Election News: More Of The Same. Two School Board Seats Tighter

 I'm confident this is going to end soon.  But then we have a runoff.  But that should be easier to count because there are only two candidates.  If you get your votes in early, maybe we can have a winner without waiting two weeks.  Actually, we do have two winners for mayor (who will be in the runoff - Bronson and Dunbar.)  But a couple of the School Board races have margins of less than 1%.

Again, the rankings didn't change among the mayoral  candidates.  So, Monday's rankings remain the same for yesterday and today.

Frontrunner Bronson gained 639 votes over yesterday's total.  Second place candidate Dunbar gained 522 votes.   You can get all the daily election tallies here.

Mayor Race	Tues	Wednes	Thur	Friday	Saturday	Mon	Tue	Wed
EVANS, Bill	999 (4)	3,871  (4)	4,782 (4)	5,505 (4)	5,686   (4)	6,281(4)	6,832	7008
SWANK,  Jr	36  (9)	139 (10)	157 (10)	173  (10)	183  (10)	206 (10)	226	228
MARTINEZ,	321 (6)	1,272  (6)	1,658 (6)	1,928  (6)	2,006  (6)	2,345(6)	2,634	2,720
MOMIN, Reza	12  (11)	35  (13)	39 (13)	40  (13)	44 (13)	47(13)	48	48
FALSEY, Bill	1,281 (3)	5,312  (3)	6,703  (3)	7,614  (3)	7,826  (3)	8,527(3)	9,257	9,478
HERNDON, H	91   (7)	303    (7)	337  (7)	366  (7)	374  (7)	400(7)	428	441
ANTHONY, A	63  (8)	190   (8)	233  (8)	237  (8)	242   (8)	270 (9)	290	296
BRONSON, D	3,116  (2)	12,986  (2)	15,953 (2)	18,716  (1)	19,334  (1)	21,807(1)	23,597	24,236
BROWN, Jeffr	33  (10)	147   (9)	196  (9)	229  (9)	236  (9)	274(8)	295	304
VERSTEEG, Ja	11  (12)	31  (14)	35  (14)	36  (14)	36 (14)	37 (14)	41	41
ROBBINS, Mi	745   (5)	3,097   (5)	3,766 (5)	4,324  (5)	4,457  (5)	5061(5)	5,542	5,689
DUNBAR, For	3,701 (1)	13,711 (1)	16,458 (1)	18,300 (2)	18,812  (2)	20,566(2)	22,238	22,763
COLBRY, Darin	8  (14)	18  (15)	21 (15)	25 (15)	25  (15)	29 (15)	30	30
WESTFALL, Jo	12 (11)	48  (11)	61  (11)	67  (11)	68 (11)	73(11)	79	83
KERN, Jacob S	9  (13)	38   (12)	41 (12)	43  (12)	45 (12)	50 (12)	51	52
Total	10,438	41,198	50,430	57,603	59,374	65,973	71,588	73,417

In the School Board races Seats B and E tightened a bit again.  Lessens leads Eledge now by 269 votes.  Higgins leads Graham by 310.  

ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 4 – SEAT G – RECALL (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 23 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	12,386 / 42,059	29.45%

Candidate	Party	Total
YES		5,116	43.37%
NO		6,681	56.63%
Total Votes		11,797

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		0

SCHOOL BOARD SEAT B (1-YEAR TERM) (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	74,515 / 236,619	31.49%

Candidate	Party	Total
ELEDGE, Judy Norton		24,801	38.42%
STEWART, Marilyn		7,354	11.39%
COX, Mark Anthony		7,332	11.36%
LESSENS, Kelly		25,070	38.83%
Total Votes		64,557

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		555

SCHOOL BOARD SEAT E (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	74,515 / 236,619	31.49%

Candidate	Party	Total
HIGGINS, Pat		21,169	32.95%
HILDE, Alisha		8,167	12.71%
BLATCHFORD, Edgar		5,201	8.10%
BLAKESLEE, Rachel		6,326	9.85%
GRAHAM, Sami		20,759	32.32%
WILLIAMS, Nial Sherwood		2,617	4.07%
Total Votes		64,239

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		591

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SCHOOL BOARD SEAT F (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	74,515 / 236,619	31.49%

Candidate	Party	Total
SANDERS, Marcus		10,123	16.02%
PAULSON, Kim		21,325	33.74%
LORING, Dan		3,296	5.21%
WILSON, Dora		28,463	45.03%
Total Votes		63,207

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		643

SCHOOL BOARD SEAT G (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	74,515 / 236,619	31.49%

Candidate	Party	Total
VAKALIS, Elisa		30,025	48.74%
JACOBS, Carl		31,580	51.26%
Total Votes		61,605

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		1,103

Bronson Again Increases His Lead Over Dunbar A Bit, But Progressive School Board Members Increase Their Leads

 I know, you're getting bored with me adding more numbers each night.  This is called lazy man's blogging.  The Election Office supplies numbers and I just put them up in the chart.  Is there any value added over what you get from other media?  At least here you can see how each new tally changes the vote.  But I hope there aren't too many more because I'm running out of room.  I'm going to have to shorten the names to make more space.  

Because of the space issue and also because the rankings didn't change, I didn't include rankings today.  

Every candidate got at least one more vote!

Bronson increased his lead by 118 over Dunbar.  But the progressives increased their leads in all the School Board races.  The mayor's race has three progressive candidates.  Their combined increase was 2,691.  The two far right candidates - Robbins and Bronson increased their votes by 2394.  The third major candidate - Bill Evans - is harder to peg.  He's been a conservative, but Bronson has blasted him for what Bronson saw as liberal actions such as supporting an LGBTQ ordinance.  So it's not clear how his 551 count in this race.  I'd guess most might go to Bronson, but a significant number would go to Dunbar.  

In any case, the runoff will again be a mail-in election (with some in-person voting options) and it will end May 11.  Dunbar and Bronson will be the candidates.  To have Dunbar trailing in the general election is likely to spur his supporters to the polls.  But Bronson's supporters, seeing him ahead, may also be motivated to vote.  

Mayor Race	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Mon	Tue
EVANS, Bill	999    (4)	3,871  (4)	4,782 (4)	5,505 (4)	5,686   (4)	6,281(4)	6,832
SWANK,  Jr	36  (9)	139 (10)	157 (10)	173  (10)	183  (10)	206 (10)	226
MARTINEZ,	321 (6)	1,272  (6)	1,658 (6)	1,928  (6)	2,006  (6)	2,345(6)	2,634
MOMIN, Reza	12  (11)	35  (13)	39 (13)	40  (13)	44 (13)	47(13)	48
FALSEY, Bill	1,281 (3)	5,312  (3)	6,703  (3)	7,614  (3)	7,826  (3)	8,527(3)	9,257
HERNDON, H	91   (7)	303    (7)	337  (7)	366  (7)	374  (7)	400(7)	428
ANTHONY, A	63  (8)	190   (8)	233  (8)	237  (8)	242   (8)	270 (9)	290
BRONSON, D	3,116  (2)	12,986  (2)	15,953 (2)	18,716  (1)	19,334  (1)	21,807(1)	23,597
BROWN, Jeffr	33  (10)	147   (9)	196  (9)	229  (9)	236  (9)	274(8)	295
VERSTEEG, Ja	11  (12)	31  (14)	35  (14)	36  (14)	36 (14)	37 (14)	41
ROBBINS, Mi	745   (5)	3,097   (5)	3,766 (5)	4,324  (5)	4,457  (5)	5061(5)	5,542
DUNBAR, For	3,701 (1)	13,711 (1)	16,458 (1)	18,300 (2)	18,812  (2)	20,566(2)	22,238
COLBRY, Darin	8  (14)	18  (15)	21 (15)	25 (15)	25  (15)	29 (15)	30
WESTFALL, Jo	12 (11)	48  (11)	61  (11)	67  (11)	68 (11)	73(11)	79
KERN, Jacob S	9  (13)	38   (12)	41 (12)	43  (12)	45 (12)	50 (12)	51
Total	10,438	41,198	50,430	57,603	59,374	65,973	72,652

In the School Board races the progressive candidates increased their leads with this new batch of votes.  That's a change from the last couple of nights.

Kelly Lessens increased her lead over Judy Norton Eledge  to 275.  Yesterday it was down to 92 votes.  .

Pat Higgins increased his lead over Sami Graham to 414.  Yesterday it was 174.  

Dora Wilson increased her lead over Kim Paulson to 6,862. Yesterday it was 6,338.   This is the biggest lead anyone has.  

And Carl Jacobs increased his lead to 1,510 from 1,299 yesterday.  Carl also got the most votes of any individual candidate, but that's basically because there were only two candidates in the race.

SCHOOL BOARD SEAT B (1-YEAR TERM) (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	72,652 / 236,619	30.70%

Candidate	Party	Total
ELEDGE, Judy Norton		24,179	38.40%
STEWART, Marilyn		7,190	11.42%
COX, Mark Anthony		7,149	11.35%
LESSENS, Kelly		24,454	38.83%
Total Votes		62,972

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		538

SCHOOL BOARD SEAT E (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	72,652 / 236,619	30.70%

Candidate	Party	Total
HIGGINS, Pat		20,651	32.97%
HILDE, Alisha		7,968	12.72%
BLATCHFORD, Edgar		5,066	8.09%
BLAKESLEE, Rachel		6,173	9.86%
GRAHAM, Sami		20,237	32.31%
WILLIAMS, Nial Sherwood		2,542	4.06%
Total Votes		62,637

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		571

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SCHOOL BOARD SEAT F (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	72,652 / 236,619	30.70%

Candidate	Party	Total
SANDERS, Marcus		9,830	15.95%
PAULSON, Kim		20,809	33.76%
LORING, Dan		3,219	5.22%
WILSON, Dora		27,771	45.06%
Total Votes		61,629

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		628

SCHOOL BOARD SEAT G (Vote for 1)

Precincts Reported: 0 of 123 (0.00%)

	Total
Times Cast	72,652 / 236,619	30.70%

Candidate	Party	Total
VAKALIS, Elisa		29,280	48.74%
JACOBS, Carl		30,790	51.26%
Total Votes		60,070

		Total
Unresolved Write-In		1,076