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San Ramon Valley voters appear to have overwhelmingly backed incumbents in several local races, including the District 2 seat on the San Ramon City Council, a seat representing a portion of Alamo on the Contra Costa County Board of Education and the area’s congressional race, according to preliminary election results that were updated Tuesday.
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) declared victory last week in the race against Republican challenger Jeff Frese, thanking constituents for their “overwhelming support” and looking ahead to his appointment as incoming chair of the House Ethics Commission.
“I couldn’t be prouder of our country,” DeSaulnier said in a Nov. 4 social media post. “We stood united as a people to reject bigotry and corruption, and said yes to a future that resembles what we know we’re capable of.”
DeSaulnier’s early election-night lead held throughout the week as additional ballots were counted. He had 69.3% of the vote in Contra Costa as of Tuesday afternoon.
Locally, incumbents maintained significant leads in the San Ramon council and the county board of education races. Councilmember Richard Adler had 68.4% of the vote in the District 2 race, while trustee Sarah Butler had 69.2% in the race for the Area 2 seat.
Neither Adler nor Butler had publicly commented on the preliminary results as of Wednesday afternoon.
In the race to represent Division 2 on the Dublin San Ramon Services District board, Donald Downey is poised to succeed longtime director Ed Duarte. Downey had 65.6% of the vote as of Tuesday, while challenger Kismat Kathrani had 34.4%. Division 2 encompasses the southern end of San Ramon and the Dougherty Hills.
The race for the Ward 7 seat on the East Bay Municipal Utility District board remained more competitive. Challenger Gary Wolff has overtaken incumbent April Chan after initially trailing in early election-night results. Wolff had a 165-vote lead over Chan as of Tuesday.
The other two candidates, Luis Reynoso and Joseph Grcar, trailed far behind with just over 5% of the vote each.
The Ward 7 seat represents portions of San Ramon, along with San Lorenzo, San Leandro and all of Castro Valley.
About 7,500 ballots remained to be processed countywide as of Tuesday, according to Contra Costa election officials. The next results update was scheduled for Friday, ahead of the Dec. 3 deadline to certify the election results.
