to serve the remainder of Loloee's term, which ends in December.
District 4:
UC Davis Health project manager Phil Pluckebaum leads the semi-final results with 50.6% of 18,500 ballots counted. Incumbent city council member Katie Valenzuela follows with 46.2%.
Late Tuesday evening, Valenzuela announced she'd concede the race.
"After a week of contacting voters to cure ballots, today's update from the County shows there are simply not enough votes left to push this election to November," she said in a statement. "I have called Phil Pluckebaum to congratulate him and I commit to working with him to ensure a smooth transition as he takes office this December."
She added that "I can honestly say that serving in elected office for the city I love has been both the hardest and most rewarding thing I've ever done" and thanked District 4 residents for the opportunity to serve them. She was elected to serve the area in 2020.
District 4 includes Downtown, Midtown and East Sacramento.
District 6:
Semi-final results show current city council member Eric Guerra leading with 67.4% of 12,332 ballots counted in the race to represent Tahoe Park, Colonial Heights and Campus Commons. Plumbing contractor and small business owner Kevin Rooney follows with 15.3% of the vote.
Guerra was elected to the position after a special election in 2015.
District 8:
Sitting Council member Mai Vang is running uncontested. She’s likely to win the race with 100% of 6,016 ballots counted.
Vang has been the District 8 council member since December 2020, after winning the November runoff election that year. The district she is running to represent again includes Meadowview, Deerfield/Mesa Grande and Valley Hi.
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