Newly released election results Friday made an outright victory less likely for one Stockton City Council candidate while strengthening the positions of others as San Joaquin County continued processing ballots from the June 2 primary election.
The latest update from the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters showed voter turnout at 26.2%, with 107,292 ballots counted out of 410,058 registered voters.
In Stockton City Council District 1, incumbent Michele Padilla remained the frontrunner but fell below the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff election. Padilla led the field with 4,035 votes, or 48.8%, followed by Tamica Small with 2,343 votes, or 28.33%.
Annette Sanchez received 922 votes, or 11%; Lan Nguyen received 776 votes, or 9.38%; and Shelly Hollis received 193 votes, or 2.33%.
Padilla had previously held more than 50% of the vote. Under Stockton’s election rules, a candidate must receive a majority of votes cast to win outright. If no candidate reaches that mark, the top two finishers advance to the November general election.
Small gained ground in the latest count, increasing her share of the vote from 27.07% reported Wednesday to 28.33% Friday.
In Stockton City Council District 3, incumbent Michael Blower remained in the lead with 3,367 votes, or 47.63%. Jessica Toccoli followed with 2,647 votes, or 37.45%, while Joey Veltri received 690 votes, or 9.76%, and Stefanie Alfaro received 365 votes, or 5.16%.
Blower strengthened his position compared with earlier results, when he held 45.65% of the vote, while Toccoli slipped slightly from 38.67% to 37.45%.
In Stockton City Council District 5, incumbent Brando Villapudua led the field with 1,004 votes, or 34.36%. Desiree Lynch followed closely with 890 votes, or 30.46%. Mary Elizabeth received 471 votes, or 16.12%, Max Beas received 382 votes, or 13.07%, Ruben Harper received 161 votes, or 5.51%, and write-in candidate Sam Carpenter received 14 votes, or 0.48%.
Villapudua’s share of the vote declined from 35.62% to 34.36%, while Lynch’s increased from 28.86% to 30.46%.
At the county level, incumbents maintained strong leads.
In San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors District 2, incumbent Paul Canepa led Lauren Cardinalli with 11,833 votes, or 68.10%, to 5,566 votes, or 31.90%. In District 4, incumbent Steve Ding led Travis Castle with 13,455 votes, or 57.53%, to 9,934 votes, or 42.47%.
Incumbent Steve Bestolarides also maintained a substantial lead in the Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk race, with 60,657 votes, or 67.26%, to 29,525 votes, or 32.74% for Zachary Avelar.
The race for California State Assembly District 9 remained closely contested. Democrat Matthew Adams led with 13,784 votes, or 28.82%, followed by Republican incumbent Heath Flora with 12,835 votes, or 26.84%. Republican Jim Shoemaker had 11,899 votes, or 24.88%, Democrat Michael Perez had 4,439 votes, or 9.28%, Republican Brandon Owen had 3,234 votes, or 6.76%, and Republican Tami Nobriga had 1,631 votes, or 3.41%.
In the California State Assembly District 13 race, Democrat Rhodesia Ransom led with 31,105 votes, or 57.76%, followed by Republican Tom Patti with 19,285 votes, or 35.81%. Republican Ali Jafri received 2,260 votes, or 4.20%, and Eliza Dy, with no party preference, received 1,205 votes, or 2.24%.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Josh Harder led in the 9th Congressional District race with 41,660 votes, or 57.26%, followed by Republican John McBride with 19,250 votes, or 26.46%. Republican Khalid Jeffrey Jafri received 5,422 votes, or 7.45%, Republican Martin Veprauskas received 5,249 votes, or 7.21%, and Republican Parminder Singh received 1,175 votes, or 1.61%.
In the 13th Congressional District, Democrat Adam Gray led with 4,296 votes, or 46.54%, followed by Republican Kevin Lincoln with 2,595 votes, or 24.52%. Democrat Daniel Garibay Rodriguez received 2,014 votes, or 19.03%, and Republican Vin Kruttiventi received 1,049 votes, or 9.91%.
The registrar of voters is expected to release the next wave of primary election results by 7 p.m. Monday, June 8. Updated results are available on the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters website.
San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters Olivia Hale said the goal is to certify the election by June 25, the earliest date allowed under state law.
Record reporter Hannah Workman covers news in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at hworkman@recordnet.com or on Twitter @byhannahworkman. Support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow.
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