Click here for updated LATEST Benicia Election Results as of Nov. 16. (Numbers shown below are as first reported on election night.)
Many mail-in ballots counted, more mail-ins and provisional ballots yet to be counted
The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 5:28pm today, showing that all Benicia races remain as they were on election night.
Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by 79 votes, to a still very slim 188 vote margin over challenger Mark Hughes.
City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell increased by 62 and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 193. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 261 votes over Campbell and 707 votes over Strawbridge.
Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes by 183 votes, a comfortable margin of 54% to 46%.
Here is a table showing Benicia details, taken from Steve Young’s website:
City Council (top two are elected)
| Candidate | Total votes | Vote % | Election day | Vote by mail |
| Steve Young | 5617 | 26.98 | 2022 | 3595 |
| Tom Campbell | 5356 | 25.72 | 1788 | 3568 |
| Christina Strawbridge | 4910 | 23.58 | 1604 | 3306 |
| Lionel Largaespada | 3384 | 16.25 | 1233 | 2151 |
| George Oakes | 1475 | 7.08 | 565 | 910 |
| Write-in | 79 | 0.38 | 33 | 46 |
Mayor
| Candidate | Total votes | Vote % | Election day | Vote by mail |
| Elizabeth Patterson | 6193 | 50.61 | 2216 | 3977 |
| Mark Hughes | 6005 | 49.08 | 2202 | 3803 |
NOTE: The County website shows additional as yet uncounted ballots: Vote-by-Mail est. 21,000, and Provisionals est. 12,800. We will keep you posted on further updates.
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