McCarty holds on to lead in Sacramento mayoral race. When will results be final?
Assemblyman Kevin McCarty hung on to his lead in the race to become Sacramento’s next mayor Friday, but has not yet declared victory.
In the latest batch of results the county released around 4 p.m. Friday, McCarty had won 50.8% of the vote while Flojaune Cofer had 49% — the same percentages as Tuesday’s update.
McCarty has been leading since early results were first released Election Night, though the gap has narrowed.
Paul Mitchell, vice president of bipartisan voting data firm Political Data Inc., said according to his analysis of the data, McCarty will win.
McCarty spokesman Andrew Acosta declined comment Friday. Cofer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When results be certified?
The results will be certified Dec. 3, said Ken Casparis, a Sacramento County spokesman.
That’s nearly a month after Election Night.
Candidates will then have until Dec. 8 to request a recount, Casparis said.
Mitchell said he does not think the race will go to a recount.
“Recounts sometimes make small differences in the final count, like single digits,” Mitchell said. “But this race looks like it will be won by a couple thousand ballots. So, I don’t think anyone will spend the money to start the recount.”
McCarty, a state assemblyman and former councilman, got the support of Mayor Darrell Steinberg, as well as the city police union and District Attorney Thien Ho.
Cofer, who is farther left, is a public health professional and former chair of a city commission tasked with advising council on how to spend new tax revenue. She was supported by Councilwomen Katie Valenzuela and Mai Vang and the Democratic Socialists of America’s Sacramento chapter.
The new mayor along with two new council members will be sworn in on Dec. 10 — a meeting in which they will also need to consider whether to keep City Manager Howard Chan in his post. McCarty has said he supports keeping Chan in his post another year, while Cofer said she did not.
The county will post the next batch of results Tuesday.
This story was originally published November 22, 2024 at 5:25 PM.
