Election Night returns for county supervisor, Livermore and Dublin city/school contests

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The stakes are high throughout the Tri-Valley for local elected positions and regional seats and ballot measures, and Election Night early returns show many candidates with comfortable leads while other contests are tight battles.

The data so far represent initial vote-by-mail ballots processed on Tuesday night, as well as results from in-person voting at polling places on Election Day. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office reports voter turnout so far countywide as 38.52%, indicating a significant number of ballots still need to be counted.

In the contentious runoff for Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 1, Dublin Mayor David Haubert started Election Night with a slight lead that extended as more ballots were counted. Haubert stands at 53.03% of the vote, an advantage of just under 4,000 votes over Fremont City Councilman Vinnie Bacon (46.67%).

“There is a lot of divisiveness this year, and our campaign was able to bring people together,” Haubert told supporters around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, when his lead sat at around 3,000 votes. “That’s how I will lead, by bringing people together and keeping them together.”

Haubert and Bacon are competing to succeed retiring Supervisor Scott Haggerty in District 1, which includes Dublin, Livermore and portions of Fremont and Sunol.

As for the race to replace Haubert as mayor in the city of Dublin, Councilwoman Melissa Hernandez is ahead with 6,381 votes (51.80%). In second is Councilman Arun Goel with 4,718 votes (38.30%), and newcomer Regina Pangelinan is in third at 1,189 votes (9.65%).

Sherry Hu has jumped out to a comfortable first place (5,743 votes; 26.88%) in the nine-candidate contest for a pair of regular terms on the Dublin City Council — the seats currently held by Hernandez and Goel. Currently in position for the other seat in second place is Michael McCorriston at 3,605 votes (16.87%).

The next closest competitor, Dawn Plants, is just under 800 votes away at 13.13%. The other candidates are Sri Muppidi (11.35%), Samir Qureshi (10.61%), Kashef Qaadri (7.31%), Shawn Costello (5.35%), Razi Hasni (4.77%) and Lucrecia Deleon (3.49%).

In the Dublin Unified School District elections, incumbent Trustee Gabi Blackman is dominating the Area 4 contest with 72.18% to challenger Michael Utsumi’s 27.64%, and Kristin Pelham (62.25%) leads Dr. Dawn Nwamuo (37.46%) in the election between two newcomers for Area 1.

Down the road in Livermore, Vice Mayor Bob Woerner holds a nearly 2:1 advantage in the race to become the city’s next mayor, succeeding termed-out John Marchand.

Woerner sits at 14,991 votes (66.31%) compared to opponent Mony Nop at 7,552 votes (33.40%).

In the contest of two newcomers for Livermore City Council District 3, Brittni Kiick (61.38%) leads Pete Patterson (38.42%) by more than 1,200 votes. This election is to effectively succeed Councilman Bob Coomber, who did not seek re-election for health reasons.

Councilman Bob Carling, unopposed on the District 4 ballot, has earned 98.56% of the vote so far.

Newcomers Kristie Wang and Yanira Guzmán lead the race for the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, which has two board seats on the ballot at-large.

Wang has 9,552 votes (27.25%), followed by Guzmán at 7,602 votes (21.69%). In third place is Kandiss Hewing with 6,019 votes (17.17%), incumbent Chuck Rogge is fourth at 5,976 votes (17.05%) and in final position is Asa Strout at 5,822 votes (16.61%).

Incumbent Jan Palajac (25.54%) and newcomer James Boswell (24.83%) hold comfortable leads for the two available seats on the Livermore Area Park and Recreation Board of Directors. The other three candidates are Mike Ralph (18.26%), Stacey Swanson (17.70%) and Richard Tarbell (13.53%).

In the runoff for Alameda County Superior Court judge, defense attorney Elena Condes leads civil rights attorney Mark Fickes 55.92% to 43.64%.

Incumbent John McPartland is ahead in a close race for BART Board of Directors District 5. McPartland sits at 37.67%, nearly 3,200 votes ahead of second-place Steven Dunbar of Livermore (33.68%). Castro Valley’s Mike Wallace is in third with 28.43%.

Measure W, the proposed half-cent sales tax increase in Alameda County, is narrowly ahead with 51.11% Yes to 48.89% No.

Measure X, the $90 million Alameda County Fire Department facilities bond, also holds a slight edge at 68.16% to 31.84% No — a two-thirds supermajority is required for passage of this ballot measure.

The utility users tax extension for unincorporated communities, Alameda County’s Measure V, is well ahead at 70.07% Yes and 29.93% No.

Democrat incumbents dominated Election Night for Tri-Valley regional seats.

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) is controlling the 15th District contest with 72.8% to the 27.2% of challenger Alison Hayden (R-Hayward). This seat includes Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon and a part of Danville.

U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) holds an even larger lead for the 11th Congressional District that includes Alamo, Blackhawk, Diablo and most of Danville. The incumbent has 75.3% to the 24.7% of challenger Nisha Sharma (R-Danville).

For State Senate District 7, Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) finished Election Night with 69.1% of the vote, well ahead of challenger Julie Mobley (R-Danville) at 30.9%.

State Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) appears to have solidified a second term, leading the 16th District contest 70.4% to the 29.6% of challenger Joe Rubay (R-Alamo).

Editor’s note: The Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office reported that it would release its next update of election returns by 5 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 5), and then daily updates would follow each afternoon thereafter. The office indicated there are 300,000+ eligible ballots still to be tallied countywide. Follow coverage on our website.