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Benicia Election Results: All ballots counted, only the audit remains

By Roger Straw, November 29, 2016
[Editor: The sweep of local elections by three candidates who strongly opposed Valero Crude By Rail is to be celebrated. Our next four years in Benicia will hopefully be witness to a new majority on Council, with a vision for progressive values.  – RS]

Solano County seal (400x400)The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 4:53pm Tuesday 11/29. All ballots have been counted. Only an audit remains before the County finalizes the vote. The County’s next update will be Friday, 12/02 at end of day. Mayor Patterson has won re-election. Steve Young has been elected and Tom Campbell has been re-elected to the City Council. Patterson, Young and Campbell will be sworn in at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 6. 

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by a single vote after today’s counting. Her margin of victory over challenger Mark Hughes has nearly tripled, increasing from 109 votes early on Wednesday morning, to 332 as of today. Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on the day after the election to concede.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell decreased by 1 vote today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge remained the same. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 289 votes over Campbell and 808 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes by 12 votes, increasing her margin of victory to 3790 votes (18784 Brown to 15010 Ioakimedes).

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 Pro-visional
Steve Young 6717 26.81 2022 4472 223
Tom Campbell 6428 25.66 1788 4479 161
Christina Strawbridge 5909 23.59 1604 4134 171
Lionel Largaespada 4097 16.35 1233 2718 146
George Oakes 1804 7.20 565 1173 66
Write-in 96 0.38 33 59 4
Over Votes 16 2 14 0
Under Votes 6327 2121 3733 473
Mayor
 Candidate Total votes   Vote % Election day  Vote by mail  Pro-visional
Elizabeth Patterson 7545 50.96 2216 5056 273
Mark Hughes  7213 48.72 2202 4761 250
Write In 47 0.32 15 32 0
Over Votes 1 1 0 0
Under Votes 891 250 542 99

Benicia Election Results: Count near final as of Monday, 11/28

By Roger Straw, November 28, 2016
[Editor: The sweep of local elections by three candidates who strongly opposed Valero Crude By Rail is to be celebrated. Our next four years in Benicia will hopefully be witness to a new majority on Council, with a vision for progressive values.  – RS]

Solano County seal (400x400)The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 5:44pm Monday 11/28. All Benicia ballots have been counted. A small number of provisional ballots from other cities remain to be counted. The County’s next update will be Tuesday, 11/29 at end of day. Mayor Patterson has won re-election. Steve Young has been elected and Tom Campbell has been re-elected to the City Council. Patterson, Young and Campbell will be sworn in at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 6. 

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by 2 votes after today’s counting. Her margin of victory over challenger Mark Hughes has nearly tripled, increasing from 109 votes early on Wednesday morning, to 331 as of today. Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on the day after the election to concede.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell increased by 5 votes today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge remained the same. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 290 votes over Campbell and 808 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes by 81 votes, increasing her margin of victory to 3778 votes (18784 Brown to 15006 Ioakimedes).

Benicia Election Results: Only 34 Benicia ballots left to count, Patterson, Young, Campbell win

By Roger Straw, November 23, 2016
[Editor: The sweep of local elections by three candidates who strongly opposed Valero Crude By Rail is to be celebrated. Our next four years in Benicia will hopefully be witness to a new majority on Council, with a vision for progressive values.  – RS]

Solano County seal (400x400)The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 4:45pm Wednesday 11/23. Although 2,584 Provisional ballots remain to be counted, only 34 of those are from Benicia. Mayor Patterson has won re-election. Steve Young has been elected and Tom Campbell has been re-elected to the City Council. Patterson, Young and Campbell will be sworn in at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 6. 

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead increased by 14 votes after today’s counting. Her margin of victory over challenger Mark Hughes has nearly tripled, increasing from 109 votes early on Wednesday morning, to 329 as of today. Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on the day after the election to concede.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell increased by 2 votes today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 9. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 285 votes over Campbell and 808 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes by 68 votes, increasing her margin of victory to 3697 votes (18662 Brown to 14965 Ioakimedes).

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 Pro-visional
Steve Young 6704 26.81 2022 4472 210
Tom Campbell 6419 25.67 1788 4479 152
Christina Strawbridge 5896 23.60 1604 4134 158
Lionel Largaespada 4086 16.34 1233 2718 135
George Oakes 1800 7.20 565 1173 62
Write-in 96 0.38 33 59 4
Over Votes 16 2 14 0
Under Votes 6281 2121 3733 427
Mayor
 Candidate Total votes   Vote % Election day  Vote by mail  Pro-visional
Elizabeth Patterson 7529 50.95 2216 5056 257
Mark Hughes  7200 48.73 2202 4761 237
Write In 47 0.32 15 32 0
Over Votes 1 1 0 0
Under Votes 872 250 542 80

Benicia Election Results: All but final, only 99 Benicia ballots left to count

By Roger Straw, November 22, 2016

Solano County seal (400x400)The Solano County Registrar of Voters issued a day’s end report at 4:25pm Tuesday 11/22. Although 4,316 Provisional ballots remain to be counted, only 99 of those are from Benicia. When those ballots are counted, Mayor Patterson, Steve Young and Tom Campbell will maintain their victory. Patterson, Young and Campbell will be sworn in at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 6. 

Mayor Elizabeth Patterson‘s lead decreased by 2 votes after today’s counting. Her margin of victory over challenger Mark Hughes has nearly tripled, increasing from 109 votes early on Wednesday morning, to 315 as of today. Hughes phoned Mayor Patterson on the day after the election to concede.

City Councilmember-elect Steve Young‘s lead over Tom Campbell increased by 17 votes today and his lead over Christina Strawbridge increased by 18. Young remains the top vote-getter, now by a margin of 283 votes over Campbell and 799 votes over Strawbridge. Traditionally in Benicia, the Council candidate with the most votes becomes Vice Mayor until the next election cycle. Congratulations, Vice-mayor-elect Young!

Solano County Supervisor-elect Monica Brown also extended her lead over Mike Ioakimedes by 155 votes, increasing her margin of victory to 3629 votes (18550 Brown to 14921 Ioakimedes).

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 Pro-visional
Steve Young 6685 26.81 2022 4472 191
Tom Campbell 6402 25.67 1788 4479 135
Christina Strawbridge 5886 23.60 1604 4134 148
Lionel Largaespada 4074 16.34 1233 2718 123
George Oakes 1793 7.19 565 1173 55
Write-in 96 0.38 33 59 4
Over Votes 16 2 14 0
Under Votes 6216 2121 3733 362
Mayor
 Candidate Total votes   Vote % Election day  Vote by mail  Pro-visional
Elizabeth Patterson 7497 50.91 2216 5056 225
Mark Hughes  7182 48.77 2202 4761 219
Write In 47 0.32 15 32 0
Over Votes 1 1 0 0
Under Votes 857 250 542 65