Sacramento election results: Here’s what we know and when the next count will come
Sacramento City Council incumbents held strong leads Wednesday, the day after the primary election, while former Sacramento mayoral candidate Flojaune Cofer was leading in the race to succeed longtime supervisor Phil Serna in the 1st Supervisorial District.
Thousands of ballots remained uncounted Wednesday, and Sacramento County elections officials are expected to release the next major update Friday afternoon. While county officials have not said how many votes are left to count, turnout based on historical figures and suggest that at least 250,000 ballots have yet to be counted.
A day after polls closed Tuesday, the ballot count continued Wednesday with Cofer leading Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra, 38.5% to 30.5%.
Guerra, who represents Tahoe Park, Little Saigon and parts of south Sacramento, was endorsed by Serna, who decided not to seek re-election. Cofer, an epidemiologist, was a political newcomer when she lost in a closely contested race to eventual Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty in 2024.
The 1st Supervisorial District covers downtown Sacramento, midtown and extends from North Natomas to Tahoe Park.
In the 2nd District Board of Supervisors race, incumbent Patrick Kennedy held a commanding early lead over newcomer Ronnie Bell, 63.4% to 19.4%, while south Sacramento County Supervisor Pat Hume ran unopposed for re-election.
Sacramento City Council incumbents, meanwhile, appeared to be heading to victory in early tallies and potential will avoid November runoffs.
In the 1st District, Lisa Kaplan was leading nearest challenger Jean Chawla, 53% to 41%, in the early count for the North Natomas seat.
In the 5th District, Caity Maple held a sizable advantage over Henry Harry, leading with more than 63% of the vote to Harry’s 20.6%. Santiago Mario Morales Jr. trailed with 16%. The 5th District includes neighborhoods south and east of downtown, including Oak Park and Hollywood Park.
In the 7th District, incumbent Rick Jennings held a comfortable early lead over Scott Lau, 55.7% to 26.4%, in the Pocket-Greenhaven area.
Katrina Talamantes ran unopposed in the 3rd District, securing re-election to a third term.
Tight contests were brewing in local school board races. In Sacramento County Board of Education Area 1, Dominique Donette held a slim 0.6-percentage-point advantage over Anna Molander Hermann, 34.3% to 33.7%.
In the board’s Area 3, Paul Keefer was leading Anne Fischer with 52.5% to 47.5% of the vote.
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