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All San Ramon Valley incumbents seeking reelection appeared poised to retain their seats based on early election night returns.
Danville
As of about midnight Nov. 4, Vice Mayor Robert Storer led the field of three candidates vying for two seats on the Danville Town Council, earning about 43% of the vote. Former San Ramon Police Department chief Denton Carlson appeared to be in line for the second seat with 39.8% of the vote, while Pratima Sonavne trailed at 17.7%.
San Ramon
Initial returns also showed incumbent San Ramon Mayor Mark Armstrong with a comfortable lead over his two challengers. Armstrong had about 76% of the vote, followed by Paschalis Ntatsos at 14% and Emma Chigbu at 9.8%.
Incumbent District 2 Councilmember Richard Adler also jumped out to a commanding lead with about 70% of the vote, compared with about 30% for his opponent, Chirag Kathrani.
Vice Mayor and District 4 Councilmember Marisol Rubio appeared to be locked in a tighter race, though her 51% of the vote put her in front of challenger Jeffrey Joh, who was at 48% as of early Wednesday morning.
Rachel Hurd, the incumbent Area 5 trustee on the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education, had about 65% of the early vote, compared with 35% for her opponent, Joel Woods.
CD 10, special-district races
The initial returns showed Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) with about 69% of the vote, far outpacing Republican challenger Jeff Frese at 31% in the race to represent Congressional District 10.
Gary Wolff has taken the lead in the four-way race for the Ward 7 seat on the East Bay Municipal Utility District board, earning nearly 47% of the early vote. Incumbent April Chan is in second place, earning about 42% of the vote, followed by Luis Reynoso Joseph Grcar, who were both hovering around 5% early Wednesday morning.
Sarah Butler has the lead in the three-way race for the Contra Costa Board of Education Area 2 seat, representing a portion of Alamo. She had 72% of the vote as midnight Nov. 4, far ahead of challengers Pamela West at 20% and Sybil Minighini at 9.6%.
Donald Downey is on track to win the Division 2 seat on Dublin San Ramon Services District board. As of early Wednesday morning, he had received 66% of the vote, while opponent Kismat Kathrani stood at 33.8%.
Gregory Lorenz, Alan Bonny and Steve Lichliter were ahead in a close four-way race for three seats on the Diablo Community Services District Board with 31.6%, 25.4% and 21.6% of the vote, respectively, though Jessica Raefield trailed close behind with 21.4% of the vote.
Countywide voter turnout was at about 38% as of midnight Wednesday, with 280,686 ballots cast, according to the Contra Costa County elections department. That number is expected to rise significantly as in-person votes and mail-in ballots are tallied in the coming days.
