Scott still trails by 130 votes, with only 40-140 Benicia votes yet to count – I’m calling the race: Macenski the winner
Solano County didn’t post it’s Friday Nov. 13 update until Saturday, but it’s there now, showing that more mail-in ballots and provisional ballots were processed.
The one close race in Benicia was for the second seat on Benicia’s City Council. Both Trevor Macenski and Terry Scott netted 17 more votes in the latest Solano Registrar of Voters report. So Macenski continues to lead Scott by 130 votes. And I’m calling the race.
| CANDIDATE NAME | TOTAL VOTES | PERCENTAGE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,627 | 36.45% | ||||
| 7,587 | 32.05% | ||||
| 7,457 | 31.50% |
Potential ballots remaining to be processed, as of Friday’s Solano County report, include 0-250 mail-in ballots and 500-1,500 provisional ballots. By my own calculation, Benicia might account for about 8% of those remaining ballots, or 40-140 outstanding votes.
It begins to look like a 130 vote margin is not at all likely to be overcome. So I think we can say that Trevor wins, given the odds.
The Registrar of Voters won’t offer a FINAL count for awhile. We’ll just have to wait for them to finish counting and certify the winner. But meanwhile, we can offer sad well-wishes to our candidate Terry, and congratulations to Trevor Macenski. Here’s hoping the next City Council will work together well and accomplish much!
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