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Election night is over but Sacramento County workers are still wading in ballots.
The Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections Department must keep counting votes, according to Brad Buyse, the county’s campaign services manager. Tens of thousands of vote-by-mail ballots were turned in Tuesday, he said.
However, the county finished its precinct-counting from Tuesday’s voting.
Here is a roundup of local election results with all precincts reported:
Sacramento City Council District 5
Education policy consultant Jay Schenirer had a significant lead by late Tuesday night.
Schenirer: 53 percent
Patrick Kennedy: 46 percent
Sacramento City Council District 7
The two candidates are divided by 373 votes. Darrell Fong is the frontrunner.
Fong: 51 percent
Chin: 48 percent
Measure B: Utilities Rollback
The measure was rejected by voters Tuesday.
No votes: 68 percent
Yes votes: 31 percent
Measure C: Taxing medical pot businesses
Voters supported a business operations tax for medical marijuana businesses.
Yes votes: 71 percent
No votes: 28 percent
Measure D: Arden Arcade Cityhood
Incorporation of Arden Arcade slumped at the polls.
No votes: 76 percent
Yes votes: 23.9 percent
Sacramento County Sheriff
Sheriff’s Capt. Scott Jones was in the lead late Tuesday night.
Scott Jones: 50.8 percent
Jim Cooper: 48.8 percent
Read the vote tallies from the precincts here.
Photo by David Alvarez.
Kathleen Haley is a staff reporter for The Sacramento Press.