Mayor Alice Patino, Santa Maria City Council Incumbents Ahead in Early Results

Mayor Alice Patino, Santa Maria City Council Incumbents Ahead in Early Results

After a campaign fueled by a labor dispute with city firefighters, three incumbents on the Santa Maria City Council were ahead in their bids to continue serving for four more years, according to early election night results. Mayor Alice Patino had 48.3% of the vote after results were posted of vote-by-mail ballot results shortly after polls closed Tuesday. She was challenged by three people who were all trailing in early results: Diana Perez,…

Early results put incumbents Banales, Killings in the lead for Pittsburg City Council race - Local News Matters

Initial results on Election Night showed two incumbents likely to secure the open Pittsburg City Council seats. As Pittsburg has an at-large council that appoints its mayor, all registered voters this year chose two from among three candidates. With 42.4% of the vote, Juan Antonio Banales pulled ahead of Jelani Killings, who had 37.01%, and Iztaccuauhtli Hector Gonzalez with 20.53%. Twelve voters selected what appears to be write-in candidate So…